WORDS OF WISDOM.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9069, 29 April 1891, Page 4

WORDS OF WISDOM.

•tf An ounce of practice is better than a pound of theory. . „ Do you wish men to speak good of you ? Then never speak good of yourself.— Pascal. Before thou reprehend another, take heed that thou art not culpable in what, thou goest about. He that cleanses ,with blotted fingers makes a. greater blur.— Quarles.'. , ' \ '•' ' r Let us emulate " the virtues which shine aloft like stars," while we also exercise the "charities which heal, and soothe, and bless, and lie scattered at our feet like sumr mer flowers." The Christian religion is the only religion for the wretched, It descends to the lowest, and makes whole • the sick ones of e^rth. The light shines the clearest where the darkness is most dense. — Novalis. •; The savage knows little of the keen anguish to which the cultured mind and sensitive heart are liable, and the more debased the moral character the more benumbed are the stings of conscience, which gives to the pure-minded such exquisite pain. - - - Old Age. — like all Nature's processes, old age is gradual and gentle in its approaches, strewed with illusions, and all its little griefs soothed by natural sedatives. But the iron hand is not less irresistible because it wears the velvet glove. — Holmes. Influence of Life. — The science of chemistry teaches- us that a single grain of iodine will impart colour to seven thousand times its weight of water. S© spiritually one sin may effect the whole life, one false brick may cause the fall of the whole building. — Harris. Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep" away a mist ; but by ascending a little you may look over it altogether. So it is with our moral improvement : we wrestle fiercely with a vicious habit which could have had no hold upon us if we ascended into a higher moral atmosphere. — Helps. ■ The heart is the key of this world and of life. We often live helpless amidst themost dreary circumstances in this world, that we may love others and minister, to their happiness. Through our very imperfections we are often more capable of influencing others, and this strange influence expounds the riddle of our existence. Hidden Sorrows. — Human life were a poor thing but for its hidden sorrows, its unnoted "martyrdoms, its upraised selfsacrifices. . The brighter hours, with all their richness and rapture, have deep roots in the sadder ones ;* they grow out of these as the alder-tree grows out of the depths'; of the valley, drawing from the dark waters the strength and the beauty it yields to the summer sun. — M. Linskill. ■ • The Joys of Earth. — There are some of us who seem to think that we compliment God's heaven by despising his earth, and show our sense of the great things the future man may do yonder by counting as utterly worthless all that the present man may do here. There is joy upon the earth, which, though earthly, is not impure — which, though vanishing, is real. Courage. — True bravery is sedate and inoffensive ; if it refuses to submit to insult, it offers none ; it begins no disputes, enters no needless quarrels ; it is above the little troublesome ambition to be distinguished every moment ; it bears in silence and replies with modesty, fearing no enemy, and making none ; and it is as much ashamed of insolence as cowardice. Time Well Spent. — Bestow thy youth so that thou mayest have comfort to re* member it when it hath forsaken thee, and not sigh and grieve at the account thereof. Whilst thou art young thou wilt think it will never have an end ; but, behold the longest day hath an evening, and thou shalt enjoy it at once, that it never returns again ; use it therefore as the springtime, which soon departeth and wherein thou delightest to plant and sow all provisions for a long and happy life. — Raleigh. / He who is full of eagerness and • zeal, quick to perceive chances and leady to improve them, naturally fearless and intrepid, yet who cannot keep what he acquires or finish what he begins, whose plans often fail for want of cautious foresight, and whose hopes are often wrecked for wfint of steadfast industry, should use all the force of his manhood to cherish the indispensible qualities of sober moderation, plodding perseverance, careful deliberation, watcnful economy, and unceasing diligence. \ The Science of Life. — The science ol life consists in knowing how to take care ol your health, how to make the most of your-^ self, and how to push your way in the world. These are the things which everybody ought to know and which very few people do know. How never to get sick, how to develop "your health and strength to the utmost, how to make every man you meet your friend — all these and many other' things are to be included in the science of living, and the pity is that we appreciate it at its true value only when the bloom oi' life is gone. • " •••-•-, Our Own and Others' Faults. — The' best of us are hampered in every effort at, improvement, not alone by out* own faults,' but by those of our neighbours. We inhale, the moral atmosphere around us quite as surely as natural air, and the impurity of the one will poison the character as cer-' tainly as that of the other will poison the blood. Not congratulations, therefore, but) deep regrets should follow the discovery of faults and defects in other people, and if we have not enough sympathy in us to mourn on their account, we at least have sufficient reason fsr regret on our own behalf. The Formation of Character. — Look at this young man. He is building up his fortune, and that is all men see, and praise* that, and say he is an industrious and excellent young man, and will probably be rich. I see and respect all that for what it is' worth. But behind his fortune is rising up his character , stone upon stone, brick upon brick, storey upon storey ; and by-and-by that will be accomplished and the great angel Death will come and pull down that scaffolding, and it will lie there, useful once, but idle rubbish now, and there will stand, resting on the rock of ages and 'reaching far up into the heavens, the great, brave character which the man has built in the everlasting sunlight of God, itself- as ever* lasting, and always, as fair. — Parker. Filial Love. — There is not on earth a more lovely sight than the unwearied care and attention of children to their parents. Where filial love is found in the heart we will answer for all the other virtues. No young man or woman will ever turn out basely, we sincerely believe, who has parents respected and beloved. A child affectionate and dutiful will never bring the grey hairs of his parents to the grave. . It is seldom the case that a dutiful son is found in the ranks of vice, among the wretched and degraded. Filial love will keep men from sin and crime. There will never come a time, while their parents live, when their children will not be under obligations to them. The older they grow, the more need will there be for assiduous care and attention to their wants. The venerable brow and frosty hair speak loudly to the love and compassion of the child. If sickness and infirmity make them at times fretful, the younger folk should bear with them patiently, not forgetting that time ere long may bring them to need the same care and attention. Filial love will never go uurawarded. ui&srMa**?! 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