The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-02
NUGGETS OF GOLD.

There is many man whose
tongue might govern multitudes,
if he could only govern his tongue.
It is huge folly rather to grieve
for the good of others than to re-
joice for that good which God hath
given us of our own.-Jeremy
Taylor.
The perfection of conversation
is not to play a regular sonata, but,
like the eolian harp, to await the
inspiration of the passing breeze.
Burke
The best thing to take people
out Of their own worries is to go
to work and find out how other
folks worries are getting on
Mrs. A. d. L. Whitney.
To be patient under heavy
cross is no small praise; to be con-
tented is more; but to be cheerful
is the highest pitch of Christian
fortitude.- Bishop Hail.
To do great hurt, some genius,
some knowledge, some talents, in
short, natural or acquired, are nee
essary; less, indeed, far less, than
are required to do good, but always
some-Bolingbroke.
Grace leads the right way; if
you choose the wrong, take it and
perish, but restrain your tongue;
charge not, with light sufficient
and left free, your willful suicide
on Gods decree.-Cowper.
He only sees we'll who sees the
whole in the parts, and the parts
in the whole. [ know but three
classes of men; those who see the
whole, those who see but part,
and those who see both together.
-Lavater.
He who opposes his own judg-
ment against the consent of the
times ought to be backed with I'M
answerable truths; he that hath
truth on his side is a fool, as we'll
as a coward, if he is afraid to own
it because of the currency or null
titude of other mems opinions
De Foe.
ANXIETY and worry are the fric-
ton of the soul, irritating, disor-
ganizing, and wearing out the del
icate machinery of life. They dim
the brightness and sour the sweet
ness of what might otherwise be
the happiest life. They repel sym
pathy, ALLEVIATE friendship and de-
;stroy love. They are productive
of no good, and work only evil,
both to self and others.
Creation is not merely an appa-
ratus for manufacturing suns and
earths; for producing crystals and
plants and animals with red blood
and nerve threads. 1t is also an
apparatus for producing souls
beings that can exercise self
knowledge and self-direction, read
the signs of their Makers pres
ence, learn His will, and feel them
selves His children and heirs OF
His kind of life.-Rev Charles G
-Ames.
The universe rises into solemn
grandeur and commands our rev
erence, not when we think OF it as
theatre of blind forces, or a vOr
tex of whirling atoms, not whe1
we regard it merely as spectacle
for eyes that open and wink few
times, then close in eternal sleep
but as nursery, home and 1
school for rational beings, and a
temple in which they may NEE
and commune with the infinit
Wisdom, Goodness and Beauty
Hence the nobleness of man con
sists not so much in what he nov
is as in what he can become, an
in what he is made for.-Re1
Charles G.. Ames.
Death is very successful teach
er Of that faith we all long to pos
sess-the conviction of the unseer
We may play with the argument
against another life when our al
fections are neutral, and may eve
pretend that the case is not proven
Let one Of our flesh and blood bi
us good-by and pass within tn
veil, and reason surrenders tn
place to love. A young child wit