The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-08-17

He that lacks time to mourn.
lacks time to mend.

- ~ N-~ f~@%~i e4-e k~seSA
the prayer
Take the world as it ls, not as it
ought to be.
Never stand aside for trifes.
Let them do that honor te you.
4 passionate man is like weak
spring that caHn5t stand long lock
ed.
Only he who respects the liber-
ties Of Others is worthy Of liberty.
Every vice hath q cloak, and
ereepeth in under the name Of vir-
tue
what is once spotted with infa-
my can hardly be worn out by
time.
He who lives nearest Christ III
faith, viii fellow closest in love.
The true christian enjoys d
heaven Of comfort in a world Of sor-
row.
Experience win ever prove that
he who walks most by faith viii be
most comforted.
A coyetous man is an enemy to
the poor; and is cursed Both in
this and the other world.
Clergymen who preach against
the acquisition Of wealth seldom
object to an increase of salary.
II a man makes himself n worm
he must not complhih when he ~
trodden on!
We may hook coldiy Upon the
sweetest and most gentle dew Of
owe till It becomes snow or frost.
Whatever is done by those a
round you, be yourself determined
TO walk in the most excellent way.
The best hints are obtained from
snarling people. Medicaments
make the patieRt smart but they
heat.
Family prayer serves as an edge
and border, to preserve the web Of
life from uhf6veling.
The disposition to do bad deed
is the most terrible punishment Of
the deed it does.
There is probably no one sin upon
earth that witholds so many souls
from Christ as liquor drinking.
The Blood of Christ is tie only
remedy for in-burdened souls, the
most reyiying cordial for dfooping
spirits.
The love of God, like every 9th
er attribUte sEd perfection OF Jebo-
yah, is everlasting and unchangsble
even as the essence of God himself.
Show me a people whose trade is
dishonest and / will show sou 4
people whose religion is a sham
One Of the most important rules
of the science Of manners is an ah-
solute silence in regard to your
self.
Seventy-eight women preachers
are now calling on the people Of
the United States to fee from the
wrath to come.
It is not untn We have passed
through the furnaee Of affection
that we are made to know how
much dross was in our compost
tion.
Philip Sydney said. II am no
herald to enquire Of men's pedi-
it is enough for me TO know
their virtues"
The true gentleman is always
modest. He is more ready to OBJ
tain the opinion Of others than to
parade his own.
He that studies books alone will
know how things ought To be; and
he that studies men know how
things are.
Poverty and pride are inconvo-
nisnt companions; but when idle,
resa unites them, the depth Of
Is complete.
The cowardly and inactive lie
in the ditch who're they fall, or an.
der the ruins that crush them. But
the hopeful and energetic sre upon
their feet again, moving once more
toward the goal of success, and
more cautiously than before.
No man Is better save as Ee pays
the price Of his Improvement. No
man is better by living on sponta-
neous emotion. No man is better
who does not sght IN q battle that
has s victory n It which crowns
him With the merit and virtue Of
winning It.
Touthfn miads Ike plant wax
are susceptible Of the most lasting
impressions; and the good or sSal
bias they then rscsixe g seldom -
ever eradieated.
There are no paths but win be
no shadow on heaTs or
brain. but viii lift sooner, in the
presence Of 4 determined chcerAal-
ness.
Noah's dove made use Of her
wings 70 fy, but trusted 70 the ark
fer safety. Let duties have your
but not your confidence!
Down below ali tie crust Of hu-