The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-10-19
Food For Thought,

| SanSo anu luS SIallluue.
How shall a man escape tbs a..
shat which never setteth {?
Before me, even as behind
God is, and ALI is well.
He who buys hath need of bros...
eyes, and he who sells hath eDop,t !,
one.
The injury the world does ia -,
dom equal to the injustice we ofis, 80
selves.
Counting the chickens before q.
eggs are laid is the pastime OF the ,s
ern prophet.
The poorest education that ,e,,,.
self-control is better than The bqs, n.
neglects it.
Knowledge is like money-,be mo-.
it is circulated the more the peorr. !.
the benefit Of it.
Parker says that in America sv.-
one gets mouthful of education ,,i
no one gets full meal.
There are many men whose ,o7y,.
might govern Dultitudes If they e,rl
out govern themselves.
Good manners include, not a.-.,
pleasant things said and done. bu, M,
pleasant ones left undone.
He that would live clear Of envy ry.
lay his finger on ais mouth and h.,
his hand out of the ink pot.
Powerful organizations crush on. On.
Ponents often. by stiaing their virus
and appropriating their failings
There are more shining qualiua Z
the mind of man, bus there is r-.
more useful than discretion.
Prof. Hardy says that strong clsr..
ter, like strong muscles, comes I'm
activity, from warfare, not retrsa-
While it is true that marriage is Sin.
what of lottery, 1t is also true d.
batchlerhood is one uuending bIanE
Who is the highest, Dob.es.. Cd
maS Is not he whose every sc.f-5
inspired by love to God and love tonr
Those who think they have ong
very small talent, are often mos. tsp-
ed not 10 trade with it for their Lord
To marry for money, beauty. h-n
or ssl6shness, is debasing. Chsrca
is Of far more consequence shan azyc
these.
The world would be pIeasa1ler "a
politicians if we could lave one blarl
day every five years, shutting out b
past forever.
There is no policy like p0lilencss an,
good manners is the best thing IL th
world either TO get q good name, OF SUP
ply the want Of il.
We cannot cOnsecrate ourselves &
God BY measure, any more than ma,
can give his daughter in marriage @
another by the same.
One of the most efecfual WAYS d
pleasing and of making ones self js
loved is to be cheerful. Joy soften
more hearts than tears.
F, Our guides, we pretend, must 5s s1
less-as if those were not often lt
best teachers who only Yesterday 60
corrected for their mistakes.
L have seer many dying beds, ID
never have l seen one which ssemed
me to be q proper place in which
make preparation for eternity.
To be happy is no selfish iudu'gls
no favored condition of fortune il Isl
dEty We owe to others and to ourssl7s
a state of mind which we all sL--.
strive TO acquire.
My principa! method for defss.ir
heresy is by establishing truth. On
proposes 20 fill a bushel with tar-sf fH7w
if l can fill it first with wheat, I shai
defy his attempts.
1t is in vain for you TO expect, il
imprudent for you to ask Of God. fC
giyeness on your own behalf if you re
fuse 10 exercise this foTgiyiug tempe
with respect TO others.
Most men call fretting a minor tau.
a foible and not a vice. But ihsF
is no vice, except it be drunkenness
which can SO utterly destroy Tie psae
and happiness of a home.
The Bible, diamond.like, casts
shadow in every direction torch-..Ea
the more it is shaken the more it shines
herb-like, the more it is pressed .L
sweeter its fragrance.
Mutual courtesy oils the wheels
life and makes them roll easily
sweetens what Is invariably bitter, al
cannot bring about that result save
making the best of things.
Morality without religion IS olN
kind o: dead Feckoning-an endesVo' =
find our place on a cloudy dsY by m5''
uring the distance we have run Ti'h'-
any observation of the heavenly Ool''
A tree wall only lie as it fails u1'
will fall as it leans. And the g'''
question every one should bring l'D
to himself is this: "What is the u. y,
clination of my soul Does ls' w.,
all affections, lean towards Uo0 y
from Him ?''
If ny friends have alaoaster "
laid away, full of fragrant periuu'5,
sympathy and affection, which lH5!
tend to break over my dead O'o,,
would rather they would bring ~.
on, m NV waarv and troubled h'S''
and open them. that may be r'l'S' !,
and cheered by them while l neea IS, =,
1 would rather have a pl"lA -,
without a flower, a funeral VIM, 1t
eulogy. than a life without 'h0 q
ness OF love and sympathy q a.,
learn to anoint our friends oeloi'. 80,
for the burial. Postmortem k'n,I viii
does not cheer the burden7d ~ p,
Flowers on the coffin cast no Il's'
backward on the way.