Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-24
SUNDAY REFLECTIONS.

III AbAII 1L1AS -,
Doubt OF any kind can be removed by
nothing but action.
The vices we sccff at in others laugh
as us within ourselves. I8Y
be is young enough who has health,
and he is rich enough who has 90 debts.
Idleness ia the parent OF want and of
pain; but the labor of virtue bringeth
forth pleasure.
Repentance without amendment is
like continually pumping without
stopping the leak.
The noblest spirits are those which
turn to heaven not in the hour of
sorrow. bat in that OF joy.
The slothful man ia q burthen to him
self; hours hang heavy on his hands, he
loitersth about, and knoweth not what
he would do.
= Love is the most terrible, and also the
most generous Of the passions; it is tho
only one that includes the happiness of
some one else.
Hearkep, therefore, to the voice. OF
consideration; her words ere the words
of wisdom, and her paths shall lead thee
TO SAFETY end
Psstime, is q word that never should
be used but in o bad sense; it is vile to
say that O thing is agreeable because it
helps to pass the time away.
Submission is the only reasoning be-
tween a creature and it's Maker and con.
sentiment in bis, will isrtheg best remedy
We can Apply TO misfortunes.
Let the soul be assured that aorae.
where IN heu universe it, shouid reioin
ito friend. and itIwouldt be content and
cheerful alone Tor q thou sand years.
Do you thinh Of one faJsity "a harm
less, and another as slight, and; another
as unattended? Cast them ell aside;
they may be slight and accidental, but
they are ugly SCOT from the smoke OF the
pit, for all that.
Things don't go on, in eventual success
sion day by day, in the real years, as they
DO page by page in o novel. God gives
us intervals; and we can neither skip
nor turn the leaves faster than they
write themselves.
After the tongue has once got the
knack of lying, tits not to be imagined
how almost impossible it 10 to reclaim it.
Whence 1t comes to pass that We, see
some men, Who are otherwise very hon.
est, 80 subject to this vice.
How m%anyisosver you may find or
fancy your faults to be, there are only
two that are OF real con equenee--idle-
ness and cruelty; unless you are deliber-
ately kind to every creature. you will
often be cruel to many-Rask;n. & ta
In all matters o v one, women are
quick enough, they know the rights Of
. story before they hear il, and oan tell
o man what his thoughts are before he
knows theta himself. But they cannot
Judge the men who make love to than.
When people come to see MS, we fool
sishly prattle, lest We be inhospitsble,
But things said for conversation are
chalk eggs. Don't say things, What
you are stands over you the while. and
Ethunders SO, that I cannot heaEswhat ycu
say to the contrary. ps8 e4E, 81 u
Love is q portion of, the soul itself.
and is OF the same ature as ii. Like
II, 1t is the divine spark; like il, it IL
i~ncorr1pti5le, indivIsibIe, and imperishee
able. 1t is q point of fire within ua.
which is immortal and infinite, which
nothing can limit, and nothing ex.
tinguishs we feel it burning y in the
marrow OF. cur bones. and SOS its Hash.
ing in the depths Of the heavens.
IL we are setssne earnest on ~esoanino
from deluaiona and sins. We cannot al.
ford to wait FOR the multitude. IA We
would walk with clean steps, we mnst
grid ourselves for o solitary march.
The worlds mightest tasks of reforma.
tion and regeneration have to be wrongha
ont wh5n iookerston refuse their friend.
ship. and the WORKERS in them stand, mis-.
Understood, misinterpreted, reviled, ner.
secuted, alone.
Sound thy heart to the bottom. and
try IL nicely. to be thoroughly satisfied
OF thy sincerity. Let nosday pass With
account taken ofthg life. and be
sure to observe very diligently what
ground you gain, or lose, what altera.
Hon appears in your temper, behavior.
aft ctlon desires what RESEMBLANCE or
~isgeueracy from thy God: how near
approaches you make, or 10 what
distances yon are cast.
Merry !Ohristzaas Is here. with q smile and a
Let % your Old troubles and quarrels be
For the f1isssd that ianear have a gree ting most
And breathe a good wish for the foe who's
Though with him was the spite.
And with your was right,
= kindness of spirit forgive him tonight.
tree
Aprince Of good fellows and welcome il he.
II e the pure soul. although 1t sing or ssay,
Inc Chriet Is horn anew from day TO day
The life that knoweth Him shall hid apart
And keep eternal Christmas in tbs heart.
lam using Ely's Cream Balm for Ostarrb
With good r'.suls, having used only one-haif
bottle I am convinced that il used o. directed
1t Will cure the worst cases of OataYrh. Am so
we'll pleased with it that Ishaii order more nj
Z. sprague. White Sulphur Springs
i have used Ely's Cream Balm for dry
Catarrh ito Which eastern psrsona are sufiect
who come to live here.) It has proved o. c1re. |
-B.F ID. Weeks, Denver Colo.