Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-02

FALSE happiness is like false money;
it passes for a time, well as the true.
but when it is brought to the touch We
find the lightness and alloy, and feel the
loss.
HE who is determined to make for
himself name in the world, or even to
raise himself to arespectable position in
life, and gain the esteem of his heigh-
bors, must go to work with his whole
neart.
Men have different spheres. 1t is for
some to evolve great moral truths, as
the heavens evolve stars, to guide the
sailor on the sea and the traveller on the
desert: and it is for some, like the sail
or and the traveller, simply to be guided.
THOSE only read the worlds future
truly who have faith in principle, as op
posed to faith in human dexterity; who
feel that in human things there is real
ly and truly spiritual nature, spirit
uA tendency, a spiritual connection,
which the wisdom of the serpent cannot
altar and scarcely can affect.
EVERY morning we enter upon new
day, carrying still an unknown future
in its bosom. Thoughts may be born
TO day, which may never be extinguish-
ed Hopes may be excited to-day which
may never expire. Acts may be per-
formed to day, the consequence of which
may not be realized till eternity.
"FRIENDSHIP," writes the witty and
elegant La Fontaine, sis the shadow of
the evening which strengthens with the
setting sun of life" Perhaps it is not
very complimentary to compare it to a
shadow, but then we see the Simile has
run away with the author. But Addi-
son hits off a friend most clearly
Friendship" says he. sis strong habit
ual inclination in two persons to pro
mote the good and happiness of each
other"
To do well is to be well. Persevere
in the thought, 81 shall be better to
morrow" and it will help you to be
come So 1t has been said no man ever
died without his own consent Never
get your own consent to dying Resolve
to live. Resolve to be we'll. You your
self must make the effort; you must
work out your own salvation. Through
out the universe the law is inexorabfe
that good results come only from intelli
gent and continuous.
To educate man is to unfold his
faculties, to give him the free and full
use of his powers, and especially his
best powers. 1t is first to train the in
intellect. to give him a love of truth,
and to instruct him in the process BY
which it may be acquired. 1t is to train
him to soundness of judgment, to teach
him to weigh evidence. and to guard
against the common sources of error. II
is to give him a thirst for knowledge,
which will keep his faculties in action
| through life 1t is to aid him in the
study of the outward world, to initiate
into the physical sciences, so that he
will understand the principles of his
trade OF business, and will be able to
comprehend the phenomena which are
continually passing before his eyes. 1t
is to make him acquainted with his own
nature, to give him that most important
means of improvement, self comprehen-
sion.
COMPARATIVELY few of us realize the
meaning of Education. We think of it
as carried on in sch hool-rooms, by the aid
of books and other formal appliances;
but we forget the equally important
processes that shape the character dur
the ten hours day which the child pass
es out of school. Unless home culture
and world-culture supl lement the form
al lessons which are ground by rote into
the lad or maiden, there has been very
little genuine education. Granted that
| it is all the better to have book learning
provided we are not puffed up by it; but
there is a very generous education out
side it-they are the influence of the
world outside of home. the world OF
busines and pleasure into which lad is
turned adrift when he "leayes home
Wisdom is sure to leave with it an el
ement of humility. The man of the
world, too, will find his true center OF
rest at home. 1t cannot be too often re
peated that, altho' the strenuous part OF
aman's life is generally spent away frcnl
home, as he struggles with his fellows
for the means of existence, it is in tht
family circle that the life which is the
fruit of worldly victory is best enjoyed
If tha ,oraI atmoophara nf tho plu oa l.