The Dawson journal., 1883-10-11
FOOD FOR THOUGHT

rs the stlllest.
J Dlsparage and depreciate n,
one one, On insect has feeling and al
Hungry and restless. that !,
what we all are, until He takes u,
up and feeds us. =
Old truths are always new to II,
II they come with the smell q
heaven upon them.
Rest satisfied with doing we'll
and leave others to talk of : YOU as
they please. '
All the scholastic scaffoldino
talls as ruined edifce before the
single word-Faith.
Comparison, more than reality
makes men happy, and can make
them wretched.
Gold that buys health can never
be ll-spent, nor hours laid out in
harmless merriment.
Take your place modestly at
lltes banquet, and ask for nothing
not In the bill of fare. 2
Education begins the gentle
man, but reading, good company
and good behavior must finish
him.
He who despises praise will not
be likely to practice the virtue
that would entitle him to it.
The misery of idleness is nearly
as manifest in high life as in rags
and filth in extreme poverty.
1t is no small fault to be bad,
and seems so; it is a greater fault
to seem good, and not be so.
The passion Of acquiring riches
in order to support a vain expense
corrnpts the purest soul.
He is truly great who is little in
himself, and that maketh no ac-
count Of any height Of honors.
Don't Judge a man by his
speech, for a parrot talks, and the
tongue is but an instrument of
sound.
Judge not a man by the house
in which he lives, for rats and liz
yards sometimes dwell in the finest
of structures.
Fatalisms,whether it assume the
the form Of torpid acquaintance
or of inconsiderate alliance, is not
resignation.
In Thy book, 0 Lord, are writ
ten all those that DO what they
can, though they cannot do what
they would.
Wisdom consist not in seeing
what is directly before US, but in
discerning those things which
may coue to pass.
Tho more we drink, we still de
sire the more. So, if we indulge
our passions, they become daily
more violent.
The love Of CHRIST is like the
blue sky into which we see clear
| II, bat the real vastness OF which
you cannot measure.
Some spend lifetime in pick
ing flaws everywhere, but would
give a world for a remnant Of it
when it is all frittered away.
The work an unknown good
man has done is like vein OF wa
ter flowing hidden underground,
secretly making the ground green.
The greater the fear, the more
sublime is that courage which can
stand firm. in its presence and un-
shrinking pursue the path of
duty.
We often find a thousand excel
lent excuses for our grayest faults,
but if anyone wrongs us in the
least, the offence is objectionable.
Many are ambitious of saying
grand things that is, of being
grandeloquent. Eloquence is
speaking out-a quality few es-
TEEN, and fewer aim at.
The men in every community
who labor most sincerely for the
good of the people are tine most
Independent in their own convlc-
tions and principles.
A large, deeper sympathy and
compassion with those who are
weak, erring and sinful, is the
best safeguard we can have against
contaminating influences.
Whenever we find a man or wo-
man with capacity, enthusiasm,
and energetic industry, there we
find a valuable character, and may
expect valuable results.
Difficulty is a severe instructor,
set over US by the supreme ordl1
nance OF a potential Guardian and
Legislator, who knows us better
that we know ourselves, and loves
us better too.
Don't waste life on doubts and
fears. Spend yourself on the
work before you, well assured that
the performance of this hours
duties will be the best prepara-