The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-02

MADAM" the man replied, raising
his hand, "I would not take S. ,O09 for
the assurance this gives me that my
boy will never be drunkard."
Of a dozen photographs of a scene
taken from as many different points OF
view, no two will be alike. And yet
we are persuaded that the man who
differs with us is either blind or fool
We often wrong ourselves, but we
soon forgive ourselves these wrongs,
and they do not at all lesson our love
to ourselves; and in like manner we
should forgive and love our neigh
bors.
You have honestly and sincerely
tried to do right, and you have been
misiudged, misunderstood, or misrepre
sented. Never mind. God knows,
and He will not misjudge nor misun-
derstand.
The fact that almost everybody in
dulges in a particular evil does not
make it less dangerous for us to indulge
in it, any more than the fact that Il par,
ticular poison is almost universal
makes it less harmful to take.
The man who has learned how to
put himself to work and keep himself
at it, has reached a condition of mas.
terry that promises him success in al
paosG any situation. He has then q
possession Infinitely better than the
gift of genius.
If ones head or tongue should grow
apace, and all the rest Of the body not
grow, it would certainly make him q
monster, and they are no other that
are knowing and talkative Christians,
and grow daily in the respects, but
not at all in holiness of heart and life,
which is the proper growth of the chill
dren of God.
Let us have done with vain regrets
and longing for the days that will never
he ours again. Our work lies in front
not behind us; and "Forward" is ouI
motto. Let US not sit with folded
hands gazing upon the past as if II
were the building; it is but the founda'
ton. Let US not. waste heart and life
thinking of what might have been
forgetting the "may be" that lies be-
fore US.
In the fall cleaning of closets and
storerooms the best thing to wash the
walls and shelves with is strong, hot
solution of alum water. A brush
should be used for the purpose, as thai
will reach every crack and creviee
Hot alum water is a good eradication
for all sorts of pests, and will also kill
the eggs, while hot water and SOAP
seem to aid in Matching them.
Some persons neglect digging about
plants in dry weather, thinking soil
stirred frequently must be drier thar
that not disturbed. This is mistake
Digging makes it open, so it will alb
sorb all the moisture that falls in dew
or light rains. If allowed to crust ovel
these cannot penetrate it.
Some one says liquor strengthens
the voice. This is mistake it, only
makes the breath strong.
The best portion of a good mans
life is his little nameles unremembereo
acts of kindness and of love.
There is an age of agonizipg thirs
ahead of the man who indulges his ap
petite for compliments overmuch.
The devil hasn't much to fear from
the Christian who lets the dust accu
mulate on his Bible, or who never
prays in his family.
Prayers need not be fine I believe
God abhors fine prayers. If a person
asks charity of you in elegant senten'
ces, he is not likely to get it.
Honor is like the eye. which cannot
suffer the least impurity without dam
age; it is a precious stone, the price Of
which is lessened by the least flaw.
Do to-day's duty, fight to-day's temp
tation do not awaken and distract
yourself by looking forward to things
you cannot see and could not under
stand.
The trouble about the critical habit
is that it is apt, sooner or later, to bring
on chills. One cannot handle cold in
struments always and expect to keeI
warm.
Don't give the children indigestible
knic-knacks and then quarrel with
Providence because you have to be ur
with their COLES or restlessness al
night.
Kind words produce their own image
in mems souls, and beautiful image il
is. They soothe and quiet and comfort
the hearer. They shame him out OIL
his sour, morose, unkind feelings.
1t seems to me that our thoughts are
a more true measure of ourselves than
our actions are. The contra
dictlon which too often exists between
our outward actions and our inward in
tentions is only to be detected in the
realm Of our thoughts, whittier none
but God can penetrate. In
like manner an impulse will sometimes
show more Of our real character than
what we do after celebration.
There is story of an abbot who
coveted piece of ground. The owner
consented to lease it to the alb
bot for one crop only. The abbot
sowed acorns, crop which took three
hundred years to ripen. Jeroboam's IS
one sowing mortgaged the new king
dom for evil through all its history.
Satan begs for one crop only, and then
sows seed whose harvest will fill
life to the end. We do not know what
we are doing when we start a wrong
thing.