Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-14


IT seems morally impossible for per-
son to have right apprehension of the
state of others without being first hum
bled into a sense of his own.
A PERSON of truly liberal mind is
equally pleased with the discovery of
truth in another as in himself, and this
shows the uniting effect of that precious
principle.
LEvITY of behavior invites licentious-
ness, and sometimes exposes the parties
to more disreputable suspicious than
they are aware of, or perhaps than they
| deserve.
PEOPLE are commonly so much en-
ployed in pointing out faults in those
ahead of them, as to forget that some
astern may at the instant be descanting
on theirs in like manner.
A REAL seeker after truth disguises
nothing; he is therefore not offended at
a detection of error, even IN nTmseff,
because he knows that if truth be gain
ed he shall partake of the benefit.
To maintain and publish our own
sentiments, and yet take offense at 9TH
ers for doing the same thing, is no proof
of the goodness of our cause, but rather
of our pride and intolerance.
WERE we as vigilant against the ap-
proaches of evil in ourselves as we usu-
ally are against the errors of others,
there would certainly be much more
harmony and peace in the world.
THERE is difference between suppos-
ing ourselves to be, and pretending to
be, what we are not. The one may be
the error of experience, or at most self
conceit; the other is hypocrisy.
THAT kind of independence which is
derived from wealth is contingent,
forced and fallacious; while that which
owes nothing to outward circumstances,
leaves its possessor upright, firm and re-
spectacle.
IT is the nature of pride to expose
what is likely to increase its own repu-
tation, and conceal its defects; but true
humility is willing to appear what it is,
and is more afraid of being over than
! under-rated.
IT would be some check to self-confi-
dence if every one who differs in Opin-
ion with another would calmly consider
that as two contraries cannot both be
true, possibly he may be wrong and his
opponent right.
NOTHING is SO degrading to our ma
ture, so well calculated to divest man
of all nobility of soul, as the skepticism
which questions his future existence
the infdelity which consigns the hope of
immortality to the grave.
To be truly humble, without valuing
ourselves in the least degree upon the
acquisition, it is an almost unfathoma-
BILE attainment; for the moment we
Judge of it, by comparison with an
other, it leaks out and lets pride in.
THOUGH complaisance cannot be dis
pensed with in our intercourse with each
other without increasing the disorders
of society, yet if that branch of good
manners be not the effect of religion, it
may be the cover of base and injurious
designs.
THE benevolence of an humble mind
may be compared to arivulet in mead
ow, which, though it. glides along un-
seen and without noise, refreshes and
fertilizes the soil, leaving it to display
the benefit received by its increased YER
dure and fruitfulness.
1t is seldom that mans true charac-
er can be taken from himself; for, as
self-knowledge is seldom acquired but
by modification and repentance, few
pass so perfectly through this humbling
process as to have neither too high nor
too low an opinion of themselves.
WHAT a mercy it is that no one ever
sincerely desires to know the state of his
own soul in vainl In the pursuit of all
other knowledge our motives may be too |
arrogant and selfish to be gratifed; but
in this, the deeper the research the more
we are humbled, and consequently the
better prepared to receive the desired in
struction.
ONE of the lessons which young peo-
pie have to learn from experience is the
power, as well as the enduring quality,
of deeds and words, and that they can