The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-07-14
GOLDEN WORDS.
Love God and serve him.

If men did but know themselves
more, they WOULD be more humble.
Keep good principles, and they wiz
keen you.
He who spends all his time IN spoI
is like one who wears nothing bl
fringes, and eats nothing but success.
Sin, ali sin, is fruitless; it blossoms
fair but always deeeives. "What
fruit had ye Ia those things whereof
We are now ashamed?p
The pebbles in our path weary as,
and make US foot sore, more than the
rocks, which only require bold eflor
to surmCunt.
The road ambition travels is two
narrow for friendship, too crooked for
love, too rugged for honesty, and too
dark for conscience.
Any one can drift. But it takc
prayer, religious principle, earnest
ness of purpose, constant Watching to
resist the evil Of this world-to stTUg-
gle against the tide.
/ Ifyou wish success in life, make
perseverance your bosom friend, eN-
perience your elder brother, and bope
your guardian genius.
1t is the great joy of the Gospel
indeed, it is that which makes It Cos
pei, that i is for any and every poor
sinner who viii believe.
Enjoy the blessings of tins day IL
God sends them; and the evils bear
| patiently and sweetly Fer Girls day
Onl y is ours; we are dead to- yesterday,
and are not born TO tomorrow.
Few parents like TO be told OF the
faults of a child, The reason is oivi-
Gus. All faults are hereditary or pdu-
in r,re
the finger at the child, is, indirectly
to reprOVe the parent.
The approaches of sin are like tlie
conduct Of Jael; it brings butter in "a
lordIy dish; it bids high for the soul
But when il has been fascinated and
lulled the victim, the nail and the
hammer are behind.
You have only day 10 spend upon
earthi act IN such a way that YOU may
spend it in peace. Peace is the fruit
Of love; for to live in peace, it is neces-
sary to put up with many things.
He that lives in perpetua! suspicion,
lives the life of a sentinel never re-
lieved, whose business it is to loolS out
for and expect an enemy, which is au
evil not very far short Of perishiug 10y
him.
Insthe depthsof the sea the water
are still; the heaviest grief is HAT
borne in silence; the deepest love dows
through the eye and touch; the pulcs,
joy is unspeakable; the most inp.cs-
sive preacher at a funeral is The silent
one whose lips are cold.
a man who win stab nj another',
reputation, by insinuation or fnuphdo
is far worse than a thief Goods a.uu
may replace, but character once lost
is all but irredeemable, and as u great
writer has said, word is enough 10
ruin man..
True joy is a serene and somber mo
ton; and they are miserably deceived
that take laughing for rejoicing; the
seat of it is within, and there is n,
cheerfulness like the resolutions of u
brave mind, that has fortune under it's
feet.
Let us accept different forms of re-
ligIOn among men, as we accept diff
ferent languages, wherein there J..
still but one human nature expressed.
Every genius has most power in his
own language, and every heart ia It's
Own.religion. -
1t is not always in the most distin-
guished exploits that meu's virtues or
vices may be discerDed; but frequently
an action of small note, q short saving
or jest, distinguishes a person 5 real
character more than fields of caInagc.
or the greatest battles.
You cannot repent too soon.-lT'Gcre
is no day like to-day. Yesterday is
gone; tomorrow is Gods, not your
own. And think how sad ii viii Ge tu
have your evidences 10 seek, When
your cause is to be tried; to have y-ur
oil to buy, when you should have it To
burn. So t-
A man who is allowed TO grow up
with his mind entirely nelected, has
inflicted upon him q grievous wrong
He is cut off from the sweetest aud
noblest sources of happiness; and even
if he is regarded simply as an agent
for the production of wealth, he is
made by ignorance comparatively
useless and inefficient.
When Hannah Moore visited AIrs
Garrick, after the death of her nus
band, and expressed surprise at hci
great composure, the widow answered.
"Groans and complaints are very well
for those who are TO mourn for little
whilei but sorrow that is to last for
life VIII be neither violent nor roman
tic.
Life in itself is neither good nor
evil; it is the scene of good or evil. as
you make it; and if you have lived
day, you have seen all; one day is
equal, and like to all other days; there
Is no other light, no other shade; this
very sun, this moon, these very stars.
this very order and revolution ofthinps
Is the same your ancestors enjoyed,
3nd that shall also entertain your
posterity.