GOODS WORDS.

Clutha Leader, Volume VIII, Issue 415, 23 September 1881, Page 7

GOODS WORDS.

Dn all the. good you can, to nil Jther_ people you- enn, as long as ever you can,^. in every place you cnn J'

True power is- calm; self-contained, ' seeking? not f<ir rpcognition, but willing \ patiently to bidfe its time, and'anxiousonly to "meet the demands, however;., arduous- and- trying, that may be made.; 17---upon it. Men as a rule are easily attracted by '■ a beautiful face: but it is- by internal' beauty of character that a woman can *• exert the- greatest amount of influence. ; v A true-minded man* though at firstenamoured' by personal' beauty, wi11... soon feel the hollowness of it charms-'-' when he discovers the lack of mentalbeauty.'., / ' '"" '■' . *' 'V Nobody who is afraid of • laughing, . anxi heartily too, at his friend -can., be,., said to have a true and thorough love* for him; and, on the other hand, it would betray a sorry want of faith to*' distrust a friend because be laughs at you. Few men are much worth'iovrngiv in whom there is not something 1 well- 1 worth laughing at. • . ..,'-, / Our characters are formed for good : " or evil from the company we keep. Confidence in bur power to, refrain from^ the vices of others too often inveigles--,. us into the risk of mingling with asso'cr* i 1 ates whom we know to be our inferiors both .mentally and, morally. The daily influence of such company will, blind us, to what we know to. be. wrong, and we' ! are unconsciously led into acting*.insuch a manner as wo would havia .for- > merly condemned. * ..' .. ;: Nothing is degrading which a high--fend graceful purpose ennobles;, and>! offices ihe most menial cease to : be menial the moment they are .wrought;;; in love! What services are rendered" around the bed of sickness which, ..else considered mean, become at once holy aud quite inalienable rights! To smooththe pillow, to proffer nourishment, to - soothe or to obey the fancies of-the_r delirious will, to sit for hours as a mere • sentinel of the feverish sleep—these • things are suddenly erected, by thoirrelations to hope aad life, into sacred privileges. Trouble. — Every man has his 'skeleton in the cupboard,' and it id not fair, to assume that any one is wholly exempt from trouble. There is a story told of; a Scotch minister who remarked to afriend that he could almost envy a certain Jamie, the parish idiot, because he had no cares or troubles. 'Me.nov troubles ! ' indignantly retorted Jamie,, who had overheard the speech. ' Eh, then, but I'm sair troddun doun by the? bubbly-jock!' — i.e., worried by the turkey. It appeared that a certain farmer in the parish kept a turkey, who used to anno} the idiot by running after him.

Insincerity of Manner — Not only dopeople feign "virtues they do not p'bssesg, but occasionally we find some who strive to hide what is really admirable, h man of benevolent impulses will seem to be ashamed of them, and assume a hard tone and a cold manner when his heart is warm and loving. He will perform kind and generous action in so rough and harsh a manner as to strip* them of all their grace and closVup thefronts of gratitude; He. will grant requests in so austere a manner and do favours so morosely that: we almost wish he had refused the one and withheld the other. It is a pity, that this kind of;- insincerity is so often successful,. There seems a strange purversitv in it however, for .the very success does not. please, but rathe.r, vexes and embittershim who practises it. : ; Time. — Time never sits, heavily upon us but when it is badly employed^ Time is a grateful friend.; use it well,, and it never fails to make suitable requital. Time' is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of all things., The past is gone, the future is not corno, and the present becomes the past even : white we attempt to define if, and, like- the flash of the lightning, exists and expires as at once. Time is the measurer bf all 1 things, but is itself' immeasurable — the* grand discloser of all things,, but .itself undisclosed.. Like space, it is"incomprehensible, because' it lias ho limit, and' it would be still ; more' so r if it. had. Itgives wings of lightning to pleasure, but* feet of lead to pain — lends expectation a curb, but enjoyment a spur.. Time is the most subtle yet. the most insntiabje of depredators, 'arid,, by appearing totake nothing, is prpmitted- to,;take ,aU,;, nor cari'it be satisfied until it has stolen* the world from us, and us from theworld.,' Time-^the cradle' of hope, but thei grave, of amuition— is the stern* corrector of fools, tout tbe saliitary counsellor ot the wise, bringing all they dread to theone, and all they desire-to-the other. Wisdom walks before , it,, opportunity with it, and; repentance behind it. He that has made time his friend will have little, to fear from .hisenemies ; .. bufc Jie tha^ has.. made it |)i.s enemy will have little 'to' hope from his friends.