Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-05-19
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. MAY 10. 1883.
SPRAYS.
A manly man never willis.

manly mdu ueVeI Wllts.
The wisdom of the mouth Is foolish
ness unless weaved in the web and wool
of experience.
The grateful remembrances of the
lOwly are more to be desired than the
ducats of kings.
II you ever admit to man that he
cannot be saved. you will never after
influence him for good.
The UNCONVENTIONAL devil is the most
immense of any Satanic emmissary
sent DER earth to do destructive work.
A true man fears not, though outward
things discourage. the world oppose, and
men and devils conspire for his down.
fall.
Idlensss, RIGHTEOUSNESS, and intem-
peranse, trinity Of perdition itself. to
flood the world with crimes, woes and
sorrows.
People who are not willing to let God
do His work. don't seem to improve mat
ters any by their officiOusness with Dr.
vine matters.
People who preach that the world is
going back are on the down grade, and
need to about face and be pointed in the
other direction.
Persons who are forward to tell their
suspicious and slow to acknowledge
good are the weakest, if not the wicked
est people on earth.
Never suspeetIthe world as being so
unfair as to take the words of your en-
emies as evidence against you, for it is
more often the other way.
Persons who SANDER you In the
presence of others, and smile upon you
for favor, you can benefit as mnch as
you please, but trust them-never.
Sweetness and light" will accomplish
more for the regeneration of the world
than vinegar and damnation, and are
altogether legitimate weapons of war
fare.
The slate making, wire pulling and
pet measures to be engineered through
some ecclesiastical gatherings, find a
strong analogy in political convention
work.
As you advance in years see that your
heart becomes more tender, your blood
warmer, your brain quicker, and your
spirit more cosmopolitan, peaceful and
aspiring.
Areligion that causes you to resist
and extirpate those who see things diff
ferently from you, is very far from the
spirit and practice of One who was born
at Bethlehem.
A great many Islander suits will come
up in the Judgement unless the fOulest
filthiness of earth's most robust scaven-
gers is disposed of by process not ad
hitting trial.
Take faith courage, tact and purest
love, when you seek to benefit the lost.
fOrlOrn, disheartened, helpless souls who
have been struck with the cyclone of
Slu, anu you Will WIN.
The christisnizing of the churches 80 as
to have them cOnfOrmabls to Gospel
rule, and the sweet persuasive spirit of
the Master, would be the greatest under
taking of the 10th century.
Provoke your brain to shoot thought
up into the heights and it will attract
attention from the OnlOOkers below,
whereas If you aim at the marshes but
few will ever know you and fewer still
respect you.
Better be slandered than a slanderer,
better be lied upon than to lie, better be
stolen from than steal, better be wrong
ed than to commit wrong, also to re-
member that "the meek" have the
largest inheritance.
When wealth Is the enslgnia of respec-
liability, and the sure passport to the So
ciety and batteries of the elect, and
poverty Is Stunned as disgrace, know
that corruption rules in high places and
things need righting.
Though in life's conflict, the heavens
ominously darken, the thunders furious
ly roll, the lightnings wickedly flash,
and thy way is rough and thorny, be
cheerful and press on, and you prove
yourself brave and wise.
Men who think themselves so excel |
lent as to deserve the love of God, and