Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

CHOICE EXCERPTS.
As the sense of hunger presupposes
food to satisfy it, so the sense of de
pendence upon God presupposes his ex
istence and character.
THERE are many things that are thorn'
to our hopes until we have attained
them, and envenomed arrows to oul
hearts when we possess them.
THOUGHTS there are, that need NJ
embodying, no form, no expression. Ii
is enough to hint at them vaguely;
word, and they are heard and seen.
lam of the opinion that there is nc
proverb which is not true, because they
are all sentences drawn from experience
itself, the mother of all sciences.
WE celebrate nobler obsequies to thost
we love by drying the tears of Others
than by shedding our own; and the fair
est funeral wreath we can hang on theil
tomb is not SO fair as fruit offering OF
good deeds.
SELFIsHNEss, though refined, is still
but selfishness, and refinement ought
never to interfere with doing good in the
world as it exists. 1t is not desirable tC
appeal early to this feeling, or perhap:
ever directly to cultivate it.
HE who makes a baseless insinuation
against neighbor's integrity or honor
is guilty of an injustice which is atroci
Gus and monstrous in comparison with
the petty depreciation of the despicable
thief who breaks into his granary anC
surreptitiously carries away his corn.
LOVE is king wherever he elects tC
plant his throne. He is as potent among
the lowliest as in the palace of the
mightiest emperor, and his scepter is
welded with as much despotism as
though it were studded with precious
stones and held over the heads of prince
and archduchess.
AT all times, in this wintry life, the
presence of those we love is like CLEAN
of sunshine through the clouds, lighting
up one particular spot amid the shad
ows, and giving warmth, and luster, anC
loveliness to all beneath the ray. That
passing CLEAN seems brighter than the
full sunshine.
1T seems to be a law of our nature
intended perhaps for our preservation,
that little evils, coming home to our,
selves, should affect us more than grea'
evils. distance, happening to others
but they must be evils which we cannot
prevent, and over which we have nc
control, for perhaps there is no man
who would lose little finger to savt
China.
THERE is a degree of purity and OF
honor which is insensible to temptation
Circumstance is the occasion of vice
but no more. The seed is in the heart
and the soil has not be found in which
it will refuse to grow. There are people
who will "break out" as the expressive
saying is, anywhere, and under any cir
cumstances. If the tree be good, the
fruit will be good; but if the tree be bad
no amount of cultivation will produce
good fruit.
A BEAUTIFUL person is the natura
form of beautiful soul. The minC
builds its own house. The soul take:
precedence of the body, and shapes the
BODY to its own likeness. A vacant
mind takes all the meaning out of tht
fairest face. A sensual disposition de
forms the handsomest features. A colo
selfish heart shrivels and distorts tht
best looks. A grovelling spirit takes al
the dignity out of the figure and all tht
character out of the countenance. A
cherished hatred transforms the mos
beautiful lineamentS into an image o.
ugliness.
"CHARITY begins at home" Do yor
know what is the meaning of that well
worn sentence? You use it too fire.
quently as an excuse for parsimony
The true meaning of that mystic lint
is that you, dear readers, of all ages anC
both sexes, should do all you can tt
make your homes happy; it is there yor
should show your kindness, good humor
your fun and cleverness. There it is tina
You play the fine gentleman and bt
doubly polite, there where You are seeI
only seen by your own kith and kin. L
is a thousand times better than the sor
did selfshness which indulges in rude
ness, boorishness, and impoliteness a
home, merely to be the little tyrant o.
the house, and to impress people with ;
petty consequence which everybody see:
through, and which even its victims
heartily despise.
IT has been the fashion to separate
hand work and head work, as if the TIVE
were Incompatible. One was for labor
ers and mechanics, the other for pro
fessional and literary people; one wa
for the poor, the other for the rich. Bu
we are gradually learning that their har
monious union is the only means of the
perfection of either. Ruskin says truly
1--WE want one man to be always think
ing, and another to be always working
and we call one gentleman and th'
other an operator; whereas the workman
ought often to be thinking and th'
thinker often to be working, and botl
should be gentlemen in the best sense
The mass of society is made up of NOR
bid thinkers. 1t is only by labor tha
thought that labor can be made healthy
and only thought that labor can b
made happy, and the two cannot be sep