Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
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The sage may frown-yet faintthou not
Nor heed the shaft too surely cast,
The foul and Kissing bolt Of scorni
For with thy side shall dwell Mt last
The victory Of endurance born
William CullCn Bryant
There are hours when the most
triAing annoyances assume the pro-
o ,rtlon Of q catastrophe.
Men who cover themselves with
glory sometimes find that they are
after all, very thinly clad.
In the dark cloud of a great sorrow
tho beautiful bow of Gods promise is
often seen, if we look up,-Chaplin.
In our eagerness TO explain impress
sions, we often lose our hold of the
sympathy that comprehends them
George Eliot.
The harder our work, the more, we
need solitude and prayer, without
which work becomes mechanical and
Insincere. --McLaren.
II instead of a gem, or even a flow
or, we would cast the gift Of a lovely
thought into the heart Of friend,
that would be giving as the angels
glve.-MacDonald.
God is above all things fthe world
ExaIt yourself, and you will not come
nigh him; humble yourself, and he
himself descends down to you.-St
Austin.
Though conscience weigh us down
and tell us God IS angry, yet God is
greater than our heart The con-
science is but one drop; the reConciled
God is an ocean of consolation
Luther.
Fall to the work God sets thee
about, and thou engagest his strength
for thee, run from the work, and ther
thou engagest his strength against
thee.-Gunnall.
Death is the liberator of him whom
freedom can not release, the physician
of him whom medicine can not cure
and the comforter of him whom time
can not console. Cotton.
True courage is cool aud calm. The
bravest of men have the least OF {
brutal, bullying insolence, and in the
very time of danger are found the
most serene, pleasant and Free
Shaftesbury.
If thou neglectest thy love to thy
neighbor, in vain thou professest thy
love to God; for by thy love to Goo
thy love to thy neighbor is gotten
and by thy love to thy neigbor thy
love to God is nourished.-Quarles.
As the eyelid shuts down instantly
at the approach of foreign sub
stance, SO protecting the eye, so thu
conscience ought instantly to arm
itself against every foe, 1t is we'll tt
have conscience which acts first anC
Ahinks afterwards. -Laicus.
1t is not the bees touching on thu
fcwers that gathers honey, but hel
abiding for a time upon them, an(
drawing out the sweet. II il not h
that reads most, but he that medltatel
most on divine truth, that will prov,
the choicest, wisest, strongest Chris
tian. bishop Hall.
God blesses his people, not accord
ing to their worth, but according Il
their wants; and in proportion as yov
feel your parchedness and look that 1
may be allsyed, SO will be the shove
that descends from these clouds whicl
are big with mercies. -McGosh.
Living near to God is the most pre-
found secret of successful Chrlstia
life. While wise men debate as
what holiness is, the blessing is or
joyed by many quiet and humbl
souls who have never even Rttempte
to master the Technology of the cor
troVersy.--Telescope
He must be Of a high and grer
spirit that undertaketh to serve I'll
people with spiritual things, and mu
not be moved to danger or unthanl
fulness." Only love, and that of Il
purest sort will enable us to work (,