Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-04
Orient Pearls at Random Strung.


Consider that Christ alone is your
way to God. h6nN
Prefer diligence bsforef idleness,
unless you prefer rust to brightness.
Fortune does not change-m it
only unmasks them.
The wise and active conquer diff
culties by daring to attempt them.
The IoUe of money, says the Scrip
lures, is the root Of sill evil. 4
Outward good things are no sign
OF Gods special love.
In the heast of man, there is al
ways place for the image OF those
we love.
Wit should be used as shield for
defense rather than as sword TO
wound others. TffF VEE
The man. who gives advice to a
seIf-conceited man stands himself in
need of counsel from some prudent
man. @ p
Poverty, like other DULLES, is for
midable only to those who show that
they are afraid it.
Nothing that is not real crime
makes a man appear so contempt
bic in the eyes of the world as incon-
siancy.
Virtue, though in rags, may chal-
lenge more than vice set of with the
time of greatness.
Gods love is as free as the air, full
as the ocean; boundlcss as eternity;
immutable as his throne, and un-
chsngable as his nature.
Genius is steady fire to which
patience, industry, carefulness and
caution serves as the appropriate
fuel.
In the heart of the Christian there
is always room for the image of
those whom God loves.
Justification, pardon, and accept
ance with God, are by faith in Christ
alone. +H.n
Consider your lie is but too short,
and altogether uncertain, for any
trifiing with eteruai things.
Our very manner Is thing of i'm
portance. A kind emo" is often
more agreeable than a rough Eyes"
Be speedy in your repentance, and
diigent in your endeavors after ho-
illness. lee ua.war ge
Can the love of an infinitely be-
nevOlent being find Judgement in
the heart of miser.
II there is a word of truth in the
New Testament, some preparation
is necessary for a future state.
A grave, wherever found, preach
es short but pithy sermon to the
soul.
Profanity aud politeness never as
sociate togethcr.9 It Is Meier polite
to swear. ffH HEf##i
1t is impossible to be holy, not be-
ing like to Christ; and being truly
like him, IL is impossible not to be
holy. a o., ~
It is really the spirit of Christ
in believer that crucifies the world j
and presses out sin, and forms the
soul to his likeness.
The human heart, like a feather !
bed, must be roughly handled, well |
shaken, and exposed to a variety OF |
turns, to prevent its becoming hard.
The true idea of life Is to i've in 1
the present for the future, inasmuch
as the present becomes the future
between the inspiration and expira-
ton of each breath.
A beautiful form is better than
beautiful face n beautiful behavior !
is better than a beautiful form; it |
gives a higher pleasure; II Is the
finest Of the fine arts.
The barriers which nature has
erected against commerce, are being |
gradually but surely removed. The !
current of trade and travel now
sweeps under the Alps, through /
Mount Ceries Tunnel. This is one |
of the marvels Of the marvellous age
in which We live. %
He who attempts to compress
three lives in one, will inevitably
experience a failure. He who tries
to live in the past and future, mere
ly vegetables in the present.
God reveals His beneficence TO the
poet and artist in the clouds that !
curtain the skies, and the mist that I
mantles the mountains. He shows
His bounty to the husbandman and |
operatives in genial showers and i
unfailing rivers. tbrA ttsaaf
1t is by the PRONUNCIATION of sound |
morals in the community, and more |
especially by the training and in !
struction of the young, that woman |
performs her part toward. the pre- |
servation Of a free goYernment7-so
says Mr.. Webster.
Ricter says Like morning dawn |
life becomes more and moro bright |
the longer NE live, and the reason of /
everything becomes more clear.
What puzzled US before seems less
mysterious, and the crooked paths
look straighter as we approach the
end. ,, s---r,.- .
Whatever. is highest and hottest is
tinged with MELANCHOLY The eye |
of genius has always q plsintive ex- !
preston, and its natural language is |
pathos. A prophet is sadder than I
all prophets was "a man of sorrow 1
and acquainted with grief" l5
Keep your enemies at a proper
distance in thought and every other
way, and be as good to yourself as
you can without injustice to any one
else. az FHRFEEFGN RFh
BY doing good with his money, /
man, as it were, stamps the image |
of God upon it, and makes it pass
current for the merchandise of hea-
ven.
1t is the duty of every man to en-
deaVor that something may be adj
ded by his industry to the hered- !
itary aggregate Of knowledge and I
happiness 81 g. - 1A.l
Praise, like gold and diamonds,
owes its value only to its scarcity; |
it becomes cheap as it becomes vnl- |
gar, and it will no longer raise ex- |
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