Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

Good management beats luck in the
long run.
He that stumbles and falls not minds
bis pace.
He who fears to undertake is already
defeated.
1t cost more to revenge injuries than
to bear them.
A house filed with guests is eaten
up and illspOken OF.
1t is wise not to seek a secret and
honest not to reveal it.
He who is of no use to himself is of
no use to any one.
Tne reward of one duty done is the
power to fulfil another.
Sorrows are the thorns wherewith
the buckle of love fastens.
The most grateful man is the one
for whom you have done the least.
He who takes the child by the hand
takes the mother by the heart.
1t is better to eat honest bread with
out butter than cake for which you
CaLuot pay.
An error gracefully acknowledged is
a victory wCn.-Gascoigne.
Of all the lights you can carry in
your face, joy will reach farthest out
to sea.-H. W. BECKER.
Sir has many tools, but a lie is the
Fandle that fits them all.-O. ".
Holms.
Neglect no opportunity of doing
good, nor check thy desire for doing
1t by vain fear Of what may happen.
Let us help the fallen thought they
never pay us; and let us lead without
exacting the usury for gratitude.
A child of God should be a visible
beatitude for joy and happiness, and
living doxology for gratitude and
alteration.
Nothing ever happens but once in
this world. What I do now I do once
for all. It is over, it is gone, with all
its eternity of solemn meaning.
The Sabbath is the green oasis, the
little grassy meadow in the wilderness.
where, after the weekdays journel, the
pilgrim halt for refreshment and re-
pose.
Each day as it comes brings it's
pleasures, but to all earnest people. it's
trials as well They are happy, how
ever, and strong in the thought that
daily grace is given them.
Suffering after a right manner, and
with a good grace, has always been
looked on as one of the chief excel
0f hIT
danger ends the hero ceases.
There is but one road to lead US to
GoG-humiIity all ether ways would
only lead us astray, even were they
fenced in with all virtues.-L'Abbe
BoiIeau.
Our duty, privileges and security are
in believing, not in knowing; in trust
ing God, and not our own understand
ing. They are to be pitied who have
no more trustworthy teaching than
G. Hodge.
People are very much afraid of be-
ing extreme. But it is not necessarily
an evil to go to extremes. All depends.
Extreme in what direction? Let US
never be afraid of being called ex-
tremists, so as only we are extremely
right"
He who does not find genuine enjoy
ment in doing good will find it no
ether way. To get happiness, We
must first give it; to gather, we must
first scatter; to reap, we must first
sow. with what measure We mete,
t shall be N ensured to you again."
There are three modes of bearing |
the ills Of life; by Indifference, which |
) the most common; by philosophy, |
which is the most ostentatious, and !
" religion which is most effectual: |
,or it is religion that can teach us to |
bear them with signation.-FuIler.
The term repent indicates a change |
# mind with a view to a change of |
conduct. Regret or sorrow is only one
# the ingredients Of repentance
Evangelical repentance is an entire |
evolution of the principles and |
practice of the heart and life.-Ber-
ram Gruber.