The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-06
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

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A judicious silence is better than
truth spoken without charity.
Never refer to gift you have made.
or favor you have rendered.
Never anything can be amiss when
slmplencss and duty tender it.
Good temper is like a sunny day; 1t
sheds It's brightness on everything.
Truth is the foundation Of all knowi-
edge, ana the cement Of all societies.
tie that buys what he does not want.
Will soon want what he cannot buy.
1T often happens that what we get for
nothing is the dearest thing we have.
If you are toillng In an unrcqultcd
way in life, think how Christ labored.
| No woman Is capable of being beauti-
ful who Is not incapable of being false.
| lie who thinks he has nothing to fear
from temptation, is most exposed to Il
fall.
| Never relate your misfortune, and
never gricve over what you cannot pre-
vent.
| Pedantry consists in the use of words
unsuitable to tho time, place and com
pany.
| Sin produces fear, fear leads to bon
| dagc, anu bondage makes al, our duties
irksOme.
Never, whom travelling, be over
boasLtul Of your own nation, state, or
| country.
| Let those who would affectslngularity
with success, first determine to be worry
singular.
| BE constant in what is good, but be-
ware OF being obstinate III anything
| that is evil.
Speaking much IS IL sign OF vanity;
tor he that Is lavish In words is u Mig
gard in deeds.
The Bible has suffered more IN the
hands Of honest bunglers than 1t has
from skcptics.
Never he afraid Of being In the mi
noritics. 80 That minuriJ.us ""o based
upon principle.
If some folks had their way about
this world how Jew people could live
mfOrtably In 1t.
What are IL few years Of what men
call sorrow and den-bcurlng to au
eternity of bless ,duess?
What Is 1T to part with fr' e.ld whom
we shall meet again to what It Is to part
with virtue and honor?
An ounce OF generous praise viii do
| more to make u man your friend than
| Il pound OF fault finding.
No matter what may be your station,
you can 80 live chat men through you
and Ill yor shall see God.
The best teacher Of duties that still
l'e, die dim to us, Is the practice Of
| those We seek and have ar hand.
observation-disclosures, pure and sim
pie, is very eXasprrnting in many peo-
pie otherwise very agreeable.
Gods providence may seem slow In
| dealing with mon, but 1t Ia helping
them build character for eternity.
Temperate temperance men and wo-
man arc needed quite as much as pro-
hibiLory laws or police regulations.
Every act OF dissipation and every
IT. OF drunkenness robs the mental
parts Of some portion Of their growth.
A man who puts himself on the
ground ofmOral principles, ifthe whole
world be against him, Is mightIcr than
oil.
10 work out our own contentment,
wo should labor not so much to increase
our substance, as to moderate our de.
sires.
Modcsty In your furniture, cquipage,
and words will show that your mind is
we'll regulated, and your heart FREQ
from passion.
Such as thy words are such will thy
affections be esteemed; and such thy
deeds as thy affections, and such thy
life as thy deeds.
The longer wo live and the more we
think, the higher value we learn to put
on the friendship and tenderness OF
parents and friends.
Whenever we have to establish now
rnl Il n,,Yr I<,t
ample provision for pardon, or indul-
gence and Of kindness.
Those who can themselves do good
service are but as one to Il thousand
compared with those who can see faults
In the labors Of others.
We should round every day of stir.
Ing action with an evening of thought.
We are taught nothing by experience
unless we muse upon 1t.
BE substantially great In thyself, and
more than thou appearcst unto others;
and let the world be deceived in thee
as they are in the lights Of heaYcn.
If man docs not mako new acq,laln-
tance rs he advances through life, he
will soon find himself alone. A man
should keep his friendships In constant
repair.
Good nature Ia tho beauty Of tho
mind, and, like personal beauty, wins,
almost without anything clsc--some-
times, indeed, in spite Of positive de-
ticiencies.
The happiness Of man depends on no
creed and no book; 1t depends Oh tho
dominion Of truth, which is tho Re-
dcemer and Savior, tile Messiah. and
the King Of Glory.
Mems happiness spring5 mainly from
moderate troubles, which afford tho
mind a healthful stimulus, ana are fol-
lowed by u reaction which produces u
cheerful flow OF spirits.
o, glorious laughter. thou man-lov-
ing spirit, that for time doth take
tho burden from the weary back, that
doth lay 'salve to the weary feet, bruis-
cd and cut by flints and shards.
1t Is hard to personate and act a part
long; for where truth is not at the bot
tom nattIfa will nj WaVa ha andna vor.