The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-08-03
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ed in the faces, the voices and the
hand writings Of men.
Milton says: ''When the new
light we beg for shines upon u.s.
there be those who envy and
oppose, if it comes not FIRST to
their easements z9's- ~ e
/ The poor man who envies not the
rich, who pities his companions in
poverty, and can spare something
to him who is still poorer, is, in the
realms ofhumanity, a king ofkings.
Bacon says: "He who comment
ces with certainty will end in
doubts, but he who is content t5
begin with doubts may and with
certainty.
It is certain that the nearer we
come to heaven or to a meetness- for
glory, the more we are impressed
with the value and privilege or
prayer.
Heaven drops little fragments
of itself, here and there along our
way, by the way of assurance that
heaven and love are one.
Love is indefatigable; it never
wearies.-Love is inexhaustiblej it
blooms and buds again; and the
more it is difused, the more it
abounds.
A Loving heart and a pleasant
countenance are commodities which
a man should never fail to take
home with him.
Treasures gained by robbery, Of
ten bring their possesors to an un
timely death, but those gained by
righteous dealing bring with them
no such consequences.
A true religious instinct never
deprived man of one single JOY:
mournful faces and a sombre as
peet are the conventional affections
of the weak minded.
Every man is, what he once was
and always viii be, a condemned
sinner, Notwithstanding any repen-
tance or future obedience, without
an interest in Christ.
1t is a fearful thing to see how
some men are made worse by trial.
It's terrible Co watch sorrow as it
sours the temper, and works out in
to maleyolence and misanthropy.
True criticism is thus defined;
To be earnest, but kind; to be for
eible, yet gentle. To be plain, and
very practicable. To direct the
criticism in such a way as to effect
a real good.
If sin be infinitely odious in the
sight Of God it is impossible for me
to commit little sin, as to commit
a little murder, for the least sin is
an infinite evil before an infinitely
holy God.
o for a ''life hid with Christ in
GodP' 0 for a perpetual belief in
him! Then can / never be poor,
while he is rich, I never can be fee
bic, while he is stong; I never new
er can be fool, while he is my wis
dom.
A sinners heart is worth nothing,
and is good for nothiDgi and yet
because it is his most hidden part,
he vaunts of his honesty, goodness,
etc. Yes, yes, it is very honest and
good only the devil is in it that is
all.
o for universal cry to be saved
from sin, or we will never cry Alright
to be saved from hell May there
be such an effectual quarrel between
us and sin, that we might as soon
reconcile our bodies to a burning
flame, as reconcile our souls % sin.
A parent does not hate his child
because il is deceased. So If 1 be
child Of God, my infrmities viii
not alter His love to me, though He
viii hate what is wrong in me; while
shall love Him the more ardently
for this. as well as for His needful
corrections.
No words can describe the won
derful and continually charging
blessing in Christ which have been
poured into the souls Of many Of
the children Of God, through the
simple unreasoning which pTays
confidently and with ever unceasiag
trust.
do think that many who pass
for serious people in time, viii be
driven from Christ, in that awful
day when the secret heart shall be
revealed. We may have a gilded
profession. You may gid decayed
post; but, If you scratch it, its rot
tenness viii soon appear.
The Savior must 60 on from con /
quering to eonqner; but the power
by which he vanquishes Is peculi-
arly pleasing. The heart is sub
dued, and the rebel sinner lays
down bis arms; but the Lord, in
stead OF dragging him IN chains,
makes him ride with Him trium-
phantly in the chariot Of the Cos
pei.
The religion Of the Bible has a
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