The national leader., 1889-03-23
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.


the promise and the fulfillment.
Wisdom is he gray hair unto men
and an unspotted life IS old age.
Everyone is as God has made him.
and oftentimes great deal worse.
Fortune knocks once at every man
door. but at some doors, oh, so softly!
What fool is he who lets wrinkle
conquer him without attacking them.
One should not be unjust or cruel t.
ones self any more than to any on
else.
To write good story for the publ
p man must have good upper story
&Iis own,
The only lucky man in the world
&2e who is lucky enough to get what ht
deserves.
The hardest man in the world to
cheat is the man who IS always honesl
with himself.
1t is said that love as subject never
changes. but as an object is always
changeable.
The first generation makes the mon
ey, the second spends it, and the thiro
begins over again.
Men have often been afraid of theiI
blessings, and many of us have run
away from them.
Wise men are never surprised, while
fools are always wondering at every
ahing that happens.
Be careful how you bestow your con-
Bdence. The poor house Is Open-the
rich is carefully guarded.
There is mistake many good people
make. They are ready enough to give
mOney, but not love or time or thought
With malice towards none, with
charity for all, with firmness in the
right, as God gives us to see the right.
Open your mouth and purse cautious
ay; and your stock of wealth and repu-
dation shall, at least in repute, be great.
1t is as impossible for a man to be
cheated by anyone but himself, as fol
thing to be and not to be at the same
time.
There is this difference between hap.
piness and wisdom, that he that thinks
himself the happ1est man really is so:
bat he that thinks himself the wisest
Us generally the greatest fool.
Like the shadow of the morning,
friendship with the wicked decreases;
like the shadow of the evening friend
ship with the noble increases.
Trouble with anxious people is per-
fectly useless anticipation. We are
seldom, if ever, at loss to know what
we should do today; but we fret be-
cause we foresee trouble for tomorrow
or the next day.
( Perhaps we have not all been born
sensible; but common sense, like for
eign language, may be so thoroughly
acquired as almost to seem native; and
mo one has so much as to be able to
afford to give up cultlvating 1t.
Ambition, at distance, IS a goodly
prospect, tempting to the view, the
height delights us, and the mountain
top looks beautiful, because tits nigh to
heaven; but we never think how sandy
i3 the foundations; what storm will bat
Ter, and what tempest shake us.
An exaggerated self consciousness
often leads US into an exaggerated idea
of our own defects, and that curious
sort Of inverted vanity which some
times makes very Insignificant people
uncomfortable with the idea tnat they
are being closely watched and unkindly
criticised.
How selfish is the great world. ALI
enrapped in its own self interests 1t sees
nothing of the l. pg of weary hearts,
sorroWing hearts and care bestrlcken
minds, which struggle along life's
rocky sleeps with bleeding hearts, and
though they see the sunshine and the
fragrant flowers of nature-palnted
meads. they cannot appreciate the love-
Illness OF their surroundings because of
the load of crushing sorrow they are
compelled to carry through life.
Society is the atmosphere of souls,
and we necessarily imbibe from it
something which is either Infectious or
salubrious. The society Of vlrtuOus
persons Is enjoyed beyond their COM
pany, while vice carries a sting into
solitude. The society or company you
keep is beth the Indication of your
character and the former OF it. In
vicious society, you will feel your rev.
erence for the dictates of conscience
wear off, and that name at which
angels bow and devils trembled you
will hear contemned and abused. The
Bible will supply materials for unmean-
ing Jest or impious buffoonery; the
consequence Of this will be practical
deviation from virtue, the principles
will 33come sapped, the fences OF con.
science broken down, and when
debauchery has corrupted the charac-
fer a total inversion will take Dlaco
and the sinner will glory in his shame.
Few men come up to their highest
measure of success. Some fail through
tlmldity, or lack of nerve; they are un-
willing to take the risks incident to
lite, and fail through fear in venturing
on ordinary duties. Others fail through