Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-08
SUNDAY REFLECTIoNs..

The greatest factor of elegance is sin.
csrity.
Never speak to deceive, nor listen to
betray.
The greatest of all faults is to be con.
scious of none.
Censure is the tax man pays to the
public fox being eminent.
Those who are greedy of praise prove
that they are poor in merit.
The readiest and surest way to get rid
of censure is to correct ourselves.
Nothing is go credulous as vanity, or
90 ignorant Of what becomes itself.
Give work rather than aims to the poor.
The former drives out Incidence, the lat
ter industry.
By taking revenge man is but even
with his enemy; but in passing it over
he il superior.
May the heart that sympathizes in the
distress of Others never sorrow over it's
own misfortunes.
Think twice before you believe every
evil story you hear. and think twenty
times before you repeat it.
The greatest friend OF truth is time,
her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her
constant companion is humility.
Secret klndnesses done to mankind
are as beautiful as secret injuries are de-
testable. To be invisibly good is God
like and to be invisibly evil 10 dlaboli.
cal.
There are IN the United States ten
different kinds OF Baptists, nine species
of Prssbyterians, sixteen varieties Of
Methodista, and large assortment of
other beliefs.
The Masonic Corner Stone says: "The
three great evils that members of the
mystic tie should strive to stamp out of
our fraternity, are obscenity, blasphemy
and immortality"
Slanderous gossip, and back-biting,
the two natural outgrowths of ignorance,
malice and envy, are the most disgusting
and dangerous enemies with which
society has to deal.
| Tho Methodists Of Cincinnati, O.. lave
raised $500 to erect in Salt Lake City.
Utah, q Womans' Home for needy women,
especially those seeking refuge from the
bondage of poiygamy.
LaziDsss grows on people; it begins IN
cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The
; more business man has to do the more
be is able to accomplish, for he learus to
economic his strength.
Self-distrust is the cause OF most OF on,
failures. In the assurance of strength
there is strength, and they are the weak
! est, however strong, who have no faitt
in themselves or their powers.
The best are accused of exclusiveness
1t would be more true to say, they sepa
rate as oil from water, as children from
: old people, without love or hatred in tn.
: matter, each seeking his like.
Real merit of any kind cannot be con
cealed; it will be discovered and nothing
can depreciate it but mans showing il
himself. It may not always be rewarded
as it ought; but it will always be known
There are said to have been 5OO,OOt
christians in the world at the end of th.
, first century, 100000 in the time q
Constantine, 30,OV0,OOO in the eietl
D century, l00,OOO.OlO at the time of fh,
j. reformation. and 45O,O00.O00 in 1888.
I DR.. johnson. when in the follness o
years and knowledge said: II never taxi
upa newspaper without finding some
thing would have deemed it loss moi
to have seen-never without deriving
} from it instruction and amusement"
The main walls of the great Mormon
temple were completed last November
They are ten feet thick, OF solid granite
and eiehty.five feet high. The fouDda
ton was laid twenty-eight years ago
! The cost to the present time is $4,5OO,
O0O. It will require six more years tc
, complete the structure.
The great mistake most persons make
lies IN the fact that they expect to gsir
happiness by the attainment OF some
= great good, wealth, Or ofiGs, or place, OF
honor among men. On the contrary
happiness comes little by little. and con
sists chiefly in the enjoyment of the good
things of life that come to % day by day
Method IN everything 10 incalculably
valuable. It promotes comfort. It saves
large expenditure Of time. It avoid.
> numberless Inconvenience. It ia oi
!. great moment in relation to mind and
character; and it is essential to the dis.
patch of all business: for that which is
we'll arranged proceeds with ease and
regularity.
II Perseverance, is not always an indica.
tion OF great abilities. An Indifferent
poet is invulnerable to repulse. the
want Of sensibility in him being what q
noble self confidence was in Milton.
These excluded suitors continue, never.
theless. to hang their garlands at the
gate, to annoint the door. post, and even
to kiss the very threshold Of her home,
though the muse beckons them not IN.
After good constitution, W. a reqai.
site to health, come good physical habits.
These require . good supply Of nutri.
tious food, daily and regular exercise in
the open cir. pure water TO drink. pure
and abundant cir for the lungs, eight
hours Of good sleep out Of every twenty.
four, cleanliness, regularity in eli habits
and smployments, wise, bat not exces.
sive recreation, last-but not least-use.
fol, congenial occupation.