THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 319, 18 January 1908, Page 4

THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER.

Surfeit is the foe of serenity. Eove is -tile heart seeking to help. there is nothing divine in dullness. -M) man can see with his ..yes alone, sour' H selfinliness turned a lie alights its progeny lic-cutinent bears heivv fruitam- of regie I. ' liitiling the wagon does not case the springs. Many gii'ai. souls have been lust by little sins. Opportunity is only the obverse of obligation. Consideration for others is the noble,t courtesy. Blessed is the sorrow that cures of selfishness. The religion that lacks sunshine is all moonshine. The path to perdition is lubricated with smooth talk. the best place to pray for corn is between the rows. lie who is a friend onlv to himself is a foe to all men. Frown faith is ell'eciivc only in free/ ing the faithful. J here iis a lot ol dill'ereuce between foresight and fear. IMievc that a niiln is bad and he will not go back on il. The heavenly chariot cannot be drawn by a clothes horse. The reward of mastering one diilicnltv »s to meet another.

Mpny a man will wear wings who cannot tie an Ascot tie. Men who spend their time knocking never open any doors. things of life arc likely to get ill rue _ way or life ; itself. At times of revival it is easy to mistake racket for results. If VOU cannot sec heaven here von will never see it anywhere. To the hypocrite one man's religion i'h another mail's revenue. (>od never calls a man to command until he has learned to obey. Most men are made by their eueuiios and marred by themselves. Stained glass in the windnwn cannot make up for putty in the pulpit. No man wanders more easily than he who watches only another's ways. Jt is always a pleasure lo the average man to boont another sinner down. It's a good deal easier to pray for the preacher than to prav for the preacliing. .No money is tainted wor»c than that which is kept in the cold storage pocket. The religion that cannot stand camping out had' better be lelt at homo in the ice box. l'iety is a good deal more than pity for those who are too poor to- buy our clothes. It's a hard world for the man who believes that Providence owes him an easy place. 'The man who delights in giving faithful wounds does not thereby prove hiiusolf a friend. 'There is a good deal more charity in withholding the word of malice than in giving any kind of a wad of money. Most of us would be contented with what we have if only our .neighbours would be satisfied with a little less. The poorest people on earth are those who make the most of what they havo and the least of what they arc.

He who serves not sins. Love alone can lift the lost.

An empty head cajinot be hallowed. All our debts to God arc payable to ien.

\ou cannot glorify (Jod by despising His world.

The race for gold does not make the golden race.

In moral matters one and one may make a million.

Many prayers are long only because they are so thin. The man whose life leads nowhere is never late in getting there. When we pray for gold heaven is likely to give us a piece of iron, and we are too dull to know it is the key to heaven's treasures.

Love runs over, but it never slops over.

It takes more than diplomacy to defeat the devil.

People who beat about the bush get 1 none of the berries. | Only a, crooked heart will justify its acts by twisted texts. " I The only way to lighten your labour ! is to find something to love in it. j Many a pessimist as to humanity finds his premises in his own heart. | When a man orags of a good deed it is 1 because ho knows so few of them. i When God wants a mall to come in ' ahead lie frequently gives liini a handi- ! cap. j

It takes more than a brotherly mauler to make up tor the lack of business netliod in religion. Bad news never spoils by keeping. 'True blue seldom sees things blue. l The greatest art of life is that of

-Nothing worries worry worse than ork.

Sow a small joy and reap a great happiness.

file value of a strung man's power delids oil his patience with the weak. If some hearts would go to heaven ere would be a hard frost there light

in a sad world the only saints who have a right to sleep are the ones ill the graveyard. Many a man's denominational convictions are in inverse ratio to the denomination of tlw coin he drops in the collection.

ACCOUDINC TO LAW, Tommys new nurse was a "bear.' She made him keep oIV the grass and out of the puddles, ami would not let him have her for an instant. This new state of all'airs exasper;!? ' our young hero, and one mornin began to run. Hut his nurse him up —being lleeter-- and scolded him. A short time afterwards Tommy ran away again, and was again captured. And when a third attempt at tlighl brought about a no more satisaetury slate of affair.-., Tommy decided to conMilt ti policeman. '* Mister," he exclaimed, addressing an | ollieial in blue, "are you a policeman 7" " Yes, young man." replied the "bobbv." "I am. What do vou want me to do?" " I want you to arrest this woman, please,' replied the youngster. ''She Won't stop following nic about!'' * HOUSE Et'EL. I'nclc Harry had been absent for three years on an exploring expedition. When he lefi. home he was clean-shaven, and perhaps for that reason had imagined it unnecessary to take a razor With him on his travels. At all events, when he returned to Bristol he brought with him not only nieknacks from the various ports that he had visited, but a luxuriant growth of beard and moustache.

S<» changed, indeed, was his appear anee, ilisit tus little niece Violet failed to recognise liim. "Why. Yiolel.'' her nndh'T It'll you il i* I'nclc Harry, only he's iirown a beard and moustache since you last saw him. Now. (hen. aren'l you <>oin<j to kiss yonr own uticlcV" "Oh, yes. mamma, I would." replied the youiigslor cheerfully. "only I see any place to do ill"