The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1898-11-23
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by 'osg De- SEE
He was fool By special grace
He learned some things to do and say;
He learned to keep his chosen place,
And do the things that came his way
He learned to keep his mouth close shut
And never his folly advertise,
And when he died these words they cut
Upon his slab: '"This fool was wise
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When one has 40 desire bnt to speak
plain truth he may say great deal
in very narrow compass.
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TO saw to man II can trust you,'
speaks more for his religion than to
say: do not doubt your faith. In
vestigator.
A good many people east their bread
upon the waters expecting to get
milk-tast as a result.-Puck.
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Ii people would only stop talking
where they stop knowing, half the
evils of this world would come to an
end
There is little public house
That every one can close;
1t is the little public house,
Just below the nose.
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Always do right" said philoso- |
pher. land your friends will stand by
you" He failed to mention the fact
that when a man needs friends is when |
he does wrong.
A clever theft was praiseW orthy I.
among the Spartants, and it is equally /
so among Christians, provided that it
be on a sufficiently large scale.
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ii we know mans religion we still
inquire as to his morals; but if we know
his morals, the question as to his re-
ligiOn seldom arises.
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lie that for giving draught of water
to a thirsty person should expect to be |
paid by a plantation, would be modest F.
in hIs demands compared with those
who think they deserve heaven for the
little good they do on earth.
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] belong TO that church which holds
the world within its starlit aisles; that
claims the great and good of every
race and elm. that finds with joy the
grains of gold OF every creed, and
floods with light and lare GERMS Of
good in every heroic soul -Ingersoll.
And yet, Pagan Bob denies there is
God, a good God, who is as much
better than the great and good of
every race and cline" as the ''starlit
aisles" are higher than the fires Of
doubter's hell-Editor GILMAN.
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good religion means what good
words mean; what good actions means;
what good hen and women mean. 1t
means the best that man can DO the
best that man can be. 1t means man
Iuess, womanliness, humanity. There
is one thing which it does not mean
and that is believing something and
doing another.-HuXley.
[ A better religion is believing in God
and serving him TO the best of orr
ability-Editor GILMAN.
So
A cobbler, at Leydon, SAYS a London
paper, who used to offend the public
disputatons held at the academy, wa-
once asked if he understood Latin.
No." replied the mechanic, "but
know who is wrong in the argument"
"How?" replied his friend why, by
seeing who is angry first" Its
/ the hit dog that always hOllows."
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4 tough animal The constitution
of our females must be excellent"
says a celebrated physician; for, take
an OK, or a horse, and enclose his sides
with corsets, and he would labor in
deed-but it would be for breath"
What is beauty? Not che show
OF shapely limbs, and features. No:
These are but flowers,
That have their dated hours,
To breathe their momentary sweets, then
go;
TITS the stainless soul within,
That outshines the fairest skin.
We know nothing indicative OF any
relation between morality and the in
scrutabIe source of all things
WhiIher wickedness can in any way
affect the higher power. or whether all
are punished after death for sins COM
mitied in this lie, are questions about