Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-11

do, they would always find themselye:
ready for what comes next.
CHERISH the tender buds of piety, anC
they viii bloom with benevolence among
the flowers of spiritual intellect.
THERE is not any benefit so gloriou.
in itself but it may be eXceedingl!
sweetened and improved by the manner
of comforting it.
SOME of our weaknesses are born il
US, others are the result of education: i
is question which of the two give:
us most trouble.
It is the first small yielding to tempt
alton that peoples prisons and feeds the
gallows. Trifles are indications, ever
as straws are weather-vaneS.
THE business of constancy chiefly is
bravely to stand TO, and stoutly to suffer
those inconvenience which are nst 9th
erwise possible to be avoided.
THE habit ofresolving without acting
is worse for us than never resolving at
all, inasmuch as it gradually snaps the
natural connection between thought and
deed.
THOSE who are in the power of
evil habits must conquer them as they
can; and conquered they must be, OF
neither wisdom nor happiness can be
attained.
TRUTH cannot be found without some
labor and attention of the mind. and the
thoughts dwelling a considerable time
upon the survey and discussion of each
particular.
HE that hath pity on another mans
sorrow shall be free from it himself. and
he that delighteth in and scorneth the
misery of another shall one time or 9TH
er fall into it himself.
THE religious pleasures of a well dis
posed mind move gently, and therefore
constantly. 1t does not affect by ecsta-
cy and rapture, but is like the pleasure
of health, still and sober.
THE desire of power in excess caused
the angels to fall; the desire of knowI-
edge in excess caused man to fall; but
in charity there is no excess, neither can
angel or man come in danger by it.
The fountain of content must spring
up in the mind; and he who has so little
knowledge of human nature as to seek
happiness by changing anything but his
own disposition will waste his life in
fruitleSs efforts.
A MAN is by nothing so much himself
as by his temper and the character of
his passions and affections. If he loses
what is manly and worthy in these, he
is as much lost to himself as when he
loses his memory and understanding.
SCRATCH the green rind of a sapling,
wantOnly twist it in the soil, and scar
red or crooked tree will tell the act for
years to come. How forcibly does this
figure teach the necessity of giving right
tendencies to the minds and hearts of
the young.
THE tyranny of habit is the most
crushing despOtism. The chains forged
by another are shaken off with cOmpar-
ative ease, but those fabricated by our
selves too frequently fetter our limbs as
long as life continues. Hence it is of
the utmost Importance in early life to
adopt good habits, which, in time, be-
come second nature to us.
A BETTER subject for young men to
mediate upon was never written than
the following by Swift: mo man ever
made an i'll figure who understood his
own talents, nor good one who mis-
took them" Young men do not fail in
pursuits of life because they lack ability
to succeed, half as often as from the
neglect to study the caliber of their
minds.
IDLENESS is the nursery of crime. 1t
is that prolific germ of which all rank
and poisonous vices are the fruits 1t is
the source of temptation-it is the field
where "the enemy sows tares while men
sleep" Could we trace the history of
large class of vices, we should find that
they originate from the want of employ
ment, and are brought in to supply its
place.
You have troubles it may be. So have !
others. None are free from them Per-
haps it is as well that none should be |
free from them; they give sinew and bone
to life-fortitude and courage to man. |
That would be dull sea, and the sailor |
would never get skill, where there was
nothing to disturb the surface of the |
ocean.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES says
Many years ago, in walking among the |
graves at Auburn, l came upon a plain, !
upright white marble slab, which bore
an epitaph of only four words, but to
my mind they meant more than any of the |
labOred inscriptions on the surrounding
monuments: "She was so pleasant" |
This was all, and it was enough. That |
one note revealed the music of life of |
which | knew and asked nothing more |
GRAINS OF GOLD.
Idleness is the nursery of crime.
Anger manages everything badly.
Some men cut off their heads with their
tongues.
a well-bred man is always sociable
and nleaSaDt