Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-18
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If the Lord be God. follow him

If the Lord be God, follow him.
The Lord reigneth; let the earth
rejoice.
Remember the Sabbath day to
keep it holy Scripture.
Goodness with contentment, is
great gain.
In all thy ways acknowledge God,
and he shall direct thy paths.
He that soweth to the spirit, shall
Of the spirit reap life everlasting.
Perfection of mind consists of
iirmness and mildness, of force and
tenderness of vigor and grace.
Education is at home a friend,
abroad an introduction, in solitude
a solace, in society an ornament.
God it is said by the Psalmist,
"forgettcth not the cry of the hum
ble."
There is a prOverb which says:
"Be not wise in their own eyes; fear
the Lord, and depart from evil"
Rob not the poor, because he is
poor; neither Cypress the afflicted in
the gate.
Blessed are they which hunger
and thirst after righteousness, for
they shall be filed.
The Psalmist says. o Lord, in
the morning will direct my prayer
unto thee, and will look up.
Follow peace with all men, and
holiness, without which no man
shall see the Lord.
The third Commandment says:
"Thou shalt not take the name of
the Lord thy God in vain"
Let us rot weary in well-doing,
for in due season we shall reap if we
faint not.
Enter not into the path of the
wicked, and go not in the path of
evil men.
What we term the course of ma
ture, is the incessant administration
of Providence.
Action-right action is mans sal
walton, physical and mental, motion
is natures first law.
For the sorrowing and distressed,
the Christian always has a heart to
feel, and hand to help.
''Ne man liveth to himself" and
therefore wherever good can be done,
or evil arrested, every child of God
is ready and willing to do his duty.
Man was created to search for
truth, to love the beautiful, to de-
sire what is good, and to do what is
best.
A bright and beautiful bird is
hope. II will come to us amid the
darkness and sing the sweetest song
when our spirits are sad.
Beauty flows in the waves of light,
radiates from the human face di-
vine, and sparkles in the pathway of
every child.
In the book of Hosea, God is rep
resented as saying: 81 will be as
dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the
lilly, and cast forth his roots as Leb-
anon"
1t requires more proves, and
greatness of spirit to obey God
faithfully, than TO command an
TO be captain.
The love of the beautiful and true,
like the dew-drop in the heart of
the crystal, remains forever liquid
in the Utmost shrine of a mans
being.
Opportunity is the flower of time.
and as the stock may remain when
the flower is cut of, so time NAV be
with us when the opportunity is
gone forever.
The benevolence of the genuine
child of God is like a majestic river;
broad, placid and refreshing in its
course, and his liberality is bounded
only by his ability.
The Psalmist says: The Lord is
my light and my salvation; whom
shall fear? the Lord is the strength
of my life; of whom shall / be
afraidP
The man who never has tried the
companionship ola little child has
carelessly passed by one of the great
est pleasures of life, as one passes a
rare flower without plucking it or
knowing its value.
The death of an idle, shiftless
man is quantity described as like
putting your finger in a bowl of wa
ter and then Withdrawing it. There
is no hole left in the water to show
where the finger went in or came
out.
\ religious paper in mentioning
the death of one of its friends, de.
scribes him as man of the noblest
principles, OF the purest morality OF
the simplest faith and of the broad
est charity. The highest type of a
gentleman.
There is no greater expounder OF
moral principal, no eloquent teach
CT of divine truth, who is more use
full in Gods world than a business
man who carries his religion into his
business.
Pleasure is a rose near which
there ever grows thorn of evil. II
is wisdom's work to so carefully
pluck the roses as to avoid the
thorn, and let its rich perfumes ex.
hale to heaven in gratitude and ado.
ration of Him who gave the rose tC
blow.
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