Part 19

That success costs too dear, which is attained by any sacrifice of _truth_, _honor_, or _justice_.

1858

He who waits to be absolutely sure of the success of an undertaking, will never undertake it.

1859

The poor have little,--beggars, none; The rich too much,--enough, not one.

1860

The man who has a sufficiency, generally smiles at the artificial wants of others.

1861

The summer day Endures not ever: toil ye while ye may.

--_Hesiod, a Greek, 850 B. C._

1862

_Sun._--The glorious lamp of heaven; with one eye vieweth all the world.

--_Shakespeare._

1863

When the sun shines on you you see your friends.

1864

Sundays observe: think when the bells do chime, 'Tis angel's music; therefore come not late.

--_George Herbert._

1865

FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS TO KNOW.

A boy of twelve, said to his little companion: "Do you know why Sunday was instituted from the seventh to the first day of the week." "No, I don't," replied the little boy, "I wish you would tell me." "Well, I will, and I know it is true, for my father told me: It was instituted from Saturday to Sunday in remembrance of Christ's resurrection from the dead on the first day of the week."

--_Belhaven._

1866

The ways of superiors, are generally carried by inferiors, to excess.

1867

It is easy to swim when another holds up your head.

--_From the Danish._

1868

Sympathy is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.

--_S. Smith._

1869

A GOOD TEST.

A respectable merchant of London having become embarrassed in his circumstances, and his misfortunes being one day the subject of conversation in the Royal Exchange, several persons expressed the great sympathy they felt for him; whereupon a foreigner who was present, said, "I feel five hundred pounds for him; what do _you_ feel?"

1870

A clasp of hands will oft reveal A sympathy that makes us feel Ourselves again; we lose our care: And in our heart's first glad rebound At tender sympathy new found, The world once more seems bright and fair.

1871

I LAY IN SORROW, DEEP DISTRESSED.

I lay in sorrow, deep distressed: My grief a proud man heard; His looks were cold, he gave me gold, But not a kindly word. My sorrow passed,--I paid him back The gold he gave to me; Then stood erect and spoke my thanks, And blessed his charity.

I lay in want, in grief and pain: A poor man passed my way; He bound my head, he gave me bread, He watched me night and day. How shall I pay him back again, For all he did to me? Oh, gold is great, but greater far Is Heavenly Sympathy.

--_Charles Mackay._

1872

The human heart sighs for sympathy and solace, in the dark hour of suffering and sorrow.

--_Rev. Thos. M. McConnell._

1873

These two complain, but no one sympathizes with them: He who lends money without witnesses; And he who is lorded over by his wife.

--_The Talmud._

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1874

For him who does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three.

1875

There is nothing like addressing men at the proper time.

1876

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms.

--_O. W. Holmes._

1877

Talent is something, but tact is everything.

--_Scargill._

1878

All talk at once, to none respect is shown.

1879

_Talking._--What a spendthrift is he of his tongue!

--_Shakespeare._

1880

They always talk who never think.

--_Prior._

1881

He who talks much is sometimes right.

--_Spanish._

1882

The talker sows, the listener reaps.

--_Italian._

1883

You can doubtless name a number of people who talk too much--including yourself!

1884

A man of sense talks little, and listens much.

--_Chinese._

1885

_A Quiet Rebuke._--When Washington's secretary excused himself for the lateness of his attendance, and laid the blame on his watch, his master quietly said--"Then you must get another watch, or I another secretary."

1886

The cost takes away the taste: I should really like the thing, but I dislike the expense.

1887

To teach is to learn twice over.

1888

Nothing dies sooner than a tear.

1889

Do not make woman weep, for God counts her tears.

--_From The Talmud._

1890

He has strangled His language in his tears.

--_Shakespeare._

1891

There are few things more beautiful than tears, whether they are shed for ourselves or others; they are the meek and silent effusions of sincere feeling.

1892

Tears sometimes have the weight of words.

--_Ovid._

1893

Tears are the diamonds of the eye.

1894

TEARS--SILENCE OF

See the tide working upward to his eye, And stealing from him in large silent drops, Without his leave.

--_Young._

1895

Control your temper, for if it does not obey you, it will govern you.

--_Horace._

1896

Good temper is like a sunny day.

--_French._

1897

If you have a good temper, keep it; if you have a bad one, don't lose it.

1898

When you're in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you're in the wrong you can't afford to lose it.

1899

Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle.

--_Spurgeon._

1900

Toil is a foil against temptation.

1901

ONE VIEW OF THEATRES.

The chief reason why no Christian should attend the theatre is the character of a large majority of plays put on the stage.

Listen to what the play-writers and actors themselves say:

M. Dumas, a French writer of plays, wrote: "Never take your daughter to the theatre; it is not merely the work that is immoral, it is the place."

W. C. Macready, the great actor, said: "None of my children shall ever, with my consent, enter a theatre, or have any visiting connection with actors or actresses."

Edwin Booth, the great tragedian, wrote: "My knowledge of the modern theatre is so very meagre that I never permit my wife or daughter to witness a play without previously ascertaining its character. The theatre is permitted to be a mere shop for gain, open to every huckster of immoral adventures,--jimcracks."

Fanny Kemble, the actress, confessed that life on the stage was unhealthy to morals, and said: "I never presented myself before an audience without a shirking feeling of reluctance, or without thinking the excitement I had undergone unhealthy, and the personal exhibition odious."

--_Southern Churchman._

1902

An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory.

1903

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

1904

Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done.

--_Persian Proverb._

1905

Don't despise a slight wound, or a poor relative.

1906

Never despise small things, for we were all infants before we became men, and pupils, ere we became teachers.

1907

_Thought._--How often must we repeat it?--rules the world.

--_Carlyle._

1908

At a dinner when Daniel Webster was Secretary of State, after a period of silence which fell upon the company of some twenty gentlemen who were present, one of the guests said, "Mr. Webster, will you tell us what was the most important thought that ever occupied your mind?" Webster slowly passed his hand over his forehead, and in a low tone enquired of one near him, "Is there any one here who does not know me?" "No; all are your friends." "The most important thought that ever occupied my mind," said Webster, "was that of my individual responsibility to God." And after speaking on this subject in the most solemn strain for fully ten minutes, he silently rose from the table and retired to his room. This incident serves to illustrate the attitude of great minds towards eternal things. Great men are not scoffers. The men of flippant jeers and godless jests are invariably men of small calibre and shallow intellect.

1909

First thoughts are not always the best.

--_Alfieri._

1910

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best; in matters of prudence last thoughts are the best.

--_Rev. Robert Hall._

1911

To be without evil thoughts is God's best gift.

--_Aeschylus._

1912

It is said, the thumb is stronger than all the other fingers together.

1913

THUNDER.--A LOVER OF

Such was the spirit of a venerable [1913:A]patriarch--who shed on a very humble station the lustre of brilliant graces--that, when the storm sent others in haste to their homes, he was wont to leave his own, and to stand with upturned face, raised eye, and with his grey head uncovered, to watch the flash and listen to the music of the roaring thunder. How fine his reply to those who expressed their wonder at his aspect and attitude--"It's my Father's voice, and I like well to hear it!" What a sublime example of the perfect love that casteth out fear?

--_From Memoir of Guthrie._

FOOTNOTES:

[1913:A] Jamie Stewart, Dr. Guthrie's first preceptor.

1914

There is scarcely any one who may not, like a trout, be taken by tickling.

--_Southey._

1915

Time is a great master, he sets many things right.

1916

With thee conversing I forget all time.