The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-31
GRAINS.

Hang up the broom when it is not
in use.
No matter what comes, stick to your
duty.
Extending kindness and courtesy
belittles no man.
Contentment is more satisfying than
eXhiliration.
Nothing shows the marks Of time
more plainly than a clock.
The average broken heart is easier
mended than glass or china.
He who is without enemies deserves
no friends, and rarely has any.
Many of our cares are but morbid
way of looking at our privileges.
Humble love, and not proud science,
keeps the door of Heaven.
Do not put the ivory handles of
knives in hot water.
Do not leave clothes on the line to
whip to pieces in the wind.
God has plans for every child of his.
The best preparation for ones ll1e"orK
is to be in Gods guidance.
Hyprocrites deceive the world they
do not deceive God; do they deceive
themselves?
Beware of desparing about yourself
YOU are commanded to put your trust
in God and not yourself.
God is nearer TO us than We realize.
He is more loving than we have sup
posed. He is readier to speak TO Us
than we are to listen.
Whatever good thing God has for
us in the present, he has better things
Cor us in the future. His best things
are yet to come.
IfGod gives us blessing, it is not
for ourselves alone. He wants US 10
be q blessing as we'll as to haye one.
There is no prosperity TO be COM
pared with that which God gives. A
pomise of God is the surest OF invest
ments.
There is no treasure which we can
Law up for our children like our faith
in Gods promise forlourselves and ior
them.
The man who does nothing because
he cannot do anything perfectly syust
q trifie more foolish than the other
man who undertakes everything.
There is no Injunction we can lay
upon our children SO important as our
call on them to trust their God ana
our God, and to be faithful to him.
There is hardly any sign of great
ness mure admirable in itself, or more
uniformly convincing as sign, as a
modest Inconsistencies of great
ness.
Our best work for our children is in
putting ourselves and them in God's
keeping. God loves our dear ones
more than we do.
Any land is good heritage where
God is with lis dwellers. Without
Gods favor, the most favored lai d is
dessert possession. Where We belong,
by Gods direction, is our "land OF
promise"
Other persons are blessed through
our having a blessing. Other persons
fail of possible blessing when we fall
of being in Gods service.
AS you value your destiny, do not
let the hard experiences of life rob
you of the generous aspirations that
glowed in your heart in your more
youthful days:
The truest charity is that which at
fords men IN opportunity to help
themselves, rather than that which
gives money outright to satisfy all
their needs.
It's never too late to make new
beginning in loving and trusting God.
If you ale not more than seventy five
years old, to-day is good day for
taking a new start in a life of faith.
1t is great thing to know God's
voice. We can be so familiar with
it by keeping the ears of our soul open
to il, that we shall never mistake any
other voice for it.
Unconsciously the fretting Chris
tim forms network of doubt, discon-
tent and murmuring, which closes
around him, and he can not see clearly
the light of some sweet promise, or
feel the pure breath of the Spirits
influence.