Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
Thoughtu of Great Minds.

IT Is character more than talent that insures
esteem. No one can be really great who has
low moral nature.-BIdckte.
AT achurch meeting. several weeks ago, one
of our friends spoke of the temptations and
discouragements to which busy men are es-
pecially subject. 1t seemed almost impossible
to keep pure in the whirl of business. 1T
brings to my mind,' said he, IAN incident which
a friend told me short time ago. While trav-
cling among the coal mines of Pennsylvania he
noticed how very dingy the towns appeared.
The coal dust seemed to blacken buildings, trees,
shrubs, everything. But as he and foreman
were walking near the mines he noticed
beautiful white flower. Its petals were as pure
as If it were blooming in daisy field What
care the owner of this plant must take OF it. SAID
Mr.. A, to keep 1t SO free from dust and dirt
See here said the foreman, and, taking up q
1t Immediately ran of and left the flower as
stainless as before. 1t has an enamel, the
foreman explained, which prevents any dust
from elinging to it. 1 think it must have been
created for Just such a place. L have often
thought of this white flower, continued our
friend. IF we are covered by the enamel
which Jesus will give to all who ask Him, even
His own blood, we need not fear that the press
of business nor contact with a sinful world will
stain our hearts or rlives."-Beth Van Wdgenea.
A CHRISTIAN is the highest style of man.
Young Might T7oUghts).
BE not DER exquisite
To cast the fashion of uncertain evils;
For grant they be so, while they rest unknown,
What need man forestall his day of grief,
And run to meet what he would most avoid?
THAT is an evil eye which leads man into
trouble by incorrect vision. When a man
seeks to prosper by crafty tricks instead of
careful industry; when mans inordinate COW
etousness pushes him across all lines of hon
esty that he may sooner clutch the prize; when
gambling speculation Would reap where it has
.rvlna man rio hrr
there is an evil eve which guides them through
specious prosperity to inevitable ruin.-A w.
Beecher.
The Bible is the book above all others to be
read at all ages and in all conditions of life not
to be read once or twice through and then laid
aside, but to be read in small portions every
day. speak as man of the world to men or
the world, and say search the Scriptures"-
John Quincy Addms
CELSIUS, an ancient, bitter enemy Of the Cos
pei, speaking of the mock trial and eruc1fxion
of Jesus cries: why. on this occasion at
least does he not act the God and hurl some
signal vengeance on the authors of his insults
and anguishP' But oh, CELSIUS, he does act
the God. A mad man on earth or fury in hell
is capable of wrath and vengeance. But to
bear the most shocking provocations, and
though commanding the thunder and the
flame, forbear to punish, is divine. es,
says even Rousseau, 'if the death Of Socrates
was the ueath of sage, the death Of Jesus was
the death ola God.-WtItidn jay.
IT IS a blessed thing to be a man to whom
God has not only given means, but so large
heart, so benehcient, so brotherly that his frui-
ton of his good fortune is as wide as the thou
san0s who share ii, and the reVersion as secure
as the heaven in which it is treasured.-HdHntL-
ton.
ABOVE all things speak the truth. Your
word must be your bond through life.--Hdlfbur
ton.