Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28
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Be kind TO your friends, and just
to your enemies.
True vivacity is always charming,
because it is always sincere.
A grave child is arose without
fragrance.
Let your moderation be known |
unto all men. The Lord is at hand. |
The study of nature oughtsto be !
made subservient to religion.
Philosophy ought always to be the
handmade OF theology.
The fear of the Lord is the begin
ming of wisdom.
Life bears us on like the stream Of
a mighty river.
The best way to humble proud
man is TO take no notice of him.
Christ is to us not as a perfect pat
tern, but as powerful principle.
No individual of the human fami-
Iy is exempt from death. 1t is
debt which all must pay.
Matthew exhorts christians to be
wise as serpents and harmless as
doves.
Mark the perfect man, and behold
the upright, for the end of that man
is peace.
Every one feels pride within him
self, but wonders to see it in his
neighbour. -
There is not star in the heavens,
nor a flower IN the fields, which
does not declare the glory of God.
The Psalmist prays: So teach us
to number our days, that we may
apply our hearts unto wisdom.
The mercy of the Lord is from
everlasting to everlasting upon them
that fear him.
There is no other fountain Of ho-
illness in the universe, but the God
whom saints adore.
All the religious affections are de-
lightful; and In excepting Gods COM
mandments there is great reward"
SANDER is as much more accumu-
lative than snow ball, as it is
blacker.
One of the best qualities for a good
speaker to possess, is to be able to
hold his tongue, at the right time.
We rarely repent OF. having kept
silence; we often repent of having
spoken.
Seek ye the Lord, while he may
be found call upon him while he is
near.
The innocence of childhood con-
sists not in rectitude Of inclination,
but in incapacity for the commission
of evil.
The man who has his own genu-
inc self-respect, will not likely be
often wounded by imaginary or real
Sights.
Be sure to merit the respect of all
good men, and then do not lay awake
at night worrying about what 9th.
err peopla think of you.
The louder your enemies raise the
voices against you, the more may
you justly believe in your own i'm
portance.
Some people fret so much about
what their enemies think of them
that they make their friends miser.
able.
Do asyou would be done by. II
you would not be treated eOldly
learn to treat others warmly and
frankly.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust him for his grace,
Behind smiling Providence,
He hides smiling face.
He that cometh to God must be
lieve that he is, and that he is q re
warder OF them that diligently seel
him.
Habbakuk says: The Lord is M
strength, and he viii make my fee
like kinds feet, he will make me L
walk in mine high places.
There shall no evil happen to thu
Just; but whatsoever seemeth evi
shall be overruled for goOd-in thu
end.
II is very easy to cherish, lik,
Sterne, the sensibilities that lead {,
no sacrifices and to no inconveni
ence.
Wisdom is but another name TO
religion; "wisdom's ways are way
of pleasantness, and all her paths ar,
peace"
To look upon nature, without an,
reference 10 its Aurthor, 70 admir-
the work, without admiring tn,
Workman, is folly, is stupidity, i
atheism.
Man is q sinful, and ignorant, anC
miserable being; and these three rea
sons why he should not be proud
are, Notwithstanding, the reason
why he is So.
Hosea says: They that dwell unde
his shadow shall return; they shal
revive as the corn, and grow as tn
vine; the scent thereof shall be as tn
wine of Lebanon.
1t is useless to try to please ever,
body, so if you please yourself, an,
believe you are right, you will b
happy, and make others believe il
you.
Conceal the weak yoints in you
character with an honest mantle o
self-poise and independence, ant
then many an intended sting will
neither wound nor give you pain.
Some men make great flourisl
about what they believe to be right
but always manage 90 believe tina
Is right which is for their own ia
terest.
Approach God with a prayer o
work and will to help yourself
rather than in words and set phra
ses to beseech Him to shower VOL
manifoldly with temporal blessings
Men show folly in five things
when they establish their fortune
on the ruin of others; when they ex
pect to excite love by GOODNESS, ant
by showing more marks of dislik
than affection; when they expect (,
become learned in the minds Of re
pose and pleasure; when they seel
friends without making advances O
friendship; and when they are I'm
willing to succor their friends i
distress.
Love is the golden tie that bind
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