Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
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lie is happy who knows Gods
will, and has heart to. do it.
Obscurity leaves a man free, but a
famous man is slave to his fame.
Every desire bears its death in
every qualification.
Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou
hast the words of eternal life.
The pleasure of sin is like a
draught Of sweet poison.
The sinner cannot escape the pres
ence and power of God. He cannot
by 'annihilation die"
Ifyou would have a faithful SER
want, and one that you like, serve
yourself.
Religion is thousand voiced psalm
from the heart of man TO his invisi-
bic father.
Toll is thousand times reward
ed by the pleasure which it be-
slows.
Uneasy lies the head that wears
CROWN" although the crown may
be of laurel.
James exhorts christians to "1et
patience have her perfect work" in
them.
Blessed are the peace makers, for
they shall be called the children of
God.
The sweet singer of Israel prays:
-"Cleanse thou me from secret
faults"
In LIST Samuel, the Christian hath
this promise: "The Lord saith.
them that honor me, | will honor"
David prays: Set watch, o Lord,
before my mouth; keep the door of
my mouth.
Let the impenitent remeber, that
God, out of Christ, is a consume
ing fire."
There is wisdom in the Proverb
which says: off sinners entice thee,
consent thou not"
'Lead me to the rock that is high
er than >" is the prayer of every
sincere christian.
AS cankers breed in the sweetest
roses, so pride may arise out of the
sweetest duties.
Christ says: If any man hear my
voice, and open the door, l viii
come in to him, and sup with him,
and he with me.
II is a great virtue to be able con-
stantly to yield in little things; it
begets the same spirit in others,
and renders life happy.
God is not Knocked. He that SOW
eth to the flesh shall reap corrup-
ton; and nc that soweth to the spiI-
it shall reap life everlasting.
There is an efficacy in calmness
of which we are unaware. The ell
cment of serenity is one which W E
peculiarly need.
He is happy whose circumstances
suit his temper, but he is more ex-
cellent who can suit his temper to
any circumstances.
If good people would make good
ness agreeable, and smile instead of
frowning, in their virtue, how many
would they win to the good cause!
As Noah's dove could find no rest
for the sole of her foot, so the spirit
of God can find no residence in the
heart which is deluged in sin.
CURIOSITY languishes under repeat
cd stimulants, and novelties cease to
excite surprise, until at length, we
cannot even wonder at n miracle.
As for me, will behold thy face
in righteousness; shall be satisfied,
when awake, with thy likeness
DaUid.
The Psalmest says: l have set the
Lord always before me, because he
is at my right hand, shall not be
moved.
Isaiah says: "Thou wilt keep him
i'll perfect peace, whose mind is stay
cd on thee; because he trusted i'll
thee"
Paul, in his Epistle to Ephesians,
exhorts them to "be strong in the
Lord, and in the power of his
might"
The violet grows low, and covers
itself with its own tears, and of all
flowers yields the sweetest fragrance.
Suchis humility.
Paul-that great Apostle to the
Gentiles, says: 81 know in whom
have believed, and am persuaded
that he is able TO keep that which
have committed to him against that
day"
''Who is among you that feareth
the Lord, that obeyeth the voice Of
his servant, that walketh in dark
ness, and hath no light? let him
trust in the name of the Lord, and
stay upon his God"
Thinkers are as scarce as gold;
but he whose thought embraces all
his object, pursues it UNIV eariedlv.
and fearless of consequences, is di-
almond of enormous size.
No wealth can purchase; no indo-
lence can taste the enjoyments which
toll and labor can alone secure.
They flow only from the exertions
which they repay.
The difference there is between
honor and honesty seems to be chief
ly in the motive. The honest man
does that from duty which the man
of honor does for the sake of char
acter.
II is an old Scotch proverb, that
prayer and provender hinders no
one" The idea intended to be con
veyed is, that time taken in the
morning, for prayer, and eating, are
never lost.
Self-forgetfulness is thus inculca-
ted by q sensible poet:
If thou hast thrown glorious Thought
Upon LIES common ways,
Which other men again have caught
Fret not to lose the praise.
That we may not complain of the
present, let us view Gods hand in
all events; and that we may not be
afraid of the future let us view all
events in Gods hands.
Our conscience is fire within us,
our sins as the fuel; therefore, in
stead of warming, il will scorch us:
unless the fuel be removed, or the
heat of it aIayed by penitential
tears.
All true Christians must be like
Noah's ark, that was pitched with
i'll and without. They must have a
holy inside, and a holy outside:
their profession and practice must
agree together.