The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-06-01
diamonds and esris.

being "unrepented pleasure.
He that swells in prosperity win
be sure to shrink in adversely.
/, Good company and good CONVEX
sation are the. very sinews of virtue.
Idleness. Ii. the Dead Sea that
swallows all the virtues, and. the
sepulchre ofs living man.
Labor is a school of benevolence
as we'll as Justice Next unto yir-
tue, let children be trained to in
dustry.
# the law requires obedience.
that may stand before the burning
eye of Cod, behold itin Jesus. my
Mediator.
II is not until we have passed
through the furnace that we are
made to know how much dross was
in CTR composition.
He who spends all his time in
sports is like one Who wears moth
ing but fringes and eats nothing
but sauces.
He only is advancing in life whose
heart is getting softer, whose blood
warmer, whose brain quicker, whose
spirit is entering into a living peace.
Never was a character at the same
time so commanding and 50 natu-
raj, so resplendent and pleasing, SO
amiable and venerable, as that Of
Christ.
The harsh, hard world neither
sees, nor tries to see, mems hearts;
but wherever there is the opportu-
nifty Of evil, supposes that evil ex-
lists.
Goodness ofheart is mans best
treasure, his brightest honor, and
MODEST acquisition. It's that ray
of the Divinity which dignifes hui
mainly.
Great efforts from great motives
is the best definition Of a happy
life. The easiest labor is a burthen
to him who has no motives for per-
forming it.
Who seduIously attends, pointed
" asks, calmly speaks, coolly an
swers, and ceases when he has no
more to say, is in possession of
some of the best requisites to man.
1t is worthy of observation that
the most imperious masters over
their own servants are, at the same
time the most abject slaves to the
servants of other masters.
Memory is a patient camel bear
ing huge burdens over Hfe's sandy
desert. Intuition is bird of para
disc, drinking in the aroma of ce-
lestial flowers.
As the tiger preys upon every an
imal, both wild and domestic, so
does selfshness exterminate every
other emotion that it may reign IN
disturbed in the soul
To men of poetic nature life is
apt to become a desert, in whose
undulating air, as in that other des-
ert, objects appear both wavering
and gigantic.
When God gave us His Son He
gave us an infinitely greater gift
than the world. The Creator is in
fnitely more glorious than the crea-
ture, and the Son of God is the
Creator of all things.
Winter, which strips the leaves
from around US, makes us see the
distant regions they formerly con
ceaIed; so does old age rob us of
our enjoyment only to exchange the
prospect of eternity before US.
Gods love to His people is from
everlasting to everlasting; but from
everlasting to everlasting there is
no manifestation of it known OF
conceivable by us that can be com
pared to this.
He that is entirely of the world
f1ds Il n world of conflicts and can.
not escape many a wound from it
But the worst of it is that he ha:
no physician to apply to, @though
the sorrow Of the world worketh
( death"
The difference there is betwixt
honor and honesty seems to be
chiefly in the motive. The homes
man does that from duty which the
man of honor does for the sake o
character.
He who rears up one child t
] Christian virtue, or RECEIVERS ons
fallen creature to God, builds a ten
pie more precious than Solomon:
or st. Peters, more enduring thar
earth.
Don't complain. The sun is al
ways shining, the flowers are alwayt
blooming, the birds are always sing
ing, the golden grain is always wav
/ ing-somewhere in this wicked
world.
There is no virtue that adds s,
noble a charm to the finest traits O
beauty as that which exerts itsel
in watching over the tranquility Q
an aged parent. There are no tear
that give so noble a lustre to tn
cheek of innocence as the tears o
fliaI sorrow.
t,sf,sss NJ ar nod aF,evo no n ~