The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-12-12

has often seemed to have about it
almost a SAVIOR of omnipotence.
Man can never come up to his
ideal standard: it is the nature Of
the immortal spirit to raise that
standard higher and higher, as it
goes from strength to strength
still upward or onward. Accord
inglv the wisest and greatest men
are ever the most modest.
He who has few wants and is
Indifferent to the Injuries which
he sees others en- ioying will, if
perfectly sincere. and not animated
by other motives, hardly ever do
anything great Ordinary merit
will in such circumstances keep
an ordinary level. if it do not sink
somewhat beneath it, while talents
will be possessed in vain. or en-
ployed upon matters unworthy of
them.
Politeness costs nothing: it is
very agreeable to other people,
and. more than this it pays.
Wherever any one goes, he should
make his best bow, look as we'll as
he can. and be as attentive to 9TH
ers as is consistent with modesty
and dignity; and, by so doing. he
will gain friends. Give man
friends enough, and one may VEN
ture to say that his fortune is
made.
1t is not necessary to cultivate
an inordinate love of money in
order to acquire sufficient of it..
It is only requisite to adhere
TO the simple rule of spending
less than you make. For our own
part. We hate and despise mi
serly spirit We believe in gener-
Gus friendships and in open hand
ed charity: but it is only the just
who can afford to be generous. and
only those who save can afford to
be charitable.
Constant and persevering effort
is the best cure for an unhealthy
self-depreciation. He who thinks
he can accomplish nothing. and
makes no endeavor, will soon de-
stroy whatever abilities he may
possess, Incidence and self-dispar-
agement go hand in hand and act
each on the other. But noble
aims and steadfast industry will
give a truer estimate of self and
its powers; and they in turn will
rapidly develop a well-Hrounded
self-confdence
Both praise and blame deter
mine to a very large extent the
kind of conduct that is prevalent
in society: for it is through them
that we chiefly know how our ac-
tons are looked upon by others
and that they should be regarded
with appreciation is a universal
desire. When the sentiments of
a whole community agree in APP
proving any course Of conduct, it
will be generally practised: when
they unite in condemning it, it
will be generally avoided.
The mind of children is the ten
derest. hottest thing this side of
heaven. And is it not to be APP
preached with yentleness, with
love. yea, WITT a heart Worship of
the great God from whom. in al
most angel innocence. it has pro-
ceeded? A creature undefile,i by
the faint Of the world. unveXed by
its Injustice. unwearied by It's hol-
low pleasures: being fresh from
the source of light, with some
thing of universal lustre in it: if
childhood be this. how holy the
duty to see that, in its onward
growth. it shall be no other! to
stand as a watcher at the temple.
lest any unclean thing should
enter it.
No unhappiness in life is equal
to unhappiness athome. Allother
personal miseries can be better
borne than the terrible misfortune
of domestic disunion, and none so
completely demoralizes the nature.
The anguish of disease itself is
modified. ameliorated. even rem
dered blessed. by the tender touch,
the dear presence of the sympa-
thetic beloved: aud loss of fortune
is not loss of happiness where fam
lily love is left But the want of
that love is not to be supplied by
anything else on earth. Health,
fortune. success. nothing has its
full SAVIOR when the home is I'M
happy. and the greatest triumDhS