Middletown transcript., 1906-12-01
BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT

Do to-day dnty, fight to-day ! temp
i tations, aifd do not weaken and distract
yourself BY hooking f,,ra ard to.tlilsgs you
cannot see aud could not understand II
you saw them. God gives us aiglas
! to slut daWlI the curtain Of darkness
Ion our litile days We cannot see be
yond. Short horizons make life easieF.
and give Us one of blessed secrets Of
brave, true, holy living,
CtIeerfnluess is like music 10 the soul:
it excifes to Tie elntr. Il oils The wheels
OF affection, makes duties light and aelig-
ion ride swiftly onsthe wings Of delight.
Be trne to Thy friend. Never speak ii
his faults TO another, TO show thine own
discrimination; but open tllenl all to lin
with candor and true gentIeness. For
give all his errors and lis sins, be they
ever SO many; but do not excuse tie
slightest deviation from rectiiude. Neves
forbear to di sent from a false opinion, or
a wrong practice. from mistaken motives
of kilidness; nor seek TINS to have thine
own wsakne. ses sustained for these
things cannot be done without injury to
the suul.
Dag By day faithfully to do ones work
and be restless for no more: without Bit
terness to accept obscurity for ambition;
to possess all vital passions and to govern
them; to stand on the worlds thorough
fare and see the young generations hurry
ing by; and to put into the hands Of
youth, here and there, light which will
burn long after ones own personal taper
is extinguished; to look back upon years
already gone as not without usefulness
and honor, and forward to what may re- Z
main as.safe at least from failure or any
fofHa, Of shame and lIh.ss-:sssr ones self 10
feel the huluilfTy Of the part before the
greatness of the whole of life aud yet the
privileges and duties OF the individual to
the race-tiis brings blessedness, if not
happiness.
To lose self-control is to lose the key to
any situation. No man who cannot hold
himself in hand can expect to hold Others,
It has been well said that, in any discus
sion or disagreement with another, il you
are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose
your temper, and If you are in the right
there is no occasion to. Or, as lawyer
has wittify put it, Possession is nine
points OF the law; self-possession is ten. -
All men have their frailties, and who
ever looks for a friend without imper-
lection will never fiud what he seeks
We love ourselves notwithstanding our
faults, and We ought to love our friends
in like manner.
Have courage enough TO review your
own conduct, TO condemn it where you
detect your own faults, to amend it to
the best of yonr ability, to make good
resolves for your future guidance, and to
keep them.
1t is never too soon nor ever too late to
press home on ourselves questions like
the following What spirit dweIs in my
heart? What good have / been doing
What works of love have doneP What
deeds OF charity have performed What
fruits Of the spirit, what evidence of love,
have to show? We must answer these
questions some day. Whv not press
them now on our heart and reflect upon
them?
Life 5 real heroes and heriones are those
who bear their own burdens bravely, and
give helping hand to those around them.
Goodness comes within-from thoughts
feelings, and desires, resulting in life and
actions. Greatness is the consequences OF
bold actions, great energy, ambition, en-
;erprise, and perseverance.
We may be pretty certain that persons
whom all the world treats ill deserve the
they get The world is look
ng glass and gives back to everyone the
of their face. Frown at it it will
n turn look sourly upon you;laugh at it,
md with it, and it is kind and pleasant
and SO let all take their
,hoice.
When you rise in the morning form. a
-esolution to make the day happy one
o fellow creature. It is easily done;
eft-off garment to the woman who needs
{, kind word to the sorrowful, an en-
expression to the striving
rifles in themselves light as air-will do
t, at least for the twenty-four hours; and
T you are Young depend upon it it will
ell when you are old; and il you are old
{ will send you gently and happily down
he stream of human time to eternity.
There is only one key to success, and
hat is perseverance. Let nothing daunt
.ou, and if really in earnest and resolved
0 conquer, you must win.
Never did any soul do good but it came
eadier to do the same again with more
and never was magnanilnity
ractised but with increasing joy, which
lade the practiser still more in love with
ie fair act