Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1904-04-22
MAx1Ms AND VERSE
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Great wisdom and robustness are
poor bedfeilows.
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Learned and capable men usually
have a quiet and settled demeanor,
while an upstart Of half calibre looks
proud.
A poor man that has raised q
family is several notches nearer
Heaven than a rich bachelor.
The mightiest Of nations must
succumb TO destruction. What one
has built another wishes to level at
later day.
An animal will not desert its
young as quickly as the human
being will. Where is that great
state Of elevation that civilization is
supposed to have brought to as,
IL Is not how much bad We know
but rather how much bad we prac
tice that makes as sinners.
We must make our best efforts at
all times. Time does not turn back
in its fight to suit shiftless people.
A woman has a greater knowledge
of child's ancestors than man.
The man that has had the most
contented mind is the man that has
gotten the most out of this life.
We can never approach a state of
purity upon this earth as long as
the habitual criminal and the de-
graded retain their propagative
powers.
Pleasures are double pleasures,
when they follow directly on the
heels Of adversely.
This life is given to us, so that we
can enjoy the natural pleasures
thereof, and if we are not inclined
to help others enjoy it, then the
meanest thing is to throw obstacles
iu the less fortunates way.
Gold has been the favored metal
ever since history began. No other
metal could have taken its place
Whole nations have been lost for it,
individuals have committed every
crime for it, and yet it is the very
essence of energy, wisdom and
nearly all accomplishments today
It seems to be willed SO by an
Almighty Power. To change il
universally means enormous stag.
nation of commerce, industry and
nearly all pursuits.
A wrong doing may be offset by
much righteousness and prayer, but
not by prayer alone.
If we want to seriously judge the
formation of Angels by the existing
universal laws of nature, we must
suppose them, if their movements
are conducted by their wings, to be
without arms, as 1t would be i'm.
possible TO have both. Then agair
VI their bodies have our shapes
their wings must be near the hip,
70 counterbalance the great weight
of the lower limbs which are greater
proportionately than on any existing
animal The body of an Angel mus
of necessity of flight be horizontally
constructed thereby compelling th,
head to be thrown back fifty Il
sixty degrees to be able to lool
ahead. Thus we find q peculiarly
formed monstrosity covered will
feathers from head to foot which Il
only equalled by the Chinese dragon
of past ages. The true Heaven is
state. The "Angels" having no ont
lined form, but able to appear any
whore and moving about like limited
powers in themselves, appearing a
Opparitions, presentments and guar
dians but controlled by the on,
Great. Master Power God If Coo
has no outlined form and the highes
I that can be said of Him is that He il
a power existing everywhere, ther
surely His subordinates, the Angel
who dwell in the same realm, mus
of necessity be Of the same material
but on much smaller plane. 10
visible like other great powers anC
forces having no outlined form t
the human eye, vet powerfully mad,
and able to cover distances so grea'
that the human mind can hardl,
perceive It. Thus we may compre
bend God and an Angel in a hgh
which is in conformity with oui
reason and snience and acceptable t,
our minds, without any display o
myths, fairy tales or mystery ap
pended thereto.
NOTlcEI
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