The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-16
CONDENSED SERMONS, ETC.


WEhad better appear what we are than
affect to appear what we are not.
THE tongue is an unruly member and let
loose is always in search Of prey. |
MEN are apt to prefer a preposterous
error to an afflicted truth.-Jereuay Taylor.
If you would act an honorable and use
full part in life, you must prepare yourself
for it.
Coon temper is like q sunny day; il
sheds its brightness everywhere.-SIr P.
Sidney.
A GENEROUS mind does not feel as be.
longing to itself alone, but to the whole
human race.
IT is higher exhibition of Christian
manliness to be able to bear trouble than
to get rid of it.
TEMPTATIONS follow our weakness until
time steps off and is buried in the bound
lessness of eternity.
THE bread of life is love; the salt Of life,
work; the sweetness of life, poesy; the
water Of life, faith.
BE not ashamed of thy virtues; honor's
good brooch to wear in mans hat at all
times.-Ben Johnson.s
IT is more difficult to withdraw the heart
from evil affections, than it is to lead it by
the attractions of love.
WE oughtnot to judge Of mems merits
by their qualifications, but by the use they
make of them.-ChdrroR.
UNHoLY conversations rob the soul Of
its purity and, by adding fuel to the fire oil
passion, builds its own funeral pyre.
PERFECT valor consists in doing without
witnesses all we should be capable of do.
ing before the world.-ROchefoucauld.
THE temperate are the most truly lux.
urious. By abstaining from most things
it is surprising how many things we en-
joy.
WE are oftentimes more indebted to our
enemies than to our friends. Hate stim.
ulates where love would only beget mac
tion.
ITyou don't want evil things said Of
you, don't do evil things. 1t is poor pol.
icy to grow feathers for your enemy's ar
rows. .t.,..... .t.,. ..
TAKE away from mankind their vanity
and their ambition, and there would be but
few claiming to be heroes or PATRIOTS
Seneca.
"IMPRovE your opportunities" said
Bonaparte to school of young men: 'ev.
cry hour lost now is chance of future
misfortune"
SO QUICKLY sometimes has the wheel
turned round that many man has lived
to enjoy the benefit Of that charity which
BIS own piety projected.
To BE inpatient at the death of person
concerning whom it is certain be must die
Is to mourn because thy friend was not
born an angel.-Jremy Taylor ''
Show IT NOT
If in the dreadful hour of death
If at the latest gasp Of breath,
When the cold damp bedews your brow,
You hope for mercy, show it now.
Addison.
THE strongest passions allow us some
rest, but vanity keeps us perpetually in
motion. What a dust do I raise says the
fly upon coach-wheel. And at what q
rate do I drive! says the fly upon the
horses back.-StuJt.
FAR more acceptable to God is he that
thinketh Of the greatness of his own sins
and the smallness of his virtues, and how
far he is from the perfection Of saints than
he who disputeth Of their greatness oElit
tleness.-St. Thomas. M tgi
"LIFE ID Joy, and love Is power, r',i
Death all fetters doth unbind;
Strengthen wisdom only flower
When we toll for all our kind.
m Hope is truth; the future giveth
More than present takes away,
And the soul forever liveth
yy Nearer God from day to day.
-Jdrles Russell LotpeL
How THE sunlight seems to watch for {
chance to get through the smallest open
ings in the clouds! Love, which forgive.
because it is love, and which waits fo
every opportunity to manifestkindness, il
not going to wait to be asked to forgive
Ignore the wrongs you receive, and thinl
over the good that has been or yet may be
and the evils will dwindle into nothing
ness.-Eptscopal Register.