The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-08
"Blessed are the sunny in heart.

One of the duties man owes to 2
himself is to live so that he can
respect himself.
If the devil can get man to worship
himself he don't care how much he
goes to church. .;
Our character is but the stamp on
our souls of the free choice of good and
evil we have made through life.
There is only one real failure in life,
possible, and that is not to be true to
the best one known.
When you want to see the dead sea
in human form, find Christian who
never gives.
Some people can trust God as long as
they have plenty of money, but when
the bank breaks their all goes with 1t.
1t is harder than he who has never
made the effort might imagine silently
to return with love the hatred with
which our love has been required.
When we do any thing for God, the
very least thing, we never know where
| it will end, nor what amount of work
it will do for him.
Manners are the shadows of virtues,
the momentary display of those quail
tiles which our fellow-creatures love
and respect.
God offers to every mind its choice
between truth and repose. Take
which you please, you can never have
both.
1t is often better to have great deal
of harm to happen to one than little;
great deal may arouse you to remove
what little will only accustom you to
endure. @
A lady wrote to an editor for areceipt
for pies, and the editor replied that he
would send the receipt as soon as he
received the pies.
Perhaps to suffer is nothing else than
to love more deeply. Love and sorrow
are the two conditions Of profound
life.
One of the saddest things about hu
man nature is, that man may guide
others in the way of life without walk
ing in it himself; that he may be
pilot and yet castaway.
Repentance of general sort is not
worth the while. Ifyou will regret
your sins, brag out your own particular
wrong-doing and look at it. Do not
weep over Adam IS fall, nor repent of
the general depravity of man; but turn
with loathing and regret from that
which detiles your own life.
What comfort there.is in the thought
that, although God could not depend
on us, we can always depend on Him,
and that, although He could always
get on without us, He is willing to make
use of us when we are ready to stand
in His strength, and that he does not
dispear of US, even when we despair
of Him --
1t was because Christ humbled
himself in taking human nature, and
being obedient to the death of the cross,
that "God highly exalted him, and
gave unto him name which is above
every name" The greatest man, the
noblest man is he who is most of q
servant. One must not he too proud
to accept helpful service Of the hum
blest.
There is a general impression among
farmers that corn is the very best feed
hog can have, particularly for fat
tening purposes. But there can be
too much of good thing, corn as well
as anything else. A hog will be true
to name, and any member of the
swine herd Will eat more corn or corn
meal (if he can get it, than will be di-
gested. 1t is all erroneous idea that
a hog should be fed exclusively on
corn, even when fattening. Succulent
food is also necessary. If u hog has a
good pasture it will be ready for the
scalding tub just as soon, and half the
corn commonly fed will suffice. 1t is
high time the old style of fat pork
were done away with. 1t is neither
profitable nor healthful. Nice, juicy
muscle or lean meat is altogether the
most desirable.