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Oirßl H DIRECTORY.
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1 nstor. I’rvx’lrnv cwy’third Sntiii-J.’, :
4tnd Sunday Pi a*. «t mrt'tinjr Frkl^j-nijxh 4
in m-n w/fk. Suufla.s-.-vh >al at *.» ?. in ‘
*\i‘rv Suinlav.
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raptor. Pn a. *v< rv fourth SiiimD.x • ’
.aiifl Siind.-V I‘ns ver mt <m inrvrrv Timr>-
. M.'tv n.vht At 2’ p m every I -
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first Saturday mid Sunday irt va«-h month •
4it < ►rrmov. in Jackson e<»im’\. Soeond ;
JSa tin day and SpQ«l*v at Ibnm’iiv, Ifcfuks ’<
Xiff’ ‘
Homer. Han’k* county.
Kev L p ’WISTF.IPs A Vr<HVl ViHX'Ts— •
First Saturday nr.d Sunday nt Pleasaiii
Strove. I 'mia Indore I'rsr Sunday]
i v ' r " ■ Sunday at Mt A irv. ■
Third SM.ndav and Sunday at Hickory. ■
bint. Fourth Satunlav and Siin-hv at I
Bellton.
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FOFNTY OFFICERS.
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p- F. SII»|»F.TH, she’. i;L
R J. Dv \k. < < >l< Siipvriur ('oiitL
P A W vrr.im. Tax t’i»yert«»i.
V. . i'. H u’l.niamK, Tax Receiver.
<«■ R. Ilo\vi»ex. Surveyor.
XV. R. X helix. t 'orov/. r.
XV. 11. Meeks. Treasurer.
I; Er jgiofs.
Vl:F>VMri:i AX Clltiu H Rev. G. 11.
f’.tt I hdye. i i.-sot. Preaching • \ cry ‘.’nd J
Sunday at 1J o'clock a. ni.. in co h nnoitfi. j
M <’iikwh- Rev. J. T. <’urti•
P.oO’j. Pr» ;F‘hiny evot y tir* I Snmlr.y and •
Saturday before. at II u'rhn h a. in., in l
y .o h inont h.
llinim <’Hi k< ii Rev. E. S. X . F.r’aut.
P.t <or. Preaching every fourth Sunday ■
and Saturday before, at !l o'clock n. in.,
in r;i«’li iroiith.
FRA TER X Al. RECORD.
Pin India I o<lg« Nr. Jl' A. F. XL, nu ct.s ;
on the lii t Fiid;t\ cveiimi! in each month i
at 7 o'clock. XV. A. Watson. XV. M.
II "in er Lodge No. X’J i. O. (I. 1- .. meet.- I '
, on the stenn'l and fourth XX'ednesday *
v\cuing> in a< h month, as 7 o'clock.
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IT \f.L ( OV XT\ OFFICERS.
tb H\ I C \INEt . Slieril’l
J E M XVinp.l k\. Ordinary
<1 M n XL. Ciejk >u|n rior Court
N1 B SEWELL. Tax Receiver
Bexj Hawkins. Tax Collector
XT P T \r nXvri.r. Surveyor
Rel-LK l I.'-UEIO. C««rolier
L XX I Bwowx. Sehool Cmiimissioner
'i A RLE •'F \ I.’; il I DES I
ON THE \ IK LI XE.
Atlanta KCn f« rt
Sibley H»4n ••
k'liedn m’> lo.“.*» •• !
1»• ravillo |(M»S “ j
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Duluth 1 lui ••
Suwanee 1n27 “
p.nh'rd 11fL “
F’ouery linn, h ILL? ••
Gainesville pjoti ••
Lula 1324 “
Rellton 1.41 |
Xi •uni Airy ••
Tiftcoa..... 1032 “
XL AH Tin AIK LINK.
Daldom 2'237 tb« t '
Porter Spring.* .ammi •• i
1'! Ii kr>\ ille pillO •• |
X'oiiah Mniintain Bids ••
'fray Mountain 45:15 “
Black Mountain 44S| “
Blood Mountain liiTu “
Rabun Bald Mountain 471 s “
Emd.t or Brns'duwn M ountain.. .47'Jd “
Tallulah Fall* 23K2 “
OTHF.K points in «;eok<;ia.
Savannah .T 2 hu t
.4ngm4a 147 “
Fort Caines UUI “
Colnmliii* 2nd *•
Milledgeville 2iH “
Macon ,’(32 “
Americus ;vto “
Marietta li:»2 “
Da hole. 773 “
Grithn <»75 “
Newnan !'XS “
LaGrange 778 “
West Point o‘2o “
Brnriswirk 1G “
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Arrive at Bellton t>.2" p in ■
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Arrive at Itellton S.4.‘> a m
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<>. .L I’oiiEAi ke, General Manager. ; '
W. <l. Houston,
General Passenger anil Ticket Agent. 1'
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Volume 2.
THE XIODERN BELLE-
> ; he sits in a thslPouablo p irh»r,
Ami rocks in her easy char: :
Sh: is <’i«d :n's.lks *iml satins.
And jewels arc in her hair:
She v. nks and giggles am! siinpt»rs,
Xnd simpers and giggles and winks;
Ami though she t\lk< but little.
TN a good deal more than she thinks.
She lies abed in the morning.
Till nyarlv the liunv of mmr k . .u
'J hen d Mi sw.a jpiug tMi'l
i TsV-hTt'd
Her ha r is slid in papers,
Iler rln-cks still fiesh w’th paint—
Reina ns of la-1 night's blushes,
. Bi inimjdcd n» Dint. » t to/ I
She dnp s J
And men with •’Honing Jjair;’’
She’s eloquent over moustaches,
They give such agbreign air;
She talks of I/aliaii music.
And tails in love w th the moon;
And if a num.-e were to meet her.
She would sink away in a Swo.»n,
IL r feet me so very little.
Her harnls .w so vo \ wlrte.
Her jewels so Vri y h -.v.-y.
And her head so very light :
llep' olor is made of cosmetics,
I hough th.s >hc will never own)
Her body is made mostly of cotton,
Iler heart is made wholly of stone.
She falls in love with a fellow
\\ ho swells a foreign ail :
He marries her for h<’r money.
She marries him for his hair;
<hlvi»f the veiy best matches
Bo!h aie w» !l mau din lif» ;
Sh< ’> got a fool for a husband,
He's got a fool for .n wife!
The Poor Gentleman. There
are more younix men in Jhe peiiiien
tiaries <>f this eotmirv learning trades
Ilian there are outside of them. The
principal cause of this is. that we are .
< die aline our youtm men for uentle-■
men -trying Io make lawyers, doc-'
tors, preachers and clerks out.of the !
material.that nature intended for ear-,
penfers. blacksmiths, bricklayers and
tailors, and other honest yJieiyets of
‘wood and drawers of water.” It is a
mistake, and a b’m one. to teach bovs i
ami girls to believe that to labor is
disofaeefnl, and to do nothing for a
living is more becoming to society in
which they expect to move and have
the respect of. Hang such society!
It is rotten Io the core . and there are
many men - sons and daughters who
are. now being educated to play the
parts <>f ‘’lending lady’’ ami ‘’walking
gentleman” in the great drama of life
: v. ho will light out for a poor house or
j peidlentinry before they have plaved |
i their parts and the curtain drops. Go
! to work.
* ♦ *
Indian Si mmer.—ln the life, of a
good man there is an Indian Summer
more beautiful (ban that of the sea
sons; richer, stumier and more sub
lime than the most glorious Indian
I Summer the world ever knew—if is
I the Indian Summer of the soul.—
[When the glow of youth lias depart
led, when the warmth of middle age
is gone, and the buds and blossoms of
Spring are changing to the sere and
yellow leaf: when the mind of the
good tnan, still vigorous, relaxes its
labors, and the memories of a well
spent life gush forth from their secret,
fountains, enriching, rejoicing and fer
tilizing: then the trustful resignation
, of the Christian sheds around a sweet
i am] holy warmth, and the soul, as-
I sttming a heavenly lustre, is no longer
restricted to the narrow coniines of
i business, but soars far beyond the
Winter of hoary age, and dwells
peacefully and happily upon that
bright Spring and Summer which !
awaits him within the gates of I’ara-1
dise evermore. Let us strive for and |
look trustfully forward to an Indian I
Summer like. this.
11l Temper.—A person of sour,
sullen temper—what a dreadful thing j
it is to have such a one in a house! j
There is not myrrh and aloes and '
chloride of lime enough in the world
to disinfect a single home of such a
nuisance as that; no riches, elegance
of mein, no beauty of face, can ever
screen such persons from vulgarity.
11l temper is the vulgarist thing that
the lowest born and illest bred can
ever bring to his home. It is one of i
the worst forms of impiety. Peevish- i
ness in a home is not only a sin
against the Holy Ghost, but against
the Holy Ghost in the very temple
of love.
—
W hen charity walks into the lowest
places of want, we see the beautiful
purity of her robes most distinctly.
< 0 ,, , lii:e nt f.
BKt.F.TON. BAyKfe’icftvM. « OCTOBER •>. IS?.).
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A GOOD SUGGESTION. 9 *
’ M e have liot sjiney in tl|u
t<>v an e’xfemL’d tale; Vat. wu hiyve,
.evolved an idea for one, which,
we Lre ton tinselfcTi to wi!hli6ld’l'r*>nij
a waiting pulflic Ksauise we cai/ti'ot.
get all the glory ol'ii. If soij#kkil!-»
htl pe.n will but fiy.in this- out
. b'y: " i'-h rich rhetoric and, vivid im-i
agination, not only will S|*>mu ‘'in4*rX
estiug reading” be prodncatl, .but a
ghiat!moral eitglfle'‘will lu> Adri/ .the-,
i world to at'emiiplislf.gi^t 5 gootk We
should.perhaps, entitle bAr 'i-ftibinfe x
HUH
4 TWi: DMi.l.Nof’KN'T sfnsVrßlßEtt’R
SALVATtON.” ‘ t>.'.
V> e would introduce the first eJWp
ler with a picture of the heretofore
honest and prosperous farnuir's happv
: home. The angel of peace dwelhdh |
there, mid the country paper epmek I
' to bis postoffice box every week.
Having been supporting this county
: paper for some four years withijut
I paying for il. he is surprised one day
to get a polite mile from the publisher
i to cash up. Indignant ut being dunned,
he resolves to punish the base insillt
ier of his dignity by beating him out
of (he whole hill. Ah. rash resolve!
’This, this, the source of all thy ills!’
As delay makes his fatal purpose
1 manifest, direful consequences fellow”
his friends fall away and recognize
him no more; the wife of his bosom
' deserts him and tiles an application
in a Chicago police court for divorce;
his daughter elopes with a lightliiltg
. rod peddler ami his 'nest horse and
. buggy : his son. losing all self-respect
in his father’s degradation, goes- tit
the city and enters politics; his cattle
1 start on "a journey to the center of
I the eurtli.’ through a
quagmire ; bis hogs die of cholera; jus
■coin yields only tassels—all niankind
ami nature se- in to conspire his rultt.
i Job had his comforters, spiritual and
' human ; but ’what eharm shall soothe.
the melancholy, of the wretch who
I bears upon his soul the purpose of de
frauding the trustful editor!
Chapter 2.—At last, deserted by
all but his faithful dog (who has been
kept in ignorance of the facts of the
ease), our delinquent resolves to (-nd
his bitter existence by suicide. (We
j suggest to the previously-mentioned
I skillful pen that llie scene here should
be very gloomy—dark dills, stormy
| sea. blood-red sun, etc.) Just, as he
■ is about to drain the fatal draught
i (or shoot the fatal shot, or stab the.
fatal stab—we also leave this to the
'.taste of the tiller-in)—the spirit of
j mercy, willing to give the old man
another chance., inspires within him
the thought—‘Suppose. I pay the prin
ter, ami all may yet be well !’ Seizjng
the idea with avidity, and the dog by
the collar, he hies him to the neigh
boring town. Realizing there thir
. teen dollars from the sale of this faith
ful animal, he repairs to the editorial
sanctum, pays his arrears and for a
year in advance, and has enough left
to ‘set ’em up all around.’ His atone
ment is complete, and he walks forth
once more ‘a man among his fellow
men.’ (The editor’s astonishment
and joy at being possessor of eleven
dollars all at one time should be ar
tistically pictured.)
Chapter 3 shows the inevitably
happy result of' this Christian action.
Fortune smiles broadly upon him
once more—his wife withdraws her
j divorce suit and returns to his arms;
| the eloping lightning-rod peddler
| turns out a wealthy Russian count in
j disguise, and restores to our farmer
the lost broad acres ; the son abandons
I political life, and becomes once more
I a respectable citizen; his kine wax
I fat, and his wheat fields yield some
I sixty and some a hundred-fold. The
‘ scene closes with a bright picture of
the prompt-paying subscriber’s happy
fireside.
If the above sketch, graphically de
lineated and broadly published, does
not rouse many a delinquent consci
ence into action, then is all moral
suasion vain, and the butt end of the
I law our only recourse.—Printers’
, Register.
If a man will only start with a fixed
and honorable purpose in life, and per
sistently attempt to carry it out to the
best of his ability, undismayed by
failure or delay, the time may be
long in corning, but it will come,
when that purpose will be achieved.
SI'I.F MABE MEN.
(. ijfcelf. made men are more certain i
14*» others of success in fife for the
j’jj4.son'that is, so to speak, they are
: nitt’re. thoroughly made. That is to
S.W’ with tjieni the formation of char
’ncter is more solid because it is flic I
result of severe discipline, of a deter-'
irAieif will, of a settled purpose. It I
’<*fiiot the mete accumulation of the
Aepchings of others, to which, too
'htten only a lazy and drowsy atten
‘lion been given.
• The self-made man starts at the
'teftom. lie hot only has to learn
himself how to ascend the steep
anil rugged stairs before him, but he
has b rack his brain how to construct i
■the shnirs themselves by which he
slftjl asceful.
j «Tn‘ce lie understands more accu
rfti'lt than another, all the conditions
!of LncVvss. His attention becomes
niffre fixed. His thoughts are habit-'
uhfiy concentrated on whatever he
umlt‘f|akes. l]is judgment is matured
by the nnee ( ssily imposed upofi him
for Its constant exercise. lie is wary
n'bif watchful, and robust in all his
beiiig'as (he gymnast by constant e.x
ereisv Vxcffis in the deVelopuient of!
nitiAle.
HV-iice it is that the copimunil V’feel
gtesn'er confidence in self-made men.
Tlkfre is. a common feeling that, he
wliohias succeeded against great odds,
who has imide his mark where those
jiosa’Ssed of many advantages over
nlnEliaye failed to make theirs, must
pdsijeAs in himself remarkable ele
m’eits of success. And the eommtmi
ty aje right. The self-made men are
on f|io whole the safest to be intrust-
• ed x’ilh great undertakings. The stuff
• .of Vjhich they are made has been test
ed ;yul has been found to be of the
1 klpd.
"* ‘
Don’t run away from the world’s
temptations and influences. If you
me really a coward, go and hide
yourself somewhere, until you have
screwed up backbone enough to face
the enemy like a man. Don’t run
away at the slightest indication of
danger, as if you hadn’t the slightest
confidence in yourself. Nobody ever
conquered a foe by beating a retreat.
If you mean to light the battle of life
likea hero, you don’t hegip too early.
Would you respect yourself and win
the respect of others? Then don’t
shrink away from trials and tempta
tions, but encounter them and smite
. them down; lay them in the dust at
your feet. A man who has conquered
the enemy, is immeasurably greater
than the poltroon who creeps away
in abject terror. High or low, rich or
poor, we arc all soldiers in the action
that terminates only’ with the sunset
of life’s day, and the weak-hearted
trembler who shrinks and quakes at
the sound of the trumpet, is yet far
in the rear when the light of victory
shines on the crest of the warrior
who pressed straight on and fought
his way through. A temptation over
come is better discipline than twenty
avoided. No man knows his own
strength until it has been tried and
proven, and the noblest natures have
passed oftenest through the fires of
trial.
Getting up in a cold room to make
a fire is like getting up in. life. If you
crawl timidly out of bed, go on tip-toe
to the stove, and allow the shivers to
get control of you before the kindling
starts, your fire will probably be a
failure, and you will half freeze to
death in the operation. But if you
jump out bravely, bustle around, pull
on your clothes, knock over a chair or
two, and pitch in the stove wood, you
will probably be too warin before the
fire gets to burning, and have to open
a window. So in life. Attack it tim
idly and you will fail. Grapple with
it, hurry up things, stir around, con-!
quer fortune, and you will be a sue-1
cess.
A little Swedish girl, while out
walking with her father on a starry
night, became absorbed in contem
plation of the skies. Being asked
what she was thinking of, she replied:
“I was thinking if the wrong side of
heaven is so glorious, what must the
right side be ?” Exactly so. If the
glimpses that we catch here of Sum
merland unseen, afford us such glory
and joy, what must it be to be there?
ESSAY on WOMAN,
The following is from the Eureka
(Nf'v.) Sentinel:
After man caine Woman,
And she has been after him ever :
; since. il 1
She is a person of free extraction, j
■ being made of man’s rib.
I don’t know why Adam wanted to I
fool nwny his ribs in that way, but I !
suppose he was not accountable for i
i all he did.
It costs more to keep a Woman than <
: three dogs and a shot gun.
But she pays you back with inter- ’
(*st— by giving you a houseful of chil-1
dren to keep you awake all night and |
smear molasses candy over your Sun
day coat. Besides, a wife is a very
convenient article, to have around the
house.
She is handy to swear at. whenever
you cut yourself with a razor, and
don’t, feel like blaming yourself.
YVounin is not created perfect.
She has her faults—such as false
hair, false complexion, and so on.
Bill she is a great deal better than
her neighbor, and she knows it.
Eve was a woman.
j She must have been a model wife,
i ibm for il cost Adam nothing to keep
her hi elbthes.
Still, I don’t think she was happy.
SjiO couldn’t go to sewing circles
and air her information about every
body she knew, nor excite the envy of
other ladies by wearing her new win
ter bonnet Io church.
Neither could she hang over the
back fence and talk with her near
neighbor.
All these blessed privileges were
denied her.
Door Eve ! she’s dead.
Fl F TEEN PENALTIES.
. .TJiu.4MmaU.u.AiG|iiiqmhirti * Mivv.
The penulty of thin shoes is a Cold.
The penalty of tight boots is corns,
i The penalty of a baby is sleepless
nights.
The penalty of a public dinner is
bad wine.
The penalty of marrying is a moth
er-in-law.
The penalty of a pretty cook is an
■ empty larder.
The penalty of a godfather is a sil
ver knife, fork and spoon.
The penalty of kissing a baby is
half a dollar—one dollar if you are
liberal—to the nurse.
The penalty of having a haunch of
venison sent you is inviting a dozen
friends to come and eat it.
The penalty of interfering between
man and wife is abuse, frequently ac
companied witli blows from both.
The penalty of remaining single, is,
having no one who cares a button for
you, as will be abundantly proved by
the, state of your shirt.
The penally of buying very cheap
clothes is the same as that of going to
law—the certainty of losing your suit
and having to pay for It.
The penalty of a legacy, or a for
tune is the discovery of a host of poor
relations you never dreamt of, and a
number of debts you had quite for
gotten.
The penalty of lending is—with a
book or umbrella, the certain loss of
it; with your name to a bill, the sure
payment of it, and with a horse, the
lamest chance of ever seeing it back
again sound.
When misfortunes happen to such
as dissent from us in matters of reli
gion, we call them judgments ; when
to those of our own sect, we call them
trials; when to persons neither way
distinguished, we are content to attri
bute them to the settled course of
things.
Keep continually busy and you will
accomplish much. “No day without
a line,” and a large book is soon
| written. Martin Luther, when asked
I how, with all his cares and labors, he
was able to find time to translate any
I part of the Bible, said, “I do a little
every day.”
Gratitude is the fairest blossom
which springs from the soul; and the
heart of man knoweth none more
fragrant. While its opponent, in
gratitude, is a deadly weed, not only
poisonous in itself, but impregnating
the very atmosphere in which it
grows with fetid vapors.
Trust no man who deceives himself.
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j tiep<»t.
I'HOI’GHTIT L THOUGHTS.
Honesty often defeats its own pur*
j poses.
The language of a man reveals his
j character.
Haste trips up its own heels, fetters
and stops itself.
i Sow good thoughts and you will
i reap good actions.
| Behavior is a mirror in which every
one shows his image.
j If thou faint in the day of adversity, ,
i thy strength is small.
Poetry is said to be a gift, but it
often proves to be a theft.
Little minds, like little dogs, often
annoy whole communities.
Never betray your friends nor tell
your secrets to your enemies.
By your words and your actions,
I compel the world to honor and praise
you.
He who becomes fearfully enraged
when accused of crime manifests hjs
guilt. • ;
Speak of the good dimtls juf yuur
trie.uds and enemies, and forget the
evil ones.
Some speakers a’nd writers have a
rivet’ of words, but. only a .spoonful of
thoughts.
Industry, economy and persevei”
nice are good capital to commenc'
business with.
God has no partner in his wisdom
doubt not, therefore, though tholl UU*
Jerslandest not.
Peace is the evening star of the soul,
is virtue is its sun, and the two are
never far apart.
. -.U .) .1 >t-’T --m c ■. > u ■ "
Liberality, courtesy, benevolence,
unselfishness, under all circumstances
and toward all men.
If you would hold up the. heads of
your frltyids, speak Words of kindness
and encouragement.
The shortest day of our year comes
in the. winter—fit emblem of our life,
at once dark, cold and short.
Never think that God’s delays are
God’s denials. Hold on; hold fast;
hold out. Patience is genius.
Look well into thyself; there is a
source which will always spring up if
thou wilt always search there.
Our sorrows are like thunder clouds,
which seem black in the distance, but
grow lighter as they approach.
Seek not for faults, but search dili
gently lor beauties, for the thorns are
easily found after the roses are faded.
When men grow virtuous in their
old age, they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil’s leav
ings.
We know not any crime so great
that a man could continue to commit
as poisoning the sources of eternal
truth.
He who dreads giving light to the
people, is like a man who builds a
house without windows for fear of
lightning.
lie that tclleth thee that thou art
always wrong maybe deceived; but
he that saith thou art always right is
surely a liar.
Open your heart to sympathy, but
close it to despondency. The flower
which opens to receive the dew shuts
against ruin.
Justice came from God’s wisdom,
but mercy from his love; therefore,
as thou hast not his wisdom, be piti
ful, to merit his affection.
Precept and example, like the blades
of a pair of scissors, are admirably
adapted to their end when conjoined;
separated they lose the greater por
tion of their utility.
Prayer is a pitcher that fetcheth
water from the brook, therewith to
water the herbs. Break the pitcher
and it will fetch no water, and for
want of water the garden withers.
As long as the waters of persecution
are upon the earth, so long we dwell
in the ark; but where the land is dry
the dove itself will be tempted to a
wandering course of life, and never
return to the house of her safety.
Number 43.