Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-08-27

thought which he falls back upon when
he is alone.
Wit undirected by benevolence gener-
ally falls into personal satire, the Keen
est instrument of unkindess.
The devil never tempts us with more
success than when he tempts us with the
sight of our own good actions.
CHOICE EXCERPTS.
If the the sun had nothing else to do
but shine on the righteous it would be
hardly worth while for it to rise as early
as it does.
WHATEVER you are from nature keep
to it; never desert your line of talent.
Be what nature intended you for, and
you will succeed.
WE are firm believers in the maxim
that, for all right judgment of any man
or thing, it is useful, nay, essential, to
see his good qualities before pronounc-
ing on his bad.
If we would only give ourselves half
an hours serious reflection at the close OF
every day, we should preach to ourselves
seven of the best sermons that could be
uttered, every week.
YESTERDAY is yours no longer, to-
morrow may never be yours; but to-day
is yours, the living present is yours, and
in the livingpresent you may stretch for
ward to the things that are before.
CONFINEMENT abides with truth.
You will generally suffer for wishing to
appear other than you are; whether it
be richer or greater or more learned. The
mask soon becomes an instrument of
torture.
GOSSIP and slander, delighting in
dwelling only on evil things and care
fully concealing all that might moderate
the venom of their sting, blast many a
fair fame and inf1ict cruel suffering on
those who deserve it not.
LET us be very cheerful and very staid
not hoping too much, not giving forth |
peals of thoughtless laughter, not max |
ing visionary resolves, but simply say
ing, 81 have this and this to do to-mor
row. l shall set myself to that, and the
day after tomorrow must take care for
itself, until l am ready to meet it."
If man is prey to some degrading
vice or foible, we should rejoice if he
says, "From this day forth L shall be
weak no more. cast that fault behind
me; and, if l only have month to live,
l mean to pass that month in trying to
be nobler; and l resolve that, even if |
fail or faIter, yet, when l meet my God,
| shall be striving after better things"
SOME children are utterly broken down
physically and mentally by over-educa-
ton; others have no education at all.
OF the twain, the former are more to be
pitied The uneducated can afterward |
educate themselves; but children who
have had the vitality and spirits of their
youth dragooned out of them by marti-
net teachers can never repair the damage
that has been done to their bodies and
minds by over r-tasking.
CHILDREN, look in those eyes; listen
to that dear voice; notice the feeling of
even single touch that is bestowed
upon you by that hand. Make much of
it while yet you have that most precious
of all Gods gifts, loving mother. Read
the unfathomable love of those eyes, the
kind anxiety of that touch and look,
however slight your pain. In after life
you may have friends, but never will
you have again the inexpressible love
and gentle care shed upon you which
none but mother bestows.
THERE is an admirable partition of
qualities between the sexes, which the
great Author of being has distributed to
each with wisdom which calls for our
admiration. Man is strong, woman is
beautiful; man is daring and confident,
woman is difiident and unassuming;
man is great in action, woman in suffer
ing; man shines abroad, woman at home;
man talks to convince, woman to per
suade and please; man has rugged
heart, woman a soft and tender one;
man prevents misery, woman relieves it;
man has science, woman taste; man has
Judgment, woman sensibility; man is
being of justice, woman of mercy.
SOME one says that few men die of
age-almost all persons die of disap-
pointment; personal, mental, or bodily
toll or accident. The passions kill men
sometimes even suddenly. The com
mon expression "choked with passion"
has little exaggeration in it; for, even
though not suddenly fatal, strong pas
sions shorten life. Strong bodied men
often die young; weak men live longer,
for the strong use their strength and the
weak have none to use. The latter take
care of themselves, the former do not. |
As it is with the body, so it is with the
mind and temper. The strong are apt
to break, or, like the candle, run; the
weak burn out.
REALLY every new day of ones life is |
an occasion for commemoration and /