The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-02

Make your mistakes teach you
: something. Moses never lost his tenn
|; per in the wilderness but once.
! Three things to contend for-honor,
: country and friends.
; The court of mercy is the only court
where man dares to appear, or can
abide trial.-Nor,is.
, Unpro6tableness and omission Of
! duty is damnable. To do no harm is
praise fit for stone, and not for a
man.-Baxter.
There are people vino seem to lose
all their religion the minute they can't
have their own way.
The man who is trusting in God
with all his heart never trembles for
the crop when he hears it thunder.
One peculiarly about the human
mind is that it cannot forget what it
wants to.
He loved the maid and she loved him,
He introduced another man.
And nOw-he is not in it
AnnOyances seem to be about the
only things that grow heavier as they
become smaller.
! Grief and discomfort have generally
their foundation in desire; SO that
. whosoever can obtain the sovereignty
over his desires will be master over his
own happiness.-Hozve.
Thank God for sympathy; it has
wonderful power of turning keys in
rusty locks.
4, The law of God was not to be writ
ten on the doors of the temple, but
upon the posts of the dwellings and
thou to mediate upon it, with thy
children, in all the turnings of life
. Br07Ouing.
The greatest ornament of an illus
.rlous life is modesty and humility,
which go a great way in the character
. of even the most exalted princes.
A preacher who sandpapers his ser
mons to keep the rough edges from
: scratching some appointment member"
should read about a man who lived
, about 1900 years ago, named Jesus
Every man must be governed by his
own conscience, but has no right to
make his conscience a tyrant 20 con-
troll the convictions and actions of
others.
No longer vain,
And purposeless our onward struggling
years;
The hope He bringeth overfloods our fears.
Lucy Larcom.
If man constantly aspires, is he not
elevated? Did ever a man try heroism,
magnanimity, truth, sincerity. and find
that there was no advantage in them
that it was vain endeavor ?-H.
d. 2A0reau.
Pray though the gift you ask for
May never comfort your fears,
May never repay your pleading,
yet pray, and with hopeful tears;
An answer, not that you long for
But diviner, will come one day
our eyes are too dim to see it,
Yet strive, and wait, and pray.
adelaide 4. Proctor.
If we will really persevere in our
cndeavors and in our prayers, we may
be sure that He who was on this day |
born into the world-the Saviour of !
sinners-and who grew up as a tender |
plant in dry ground, will cause the
dry ground of our hearts to become
fruitful, and the seed of grace to |
spring up, first the blade, then the ear,
then the full corn in the ear.-Petey
Young.
And clear, to-day as long ago,
The angel chorus echoes still, !
Above the clamor and the throe
Ut human passion, human woe:
Good will and peace, peace and good
will" I
Through eighteen hundred stormy years,
Ihe dear notes ring and will not cease :; |
And past all mistS of mortal tears,
The guiding star rebukes our fears;
peace and good will. good will and
peace"
Susan Coolidge.
There is no medium. We must go
on to perfection or 60 back. Those
who cease to press forward must of
necessity go back. We must either be
in the possession of holiness or be
pressing after it. Here backsliding
often commences. The regenerated
are to be overcome all sin. Those
who war a good warfare will in short
period of time be convinced of their
need of a clean heart.-Era.
1t should never be forgotten that the
pulpit is set for the defense Of the faith,
and it should give forth no uncertain
sound on the great fundamental doc
trines of our holy religion. Pulpit
platitudes and glitterng generalities
may soothe soul to slumber, but will |
never rouse the conscience or stir the
will to action.-St. Louis Christian
AaUofate.