The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-16
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GOLD COIN AND SILVER
For Mental Pockets. Gathered From the
MINIS of Genius

Minis of Genius
BY j. N. s.
DISCIPLINE n REwARD.-God is ae-
customed to discipline his people with ex-
.haustions, and reward them with sur
prises.- Chq9les S. Ro5iasoa.
COPS ENGAGEMENTS JUSTIFIED. -
Gods engagements are always justified by
actual fuIfillmcnt, when men trust him
with mwavering faitl.- Uayles $. Robin
son.
SfLENeING a MISIsTER.-What good
does it do TO silence a minister? Does
stopping a clock stop the time of sun
down p CHarles s. Ro6fasoa.
BEATTY
A thing Of beauty Is p joy forever;
Its loveliness increases il Will never
Pass into nofhingness but still viii keep
\ bower quiet for US, and sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and
quiet breathing.
John Keats, ia EndBaion.
An Act OF FATTH.-Look into the
hearts of the men who, from time to time.
have risen in DISTINGUISHED revolt against
some wrong on which the worlds con-
science has gone to sleep-Wyeliff and
~Sayonarola III the Church, Clarkson and
Garrison in the State-and ask what is the
inspiration that fans their enthusiasm and
renders their patience inexhaustible9 Is
it any reasoned estimate of what society
loses by its shortcomings? any s~tatisti-
cal survey of ayoidable mischiefs2 or any
measurement of their personal strength
against the resistance to be overcome ?
Would their zeal abate if the harm were
less conspicuous? Would it quit the field
if the forces arrayed against it were more
than it could meet? On the contrary
they are held by an unconditional necessity
which brooks nc measurement and leaves
no option, and which is strained, if posi-
BILE, to higher intensity, if it sets them
apart and is conseerated in them alone.
They are charged with an infinite commits
sion, and its seeming impossibility does
not damp, but fire them. Theirs is an act
of faith, and it does not wait for a little
mountain before ii dares to say .Be thou
removed, and be thou cast into the sea. -
James Martineau, IN Hours Of Thought on
Sacred Themes, second series, ehapt. T..
THE Force \ PERSUASION OF Flo
oUENcE.-Force, in eloquence, is the mail
ed giant of the feudal age, who, assailing
under a storm of missels the fortress of
his adversary, makes the tough gates
SILVER under the furiously rapid strokes OF
his battle ak, and enters as a victor; while
Persuasion, with his garland and singing
robes about him speaks the magical
word which makes the gates fly open of
their own accord, and he enters as a guest.
-Edacin r Whipph. IN Character and
Characteristic Nea, chdpt. TX.
REVELATION N Observation-Disclosures
is a king unmarried: science is "A queen I'M
married; but from eternity and for eter-
nifty these two have changed eyes.-JosepA
Cock. in Orthodoxy. ehapt. "
SELF KNowLEDGE.-It is not SO difficult
to know ones self as to confess to the
knowledge.-Arhur S. Hardy IN BIT TT a
Uoman, ehapf. II.
SELF MAKISe.-lIe was what he was
because he wished to be, not because he
could not help it.-dTthsp 5. Hardy, IN
BIT Yet q Woman, chapf, II.
Being, SEEHING.-Be, not seem.
Let MS acquiesce. Let us take our bloated
nothingness ont of the path of the divine
circuit. Let us unlearn our wisdom of the
world. Let us lie low in the Lords power,
and learn that truth alone makes rich and
great.-Emerson, ESsag II.
LovE.-In the last analysis love is only
the reflection of a mans own worthiness
from other men.-Eherson, Essay ~.