The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-12-14
NUMBER SO.
Temptations are instructions.

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not.
There is sullen pride In not ac-
knowledging benefits.
A man may be poor ia purse. yet
proud in spirit.
There may be pride in rags. in a
solemn look, and lowly carriage.
God had rather his people should
fare poorly, than live proudly.
We must neither leave the world,
nor love it inOrdinately.
The world promises comforts,
and pays sorrows.
When God is humbling us, let
US endeavor to humble ourselves.
To be a Christian and a suffer
ing christian, is double honor.
Poverty is not a shame, but being
ashamed Of poverty is.
Physicians faults arc covered
with earth; rich mems with money.
A rule without exception is, that
men willingly believe what they
wish to be SO.
We should obey Gods revealed
will, and then be resigned to his
providential will.
Ifw cannot bring our condition
to our mind, we must bring our
nina to our condition.
Ifthe world be our portion here,
perdition viii be our portion here.
after.
BY aflietion God separates the
sin which he hates, from the soul
which he loves.
Love-Iove to God and love to
mans the fulflment of divine
law.
To deal Justly, love mercy, and
walk humbly, is the essence Of
christianity.
Mcekness is a virtue by which a
man may know a christian better
than by name.
Two things should comfort suf.
fering christians, viz: All that
they suffer is not hell; yet-it is
all the hell they shall suffer.
If a man believed the threatniRg5
of the word-of God, he would trem-
bic, and fly to tie promise for re-
fnge.
When God threatens, that's the
time to repent; when he promises,
that's the time to believe; when he
commands, that's the time to O.
bey.
Folly is the beginning of pride,
and shame shall be the end of it;
either temporal repentance or eter-
nal punishmet.
A hypocr'te IS the picture OF a
saint; but his paint shall be washed
of, and he shall appear in his own
3olors.
A sad spirit is like a rainy day;
its mists and shadows darken the
brightest sky, and clothe the fair
est landscape IN gloom.
II we could read the secret histo-
~ of our enemies, we should find III
each mans life sorrow and suffer
ng enough to disarm all hostili-
ties.
The used key is always bright
Drawn wells have sweetest water.
Standing pools gather fish. If
-est, rust, says the key.
There is no praying possible to a
nan until he becomes again enough
IF child not to calculate his rap.
lures, and not to crave an equiva-
ent
The suferings Of the just and
.he triumphs of the wicked in this
ife are a sure proof that there viii
De a future judgment in which the
wicked shall be punished and the
-ighteous rewarded.
Co-workers with Christ! be con
.ent to SOW little seeds for him; be
patient to wait a long time for their
growing; be strong to endure much
be hopeful, expecting
iublime fruitage these are the chief
essons Of the parallels Of the seed
md the leaven.
"The poor you have always with
-ou," was the declaration Of our
savior while on earth. But he says
Blessed is he that considereth TIE
Door; the Lord viii deliver him in
he time oftrouble. The Lord viii
preserve him and keep him alive;
nd he shall be blessed upon the
arth.
Keep your enemies at a proper
in thought and every other
rsy, and be as good 70 yourselves
on can without any injustice to
ny one else.
BY doing good with his:mopey,a
lau, as It we're, stamps the image
f God upon it, and makes Il pass
urrent for the merchandise Of
Ieaven.
II is the duty ofevery man TO en-
eavor that something may be ad-
ed By his industry 70 the heredi-
Try aggregate Of knowledge and