The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-18
Food for Thought.
Peevisbne.s covers with its dark 70

even the most distant hoTizln.
r generation Is not scheme OF NOR
tai riukering and ethical cobbling.
Court The fresh air diy and night.
'Oh, if you knew what was in the air |!
Fret makes a young man act like an
old one. and an old man act like a
young one.
The thief who finds no opportunity
10 steal, considers himself an honest
man.
There is no power on earth or in
heaven that can undo what has once
been done.
A reputation for happiness needs as
much watching as a reputation for hon.
esty.
God denies his children nothing but
with a design to give them something
better.
Whichever OF US has done what is
best and noblest for all time, he is the
superior
To lie about a mac never hurts him,
but 10 tell the truth about him some
times does.
The secrets of much success in this
world are cash, confidence. cheerful
ness and constsncy.
a world is waiting for every man to
help on its salvation by making his own
life a victory, not a defeat.
The more God empties your hands of
other work, the more you may know he
has special work TO give them.
We dote upon this world as if il were
never TO have an end and We neglect
the next as If il were never to have a
beginning.
Next to moral weakness, a fear of
the difficulties to be met with is, un-
doubtedly. the most unfortunate mental
trait of any young person.
There is no protection against SIAN
der. Let us pay no attention to these
prsttlers /; let as try to live in inDocense
and ALLOW the world 10 talk.
Nothing, indeed, but the possession
OF some power can with any certainty
discover what, at bottom, is the true
chstacter OF any man.
Frown down ali tricks, all cunning,
all those winding aud crooked courses
10 business. Take an honorable stand
and boldly maintain il.
We nsed each others fOrbearances as
we'll as encouragement in order TO do
our best. We do not all see alike We
cannot work in :he same way.
Some psople are never content with
heir lot. Clouds and darkness are over
their heads. To them every incident,
is an accident, and every accident a
calamity.
Science is first rate piece of furni-
ture for mans upper chamber, il he
has common sense on the ground floor.
Bet if a man hasn't got plenty of good
common sense, the more science he has
he worse for his patient.
II any human law shall show or re-
quire u.s. o commit crime, We are bound
tJ trsnsgress that human law, or else
We must Offend against both the natural
and divine.
a good book and good woman are
excellent things for those who know
how justly to appreciate their value,
There are men, however, who judge OF
both from the beauty OF their covering.
II is quite easy to perform our duties
when they are pleasant, and Imply no
sacrifice the test of principle is TO
perform them with equal readiness
when they are onerous and dissgreea-
ole
Home is not a name, nor a form, nor
a routiGe. l. is a spirit, a presence, a
! principle. Material and method will
not aud cannot make II. II must get
its light and sweetness from those who
| inhaoit it.
The teacher must show his apprecis-
tion Of a chiId's common sense as we'll
as of his knowledge of the lessons.
Sometimes the duh pnpil has batter
everyday judgment than the scholar
who never fails in lessons, and will
make an abler mln.
| Scholars are men OF peace they bear
no arms, but their tongues are sharper
than Actin's sword, their pens carry
further, and give louder report than
thunder. 1 had ather stand in the
shock of the baIlIsk than in the fury of
a merciless pen.
The class of men that disturb and
disorder and distress :ne world are not
rh ise boro and nurtured amid the hal
low d influences of Christian homes,
nut rather those whose early life has
beeo a scene of trouble and vexation,
who have started wrong in the pilgrim
age, and whose course is one of disaster
to themselves and trouble to those
around them.