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

CHOICE EXCERPTS.
THE veil which covers the face of fu-
turity is woven by the hand of mercy.
WHATEVER You may be sure OF, be
sure of at least this, that you are dread
fully like other people.
MANY persons criticise in order not to
seem ignorant; they do not know that
indulgence is mark of the highest cul
ture.
THERE is room for the exercise of char
ity everywhere-in business, in society,
and in church; but the first and chiefeSt
is the need for it at home.
GOOD NATURE is more agreeable in
conversation than wit, and gives GER
tain air to the countenance which is far
more suitable than beauty.
THE virtue of the soul does not con-
sist in flying high, but walking orderly;
its grandeur does not exercise itself in
grandeur, but in mediocrity.
THE art of pleasing consists in being
pleased. To be amiable is to be salts
fed with ones self and others. Good
humor is essential to pleasantly.
MEN of all ages have the same inclin-
ations, over which reason exercises no
control. Thus wherever men are found,
there are fOllies, aye, and the same fol
lies.
In all the affairs of human life, social
as well as political, courtesies of small
and trivial character are the ones that
strike deepest to the grateful and appre
ciating heart.
He that to what he sees adds observa-
ton, and to what he reads reflection, is
in the right road to knowledge; provi-
ded, in scrutinizing the hearts of others,
he neglects not his own.
NOTHING is so certain to bring genu-
inc happy smiles to our own faces as to
watch such smiles grow on those of 9th
ers as the result of our sympathy, our
gentle words, or helpful deeds.
THERE are those who prefer the Ian
guage of the mind to that of the soul.
They are very like those who are indif-
ferent to the sight of starry night. and
who run to an exhibition of fireworks.
ALL pleasure must be bought at the
price of Dain. The difference between
false pleasure and true pleasure is put
thus: for the true, the price is paid be-
fore you enjoy it; for the false after you
enjoy it.
AN honest reputation is within the
reach of all men; they obtain it by social
virtues and by doing their duty. This
kind of reputation, it is true, is neither
brilliant nor startling, but it is often the
most useful for happiness.
IT is a noble and great thing to cover
the blemishes and to excuse the failings
of friend; to draw curtain before his
stains, and to display his projections; to
bury his weaknesses in silence, but to
proclaim his virtues upon the house top.
HAVE great hope of wicked man,
slender hope of mean one. A wicked
man may be converted and become
prominent saint A mean man ought
to be converted six or seven times, one
right after the other, to give him fair
start and put him on an equality with
bold, wicked man.
IT is no more possible for an idle man
to keep together a certain stock of
knowledge than it is possible to keep
together stock of ice exposed to the
meridian sun. Every day destroys a
fact, a relation, or an influence; and the
only method of preserving the bulk and
value of the pile is by constantly adding
to it.
MEDITATION is the tongue of the soul
and the language of our spirit; and our
wandering thoughts in prayer are but
the neglects of meditation and recessions
from that duty; and according as we
neglect meditation, so are our prayers
mperfect-meditation being the soul of
prayer and the intention of our spirit.
MANNERS are of more importance
than laws. Upon these, in a great meas
ure, the laws depend. The law touches
but here and there, now and then
Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt
or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or
refine us by a constant, steady, uniform,
insensible operation, like that of the |
air we breathe in. They give their
whole form and color to our lives. Ac- |
cording to their quality, they aid NOR
ais, they supply them.
IF misfortunes have befallen you by |
your own misconduct, live, and be wiser |
for the future. If they have befallen |
you by the fault of others, live; you !
have done nothing wherewith. to re-
proach yourself. If your character has
been unjustly attacked, live; time will
remove the aspersiOn. Ifyou have spite
full enemies, live, and disappoint their
If you have kind and |
faithful friends, live, to bless and pro-
tect them. If you have hope for i'm
mortality, live, and prepare to enjoy it.
GRAINS OF GOLD.
Activity is not always energy.
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