The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-23
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A guilty conscience sdn8s deeper
than the kcenest LASH
The end of wrath IS tho begin
sing Of repentance.
Blessed arc the pure in heart FOR
they shall see God.
Watch.ulness is duty often and
urgently mchleated upon christians,
A preacher in Holland called the
sabbath Gods dyke, shutting out
an ocean oreyils.
In the book Job We find this
passage: Il was eyes TO the bind
and fee was I to the lamo."
With patience and time, says a
Persian proverb, the mulberry leaf
becomes n silk gown.
Sorrows are sot unfrequently the
thorns whcrewith the buckle of love
is fastened.
Be honest IL all your deaIings.-
Honesty is not only the bestpoiicv,
but the best principle.
Il is Che master art Of the devil to
persuade Us that there IS no battle
that al arc agreed.
In first Corinthians, eth chapter
and 10th verse, 'sDrunkards shall
not inherit the kingdom Of heaven"
Ifyou have lostor found, want to
sell, rsnt or buy anything advertise
in the CITIZEN.
Learn to control your temper now
or after a while it VIII cotrol you.
A strong, true man does not fear
the threats of greatness, but yields
before the tears Of the poor.
A self-reliaat man will be praised
for his own virtues, and not those
of his ancestors.
The praise ofothers may be of uso
in showing US not what We arc, but
what we ought to be.
Calumny is the voice OF those who
have neither a good heart nor a
good understanding.
lyon know anything that Will
make a brothers heart glad, run
quick and tell it, bat never be tho
bearer o.. mischief making words
The body is the shell of the soul
and the dress is the husk of the
body; but the hask generally tells
what the kernel is.
Burke says "If we command our
wealth VIC shall be rich and free; if
our wealth command rs We shall bs
poor indeed"
AS aman c 4as, so be shinlss, aud
Inspiration Tea hes that as 2 man
thinleth n his heart, - is he."--
Take heed Therefore whatyou read.
If We study christians, not tho
sharp angles 81 theitcraeds, but in
the pheasant raagding ofthoiriircs
We shall find good men OF every
name alike in spirit and practice.
y persons character depends
good deal upon his bringing up
For instance, a man who h 8 been
brought up by the police" seldom
turns out respectable.
Naturalists tell us that if load
stone be rubbed with garlic, it los
eth its virtue. When tie name OF
the minister is contemplate. his
doctrine will be the less acceptable.
Some clever writer, whose heart
was in the right place, says:
o, sacred Charity
Thou art Heaven itsolfoomo down
To dwell within tho human breast.
The Bible is a map of Heaven, a
true history of the primitive church,
an infallible rulo or life, an immoy-
able ground Of hope, and an ever
lasting spring OF consolation.
As the tiger preys upon other an.
imals, both wild and domestic, 80
does selGshness exterminatc every
other emotion, that may reign m
disturbed in the soul
As a pilot, that stears the ship.
has his hands upon tho rudder, and
his eyes at the same time upon tho
star above, SO should VIC be diligent
in the use ormeans, but look up 70
Cod for direction.
Were society the Church Of God,
as it should be, each man, ike o
piece Of complex mechanism, would
fall into his place and lt happily in
il; and the wear and tearof friction
would be greatly iesscned.
Energy is thuo trutbfsily poet
lied:
Toll swings tie az, assl forostl bow,
The field break ouEsh radiant bloom,
Rich harves gniie behind the piow,
And cities cluster T0una the looaf,
Mental power may I'll chapel
but spiritual power flzs the chureh.
Mental power may gather cougre
cation; but apiritual power saves
the soul
a preacher in Lexington, kyr
used the word "ohurehianity," and
defined it to be San outward bull of
profession Of religion without the
inward kefnal of piety
Occasionally # is vouchsafed to o
Christian - sec even in this life
how seemingly untoward events
we're fuil Of blessings; yet often.
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