West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-05-15
NO. 36.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

We cannot conquer fate and neces-
SHY out we can yield To them In such
manner AS To DO greater than IL we
could.
Logic helps us to strip of the out
waru ulsguises OF things, and To be-
hold and Judge of them In their own
nature.
When a Christian goes into the world
because he sees it In his call, vet while
ne reels IL also his cross, II Will not
hurt him.
IL Is n strange desire to seek power.
and To lose liberty; or to seek power
over others, and to lose power over
| ones self.
An act by which we make one friend
and one enemy Is IA losing game. be-
cause revenge Is much stronger prln-
ciple than gratitude.
That W hich each can do best none
out his Maker can teach him. No man
yet knew what it Is nor can tell that n
person has exhibited it.
Faith builds a bridge across the gulf
OF death, To break the shock blind Ma
ture cannot shun, and lands thought
smoothly on the further shore.
The business of life Is TO 20 forward;
he who seeks evil IN prospect meets &c
on the way; but he who catches IL by
retrospection, turns back 10 find it,
Mans value Is IN proportion to what
ne mas courageously suffered, as the
value o; the steel blade Is In proportion
10 the temperinR IL has undergone.
Ihere are some men who are busy I'm
likeness, aud max the leisure of peaco
not only more troublesome, but even
more wicked than the business of war.
Men trust rather To their eyes than TO
tileir ears; the effect OF precepts Ia
therefore slow and tedious, whilst that
oi examples Is summary and efiectunl.
IL Is only by labor that thought can
be made healthy and only by Thought
that labor can be made happy, and the
two cannot bc separated with impunity.
The Grand old book OF God still
stands; and this old earth, tho more Its
leaves are turned over and pondered.
the more IL will sustain and illustrate
the sacred word.
All useless misery Is certain folly.
ahd he that Feels evil before they come
may be dcservedly censured, yet surely
To dread the future Is more reasonably
than To lament the past.
IL IL fault against politeness to
praise immoderately In the presence of
these whoare singing or playing to you
upon an instrument, some other person
VINO has these same talents
DO not take IL upon yourself TO adj
moniSh comparative strangers on re-
llgious topics; the persons OF their own
IN opposition To yours, and your over
zeal may seem to them an impertlnence
. There Is no trait i'm the human char
acter 40 potential for veal or woe as
hrmness of purpose. It Is wonderful
To see what miracles resolute and uu-
yielding spirit Will achieve I'm short
Time.
Large minds, like large pictures are
seen best ut u distance; this Is the rea-
son, TO say nothing OF cnvious motives,
why we generally undervalue our
contemporaries, and over-rate the an
clients.
Make up your mind what you intend
to do. Sit down and count the cost.
DO not undertake more than you can
perform. IL Is unwlse to commence
work that you are not able to finish in
due season.
The clearness and purity of ones
mind is never better proved than It's
discovering It's own faults at first view:
as when stream shows the dirt at It's
bottom, 1t shows also the transparency
OF the water.
The fruit Of righ teousness Is wealth
and peace, strength aud honor; the
lruit OF unrighteousness Is poverty and
anarchy, weakness and shame; for not
upon mind, but morals, Is human wei
fare founded.
a religion that suspends six days In
the week and opens up only Sun
day, Is sham. This will do to read a
second time and think OF. There L.
more of this kind of "business" than
appears at first glance.
A man.wbo makes his money at the
expense of his health and his honor
pays too much; he who gets his money
by lucky hits pays too little. II he
pays too much he cheats himself. Ifhe
pays too little he cheats mankind.
The damps Of autumn sink into the
leaves and prepare them for the neces-
sity Of their fall and thus insensibly
are we, IA years close rOund us, de-
t1tched from our tenacity of life by the
gontle pressure of recorded sorrow.
The best thing to give your enemy is
forgiYenessi 70 your opponent. toler-
erance; TO friend, your heart; 20
your child, good example; TO a
father, Difference; to mother, con-
duct that will make her proud Of you;
to yourself, respect; TO all men charity.
We need TO change our standard.
Men must be honored in proportion to
their virtue, and consider red rich by
the measure Of integrity. Life IL so
much wasted that 10 loses the divine
idea, whigh u.s., not the number of q
mans ideas, but the character Of his
life.
It Is our folly 10 bctray our duty by
our wishes; If ~ we're thus and thus
with us we would serve God readily
and cheerfully. Thou fool there Is no
condition but grace can improve 10 %
some religious use, for the advantage
Of some duty or other; IL Is thy lazi-
ness, and the blame of thine own ne
glect must not be charged upon Provi-
dence.
A. an appliance for the Improvement
Of our friends, a habit Of scOldlng pos
sesses no appreciable virtue. The eff
fervescence OF ill-humor IN yourself, it
can have no healing or soothing quail
titles for others. The tendency OF It IL
only evil. The presence Of this spirit
should never fa'l TO remind us that we
are on the wrong road TO set any one
else right.
The stoutest timber stands on Nor
weRian rocks, where tempests rage and
long hard winters reign. The muscles
are most fully deyeiOped in the brawny