Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-11-01

THERE is not heart but has its mo
ments of longing -yearning for some
thing better, nObler, holier than it knows
now.
Few are the faults we f1atter whe1
alone; vice sinks in her allurements, il
ungilt, and looks like other objects
dark by night.
LIFE is crucible. We are thrown
into it and tried. The actual weight
and value of man are expressed in the
spiritual substance of the man. AL
else is dross.
THE ultimatum of all intellectual
training is knowledge of ones self
Thorough self-knowledge is education
in its fullest sense. We are gradually
approaching that point, but we shall
never reach it.
CLOSE thine ear against him that shall
open his mouth secretly against another
If thou receivest not his words, they fly
back and wound the reporter. If thou
dost receive them, they fly forward and
wound the receiver.
You will find yourself refreshed by
the presence of cheerful people Why
not make earnest effort to confer that
pleasure on others? You will find half
the battle is gained if you never allow
yourself to say anything gloomy.
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planets around the sun, held in place by
the centrifugal force of the will and the
centripetal force of conscience. There
invariably comes time when the latter
force overcomes the former, and they
return upon US either to enlarge or
crush us.
WHAT if man save my life with a
draught that was prepared to poison me?
The providence of the issue does not at
all discharge the obliquity of the intent.
And the same reason holds good even in
religion itself. 1t is not the incense nor
the offering that is acceptable to God,
but the purity and devotion of the wor-
shipper.
No MAN can safely go abroad that
does love to stay at home; no man can
safely speak that does not willingly
hold his tongue; no man can safely gov
ern that would not cheerfully become
subject; no man can safely command
that has not truly learned to obey; and
no man can safely rejoice but he that
has the testimony of good conscience.
To KNOW how to do ourselves is bet
ter than to know what somebody else
has done. This should be an obvious
truth, but some of our educators do not
seem to recognize it, or why would so
many years be given to the "higher
branches" of an education, and so little |
to the useful, which have direct appli- |
cation to the every day affairs of life?
THOSE that are the loudeSt in their |
threats are the weakest in the execution
Of them. In springing mine, that
which has done the most extensive mis-
chief makes the smallest report; and |
again, if we consider the effect of light
ming, it is probable that he who is killed |
by it hears no noise; but the thunder
clap which follows, and which most |
alarms the ignorant, is the surest proof
Of their safety.
TIE opinions expressed of society as
4 whole are a fair criterion of the char
acter of the one who holds them. 1t is
The man of unfinching integrity who
has the most faith in the honesty of the
1t is the unscrupulouS and
slippery man who suspects roguery in
every quarter, and ridicules the very
dea of disinterestedness. He who com
plains that the world is hollow and
leartless unconsciously confesses his
'wn lack of sympathy.
WHAT sunshine is to flowers, smiles
ire to humanity. They are but trifes,
% be sure, but scattered along life's
pathway, the good they do is incOnceiv-
lble. A smile accompanied by a kind
word has been known to reclaim a poor
'utcast, and change the whole current
If human life. OF all life's blessings
hone are cheaper, or more easily dis-
)ensed, than smiles. Then let us not be
90 chary, but scatter them freely, for
ife is too short to be frowned away.
IT is the misfortune of young people,
before they become fully engaged in the
citations of life and business, that they
ook too much to acgaintances for en-
and make the assistance
which acquaintances can furnish too
The tender mind of
'outh is reluctant or unable to stand
lone; it needs to be one of a class
Hence the hours which ought to be
pent in the acquisition of that general
which is So useful in after
ife, and which can be acquired only in
'outh, are thrown away in the most in
glorious pursuits; for acquaintances are
eldom the companions of study or the
Iuxiliaries Of business.