Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-16
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

CHOICE EXCERPTS.
THE more honest our intentions al
the less suspicious are we of others d,
signs.
THE more our animal nature is curbe
and restrained, the greater becomes tn
souls supremacy over it.
SINCE time is not a person we ca
overtake when he is past, let us homo
him with mirth and cheerfulnesS G
heart while he is passing.
MEN are every day saying or doing
from the power of education, habit an
imitation, what has no root whatever i
their serious convictions.
IF the sacrifices to virtue are oftel
hard to make, it is always joy to hav
made them: and person never repent
having done a good action.
THERE are no fragments so preciou
as those of time, and none are so heed
lesSly lost by people who cannot make
moment, and yet can waste years.
JUST in proportion as a man become
good, divine, Christlike, he passes out o
the region of theOrizing, of system-build
ing, and hireling service, into the re
giOn of beneficent activities.
CHEERFULNESS is Just as natural Il
the heart of a man in strong health az
color to his cheek; and wherever there
is habitual gloom, there must be eithel
bad air, unwholesOme food, improperly
severe labor, or erring habits of life.
MEN think God is destroying them
because he is tuning them. The VIC.
liniSt screws up the key till the tense
cord sounds the concert pitch; but it is
not to break it, but to use it tunefully
that he stretches the string upon the
musical rack.
ONE month in the school of affiiction
will teach thee more than the great pre-
cepts of Aristotle in seven years; fol
thou canst never Judge rightly of human
affairs unless thou hast first felt the
blows and found out the deceits of
fortune.
CHEERFULNESS is the best promoter
of health. Repinings and murmurings
of the heart give imperceptible strokes
to those delicate fiberS of which the vi
tai parts are composed and wear out the
machine. CheerfulneSs is as friendly to
the mind as to the body.
TIE cloud which appeared to the
prophet Ezekiel carried with it winds
and storms, but it was envirOned with a
golden circle, to teach us to- TIE storms
of afliiction, which happca 10 GoJr:' clil-
dren, are encompassed WliiI IIis -.t..iess
and smiling felicity.
NOTHING is more enfeebling to any
one than to be assured of his weakness
nothing more injurious to character
than to be constantly reminded of its
defects. 1t is that which we desire
rightly to perpetuate on which we should
dwell; that which is most deserving of
honor should receive the emphasis.
EVERY human soul has the germ of
some flowers within it; and they would
open if they could only find sunshine
and free air to expand in. Not having
enough of sunshine is what ails the
world. Make people happy and there
will not be half the quarreling or tenth
part of the wickedneSs there is.
WORDS are good, but there is some
thing better. The best is not to be ex-
planned by words. The spirit in which
we act is the chief matter. Action can
only be understood and represented by
the spirit. No one knows what he is
doing while he is acting rightly, but of
what is wrong we are always conscious.
CALL that mind free which protects
itself against the usurpations of society,
which does not cover to human opinion,
which feels itself accountable to higher
tribunal than mans, which respects a
higher law than fashion, which respects
itself too much to be the slave or tool of
the many or the few.
TIE root of good breeding is care for
others, not for oneself. Good breeding
is the perfume of unSelfishness. If
we think of what others would like
what we should desire in their place
we must of necessity be well bred. If
we think only of our own desires. we
are Just as much of necessity i'll bred, no
matter what our social status.
VIOLENCE ever defeats its own ends, |
Where You cannot drive you can almost |
always persuade. A gentle word, a
kind look, good-natured smile, can
work wonders and accomplish miracles. |
There is a secret pride in every human
heart that revolts at tyranny. You may
order and drive an individual, but you
cannot make him respect you.
As THE most generous vine, if it is
not pruned, runs out into many super
1uOus stems, and grows at last weak
and fruitless, so doth the best man, if
he is not cut short of his desires and
Druned with affections. Ifit be painful
to bleed, it is worse to wither. Let me
be pruned, that l may grow rather than