Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-05-31
SUNDAY REFLECTIONS.


II any man offend not in word, th
same is perfect man.
A piece Of steele is good deal like ,
man; when you get it red hot it loses it
temper.
Happiness consists not in possessing
much, but IN being content with what
We possess.
Unsslfish people are always polite, be.
cause good manners are only tho ab.
sence Of selfishness.
We should do everything We can for
others, If only to dissipate the thought
Of what they omit to do for us.
When you fret at the petty ills Of life,
remember that the wheels which 60
round without creeking last longest.
Restraint and liberty 60 hand in hand
in the developement Of character-in.
deed without the former the latter il
impossible.
He that does not know those things
which are Of use and necessity for him
to know, is an ignorant man, whatever
he may know besides.
We ought not to look back, unless it
is to derive useful lessons from past or
rors and for the purpose of profting by
dear bought experience.
We sleep, but the loom Of life never
stops; and the pattern which was weav-
ing when the sun went down 10 Weaving
when it comes up tomorrow.
There cannot live more unhappy
creature than an ill-natured old man,
who is neither capable Of receiving
pleasures, nor sensible of doing them to
Others.
Whatever our place, allotted to us by
providence, that for rs Is the post of
duty. God estimates not by the posi-
tion We are in, but by the way in which
we fill it.
He that hath pity on another mans
sorrow shall be free from 1t himself; and
he that delighteth in and scorneth the
misery of another, shall at one time or
another fall into the same guilt.
Joy Is heightened BY exultant strains
of music, but grief is eased only BY low
ones. "a sweet, sad, measure" ,"i il the
balm of wounded spirit. Music light
ems toll. The sailor pulls more cheer
fully for his song.
The pith of conversation does not con.
sist in exhibiting our own superior knWl.
edge on matters Of small consequence,
but in enlargiDg, improving, and correct
ing the information you possess by the
authority Of others.
Surely happiness is reflective, like the
light of heaven; and every countenance
bright with smiles and glowing with in
nocent enjoyment is mirror transmit.
ting to others the rays of supreme and
ever smiling benevolenca.
Prudence and religion are above
accidents, and draw good out of every.
thing. Affection makes wise man pa
tient strong. aad enduring. Providence,
like q wise father, brings Us up to labor,
toll. and danger; whereas the indul.
Rence of fond mother makes us weak
andspiritless.
The great secret of giving advice
successfully 10 to mix with it something
that implies real CONSEQUENCES of the
advisers own defects, and as much -
possible of an acknowledgement of the
other party's merits. Most advisers
sink both; and hence the failure which |
they meet With and deserve.
As in walking it is your great care not
to run your foot upon nail. Or to tread
hwry, and strain your leg: so let it be in
all the affairs of human life, not to hurt |
your mind, or offend your judgment.
And this rule. il carefully observed in
all your department., will be mighty |
to you in your undertaking..
It is not sufficient to constitute our
selves Just men and women that we may
strictly pay our debts. keep our prom
ses, and fulfill our contracts, if at the
,ame time we are stern where we should
70 kind, hard where We should be tender,
'old where We should be sympathetic;
or then we pay only half our debts and
spudiate the other half.
There are ten things for which no one
los ever yet been so1y-.for doing good
o all. for speaking evil OF none. for hear
ng before judging, for thinking before
for holding an angry tongae,
or being kind to: the distressed, for
skiing pardon for all wrongs, for being
'atient toward everybody, for stopping
ll.reports.
How often do We. look upon God %
ur last and feeblsst resource! We GO 10
i'm because we have nowhere else to 60.
md then We learn that the storms Of life
ave driven us, not upon the rocks, but
nto the desired haven; that We have
cen compelled. 81 to the Last remaining,
0 to the beat. the only, the central help.
be causing cause OF all the helps to .
,hich we had turned aside % nearer and
etter. h
Neither learning, nor philosophy, nor
dvantaRes of any kind. hold monop.
u of correct judgment q TO the right
nd wrong of the every day Affairs Of
fe. He who, with ordinary intelligence
nd sincere desire to do right, trusts to