Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-09-26

good act, reveals his own wickedness @
heart.
NOTHING exposes religion more to tn
reproach of its enemies than the world
illness and hard d-heartedness of the pro
fessors of it.
IF there were no enemy there coult
be no conflict; were there no troubl
there could be no faith; were there N,
fear there could be no hope.
IT is an easy thing to accept as true o
best what we wish to be so, without sift
ing the evidence; but to judge wisel.
takes both labor and time.
SORROW itself is not so hard to bea
as the bitter thought of sorrow coming
Airy ghosts that work no harm do terri
fly us more than men in steel with bloody
purposes.
THERE is respect due to age, but
there is also respect due to youth, the
lack of which accounts for many fail
ure in the household and school systems
of education.
THE humble man, though surrounded
with the scorn and reproach of the
world, is still in peace, for the stability
of his peace resteth not upon the world
but upon God.
THERE will come a time when three
words uttered with charity and meek
ness shall receive a far more blessed re-
ward than 5000 volumes written with
disdainful sharpness of wit.
TALK about those subjects you have
had long in your mind, and listen to
what others say about subjects you have
studied but recently. knowledge and
timber should not be used till they are
seasoned.
CHERISH your hearts best affections.
Indulge in the warm emotions of filial,
parental, fraternal love. Think it not a
weakness. Love everything and every
body that is lovely. You cannot make
the cords of love too strong.
BLESSINGS are like birds which hop
about us with their wings folded, and
we do not see the beauty of their plum
age; but when they spread their pinions
for flight, then we shall see the brillian-
cy of their color and the gracefulness
of their form.
THE bread of bitterness is the food on
which men grow to their fullest stature;
the waters of bitterness are a debatable
ford through which they reach the shores
of wisdom; the ashes boldly grasped and
eaten without faltering are the price
which must be paid for the golden fruit
of knowledge.
ONE of the best lessons to be learnt is
the absolute necessity of preventing
work from degenerating into worry. 1t
is worry that kills for the most part,
not work. To learn to put forth our
best powers steadily, continuously, in
the proper grooves, to the proper ends
this is one of the most precious fruits of
wisdom and experience.
ALL old people should be as cushions
of soft-heartedness where the young may
repose and be at rest-as by the very
nature of things confessors and counsel
ors to whom the young may tell all, and
be comforted and guided. This position
can only be attained by true sympathy
sympathy with the very faults, the very
follies of the age which knows so little
and feels so much!
THE bravest and most clear headed
are also the most patient; they know how
to"bide their ime"-simply another form
for patience. Where two men-gener-
ais, diplomatists, or lawyers-are equals
in everything but patience, the one who
has the most of that sovereign quality
will triumph; and the same is true of
governments and nations. "Let patience
have her perfect work"
IT is in youth that the spirit of truth
fulness may best be cultivated. Few
realize how strong are the impressions
made upon the heart of childhood by
the examples which are given to it. Let
no one imagine that to teach a child not
to tell lie is sufficient to make him
really truthful. He must be imbued
with the love of positive truth, and that
can be infused only by those who are
themselves inspired in it.