Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23
Doubt is a method Of knowledge.

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Doubt is a method Of knowledge.
Archbishop Usher says: at takes
all our learning TO be simple"
Idleness is the bane, the moth, the
gaDgrene, the curse of life.
A troubled conscience Is the tooth
ache of the mind.
They are never alone that are ac-
cOmpanied with noble thoughts.
Regard not dreams, since they are
the images of our hopes and fears.
Spare no pains in identifying your
homes and improving the roads that
lead to them.
Saws Hannah Moore: "a slowness
TO applaud betrays a cold temper
and an envious spirit"
Wit resembles a coquette- those
who the most eagerly run after it
are least favored.
Earnestness is a most excellent in
strument for the speedy dispatch OF
business.
NAOd 80 AAOh AAAOLhGas llGA GNEi y
minister, while preaching, remen-
her that God is nearer.
The human soul, like the water OF
the Salt Sea, becomes fresh and
sweet in rising TO the sky.
The ruin of most men dates from
idle hours. Occupation is an armor
TO the soul.
VIM. Penn says: Passion may not
unity be termed the mob OF man,
that commits riot on hisreason."
Ruskin says: "The finest charac-
teristic of modern art is its sympa-
thy"
Truth is as impossible 10 be soiIed
by any outward touch as the sun
beam.
The noblest thing OH earth is the
man who can rise to the dignity OF
self-mastery.
What is lie but mercy? What
are health, strength, friendship, So
cial life? f.L
Labor, in general, instead of short
ening the term of life, actually in
creases il.
A pure love can no more burn
without goodness than the fire with
out fuel.
The roads leading to God are mere
than the breathings of created be-
ings.
A knowledge of our own weak
nesses creates in us charity for
those Of others.
The man who can suppress a mo-
ment's anger, may prevent days Of
sorrow. He that ruleth his spirit is
greater than he who takes a city.
The death Of friends is thus poet
lied:
We lose life in every friend we lose,
And every death Is painful but the last.
That eminent saint, Payson, says
"When we meet in heaven we shall
see'how little we knew about it on
earth" ." r-rr.r
Dean Swift asks: GLOW is il pos.
sible that mankind will take advice
when they will not so much as take
warningT" .r E-I-. -..-
Beethoven says of Plutarch, that
his writings had led him through
many a soul-fght to the rest of resig'
nation
Lite is not to be estimated by the
number iof days, but by the useful
ness thereof. Extensive life car
only be purchased by intensive life
What is the propriety Of stopping
to play WITH thornbush, when yoT
may Just as well pluck sweet flow.
ers and eat pleasant fruits2
Music is finer than speech, anC
makes its appeal to a deeper some.
thing in us underlying all thoughts
of the understanding.
Idleness and luxury induce prema
ture decay much faster than many
trades regarded as the most exhaust
i've and fatal TO longevity.
livery christian man ought to car
ry himself in the world as an orangl
tree would if it could walk UP ant
down in the garden, swinging per
fume from every little censor j
holds up to the air.
Rabbi Hillet says: Whatever yoI
would not wish your neighbor to d.
to you, do it not unto him. This i
the whole law; the balance is mere
ly the exposition of 1t.
If from humble condition thor
hast become powerful, and the frs
in the city for opulence, do not lie
riches make thee proud, for the frs
author of these good things is God
When flowers are full of heaven
descended dews, they always han.
their heads; but men hold theirs IN,
higher the more they receive, get
ting prouder as they get full.
Count the mercies that have beer
quietly falling in your history
Down they come, every morning anC
evening, as the angel messenger
from tho Father in Heaven.
The Psalmist, in the fullness of
thankful heart, exclaims: ''Bless tn
Lord, o my soul. andeforget not al
his benefits" Very few initiate tn
example nowadays.
The man who can refuse indul
gence TO a clamoring desire, can hol,
the craving appetite unqualified, an,
can say to the rising passions, "peace
be STILL" is hero above Alexande
or Napoleon.
II is the lack of occupation tina
annually destroys so many of tn
wealthy, who. having nothing to dc
play the part of drones, and ik
them, make a speedy exit, while tn
busy bee fills out its busy day il
usefulness and honor.
II is said of Pompey-the grea
Pompey-that when he was goini
on an expedition where duty lie,
him, he was told he was going a
the risk of his life. ''It is not neces
sary that should ive." replied he
''but it is necessary that / shout,
go" There is n whole sermon i
this short sentence.
Awake, o my soul Shake off tn
dust from thy beautiful garments
and walk as one whose feet ar
touching the sands on the shores o
the mysterious river, beyond who's
troubled waves we see the land o
Canaan, and the city of our God.
The eminent Fridus SAYS: Tn
height and depth of the whole worI,