The national leader., 1889-03-02
FOOD Fer THOUGHT.

A4FOh A"0Js
To rule ones anger IS well; to pre.
vent it is better.
Political honors are easy when rich
man can buy them.
1t isn't so bad to be disappointed in
love as in marriage.
The greatest loss of time that WE
know i5 to count the hours.
1t is not an easy thing to kill out a
sin, even the smallest one.
Measure not men by SUNDAYS. with.
out regarding what they do all the week
after.
Many preaehers fail. not because they
lack knowledge. but because they lack
JUNCTION.
In this world full often our joys are
only the tender shadows which our sor-
rows ca t.
Every one that doeth evn hateth the
light, for evil thrives in concealment
and in darkness.
The moral cement of society is vir-
tue. It unites and preserves, while
vice separates and destroys.
Some persons spend too much time
In making promises that they have nc
time left to fulfill them.
Persons need to be constantly re-
minded that the only sure way to have
thing done Is to do it yourself.
ANY one may do casual act of good
nature, but continuation of them
shows 1t is part of the temperament.
Webster truly concluded that It is
what man does for others, not what
they do for him, that gives him mortal
ity.
One great trouble with those who 90
to the bad is that they do not think to
provide themselves with return tick
ct.
Many wayward child that resists
the rod would melt before the PRAYER of
faith, poured out from a loving moth
er's heart.
Nothing keeps man from being
rich like thinking he has enough, moth
ing from knowledge and wisdom like
thinking he has both.
The love which does not lead to labor
will soon die out; and the thankfulness
which does not embody itself in sacri-
fees is already changing to ingratltude.
One of the sincerest expressions OF
ones gratefulness to God, the giver of
all good gifts, will appear in his own
thoughtful and loving remembrance of
others. Freely ye have received; freely
give.
Our duty, privileges and security are
In believing. not in knowing; In trust
ing God, and not our own understand
ing. Theo are to be pitied who have
no more trustworthy teachers than
themselves.
People are very much afraid OF being
extreme. But it is not necessarily al
evil to 60 to extremes. All depends.
never be afraid of being called extrem-
lists, so as only we are extremely
right.'
How many take wrong view of life
and waste their nervous system In
endeavoring to accumulate wealth
without thinking of the present happi.
ness they are throwing away. It is not
wealth or honor that makes a man
happy. Many of the most Wretched
beings on earth have both. But 1t is a
radiant sunny spirit which knows how
to hear little trials and enjoy comforts,
and thus extract happiness from every
incident in life,
Cardinal Manning, in a letter lndors.
ing the proposed law for the better
observance of the Sabbath, says: IL am
most happy to add my name to those
OF the millions of others who are laud-
ably contendiDg against the violation
of the Christian Sabbath by uLneces-
sary labor, and who are endeavoring to
promote its decent and proper obseTv-
ance by judIcious legislation.
With all that is justly said about the
virtue of contentment, there Is one spe-
ctes of it that lies like a worm at the
core of all human progress. 1t is that
which renders man satisfied With his
own achievements, content to remain
where he is in the different spheres of
activity or thought or usefulness. in
stead of ascending into Others which
are open to him, and for which he may
be fitted.
None of US can live well by an OccaN
sional good resolution, any more than
seed can grow into healthy plant Dy
being used as common plaything, and
only now and then put into the earth
for a minute or two. Everything de-
pends on storing up in ourselves, by
habit of we'll doing, great and ever
increasing fund of mental pOwer,Wnich
shall be available to brace US against
sudden temptation and help us to carry
out better purposes.
"Frets" are nettles. Some men IN
sist upon putting their hands Oh tueu
whenever they can, and thea complain
of being stung. Repinings are IhiSsIeS'
and some men never lose an oppoftuh'
1ty Of giving themselves whipping
with thistle stalks. This Lnos.
unwise. No man was ever pstOeI
clothed by continually frettlng apouI
his clothes, or was made Walm04 "
peevishness and repinngs
In all right courses of lie . man
resolutely desirous of becoming MIses'
a better informed. better a. alS1Ip,,neG. apa 81.
more useful individual, Vhi ~ ~ - ns
thoughts both of the end anu ~; Tao u"y "y'
get clearer as he proceeds in hie S,,~h,a. mItA,
He sees more truly and Dao a Dsy LII
what 1t is he wants; he seq: more nd July ,,,.y
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