Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-08-08

And the wild sparkle of his eye seemed CAUGHT
| From high, and lighted with electric thought.
-Byron.
Wit is the best sense in the world
P0rS0a,
Be happy, but be 50 by piety.-Mrdame
De StdeI.
A wise mans eyes are in his head
| EGctcSiaStCs.
Tho high, the mountain majesty Of
worth.-Byon.
Christianity indicates itself by the men
1t makes. Parker.
The best days of life for rs poor mortals
flee first away - -VirgA.
ANSWER The worlds were framed BY
the word Of God d.-Paut.
Nothing is so sweet to Il corrupt heart
as revenge. BiShop H,te.
Every thing good in nun leans on
something higher. .-EnlersoD.
What you do fur bread will taste of
common grain N e BroWntag
Strong waters will touch upon gold that
will not touch upon siver,-Bacon
Words are the d,ughter5 of The e,tth;
things The sons OF Heaven samuel John
sen.
QUERY?-The laws Of nature do not
account fJr their own origin. John Stunt
NNl
Ii is morally impossible for hypocrite
to keep himself long on guard
L Estrange.
p-Tt 10 taip that l.,
somehow directed controlIe and ar
ranged. Lionel Rcu'c.
| Let the soul 60 by inspir .tion when the
gale Of the spirit is in it, and when it has
any way stiff ID, or lost Tie spilit, let it
put itself down upon duty by the will
| Bashnelh
| Naoman was never humbled in any
degree. until he felt himself completely
cured of his scay lepr0sy; bat truly he
Uoraio Bonnr,
The law of the harvest is to reap more
than you sow, sow and act and you reap a
habit; SOW a habit and you reap charac-
ter; sow a character and you reap desti-
ny. George D. Bolrdman.
The thought of time is solemn
and awful to all minds in proportion to
their depth, and. in proportion as the mind
is superficial, the thought has appeared
little, and has been treated with levity.
Brethren, let but a man possess himself of
that thought. deep thought of the
brevity of time; this thought, that time
is short, and that eternity is long, and he
has learned the first great secret of
nworldiness. So w. Robertson.
II you stand quarter of
mile off from your father, you will be sore
puzzled to know what he slys, or what he
means; but if you go within five feet of
him, everything will be plain. So, my
Christian brother, if YOU stand off and
away from God, your Heavenly Father, in
he midst of earthly absorptions, you will
undoubtedly be much at a loss to know
what is his will but if you live near him,
walking with God (as the Scripture
expression so Significantly gives it, you
will have no difficulty of this sort.-HoU-
ard Crosby.
What. then, is the happiest
period of human lfeP am sure there is
only one answer 1t is now. If am
doing my duty, to day is the best day l
ever had. Yesterday had a happiness of
its own, and up to this morning it was he
best day of all. would not, however,
live it over again. l string it. as new
bead, on the chaplet of praise, and turn to
the better work and the higher thoughts
of the present time OF all the many
days of life, give me to-day. This should
be our feeling always, from the cradle to
he hour when we are called to come up
higher. Childhood is best for children,
manhood is best for men, and old age for
the silver haired. We will all join in a
chorus of common thanksgiving to God.
and when asked, (Which is the happest
period?' will say, childhood, manhood.
and old age, alike, 80 Father, it is now!'
-Fr