Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1892 — GRAINS OF GOLD. [ARTICLE]

GRAINS OF GOLD.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom. The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. That which is everybody’s business is nobody’s business. The less people speak of their greatness the more we think of it. Reputation is what others say we are, character is what we are. All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so trail as thyself. Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice that should make them tremble. Character is always built up by the intention to do right, and the right is always our duty. The mere fact that charity is to begin at home is all the proof we need that it shouldn’t stay there. Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more. The man who is doing all for God that he can do will soon he able to do more for him than he does do. Sincerity is the indispensable ground of all conscientiousness, and. by consequence, of all heartfelt religion. Many men and many women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not.