The Republican journal., 1882-09-07
Gems Of Thought

Men fear old age without being sure of reach
ing it. La Bruyere.
sob was not so miserable in his suiferings as
happy i'll his patience.
some men have the key of knowledge, and
never enter it, Liza Bruyere.
Let us not be ever driving on. The machin-
cry, physical and mental will not stand it. f.
IacON.
The corporal frame is not the man. but only
an instrument that is welded by his spirit.
| LSWedenborg.
We no longer attribute the untimely death of
infants 10 the sin of Adam, but to bad nursing
and ignorance. Garfield.
The true grandeur of humanity is in moral
elevation. sustained, enlightened and decorated
by the intellect of man. c Sumner.
We may not carry our moistened sponge over
the tablets of Gods commands, and then bind
ourselves only by the half egible lines that re-
main. ID. W. Faunce.
oar judgments 4. +. are so liable to be
influenced by many considerations which are
unfair, that it is necessary to keep guard upon
them. Chare> dickens.
1t is incontrovertable that we have in man
two things at least that did not originate in his
senses. namely, the soul, and the plan of the
SUI. loo>tIH L . toOh.
1t appears more probable to me that | shall
continue to exist hereafter, than that [ should
have existence As [ now have, before that eX-
istence began. Thomas Paine.
This world is simply the threshold of our
vast life; the first stepping-stone from nonen-
THY into the boundlesS eXpanse of possibility.
1t is the infant school Of the soul. T. Starr
King.
In this wild element of life he has to struggle
| onwards; now fallen, deep-abaSed; and ever
with tears, repentance, with bleeding heart, he
has 10 rise again, struggle again still onward.
Carlyle.
As Emery Ann said once, about thoughts
~ on can't hide EN- any more than you can the
birds that fly IN the air; but you needn't letem
light and make a nest III your hair" Mrs. A.
II. 7. Whitney
We often wonder that our men of wealth do
not give more subjects of native interest to our
artists, and try to till their walls with more Of
the riches of our own rivers. lakes, wales and
mountains ;. O>good.
Work and play are the universal ordinances
OF God for the living race, in which they sym
boiZe the fortune and interpret the errand Of
man. No creature lives that must not work
am, may not play. Horace Bushnell.
Under the laws of Providence. life is pro-
fafion; probation is succession of trmpta-
lions; temptations are emergencies; and for
emergencies we need the preparation and the
safeguard of prayer. Austin Phelps.
This seems to be the cream of the week. On
! the spiritual river where we would ever sail,
the sabbath opens into clearer water and broad
| or bay; and we can rest on our oars to get
! disinrter view of the blue, heavenly hills
whittier we tend Sylvester Judd.
Those who are without God in the world
have no adequate friend. The small amount
of real friendship among men is well known
They all for>ool him and fed is human ma
lures commentary on the most flaming pro-
testatons of fidelity. b. B. Edwards.
The use of proverbs is characteristic Of an
unlettercd people. The common sense of the
| lower classes is condensed into these terSe
and convenient phrases, and they pass from
hand 10 hand as The pence and farthings Of
conversation. They are invaluable treasures
to ounces with good memories. They give a
semblance of wit TO the speech of the dull
| John Hay,