The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30
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A proud heart and a lofty noun
tain are never fruitful.
Prayer is the breath of a regene-
rate man.
What we win with prayer we wiz
wear with comfort.
Cod hides Himself and His pro
violence behind second causes.
Either praying viii make q man
leave Off SHINING, or SHINING viii
make him leave of praying.
What we term the course of ma
ture is the fncessant administration
Of Providence.
The reproaches Of Christ are pre-
cious. It's better to be preserved in
brine than rot in honey.
The gift Of prayer may have
praise from men; but it is the grace
Of prayer that has power with God.
Prayer is a key, which, being
turned by the hand of faith, I'M
locks all Gods treasures.
In prayer it is better to have an
heart without words, than words
without an heart.
Pray for them thou lowest. Thou
wilt never have any comfort Of his
friendship for whom thou dost not
pray.
"God be merciful in Christ to me
a sinner" are fit to be the last dy-
ing words of the greatest saint that
lives.
A family without prayer IS like a
house without a roof, exposed to
the injuries of weather, and to eve
ry storm that blows.
Repentance includes self-abhor-
rance; as a man not only loathes
poison, but the very dish or vessel
that smells Of it.
1t is Christ that grants repen-
lance unto life. And, if ever you
will repent with a kind repentance,
you must either have it from Christ
or go without it.
To say, in compliment. 81 am a
sinner" is easy; but to cry with
the publican indeed, "God be mer-
ciful to me a sinner" is the hardest
prayer in the world.
God blotteth out transgressions,
aggravated and innumerabIe, as
easily and completely, as the wind
sweeps away a floating cloud from
the face of the sky.
A good conscience is the best
looking-glass of heaven; in which
the soul may see Gods thoughts
and purposes concerning it, reflect
ed as so many shining stars.
The Creator is to be first loved
for His own sake, for His infinite
| goodness and projections; and then
the creature as His work, and in
proportion to its resemblance to
Him.
God ''knocks at the door" of our
hearts, by the dispensations of his
providence, by the declarations of
His word, by the admonitions of
conscience and by the influences of
His spirit
Fear God for his power-trust
Him for His wisdom-loye Him for
His goodness-praise Him for His
greatness-believe Him for his faith
funncss, and adore him for his ho-
illness.
1t requires more prowess and
| greatness of spirit to obey God
faithfully, than to command an ar
my of men; to be a Christian than
to be a Captain.
None viii have such q dreadful
parting from Christ in the last day,
rs they who by profession, went
half way with him and then left
Him.
The Deity, and the sun, are, in
this respect, similar; they cheer
and refresh humble, cautious be
holders; but put out the eye of
such as are too daring, prying and
inquisitiye,
When a believer is in darkness
and endeavors to reason away his
unbelief, he viii find all his reason
ings but lost labor. There is only
one thing he can do to purpose, and
that is simply to cast anchor on
Gods naked promise.
When the grace of an afflicted
saint is in exercise, his heart is like
a garden Of roses or a well of rose
water, which, the more they arc
moved and agitated, the sweeter is
the fragrance they exhale.
| When God sends an adverse dis
/ pensation to,the believer, it is Will
this message, go draw that sinner
from the love of the world; go and
take away that comfort-he is go
ing TO make an idol Of it"
Study the holy scriptures, espe
cially the new testament; therein
are contained the words of eterna
life-it has God for its author-sal
Walton for its end: and truth with
ont mixture for its matter.
To read of events without Oh
serving the hand of God in them