Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-07-04
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| The bravest trophy ever man obtained
| Is That which DER himself him self hath gnned.
| Earl Of etcriiHg.
| Our acts our angels are. or good or III,
Our iatal shadows that walk by us still.
| beaumont
HoWiar that little candle throws it's beamsi
SO shines good deed in naughty world.
Shakespeare
Lo, while ye trfie, the light sand steals on,
Leaving the hour.glass empty, and thy life
Gldeth away
Mrs. st0ournep
The attempt
Is all the wedge that splits its knotty way
Betwixt the Impossible and possible.
Alice Carv
All true glory csts
All praise. all safety, and all happness
Upon the moral law
-WOrdSwo,ta
those finer instincts that like second eghr
And hearing, creations unde rstanding,
And see the inner light.
Could Gnd a path to folloe OF
All how glad were, and '1~ %,~
~->raatr.
am the way.-Jesus :
rrihc'ples Ole marc - HnrOLd.
sigh-born thoughts. Quincv
Faith is the spring of action.-R,<~u
LoweH.
sky.-Dryden.
The epidemic of our times is imp,,.,ca.
DR. Edwards.
Life is short and the whole Cur i =.
man's.-South.
Ceremony is the smoke Of friends',i .--
Chinese prorerb.
Attention is the highest of our skill. and
virtues. Goethe
We take les. pains to b, happy lhI',
appear so.-La Rochefoucluld.
What can cease to be ours. never h
been ours.-George Mucdonad.
Let him that would move the W ID
move first himself.-Socrats.
Our system of thought Is often only ,,,y
history of our heart. rt.-Fichte.
But you must formulate your thought ~
you have all stars and no sky.-EmerS,u
1t was said of Plotinus, that the stars
we're significant, but not flicient. .-RaLciqh.
I've known great many foxes to gro
gray, but never knew one to grow good.
Hunter.
He that wrestles with us Strengthens
pur nerves. and sharpens our skill Oar
antagonist is our per.-Burhe
Many interests have grown up, and
seeded, and twisted their roots in the
creVlces OF many wrongs.
The Christian religion can be held in
highest esteem, by those only who are
best acquainted with it.-M Guisot.
Believers are not dependent upon cir.
Humstances. Their Joy comes not from
What they have, but from what they are;
not from what they enjoy, but from that
which has been suffered for them by their
Lord. 1t is singular joy then, because it
rtten buds, blooms, and ripens in winter
lime; and when the fig tree does not
blossom, and there is no herd in the stall.
Gods Habakkuks rejoice in the salvation.
-Spurgeon.
Be ye of good cheer. every one that is
afflicted, for the Lord is preparing for YOU
he city of God. Whatever be your sor.
row, it is the token Of His love; for the
Man OF Sorrows is our King. and the path
of sorrow is the path of His kingdom:
there is none other that leadeth unto life.
Your reward is sure. if you are but true
to yourself. DO we believe these things?
Are they realities, or are they wordsp
They are Gods Word. which is a reality.
DR.. Manning.
Now what has infaelity done for manp
Where are the sorrows it has assuaeed,
the widows hearts it has caused to sing
for joy, the death.beds it has wreathed in
victoryp Where, o whcrep Yes, and the
grog shops it has shut up, the rings" it
has crushed, the baunts of sensuality it has
closed, the dishonesties and mesnnesses it
has Kissed from the landP What has it
done but sit in its dark corner, carpino Mt
the Bible. sneering at piety, and frownino
upon the benevolent workings of the
at Infdelay
The time is coming when men, Chris.
Ian, consecrated men, at their own
charges, will work in the vney ard of the
Lord. The time is coming when our rich
men will send their sons not to Paris to
earn the arts of pleasure. but into our
mountains among our miners and over
he plains among our herdsmen to preach
o them the glorious gospel of the blessed
God. The time is coming when the
'ross shall no longer be a glded OIL ornament,
'ut the seal Of personal commission in
,ur hands to discipline the nattons.-Dr.
|pe66, in Saratoga Convention.