Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

light is to the body, and he who shuts
out either is an enemy to society.
THE charity that begins at home, and
stays at home, is not strong enough il
the legs TO ever take anybody to heaven
MEN and women who are actively
employed in tightening the sorrows OF
others do not complain that life is with.
out interest.
THE acquisition of knowledge is not
the chief end of man, but it is a noble
end, and the interest of the pursuit is
inexhaustible.
ALL honors should be given to those
who bear failures bravely and rise up
from them with undaunted energy, fol
fresh endeavors.
THE chief ingredients in the compost
tion of those qualities that gain esteem
and praise are good nature, truth, good
sense, and good breeding.
THE cross had three arms. One point
ing toward heaven, and the other two
outstretched as though to take in the
whole world in a blessed embrace of sal
walton.
KNOWLEDGE must be gained by our
selves. Mankind may supply us with
facts; but the results, even if they agree
with previous ones, must be the work OF
our own minds.
No man can do right while his heart
wash the house while everybody inside
is down with the smallpox.
A MANS individuality is what brings
him success in the world, and there have
never yet been laid down any set of rules
or regulations by which men are made
to gain distinction among their fellow
men.
TAKE the hand of the friendless ;smile
on the sad and detected; sympathize
with those in trouble; strive everywhere
to diffuse around you sunshine and joy.
If you do this, you will be sure to be
belo Ved.
WHEN an engineer wants to stop an
engine he don't put brake on the bal
last wheel, he shuts off the power that
makes it run. When you want to quit
your meanness the work must begin on
the inside.
DON'T f1atter yourself thai friendship
authorizes you to say disagreeable things
to your intimates. On the contrary, the
nearer you come into relation with a
person, the more necessary do tact and
courtesy become.
WHATEVER tends to draw men to-
gether in bonds of affection and harmo-
ny will also enable them both to give
and to receive an occasional rebuke in
the spirit which alone can make it eff
fective in doing good.
TRUE culture demands sufficient pri-
vacy to preserve individuality and suf-
ficient publicity to do all the good that
is possible; and he who so combines the
two in his own person secures some of
the most necessary elements of a valua-
BILE and happy life
ALTHOUGH we may know perfectly
how to do some special thing, and have
also learned to do it in the best way, we
still must remember that we have to
consider how to economic our strength
in doing it SO as to produce the great
est eventual results.
TRANQUILITY is the wish of all. The
good, while pursuing the track of virtue,
the great, while following the star of
glory, and the little, while creeping in
the ruts of dissipation, sigh for tran
guilty, and make it the great object
which they ultimately hope to attain.
THERE is kind of aid which it is i'm
moral for friend to give and equally
immoral for another to receive; it is the
aid which takes the place of some work
we ought to have done, some energy we
ought to have put forth. some strength
and power of character we ought to have
attained.
CHE who would eat the kernel must
crack the nut-he who would have the
grain must take the pain" Right judg-
ment is the kernel of the whole great
nut of life, but it is to be gained only by
pain and diligence, and the determine
tion to know so much of the truth of
things as we can get at.
POSSESSION, why more tasteless than
pursuit? Why is a wish far dearer than
a crown?-that wish accomplished why
the grave of bliss? Because in the great
future, buried deep, beyond our plans of
empire and renown, lies all that man
with ardor should pursue; and He who
made him bent TO the rirht