Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-08-17

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1t is not the good we intend to do to
morrow, but the good we are doing to
day that the devil is afraid of.
CHOICE EXCERPTS.
A MAN who loves to change the oh
jects of his highest feelings is one VIII
is hardly capable of high feelings at al
in any true sense.
THE moral good of the individual ant
that of society are always coexistent,a ,ant
no effort made for one is without its di
rect influence upon the other.
THE manly way is to treat lightly tn
judgments passed on us by others, but t.
be honorably sensitive about the judg
ments we are compelled to pass on our
selves.
WHEN certain persons abuse us, lie
us ask ourselves what descriptions o
characters it is that they admire; W,
shall often find this an exceedingly con
solatory question.
THE social affections are the refinerl
and softeners of life, the main sources
of happiness, the chief means by which
the beauty, the grace and the sweetnes!
of life are developed and nourished.
HOWEVER we may rebel and insist OF
not being the slave of others, we Car
truly only complete ourselves by recog
milton of and obedience to the greater
life around US, and to which we become
submissive only when we attain the
largest lite.
ALL the little vexations of life have
their use as part of our moral disci-
pline. They afford the best trial OF
character. Many man who could bow
with resignation, if told that he was tC
die, is thrown off his guard and out OF
temper by the slightest opposition to his
opinions or his projects.
WHERE every moment is absorbed in
existing business or feverish pleasures
where no time is afforded for repose OF
mind and scarcely enough for repose OF
body, it is no wonder that letters OF
friendship and good fellowship should
be first postponed and finally discontin-
ued. The result of this neglect is always
disastrous.
PASSIONS are strong emotions of the
mind occasioned by the view Of ap-
preaching good or evil. These emotions
are planted in man by Providence in or
der to give him activity and fit him for
society The directing of our passions
to improper objects or suffering them to
hurry us away with them is the great
danger in human life.
AT all times kindness is better than
ill-nature, and courtesy is nobler thing
than disrespect. Nothing can be much
more foolish than to 60 out of our way
to make enemies for the mere sake of
making them, when very little patience,
forbearance and self restraint would
have given us instead helper. a friend,
a panegyrist and a backer.
A SHIP on the broad, boisterous and
open ocean needeth no pilot. But it
dare not venture alone on the placid
bosom of little river, lest it be wrecked
by some hidden rock. Thus it is with
life. 'Tis not in our open, exposed deeds
that we so much need the still voice of
the silent monitor as in the small, secret,
every day acts of our life.
MEN do not make occasions. but oc
casions make men. Occasions give men
an opportunity to show themselves at
their fullest and best; but, unless the oc-
casion is a reality by itself, it cannot be
made an opportunity for the wisest and
ablest men to exhibit his exceptional
powers And the occasions that do most
for men of ability are occasions of spe-
cial need, or of special trial, or of spe
cial bewilderment and perplexity.
REGRETS for the results of sin are
often mistaken for repentance. Though
many great men are eccentric, eccentri-
city makes no man great. Suspect your
self of that folly of which, without
proof, you suspect another. If you try
to rescue the slave of bad habit you
will find him great stickler for free
dom to remain a slave. The voice of
the people, when the people are but
common folk, is usually unerring in the
main particulars.
MANY a man is rich without money.
Thousands Of men with nothing in their
pockets, and thousands without even a
pocket, are rich. A man born with a
good sound constitution, a good stom-
ach, good heart, good limbs, pretty
good head piece, is rich. Good brains
are better than gold, tough muscles than
silver; and nerves that flash fire and car
ry energy to every function are better
than houses and land. 1t is better than
a landed estate to have the right kind of
father and mother. Good breeds and
bad breeds exist among men as really as
among herds and horses. Education
may do much to check evil tendencies
or to develOpe good ones, but it is great
thing to inherit the right proportion OF
faculties to start with The man is rich
who has good disposition, who is ma
turally kind, patient. cheerful, hopeful
and who has flavor of wit and fun in his
composition. The hardest thing to gel
on with in this life is a mans own self
A cross, selfish fellow, respondent and
complaining fellow, timid and care.
burdened man-these are all born de
formed on the inside. They do moi
] limp, but their thoughts sometimes do.