The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-07-27
Food For Thought
People have to pay for BEING


There is not moment without son.
duty.
Beauty without grace is a hook vi;
out bait.
wit is folly, unless wise man h.
the keeping of it.
Do not talk of your private. ns,,.
OF family matters.
The reward of one duty is the pow.
to fulfil.
Money cannot make brains, but br,..
can make money.
OF all thieves fools are the wo,,.
they rob you of time and patience
Industry has annexed thers.o 8,
fairest fruits and the richest reward,
It is not true that love rnaksg =.
things easy /; it makes us choose Wb., :
difficult.
Act we'll at the moment. and -
have performed a good action "a .r
eternity.
Our prayers are sometimes best o.
swered when our desires are most =.
posed.
The great fact is, that life is q 20,
vice, the OILY question, Whom sb.r
we serve
We are first of all, in all our prsys,,
and in all our conduct 20 have respect, :,
Gods glory.
He who steals little steals with n.
same wish as he who steals much. m.
with less power.
In buying, study cafefully the want,
Of your trade, and buy with that end ii
ways IN view.
The inJaTy of prOdigality leads !,
this, that he who will not economic
will have to agonize.
If man hope not for that which
bafieth hope, he shall not find it; for il
is pas: searching for and past fndipg
out.
am a man Of desperate forture,
that is, a man whose friends are dead
for I never aimed at any other tortu1s
than in friends.
1t is the true secret of a happy life
to live so that by our example, our kind
words and deeds, we may help sous
one else.
OF all things which man can do OF
make here below. by far the most mo.
mentous. wonderful and worthy are III,
things we call books.
As the principal Of love is the hear
of the real christian, so the labor Of Low
is the main business of the christis
life.
The voices of old age have the stiff
ness of it too and as it is the unftte.
! time to learn in, so the unftness of it:
unlearn in will! be found much create
Fear plunges the system into Cha
state of debilt which predisposes It {
fatal impressions, while the morts
force of confidence enables it to rep:
contagion.
Teach yoDr boy a trade. He can the
always earn an honest and sufficient I7
ing. The tramp is the product o
either laziness or lack of preparation
foI earning The humble saw buc
will always stand between It's owner an
want, which is more than can be said 0
learning and library.
"Contentment is better than riches
That sounds like the despairing wall O
a disappointed man. 1t is a paten
medicine, intended for those who hav
tried for success and have failed. Iii
warranted to have the same so0thinI
effect that the conclusion aboh lh
grapes had on the fox. If taken in sul
ficiently large doses it will make a maj
helpless nonentity. It is a narcotic
that does more harm than good. i. put
to sleep the very ones who need waking
The fact is. contentment is satisfe
laziness. Those who better themseiys
and get the grapes DO not think they II
sour. A true man is not necessaril
] discontented, but he is ever aspiring
! He would do more-be mOre-get mon
! He does not care for absolute content
ment. The utmost he will admit is tht
| contentment, with riches, is better tha
| without them.
That "we mnst take people as we fiji
them," in this world, is unmistakea6
true but that we must leave people
we found them is to admit that o
efforts in their behalf have been utter
valueless. Taking people as we fl
them, and leaving them a great de-
better for our presence and labors,
the simple duty of all of US.