The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-19
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

Before you set about asking Gods
nlesslhg, make sure that you have earned
it. '|
Great things arc not accomplished by
study. pA0"'
Inc beam of the benevolent eye giveth
value to the bounty which the hand dis
bursos. '' >''"-
III trlfies, infinitely clearer than in
played. - '''-
Wound no ones feelings unnecessarily.
there are thorns enough in the path Of
human life. f' VI
A good constitution is like n monev
hoY-its full value is never known unt;l
1t has been broken.
a man IS great just in proportion to
his superiority to the condition Of @ i;fo ~ ~
which he is placed.
No one can have failed to observe the
power OF true life upon NIL with whom
1t comes in contact.
Hope is like the sun, which. as wa
Journey toward it, casts tho shadow of
our burden behind us.
10 keep on repenting for post sins 10
easy enough. It is the beginning to do
| p'etti tllltC lS UlIllCUIt
If there is any person TO whom ,,o,
reel dislike, that is the person of whom
you ought never to speak.
Who is powerful? He who can con-
troll his passion. Who is rich He who
IL cohtentcd with what he has
Any one may do casual act of ooo1
nature, buta continuation of them sHows
IT ls part of the temperament
L have often thought That tho nature
"l women was inferior to that of men in
general, but superior in particular.
IT. Is always better to keep out of
q'mrrel than to make it up ever 80 ami
e'niS after you have gone into one.
Iho true way to advance anothers
virtue IS to follow it, and the best means
10 cry down anothcr's vice is to decline
re who can contemplate his nast md
not receive many warnings from if
must nave had remarkably stupid OK.
istcnce. 'i'''' 'A-
One of the most effectual wova of
pleaslng and Of making ones self iovnd
IL to be cheerful; joy softcns more hearts
than tears.
More heads pine away in secret anguish
from tho want of kindness from those
who should be their comfort thon from
my other calamity in life.
Ii men would but follow the advica
which they bestow gratuitously on
otners, what reformation would be
elected Ill their characters.
Thomas Carlyle sums ND the wisdom
acquired by his lifelong experience in
the following important aphorism "Do
the duty that lies next to YOU"
If you wish success in life make per-
severance your bosom friend, experience
your wlse counselor, caution your elder
brother and hope your guardian.
Consolation indiscrcctly pressed upon
~ when we are sufficiently under Attic
ton only serves to increase our pain and
to render our grief more poignant.
The end of learning is to know God:
"hI out OF that knowledge to love Him.
ana 10 initiate Him, rs we may be near
est, ny possessing onr souls of true
virtuo.
Every human being has work to
carry on within, duties to perform abroad.
influences to exert, which arc peculiarly
his and which no conscience but his own
can teach
Stagnatlon is not peace Peace il tho
h'%monlZlng of many sorrows and tho
lSupdlnHS rf many passions-the begin
nng OF the grnftNt2lmony which passeth
all understanding. 49,.
! Experience ought to be n headlight
which throws it rays on things to come
instead, 1t IS generally stern light which
throws its rays Oh what wo have already
passed through.
Every year of onr lives we grow more
convinced that it is the wiscst and best
to fix our attention on the beautiful and
the good, and dwell rs little as possible
on tho evil and the false
Few things better become man than
the habit of continual courtesy. IL
costs little to be kind, or to say kind
things, but they 60 n great way in the
makeup OF human kindness.
= We should no more lamont that we
have grown old than tho husbandman,
when the bloom and fragrance of spring
have passed away, should lament TINT
summer or autumn has come.
. Whatever your sex or position, life is
n battle in which you arc to show your
pluck, and woe be to the coward. De-
! spair and postponement are cowardice
: and defeat. Men were born to succeed
and not to fail
c Good manners are not learned from
t arbitrary teaching 50 much as acquired
from habit. They grow upon us by use.
k A coarse, rough nature at homo begets
habit of roughncss Which cannot be laid
I aside among strangers.
He prays Alright who mover knows
when his prayer begins, or whom it ends.
He praises best who does 80 spontane-
ously--as birds sing. He reads the
word of God most wisely who continues
I to read when the book is closed.
| Tho tasks set to children should he
r moderate Over exertion is hun tful,
= both physically and intellectually, and
| even morally; but it is of the utmost
} Importance that they should be made to
. fulfil all their tasks correctly and punc-
tually.