Year: 1878

usually dress well. The rich are plain {;
trust him, II any one, who carries but
little on his back.


There Is no union between the
thoughts, words and actions of the
wicked; but the thoughts, words and
actions Of the good all agree.


AS long as love prevails in house,
space of the breadth of sword Is salts
factory as soon as 1t disappears, sixty
hand-breadths are not sufficient.


Men are often capable of greater
things than they perform. They are
sent into the world with bills of credit.
and seldom draw to their full extent.


The vicious, Notwithstanding tie
sweetness Of their words, and the
honey Of their tongues, have whole
storehouse of poison within their
hearts.


Lost, yesterday, somewhere between
sunrise and sunset, two golden hours,
each set with sixty diamond minutes.
No reward is offered, for they are gone
forever!


"Train up a child in the way he
should CO." says the proverb; but it is
well If you want to do the thing pro-
perly, TO travel in the first instance, by
that train yourself.


The sun dispenses light and heat with
out being asked to do 80. We follow its
example, when we endeavor, unsol-
icited, to do all the good in our power,
TO those around us.


1t is one of heavens blessings that we
cannot foreknow the hour of our death;
for time fixed, even beyond the posi-
bility OF living, would trouble Us more
than does this uncertainty.


Wise men mingle mirth with their
cares, as help either to forget or to
overcome them; but to resort to intoxi-
cation for the ease of ones mind, is to
cure melancholy by madness.


Have courage enough to review your
own conduct, to condemn it whel you
detect faults, to amend it TO the best of
your ability, to make good resolves for
future guidance, and to keep them.


The warm sunshine and the gentle
zephyr may melt the glacier which has
bid defiance to the bowling tempest
so the voice of kindness will touch the
heart which no severity could subdue


Some men are like cats. You may
stroke the fur the right way for years,
and hear nothing but purring; but ac-
cidentally tread on his tail and all
memory of former kindness is obllter-
ated.


If we stand right with heaven, every
cross is blessings nd pledge of future
happiness; II we 0e in Gods disfavOr,
every one of his benefits is a Judgment,
and every judgment makes way for per-
dition.


We should never forget that home is
the residence, not merely of the body,
but also of the mind; and that the OBJ
ject of all ambition should be to be
happy at home, and to render home
happy.


We are more in danger from the Sc
ductions Of our hearts than from any
outward assaults. Through self-love
and pride the enemy enters, and by his
flattery lulls the stern voice Of con-
science that speaks audibly to the lis
tening ear.



true glory and perfections of our ma
lures, is the very principle and incen-
tive of virtue; but to be ambitious Of
titles, Of place, of ceremonial respects
and civil pageantry, Is as vain and little
as the things which we court.


If thou hast wronged thy brother In
thought, reconcile thee to him in
thought; If thou hast offended him in
in words, let thy reconciliation be in
words; If thou has trespassed against
him in deeds, by deeds be reconciled to
him; that reconciliation Is most kindly
which is most In kind.


What we call strength of mind i'm
plies the prevalence of the calm passions
above the violent; though we may
easily observe, that there ia no person
so constantly possessed of this virtue as
never on any occasion, to yield to the
solicitation Of violent affection and de-
sire. From these variations Of temper
proceeds the great difficulty of deciding
with regard to the future actions and
resolutions of men, where there is
any contrariety Of motives and passions .


Parents your daughter is In good So
ciety when she Is with girls who are
sweet and pure and true-bearted; who
are not vain or frivolous; who think Ct
something besides dress, or flirting, or
marriage; between whom and their
parents there is confidence; who Al Q
useful as well as ornamental in the
house; who cultivate their minds and
train their hands to skilful workman
ship. If society of this sort Is not TO be
had, then none at all Is preferable to d
worthless article.


1t must be part Of the happiness Of
world to look deeper into mutual hearts,
and to know that we have nothing to
pain US in looking, and nothing to
shrink from In disclosing. Souls somN-
times yearn through their prison bars
80 to meet, and then 1t may be safely
granted. 1t may be part Of tnat happi-
ness also to cast the eye down into our
former selves and read all the past,
while we feel that we have no sympathy
with the evil which once dwelt therein.
1t will be regarded as an utterly ex-
tinct and alien thing, leaving nothing
In the memory but endless gratitude to