Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-12-24

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box; a good packer will get in half as
much again as a bad one.
You will find ninety-nine men finding
fault with some one else's work to where
you will find one doing his own right.
CHOICE EXCERPTS.
"THE labor we delight in physics
PAIN" but the labor we detest stultihes
and disheartens us.
WHEN a man has once forfeited the
reputation of his integrity he is set fast,
and nothing will serve his turn, neither
truth nor falsehood.
Ir is chiefly through books that we
enjoy intercourse with superior minds;
and these invaluable communications
are within the reach of all.
WHEN we see men of worth we should
think of becoming like them; when we
see men of contrary character, we
should turn inward and examine our
selves.
THERE are two things each of which
he will seldom fail to discover who seeks
for it in earnest-the knowledge of what
he ought to do, and a plausible pretext
for doing what he likes.
ACTIONS speak more forcibly than
words; they are the test of character
Like fruit upon the tree, they show the
nature of the man; while motives, like
the sap, are hidden from our view.
A MAN need to care for no more knowl-.
edge than to know himself; no more
pleasure than to content himself; no
more victory than to overcome himself;
no more riches than to enjoy himself.
INTENTION is word that we must
pause to examine. 1t is more like ann
ing than anything else we can think OF.
If we aim at mark we intend to hit 1t.
A good intention aims to reach duty.
- In those vernal seasons of the year,
when the air is calm and pleasant, 1t
were an injury or sullenness against Ma
ture not to go out and see her riches,
and partake in her rejoicing with heaV-
cen and earth.
If we take people as we find them,
welcoming all their good points and
passing over the others, and being kind
and generous to all, we shall come much
nearer to the truth about them than II
we labor to make a critical analysis OF
minds and hearts of which we can see
only a few fragments.
THERE is often quite as much exag-
geration used in the tonei of voice as In
the words, and, on the other hand, there
is as much forced reticence in hiding the
feeling as in concealing the Thought
Both extremes must be avoided if we
would in truth and honesty and SINGER
ity convey our reai feelings to- one an
other.
EVEN i'm moral, people have an innate
respect for real piety; they detest only
sham religion. Mankind hates show,
pretense, selfshness, when they are veil
ed under the garb of piety; they hate
cant and hypocrisy; they hate quacks in
piety; they love to tear folly and I'M
prudence from the altar which should
be sanctuary only for the really good.
PERSONS in health and desiring to
continue so should at all times be cheer
full and happy, and those who are sick
should have their attention drawn as
much as possible from themselves. 1t is
by their faith that men are saved, and
also by their faith they die. If man
wills not to die, he can often live in spite
of disease; and, if he has little or no at
traction to live, he will slip away as easi-
ly as child falls asleep.
THERE is a capacity in every man and
woman, though it may often lie latent,
to draw happiness from life in its varl-
Gus phases; and his or her entire wei
fare depends very largely upon the de-
gree to which this power exists. To lose
faith in it is to be blown about at the
mercy of the winds and waves of life,
and at last to be carried away by its cur
rent: but to feel it and exert il is to guide
the helm and conquer the storm, and
bring the boat successfully into port
The man who does this is not the mere
pleasure seeker.
OF all the pleasures of life sympathy
would seem to be one of the sweetest
and purest. 1t unites brethren and
friends in the closest bonds; it lifts bur,
dens, soothes sorrow, multiples joys, ano
promotes human brotherhood. Flowing
naturally from warm and loving hearts
into grateful ones, it blesses both givel
and receiver. 1t is the living spark
which kindles all sorts of benevolent en-
terprises, builds hospitals, schools and
churches, promotes reforms, draws me1
away from vice, and. guides them int
paths of virtue and self-respect.
CHILDREN are the sal vatiOn of thu
race. They purify, they elevate, the!
stir, they instruct. they console, they re
-concile, they gladden. US. They are th'
ozone of human life, inspiring us will
hope, rousing us to wholesome sacrifice
If. in the faults which they inherit, the.
show us the worst of ouselves, and 81
move MS to salutary repentance, the.
also stimulate our finer qualities. The.
cheat us of weary care, they preach t
us, not so much by their lips as by thei
innocence; their questions set us t.
thinking, and to better purpose than tn
syllogisms of philosophers; their help
1essness makes'us tender; their lOvelines
surprises us into pure joy.