The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-08-10
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Flattery is ike bad butter; easily
spread on, but sensible people won't
swallow it.
You may CLEAN knowle'lge by read
ing, but you must separate the
ehaf from the wheat by thinking.
It's the country homes. the
small villages and towns, that make
the true strength Of nation.
Tt is the best ordered households
that usually are begun the best
ordered lives.
A eoTet0hs man is an enemy to
the poor; and is cursed both in
this and the coming world.
Fools with bookish knowledge are
children with edged weapons.
They hurt themselves and put 9TH
ers to pain.
A mind full Of piety and knowl-
edge is always rich; it is a bank
that never fails; it yields a perpet-
ual dividend ofhappiness.
Many q man breads throwing a.
way his life at once, who shrinl1s
not from throwing it away piece
meal.
Any one may do a casual act of
good nature; but a continuation Of
them shows it a part ofthe tempera-
ament.
I would give nothing for that
mar. 5 religion whose very dog and
cat are not the better for it.-Ros0-
land HH.
Be not penny wise. Riches have
wings, and some times they fly of
ofthemselves; sometimes they must
be sethying to bring in more.
Fortune is for the most but a gal
laxy or milky-way, as it were of
obscure virtues without q name
BacOa.
Faith leads from itself to Jesus.
The generous heart should scorn
a pleasure which gives others pain.
Laziness Isl a good deal like mon
ey, the more a man has the more he
wants.
Fine sights of human pomp and
worldly grandeur captivate and
ravish worldly minds.
Scandal, like the Nile, is fed by
many streams, but is extremely
difficult to trace it to its source.
Those who have escaped the
rocks of gross sins, have yet been
cast away upon the golden sands.
A guilty conscience is like
whirlpool, drawing in all which
would otherwise pass by.
The pebbles in our path weary
us, and make us foot-sore, more
than the rocks, which only require
a bold effort to surmount.
One sight Of the matchless
charms and the dazzling glories OF
the Savior make all other things
appear mean and contemplate.
Wise travellers provide the needfuIl
for their journey, and guard against
such as lie in wait, by the way to
rob them.
It is the great JOY of the Gospel
indeed, it is that which makes the
Gospel, that it is for any and every
poor sinner who will believe.
The essence of the Gospel, the
Joy Of sinners and the glory Of
faith consists in a firm belief in the
efficacy of Jesus, beloved to cleanse
and save the soul.
A mans possessions are just as
large as his own soul. If his title
cover more, the surplus acres
own him, not he the acres.
The tears of beauty are like clouds
foatings over heaven Of stars. be-
dimming them a moment that they
may shine with a brighter luster
than before.
Never let yourself be beguiled
with the idea that fate has mis-
placed you in life and that if you
were in some other sphere you
would rise.
With love, the heart becomes a
fair and fertile garden, with sun
and warm hues; and exhaling
sweet odors; but without il, it is a
bleak desert covered with ashes.
Happy The man to whom heaven
has given a morsel Of bread with
out laying him under the obligation
Of thanking any other for it than
heaven itself
An avaricious man runs straight
into poverty. He leads a life Of
poverty here below; but he must
give the account Of q rich man in
the day ofjudgment.
A man can go to heaven without
wealth, without health, without
honor, without learning, without
friends; but he can never go with
out Christ.
Any one can drift But it takes
PRAYER, religious principle, earnest
ness of purpose, constant watching
to resist the evils Of this worid-to
struggle against the tide.
The preaching Of the word in
some places is like the planting Of