Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1892 — FIGS AND THISTLES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIGS AND THISTLES.

fIURRY is the I handmaid of ryf Knowledge of Christ always means death to self. The fish that gets a way always look the biggest A lie in business is as black as it is anywhere else.

The devil knows men too well to be seen with a long face. When one woman praises another, folks think she is sarcastic. The devil is afraid of a smile that is born in an honest heart The devil has always been airaid of the man he could’t scare. Many a man has won a boy’s heart by helping him to make a kite. About all some people want with religion is to make them* feel gcod. It is only now and then that you can find people who know how to rest Nothing in the world grows any faster than a trouble that is nursed. The man who is running for qffice has no such word in his dictionary as rest You can’t keep people from wanting water by throwing stones at the pump. Many people are gloomy because they believe all their joys are behind them. People never come to know each other well until they have prayed together. No bread that does not come fresh the hand of God is fit for a Christian to eat God is often doing the most with us when we think our work amounts to little. Passing a saloon door every day makes men become used to the devil’s presence. Learn to think right and you will not have much trouble about behaving right The Christian who can count all trials jov can have a glorious time in this world. If money could make people good it wouldn’t be worth while to preach very much. You have a splendid chance to grow in grace every time somebody snubs you. No man can be a successful hypocrite and amount to much at anything else.

There isn’t one man in a dozen who will take the word of a preacher in a horse trade. Whenever a man begins to go wrong it makes him feel good to doubt the Bible. The main reason why some men have cross wives is because they are surly themselves. The man who robs a bank wouldn’t do it if he looked to God every day for what he needs. The man who has given up his sin has given up everything that has power to hurt him. The reason a mean man will not trust in God is because he thinks the Lord is just like him. People are going to hell who might be saved if they had not made an idol of their own opinions. No man really belongs to Christ who thinks be has a right to do as he pleases with his money. How soon you can see the faults in a horse you have traded for, after you get home with him.