Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-15
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.

NSfOA spur WIN pain VI l'O'SJ
Beauty is the towering of virtue.
Endeavor for the best, and pro
vide against the worst. -
The gates of Heaven are low
arched we must enter upon our
knees.
Life is a morsel of frankincense,
burning in the hall of eternity.
Whenever you doubt whether an
intended action be good or bad alb.
stain from it,
Gratitude is the music Of the
heart, when its chords are swept by
the breeze of kindness.
Never lay a stumbling block in
the way of man who is trying to
advance himself in the world hon
estly and uprightly.
Some thoughts always find us
young, and keep us SO. Such
thought is the love of the universal
and eternal beauty.
The highest flames are the most
tremulous; and so the most holy
and eminent Christians are more
full Of reverence, and fear, and
modesty, and humility. I
We deceive ourselves when we
fancy that only weakness needs sup
port. Strength needs it far more.
A straw or a feather sustains itself
longer in air than stone.
Kind words never blister the
tongue. They cost but little. They
accomplish much. They produce
their own image on mems souls,
and soothe and comfort the nearer.
Holy fear is the doorkeeper Of
the soul. As a nobleman's porter
stands at the door and keeps out
Migrants, SO the fear of God stands
and keeps all sinful temptations
from entering.
The soul prospers when its holy
dispositions are lively, its comforts
stcong, and its evidences clear
when it is walking in the light and
singing in the ways of the Lord
IL. Henry.
AS storm following storm, and
wave succeeding wave, give adj
ditional hardness to the shell that
encloses the pearl, so do the storms
and waves of life add force to the
character of man.
1t was one of the peculiarities of
Christ that he took his illustrations
from the commonest occurrences in
life, and presented them with such
simplicity as to make them easily
understood.
Never do good action from the
expectation of gratitude If graft
tude follow, so much tho better
you are so much into pocket; but,
gratitude or not, always do the
good action when the opportunity
presents itself
"What is the most beautiful hand
in the world Z" asked one lady of
another, Yesterday. The lady adj
dressed went on to state what
snug little dapper hand she liked to
see, when her friend stopped her
by saying: "The most beautiful
hand is the hand that gives" Well
and truly said.
Adversely exasperatcs fools, de-
jects towards, draws out the facul-
ty of the wise and ingenious, puts
the modest TO the necessity of try
ing their skill, awes the opulent and
makes the idle Industrious. Much
may be said in favor of adversely !,
but the worst Of it is, it has no
friends.
Bcecher says that men confess
every thing but their own besetting
sins. They steer clear of these,
Who ever heard a man say 90,
Lord, | am as proud as Lucifer ;
humble me p or, go, Lord, / am so
mean and stingy that lis only with
great pain that | can unclose my
fist, make me generous"
Doubtless God hes told us 50
little Of our occupations and enjoy
ments hereafter for the reason that
in our present immature condition
they might seem undesirable to us,
Just as the pleasures of the educated
man appear tiresome and incom-
prehensible to the ignorant child
So he hides what he is preparing
for us until such time as we can
appreciate the highest happiness.
Inasmuch as you may have many
trials, remember the depth of The
divine faithfulness. You have no
been able TO comprehend the rea'
son of your trials, but l beseecf
YOU to believe in the firmness and
stability of the divine affection to
ward you. In proportion to your
tribulations shall be your consola
tions. you have shallow sorrow
you shall receive but shallow
| graces; but if you have deep Attic
tons, you shall obtain the deepe