Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-30

A TRUE mans allegiance is given tc
that which is highest in his own nature
He reverences truth, he loves kindness
he respects justice.
How much trouble he avoids who does
not look to what his neighbor says OIL
does or thinks, but only to what he does
himself, that it may be just and pure.
LIFE is like game of chess; each one
holds his rank according to his quality
but. when the game is over, kings, queens,
knights and all are thrown into one
common box.
WE should not forsake a good work
because it does not advance with a rapid
step. Faith in virtue, truth, and AL
mighty goodness, will save US alike from
rashness and despair.
LIFE is made up, not of great sacri-
fees OF duties, but of little things, in
which smiles and kindness and small
obligations, given habitually, are what
win and preserve the heart and secure
comfort
KIND words are the bright flowers of
earthly existence; use them, and especi-
ally around the freside circle. They are
the Jewels beyond price, and powerful to
heal the wounded heart and make the
geighed-down spirit glad.
As freely as the armament embraces
the world, so mercy must encircle friend
aud foe. The sun pOurs forth impair
TALLY his beams through all the regions
of infinity; Heaven bestows the dew
equally on every thirsty plant. What
ever is good and comes from on high is
universal and without reserve; but in
he hearts recesses darkness dwells.
THE boy who leaves at the end of a
common school course with love for
reading good books is better prepared
for life of honor and influence than
one who has passed through high school
without that love; and he who has an
ordinary school edu cation combined
with a taste for good reading is better
equipped for the duties of life than the
graduate of the best college or universi-
ty in the country without that taste.
IF you are getting lazy, watch James.
If your faith is below par, read Paul
If you are impatient, sit down quietly
and have a talk with Job. If you are
just little strong-headed, go and see
Moses. If you are getting weakened,
take look at Elijah. If there is no
song in your heart, listen to David. If
you feel chilly, get the beloved Disciple
to put his arms around you. If you are
losing sight of the future, climb up to
Revelation and get a glimpse of the
promised land.
A WISE man hath foibles as well as
a fool; but the difference between them
is, that the foibles of the one are known
to himself, and concealed to the world;
the foibles of the other are known to the
world, but concealed from himself. The
wise man sees those frailties in himself
which others cannot; but the fool is
blind to those blemishes in character
which are conspicuous to everybody
else Whence it appears that self knowl
ference between wise man and fool,
in the moral sense of that word.
He who is not satisfied with sparing
measure of condiments to season his
food, but takes them in larger and yet
larger proportions. will ere long become
insensible to any amount of stimulant,
and it will lose its SAVIOR altogether for
him. Now, what seasoning is to cur
food. that ought pleasure to be to our
duty. Let it be sparingly intermixed,
and it will give zest to application;
but let it be unduly INDUCED in, and it
will lose its relish. If we feed on amuse-
ment, we feed on wind; and sooner or
later, safety and loathing will ensue.
He that is simplest in his taste, and
most moderate in his relaxations, will
retain the keenest relish for, and enjoy
the longest measure of, the sweets which
earth can furnish. Drain the Gun at once
and dregs alone will remain; sip it gen
tly, and il will last for life.
IT was old Izaak Walton who said,
"Every misery that l miss is new mer
cy"--a saying worthy of the profound
est philosopher. 1t is only too true that
misfortunes come to us on wings, but
retire with a limping pace; and yet one
half the world are ready to meet calam-
tiles half way, and indirectly to welcome
them. There is scarcely an evil in life
that we cannot double by pondering on
il; a scratch will thus become a serious
wound, and slight illness even be
made to end in death by the brooding
apprehension of the sick; while, on the
other hand, a mind. accustomed to look
upon the bright side of all things will
repel the mildew and dampness of care
by genial sunshine. A cheerful heart
paints the world as it sees it, like sun
ny landscape; the morbid mind depicts
it like sterile wildness; and thus life
takes its hues of light or shade from the
character or disposition upon which it
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