The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-05-13
Food For Thought.

II Is easy to make failure Of fsueeess.
He lsughs best who laughs at the
right time.
Arguing with a fool shows that there
are two.
Mot men look on death As "a happy
relief.
Truth never blushss when you look
il in the face.
The bottle sIays infinitely more pee
pie than the battle
man in love doesn't need eve
glasses-for he il blind.
A good heart is always a soft mark
for good head.
Don't fool with sin. II is safer to
play with rattlesnake.
The devil gets all the votes, when
some men run for Office.
The people who talk the most do not
always say the most.
Every true prayer begins with right
feeling toward men.
Good fortune does not always ride in
gold-mounted carriage.
Spending ) cents foolishly leads TO
spending s. the same way.
To live without prayer Is to live
half-hearted and One-sided life.
When the heart is full Of compassion
there is not room for prejudice.
We owe a debt of love to every one
in the world who needs our love.
The man who fears the light, is kept
tired by running from a shadow.
Some men reach turning point
in life every time a pretty woman
passes.
WAY Is it that we always believe we
can save little money next month";
Nobody can help noticing the short
comings Of the man behind time.
God has never tried to make a man
who could please everybody else.
The more God gives Us TO do the
more need there il that We should
pray.
The yoke Of Christ il easy only when
it Is worn every day in the week
Learning how to pray consists MAIN
ly in getting the right attitude to pray.
To cherish an unforgiving spirit, is
to refuse to 90 all the way to the cross
with Christ.
Some people spend enough time cry
ing over spilled milk to buy a whole
COW.
The man who has the most claim
upon Us, is often the one We have the
least claim upon.
No man ever got enough religion in
his head to cause the devil an hours
uneasiness.
Curious isn't it, that men who ride
hobbies never seem to be headed the
same way.
The friends Of the devil are the first
to get mad when the gospel is being
preached right.
As long as the Christian has trials
he may know that God loves him and
the devil hates him.
No one can work effectively for the
salvation of men unless he first prays
fervently for them
Women will do much to please the
men but more from fear Of what other
women will say about her.
1t should never be forgotten that
each one of Us is a part of the very
society which we so freely eritieise.
The Christians business should come
TO standstill whenever it interferes
with Gods business.
Visiting the sick will often cure luke
warmness with as much dispatch as
mustard will raise blister.
There are people who watch the
clock in church and count the minutes
as though they were diamonds.
The Good Samaritan forgot that the
jew was his enemy as soon as he got 10
where he could see him bleed.
No man who sincerely seeks help
from Christ will ever fail to get it be-
cause there are flaws in his theology.
Some people are ready TO give the
Lord anything the preacher will take
on quarterage, but never have sny time
to devote To his service.
Man is like fire and woman is like
straw the devil blows between.
When a man does anything especial
ly mean he Is prone 10 lay the blame
on poor, weak human nature.
Believe only half what your hear
and tell only half what YOU believe.
Even the invention of the looking
glass has not eradicated human vanity.
In the banquet Of life the scum is
sometimes taken for the cream.
No man Is strictly sober who has
taken intoxicating liquors.
If there were no wise men there
would be no fools.
There is an old saw to cover every
species of deviltry.