The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-11-07


mon-you said God was everywhere-is
Hep"
eyes, dear child" said the bland old
gentleman, "the good God is over all
his presence is everywhere"
SIN the river?"
"Certainly."
"In the stove?"
"Yes, everywhere"
'Is lie in my mothers pantry?"
"Surely, surely, my boy"
SIS lie in her bureau?"
eyes, there is not place you can
mention where God is not"
Pauls face frightened, he grew eager
as he put the next inquiry,
SIS He in my hand l when shut it
tight?"
Certainly"
"Well, IS He in my pocket?'
eyes, God is in your pocket"
Whereupon the little fellow jumped
up, and, approaching the good man,
exclaimed with the concentrated air of
dozen unbelievers:
"Pve got you now, Mr.. B., haven't
GOT any pocket at allr'
"A very large proportion of the suf-
fering that atliicts mankind proceeds
from the simple feeling of discourage
ment. Besides the misery which it in
tiicts, there is the palsying effect which
it exerts on all human effort. AS long
as hope reigns in the heart, no exertion
seems too great; it is when hope sinks
away and dependency takes its place
that the labor of hand or head begins to
languish.
Keep your eyes turned inward upon
yourself, and beware of judging others.
In judging others a man labors to nc
purpose, commonly errs, and easily sins
bit in examining and judging himself
he is always wisely and usefully en-
ployed.
There are no little enemies; people
either hate you with their whole hearts,
or they don't hate you at all. This
hating little is like blowing up pow.
der-mill little, for all know it cannot
be done.
The best of the book is not the
thought which it contains, but the
thought which it suggests, just as the
charm of music dwells not in the tones
but in the echoes of our hearts.
1t is little thing to speak phrase
of common comfort, which, by daily use
has lost its sense; yet on the ear of hin
who thought to die unmouned twill
fall like sweetest music.
He who does good to another mar
does good also to himself, not only il
consequence, but in the very act of do
ing it, for the consciousness of well
doing is an ample reward.
Those with whom we can apparent
ly become well acquainted in few mo
ments are generally the most difficul
rightly to know and understand.
-CarelessnesS and the lack of fore
thought have much to do with man!
of the trials and troubles of life as actua
sin and wrong-doing.
Our best friends or our creates
enemies, as we use or abuse them, arr
the passions nature has planted within
our own breasts.
-Life's real heroes and heroines ar
those who bear their own burden
bravely and give helping hand to thos
arc uni them.
Innocence is like a flower whicl
withers when touched, and blooms no
again, though watered with tears.
Never call man liar; perhaps Ii
may not be liar, and you would nc
like to call man out OF his name
Perhaps he may be one and knock yo
down.
Success and Prosperity. -Peopl
who are fond of complaining of the il
Justice of circumstances, complainin
that the good are often unsuccessful
and the evil are often prosperous, woul
do well to analyze carefully their est
mate of success and prosperity. If the
include in it riches, fame and position
and exclude in it peace of mind, col
tented spirit, good conscious, mob
character, and the luxury of doing goOC
they ale right according to their stanC
ard. But if these latter possessions al
preferable, then are the good prosperou
indeed, with prosperity that no mi
fortune can touch and no less remove
and the evil are truly unsuccessful
though they may have wealth and st'
tion, and power and ease.
In the little world in which chilt
rem have their existence, whosoeve
brings them up, there is nothing S
finely perceived and so finely felt as il
Justice. II may be only small injustiC
4 that the child can be exposed to; nevel
: theless he is keenly alive as to what
I right and fair, however limited be h
domain.
J. "A man never gets thoroughly di
t gusted with loves young dream unit
/, he has given girl ring, and thrt
I days afterward discovers that she Ia
been to a jeweler to ascertain its rel
value.
!, The man who complains that 1
8 has married the wrong woman" do'
1 not deserve your sympathy. 1t shoul
4 all be given TO the woman. She hs
married the wrong manly larg
n majority.
z "When my horse was sick with whi
was called lung fever, last spring,
gave Simmons Liver Regulator (liquiC
in one ounce doses, twice day. The
Q all recovered speedily.
j H ~ MIEHENER