Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1880 — Yourself. [ARTICLE]

Yourself.

biJ^rZS n art o?being terms with yourself This, however, is not so easy- as some imagine, who do not often try tha experiment Youraelfi when it eafthre you in company with bo other parson is apt to be a severe critic on your firalts sad foibles, aad when you are censured by yourself, it is generally the severest and most intolerable eoecies of reDroof It is on this account tfiaTyra are afraid of yourself, and seek any essnristss, no matter bow inferior, whose bold chat may keep yourself from playing the censor. Yourself is likewise a jealous friend. If neglected and slighted it becomes a bon, and to be left, even a short time, “by yourself” is then regarded aa actually a crtel penance, as many find when youth, health, or wealth hath departed. How important is it then to “know thyself” to cultivate thyself, to respect thyself, to love thyself warmly but rationally. A sensible self is tho best of guides, for fowoommit errors but in brood disregard of its admonitions. It tugs continually at the skirt of men to draw them from their cherished vises. It holds up its shadowy finger in warning when you go astray, and it sermonires sharply on your sins after they have been committed. Our nature is twofold, and its noblest part is the self to which we refer. It stands on the alert to check the excess of the animal iifipulses, and though it becomes weaker in tho fullfilmentof its task by repeated disappointments, it is rarely so enfeebled uto bo unable to rise up occasionally sheeted and pale, like Richard’s victims, to overwhelm the offender with bitter reproaches. Study, therefore, to be on good terms with yourself.—it is happiness to be truly pleased with youraelL