Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-04
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

CHOICE EXCERPTS.
NATURE is upheld by antagonism.
Passions, resistance, danger. are educa-
tors. We require the strength we have
overcome.
DISAPPOINTMENT to a noble soul is
what cold water is to burning metal; 1t
strengthens, s,tempers, intensifes, but nev-
er destroys it.
SOME people have an idea that they
comfort the afflicted when they groan
over them. Don't drive hearse through
mans soul.
IT is a tribute to all kinds of goodness
that, however deficient We may be in
them ourselves, we always wish to in
fiuence others in favor of them.
The chief reward of helping others Is
the effect it has upon our character, and
not the expectation of any repayment
as for loan or an investment on inter
eat.
WE are somewhat more than ourselves
in our sleep; and the slumber of the body
seems to be but the waking of the soul.
1t is the litigation of sense, but the lib
erty of reason; and our waking concep-
tions do not match the fancies of our
sleep.
THE plan makers and theoriZers are
doing good work. They have not
reached the goal, but they are striving
for it. Each scheme in turn, like the
waves of the tide, may fall back into
the sea, but each has contributed to the
desired result, and in time the tide will
be in.
EVERY want, not of a low kind. phys
ical as well as moral, which the human
breast feels, and which brutes do not
feel, and cannot feel, raises man by so
much in the scales of existence, and is
a clear proof, and dipect instance, of
the favor of God toward his so much
favored human offspring.
To translate moral ideals into daily
life and action may be said to be the
essence of all noble living. To obtain
just and true ideas of right and wrong
in clear and definite forms, to hold them
courageously, to proclaim them fearless
ly, and to live up to them faithfully is to
fulfil our part in the welfare of human
ity and to be worthy factor in its NOR
al advancement.
THE passion which is half insanity,
the irritability which spurns control, the
sulky disposition, the moody tempera-
ment, are all sources of untold suffering
to those who are inevitably exposed to
them. Generally they fall with heavi
est weight on the household or on init
mate companions, before whom no self
restraint is maintained. Without any
intention, such persons are perpetally
stinging and wounding their best friends
and destroying the peace and harmony
of life.
WORDS are simply signs employed to
convey thoughts or images from one
mind to another; and unless they do this
truthfully they are useless and often in
iurious. Yet with what carelessness are
they often uttered. and what unfaithful
messengers do they become! Were we
all truly discriminative, did we weigh
the meanings of what We say and OBJ
serve the nice distinctions of language,
how much more moderate would be our
statements, how many regulations would
be saved, how much more would justice
and charity prevail!
THE following familiar paragraph.
which, while not new, deserves to be
published again: "That if boy des-
tined for profession were to be taught
nothing but reading and arithmetic till
he was eleven, and after that nothing
but Greek Latin and mathematics till he
was eighteen, at fifty that boy would
turn out more cultured, better read
man than if in his early years he had
been stuffed with geography. histo. y,
philosophy and the twopenny- -halfpenny
fragments of chemistry, botany and
zoology, which constitute school sci
ence."
A GREAT deal of power to vanquish
faults lies in the possession of "sancti-
fed common sense" Occasionally our
righteous indignation overbalances good
Judgment, and we reprimand the culprit
in tone, language and temper which
may be greater error than that against
which they are directed. 81 never chide
my child during my anger, or even an.
noyance," said wise mother. al wait
until have perfect command of myself
before / endeavor to command her."
Words well chosen and fitly spoken, with
due regard to time and place, are like
nails in sure place.
To u. derstand the way to rest is of
more importance than teknow how to
work. The latter can be learned easily;
the former it takes years to learn, and
some people never learn the art of rest
ing. 1t is simply change of scenes
and activities. Loafing may not be
resting. Sleeping is not always resting.
Sitting down for days with nothing to
do is not restful. A change is needed
to bring into play different set of facul-
ties. and to turn the life into new
channel. The man who works hard
finds his rest in playing hard. The man
who is burdened with care finds relief in
something that is active, yet free from
responsibility. Above all keep good ma
tured, and don't abuse your best friend,
the stomach.