By hating our inferiors we sink to them ; by loving our superiors we rise tow ard them. It is easy to gain notoriety and easy to lose reputation. Confiding in another is not always a sign th a t you tru s t him ; it may be a sign th a t you cannot be tru ste d your self. An in su lt is only mud thrown a t you and like mud, is best brushed off when . dry. Here ie a simple test: Are you more distressed by the w rong you do or the wrong you suffer? It is when everyone likes you th a t you are in most danger. Blessings come in by an opening no larg er th a n th a t by which g ifts go out. The un faith fu l Christian makes the infidel world. The g reatest sorrow may be a small price to pay for an enlarged sym p athy I t’s no use talk ing of sitting together in heavenly places when we’re trying to sit as far a p a rt as possible, down here. God often has to use rough tools to remove th e ru st from our hearts. Geese keep together by n atu re bu t th e fellowship of souls must be culti vated. An unconscious lia r is a liar never theless and sometimes th e unconscious liar is the most dangerous liar in the world. Some men who argue th a t th e re is no hell won’t be in hell ten mintftes till they will change th e ir minds. I t is a g reat m isfortune to be so busy w ith the g reat duties to m ankind as to neglect th e small duties to men. ' A man likes you' for w hat he thinks
you are ; a woman likes you for what you th ink she is. Some men can make a dollar go a long way b u t they can’t buy a reserved seat in heaven. A Bible in hand is worth two in the bottom of one’s trunk . A husband needs a t times -to be blind, th e wife needs oft to be deaf; both need much of the tim e to be dumb. Did you ever know a C hristian to dance th a t he was not soon missed from the prayer meeting? A man’s friends may not always be a credit to him ; his enem ies always should be. Two things it is profitable to study: th é failings of your friends, th e virtues of your enemies. The man who th ink s the world owes him a living usually constitutes himself a collecting agency. He who gives only what, he can spare pays only a debt. A gift is w hat you cannot spare. Sacrifice is a misnomer. If you do not get something b etter in re tu rn you have made no sacrifice. Of four things every man has more th a n he knows— of sins, of debts, of friends, of foes. The secret of a C hristian’s life is to walk on a narrow path w ith a wide heart. Man has been given two ears th a t he m ight h ear both sides, no t one. The least th a t each can do is to add one more good man to th e world. We can defile one ano th er bu t we cannot cleanse one another. Two men are to be pitied: he who cannot get what he ought to have and he who a t last gets w hat he ought not to have.
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