The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-17
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

avarloe in old age. .s7a &satG&r
1t is best not to dispute where there
| Is no possibility Of aconvinoing,I;
Experience has very poor memory
| ana true charity mono at ALL. -
| Doing nothing is the most ,slavisb
toll ever Imposed on any one. ESS
Tho charities which a man Giispenses
after his death look suspicious. =
Adverstty linksamen together, while
prosperity is apt to scatter them.
Happiaess consists in being happy
Chere Is no particular rule forit.
About all that cunning can do for a
man 10 TO make him increduious.
Gratitude Is debt which All men
owe and which, few pay cheerfully.
II tho Lord lead you In a rough wav
IL Is TO keep:you humble before him.
Jesus lived for you, and REQUIRES IN
return thaty should live for him.
I4mok is the dream Of a simpleton. a
wis" man makes his own good tort.
une, ., at.. ="
Some men seem to have a salye for
the woes of others, but none for their
own. ',['T - 'Fss9
TIRE cloqTenCcis is the power, of COM
ideas. - G,s.E"," 0"'
| ltis in any ones power to be suc-
work. - -'' ''s
| When q man has no. design But to
| speak plain truth, he ISN'T apt to be
talkatlve. . ...' =. .. 8. ~ r.. ''
9aborfau said: "The fdelity Of n
woman Is always in proportion to her
| ug1'ness." . "o-
hnowla'lxe witho Justice becomes
GRAFT; courage without reason becomes
| rlshness. ':
All prudes were onco coouettes. md
only changed because they were OBJ
ligcd to, . 'O'
The expression ''they say",has black.
ehed ENOUGH characters to make an
army Of saints.
No indulgence Of passion destrovs
tna spiritual nature SO much as respec-
table selfishness. etf..s. -
Passionate men aro like men who
s.nna on their heads; they see all
| 'hl4ss inc wrong way. .... .,,...
lt may seem paradoxical, but the heat
WY 10 noat loan ls with heavy
sinking fund attached. Il -
Feople'do not need to know more
auoNI virtue, but rather to practice
Whist they already know. p ,.-,',t
Il is tar more easy to acquire a for
tune Ike knavo than to expend f.
like agentleman. 2.@ - E5"'$F -
No man ever obtatnc1S aeminence
Without o wing sitttoy the iYifluanco ~
some good woman, : f7.. r--,c-r.1-fc'
lmpossibilties aro scarce. Mankind
mas NOT seen more than half a dozen of
them since tho creation, 80 -
iho habit Of too constanu intcrcourss
| ,wi!h.spirits'above YOU, instead. .of rails
ing You, keeps you down. -
ouuge thyself with n Judgment OF
s,ncerity,.. and thon wilt jndge others
WIN AUD s1nent Of charity. ,|.
le Is great misfortune not to have
enough wit to speak well, or not iudu-
mcnt to keep SILENT.
There is fountafn of bl0o1 TO cleanse
20 r. souls, and fountain Of supplv 10
fill your souls. ~ CIV
Advcrsity docs not take from ia
true frionds; tI only dispels those who
pretended to be such, -sr
Tenderness apdits outcome: p,tv.
are as insoparable from true manliness
as true womanliness. '. az "'''I
AS long as hearts beat, rs long ~ ylfe
eXists, In whatever age, iron or cold.
en-, you will find loYo. ",m, :. oT
| 1T Is'not only: arrogant, but It ia prof
| llgatc Tor a, man to disregard the
worlds opinion Of hims clf.
| The first mgr .dientconyars ,tion is Of
trnth, the next good sense, the third,
gond humor, and the fourth wit.
:, Envy isa passion SO full of cowar.
ulce and sham that nobody ever had
inc confidence to own its possesslon.
The time for reasoning Is bofore we
nave approached near enotigh' to tho
forbidden fruit to look Mt aud admire.
II fair compensation for honest ser.
vice Is tho bost present. you can make
q, man, and the bost gifl,he oan re-
ceivc. h. - 80 "'s AZ @f7 -
If we gricvc tho Spirit orc od by our
| lightness. worldllness or presumptfou
we 40 but h'l our own cup with,worm-
woodland gall. ... s- al,C[s,,
Ic who Is false to. the 9present duty
breaks q thread IN tho loom, and will
| sec the effects whom the weaving of a
lifetime ls unraveled. 'E.st't Afi
Wealth in this world is.just so much
Il baggage TO he taken care OF, but q cul-
tiyated brain is cay to carry and is q
never-failing source Of profit and plea
Those who are intended to do any
liominent service for God aye always
empticd O.. self, ana led to sec THAR
/ unntneSS 1Or their undertaking; then
they trust simply on G od's wisdom aud
power, and He gets afl.the glory.
Our lives are spent in either doing
nothing at all, or in doing moth ng to
tho purpose, or in doing nothing that
we ought to- do; we are always cnm.
planning our days arc few, and acting
I as tho ugh there would be no, end of
ehem. ..g.,,s,. w. ..a
i The just man is not the mere rlgidy
equitable man; but tho man who, un-
der the influence Of the principles OF
true religion, Unites beneYolenCe with
righteousness and seeks In aot. of kind
ness as well as of equity, to sfullhI the
royal law. - :, .J.,@
If choerfulness, and amiability arc
: Fnot cultivated ut home ,UTudeness and
impatienoo Will fsoon be- followed by
insolence and when sweet temper
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