The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

dow to picture IT gives force and re-
lief. a..
truth which uncovers cherished
vice Is more hated than the vice it.,
self. +
If we are faithful to the duties of the
presents, God will provide for the fu.
ture.
The fund Of sensible discourse Is H.
mlted; that of jest and badinerie Is In
finite, ~
All things are almired either because
they are new, or because they are
great.
Charity Is the rarest as 1t is the
most attractive trait of Christian char
acter.
Genius of the highest kind implies
power. 80
The life which has borne no love Is
a garden which has brought forth no
flowers.
Some people are born to be contrary
ana they fulfill their mission with rell-
gious zeal.
Poverty pinches, but not half so
hard as vice. The one wounds to heal.
the other leaves all ulcer.
The very best and kindest wav i'm
which to. look at the faults of YOUR
TREND Is to shut your eyes.
never does man portray his own
character more vlvidly than In his
manner OF potraying another's.
If man eau be contented and hap.
py IN his own company he will gene
rally be good company for others.
The grandest Of heroic deeds are
Cnose which are performed within
1ouf walls, and In domestic privacy.
mere ls no wise or gool man that
would change persons or conditions
entlrely with any man In the world,
The seat Of knowledge Is the head;
OF wlsuom, III Tue heart. We are sure
20 Judge wrong Ii we do not feel right. :
TO work out our own contentment.
Weshould labor not so much to Increase
our substance, rs to nj )derate our de-
sires.
Truth cannot long be concealed. She
VIII pufsC the doors of her imDrisJn-
ment aud flash her splendors on tho
Every person has two educstions-
one which he receives from others.uud
one, more important, which he gives
himself.
know not which OF the twain lifts
man the higher, genius or gentIeness.
genius lifts him above others, gentle.
ness out OF himself.
1t is principle Of war that when
you can use the thunderbolt YOU mu.G
prefer 1t to the cannon. l. lrnestness
Is the thunderbolt.
The block OF granite which was an
obstacle In the pathway of the weak
becomes stepping-stone in the path
way OF the resoluLe.
Ii man empties his purse into his
neau, no man can take iC away from
hlm. An investment in knowle igc al
ways pays the best interest.
1t is high, solemn, almost awful
tnought ior every individual man, that
Ills earthly influence, which has u
commencement, Will never, through all
ages, have an end.
Wnen you doubt between words. .use
the plalneSt, comm Jnest, the idiomatir.
hschew nne words rs you would rouys
tove slhpie ones as you would native
roses Oh your cheek.
The great sorrows of life are eithera
curse or u blessing to us, Even the
opsh grave may oe doorway into
taae aven or larger faith or The open
way into Il life OF solemn dssnair
knowledge cannot be ACQUIRED with.
out pain and application. It is ,trou-
Dlesome, and like deep digging for
pure waters; but when once You CONS
20 the spring, 1t rises up to meet you.
Universal love is like glove with
OUT nngers, which fits all hands alike.
ana none closely; but true affection is
like a glove with fugers, which fl ~
one hand only, and fits close TO shat
one. N'
1ou destroy the divine Image In your
soul Dy sadness. God is j,y. Alma
Iure re1oices In its Creator. Would
you remain IN sorrowful silence? Itis
CHRISTIAN joy that makes the heart fear
1t Is when our budding homes ~.
nipped beyond recovery bY some rouyh
wind that we are most dispOsed tn
picture TO ourselves what flower,
'ney might have borne had they tlour-
lshed.
Outward triumphs OF religion are M
Indications Of It's purity, since tho
more corrupt 1t is, the more popular II
Will be, and the purer it is the le.s
ilkely 1t 1s to be embraced, except by
u few. "
AT It's rising and its setting the sun
makes the deepest shadows, 80 al tha
beginning and toward the close, the
careers OF great men are most dark
ened by the neglect or asperson Of the
Such Is the state Of life that none ara
happy but by the anticipation of
change. The change itself is nothing:
when we have made it tho next wish is
TO change again. The world Is not yer
exhausted.
The race is not to the swift, nor tho
oattle TO the strong; neither yet bread
10 the wise, nor yet riches to mon or
nor yet favor TO men
o1 skill, but time and chance hapben-
9th them all.
NO man starts In his professional ca
feer Wlse, stron1, and thoroughly tic
Ieo lor MS work. One must gain wis
iom by experience, strength by excer-
else, and fitness by reiterated, anu nc
f1rst often insctfcctual, endeavor.
Christian graces are like perfumes
he more they are pressed, the sweeter