The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-19

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we faint not.
He that walketh with wise men
shall be wise; but a companion of
fools shall be destroyed.
Job says: Acquaint now myself
with God, and be at peace; thereby
good shall come unto thee.
In religion the imagination and
affections should always be under
the control of reason,
Guilt, though it may attain tenn
poral spleHdor, can never confer
real happiness.
No lessons leave more lasting
impression than those which quietly
drop into the mind by the fire
side.
The moro unbounded our conf
dence in God, the more pure is our
Christianity, the more perfect is our
virtue.
If we insist upon proof for ev-
erything, we shall never come to
action; to act you must assume, and
that assumption is faith.
It is a certain truth that the less
doubt we have in the efficacy of our
prayers the more prompt God will
be in hearing them.
Men of genius are often dull and
inert in society; as the the blazing
meteor, when it descends to the
earth, is only a stone.
The path of virtue, though very
seldom those of worldly greatness,
are always those of pleasantncss
and peace.
My enemies can do nothing a
gainst me, said a man Of sense;
they cannot deprive me of the fac
ulty of thinking rightly or acting
well.
Isaiah's direction to sinners is to
''seek We the Lord while he may be
found, call We upon him while he
may be found, call ye upoA him
while he is near"
Learn that happiness is not out
side. A good heart and a clear
conscience bring happiness, which
no riches and no circumstances
alone ever do.
The evil consequences of crime,
long survive their commission, and,
like the ghosts of the murdered,
forever haunt the steps of the male
factor.
Life is divided into three terms;
that which was, which is, which
will be. Let us learn from the
past to profit by the present, and
from the present to live better for
the future.
Sorrow gathers around great
souls as storms do around the
mountains; but like them, they
break the storm and purify the air
of the plain beneath them.
You may outlaw the friend OF
truth, but truth remains; you may
humble the poet, the artist, and
the Christian; bat you cannot de
base poetry, or art, or Christianity
The most foolish thing in the
world is said to be "to bow to the
rich until you are unable to stand
erect in the presence of an honest
man"
Contentment is the gift of heav-
en-, and not the effect of anything
here upon earth; and it is as easy
for Providence to convey it with
out wealth as with it.
No career, however noble or ex-
allied it may seem in itself, will tru-
~ bless him who follows it, unless
he carry into it the spirit of truth
justice and love. Then all bushes
is sacred, and all life is religion
Do daily and hourly your duty;
10 it patiently and thoroughly
Do it as it presents itself; do it al
the moment, and let it be its owl
reward. Never mind whether it i:
known or acknowledged or not
but do not fail to do it.
Apathy is one Of the worst mora
diseases, as it not only incapaci
tates us from combating the en-
croachments of vice, but closes ev
cry avenue of our souls to the ap
proaeh Of virtue.
How easy it isto please and t,
be pleased, as well as edited, if ont
win take the fragrance OF the ros,
instead Of the thorns, and hold tht
knife by the handle and not by tn,
the edge.
The fact that the word soor1
when applied to character, mean
moral worth, shows that, though
men may be dazzled by intellectu
al briIliancY, thoir real asnect can