The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-05
GRAINS.

The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
4 cheerful face is nearly as good for
an5inyalid as fine weather.
sit is Better TO be able to say "no'
than tS be able to read Latin.
Cold air is not necessarily pure, nor
warm att necessarily impure.
Advice is like castor oil, easy enough
toRfse, but hard enough to take.
fSeere Aifie are are men whose friends are
more m to To- be e pitied than their enemies.
Wealth may bring luxuries, but that
lu1uries do not always bring happi-
Grand temples are built of small
stones, and great lives made OF trlning
Sysaaa. sssa '' . on.
Give what you have. To some one
it'Msy b better than you dare to
think.
An open mind. an open hand, and
anopeh heart, would everywhere hno
sR$sndpGt. '' '''' ''''
1tfs not enough to keep the poor in
mind; five them something to Keep
you In mind.
Prayer will make man cease from
ain, or sid viii entice a man to cease
HSm prayer.
BE loving, and you will never want
fof fiove be humble, and you will new
Of want for guiding. "
When man dies, people generally
inSSuiirsar s. what property he has left be-
hffdhin. THE angels will ask, what
rood dseds has he sent before him?
We should be careful how we create
enemies isniiJ ! It being one of the hardest
thfnysfn the Christian religion to be-
have ourselves as we ought towards
them.
" Conscience like any other faculty
should be carefully cultivated, especial
" ss the light Of nature is so imper-
hR sHd public opinion is SO much de-
!Iauchssd.
There is no sadder picture in this
world than the daily strife and eonten.
tions of men. We are but creatures OF
q day and know that others must soon
&ke our places:
"Ah, vet we cannot be kind to each otner
= .rrshsrssor bran heur. =, v,,n
Ws as sass sssosSs1a asa ss shame; @ -t1" ,'..,
However' Webraye it out we men are little
breed"
When you desire holiness more than
ANYTHING else fl this world, 1t Is near
gseEsdd.@" And ye shall seek me, and
ind HE, when we shall search for me
with IN your heart"
There can be no good without a
strong #aIlf..' A weak will means in
eonstancy it means it even in good
attempted and relinquished, which is
always d terrible thing, because it be-
trayssoms one who relied upon it,.
It Is not the smallest use to try to
make people good unless you try at
the same time and they feel that you
are e-trying, to- make them happy.
And you rarely can make another
happy unless you are happy yourself
"Our life Is q dream; our ii me, as strea,
~-ssahdes swiftly awsy - =. ..,,,
Yhssrrov Il down, the moment is gone;
-r4. IThe nasleRniai year .''''
RushSson to onr view, and eternity's here.'
Ybousn worldly wisdom shake the cautious
No truth .from Heaven descends upon our
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S.nIsS ns and I moeEsd s at, t. till its blessings M
Common as dew and sunshine. over all.
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The great temptation to which we are
moro oriess exposed. is that Of losing
sight Of God in the ordinary actions of
the day. tits hard to feel that every
setion Of every day is capable of being
80 done as to advance or hinder our
growth In grace.
It is as supreme folly to talk of a lit
tie sin as It would be to talk Of a small
decalogue that forbids it, or of a di-
minutive God who hates it, or shall
low he'll that will punish it. Sin is
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