The Newtown bee., 1893-11-03
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

There is an eastern proyerb which says: Eyes that look kindly on us are beautiful eyes; lips that speak sweet words to us are beautiful lips.'' If thou wouldst be justified, acknow- lege thy injustice; he that confesses his sin begins his journey toward salvation; he that is sorry for it mends his pace; he that forsakes it is at his journeys end [Quarles.
 Be not troubled; for if troubles abound, and there be tossing and storms and tempests and no peace nor anything visible left to support; yet, lie still, and sink beneath, till secret hope stir, which will stay the heart in the midst of all these; until the Lord administers comfort, who knows how and what re- lief to give to the weary traveller, that knows not where it is, nor which way to look, nor where to expect path.
 Isaac Pennington.
 'Only sOul-life is real life. Bodies exist; souls live. Eating, drinking, and making money is successful human ex- istence. Loving the pure, the true, the beautiful, the good, and constantly growing stronger in these directions and in the hope of a blissful immortality, is living in the true sense"
 Many people promise anything you ask of them, but make small matter of keeping their promises. They enter into engagements with you to do this or that. to meet you or call on you at certain time, or to do some favor for you, and utterly fail to fulfill their engagements. This is very serious matter, this lack of fidelity to promises and engagements. Surely we ought to keep a se6ulous watch over ourselves in this regard We ought to be faithful to the promises we make, cost what it may 1t is a noble thing when we find one whose | promises we are as sure of as of the rising of the sun; whose simplest word is as good as his oath; who does just what he say he will do at the moment he says he will do it. That is the kind of faithfulness God wants.-rJ. k. Miller.
 Gods Word abounds in promises and not one iOt or little of them shall fail Here is one of them; be thou faithful unto death and l will give thee a crown of life.'
 No power can die that ever wrought for truth Lowell.
 "Soon you and will hear the click of the latch of the door of the sepulchre. Strong men will take us in their arms and carry us down and lay Us in the dust, and they cannot bring us back again. should be scared with infinite fright if I thought l must stay in the grave, even if the body was to stay in the grave. But Christ will come with glorious icon oclasm and split and grind up the rocks and let us all come forth. The Christ of the manager is the Christ of the throne Rev T. De Witt Talmadge, D. D.
 "Friend>hin cah only be bred by prac- tce and be maintained by practice. Af- lection, nay, love itself, is no help at all to friendship. True, active, productive friendship consists in keeping equal pace in life; in my friend approving my aims, while 1 approve his, and in thus moving forward together steadfastly, however much our way of thought and life may vary."-[Goethe.
 Learn to think without prejudice, love all beings for loves sake, express your convictions fearlessly, lead a life of pur- ity, and the sun of truth will illuminate you. If theology and dogma stand in your way in the search after truth, put them aside. Work out your own saliva tion with diligence. .''-[ Buddha Gautama.