The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-12-07
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duty Of every christian.
j Consider that Christ alone is.
j your way TO God.
4 Prefer diligence TO idIsness, I'M
i less you prefer rust to Brightness.
Forsunesdoes not change men, it
only unmasks them.
\ The wise and aetiIesconquer diff
ficulties BY daring to attempt them
i Outward good things ere no sign
Of Gods special love
! In the heart OF man there-is a.
ways a place Tor che image ofthose
we loTe.
! Prefer loss to nn)sst gain; for
that brings grief but ence, this
forever, Fse1sr 5 hst5fs
Wisdom is tie talent Of buying
virtuousr pleasures st the. clleaRest
rate. ~
Christians should ever remember
thatsome one is following theirex-
ample, ss
ERrth's feYerish dreams will SUBJ
side, and its enehantments be dis
/ solveds
The widest excursion Of the mind
is made at short lights, frequently
repeated.
Heaven has no truer counterpart
on earth than peaceful, quiet and
coRcordant family.
The most lofty fabrics OF science
are formed By the continued accu-
mutation Of single propositions.
We should estimate human life
and the worth of ii, by the light of'
serious reflection aud steady faith.
Poverty, like other bullies, is for
midable only TO those who show
that they are afraid fit.
Virtue, though inlags, may cKaI-
enge more than vice set oilwith the
time of greatness.
In the heart of the Christian
there is always room for the iwage
Of those whom God loves.
Justification, pardon, and accep--
tahee' with God, are By faith In
Christ alone.
Considers your life is but too,
short, and altogether uncertain, for
any trifiing with eternal things.
Gods love is as free as the air,
full rs the ocean; boundlcRs as eter-
nifty; immutable as his throne, and
as unchangable as his nature.
Gen us is a steady fire to which
patience, industry, ,carelessness and
caution serves as the appropriate
fuel.
Nothing that is not real crime
makes man appear SO contenpti-
BILE in the eEeslef the world as in
constancy.
The man Bho gives advice to a
selfconeited man stands himself in
need OF counsel from some prudent
man.
Tt is the uniform doctrine of the
Bible that none will be saved but
those who presevere ina life Of hO-
liness,
He that has no hopes Of success
win make no attempt, and where
nothing is attempted, nothing can
be done.
Never mind where you work
Care more about how you work.
Never mind who sees, If God ap-
proves.
This world and the next arc like.
the east and the west, you cannot
draw near unto one without turning
your back on the other,
Wit is not levelled so much at the
mueles as at the heart; and the.
latter will sometimes smile when
there is not a single rinkle on the
check.
From torpid dependency can
come no advantage; It is the frost
Of the soul which binds up al it's
powers, and congeals life ir perpet-
nal sterility.
The mind OF man naturally takes
its turn and complexion from what
it hibitually contemplates. Let us
therefore be careful what thoughts
we entertain.
Few ineliDations arc so strong as
to grew up into habits when they
must struggle with constant oppo-
sitiou Of settled forms and estab-
Iished customs.
The greatest sinner, who trnsts
only in Chrisfs blood, viii assured
" be saved. The Test man in the
world who trusts in his own good
ness, viii be lost.
The world by constantly press
ing on our senses, makes a very
dangerous impression upon our lives,
and tends 20 lead the soul from
the contemplation OF heavenly
things.
The church IS Gods ieweiry-his
working house, where his jewels are
polished for his palace; and those
be especially esteems and means 20
make most resplendent, he uses Of
.enest his tools upon them.
John Bunyan, always noted for
iis sound, good sense, was once
lsked a question about heaven