The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-07-27


to grass.
Work for some good, be il ever 50
slowly:
( Cherish some dover be teyer 50
l0fIy.
Great Minds have wills;a others
only feeble wishes.
Saperabumdanee is a trouble;
competency brings light.
A few books well chosen, are Of
more value than a great lfberary.
Let your promises be sincere and
within the compass Of your ability.
OF all the employments Of man,
that Of Wishing is one of the poor
est.
Immodest words admit of no de-
fence
For want Of deceney is a want Of
sense"
WHAT shall it profit q man if he
gain the whole world aud lose his
own soul?
The brightest stars are made to
pass over the darkest hours Of dark
est gloom Of the night
OF afiietion a good man writes:
'I believe one of Gods tokens Of
His love is afIliction ms
It is in our minds and not our
surroundings that we must find our
happiness, x
There is no genuine culture, no
proper e6ucations which does not
include religion. m
The action of men are like the
index Of a book they point out
what is most remarkable.
@God IS a spirit, and they WHO
worship Him must worship Him in
spirit and in truth.
Eye hath not seen, neither hath
it entered the heart of man TO- con-
ceive the things which God has
prepared for those that love Him.
Living always in the world makes
one as unfit for living out Of it, as
always living ont of does for living
in it.
When We look upon the trees,
for their strength and grandeur, do
not despise the flowers because
fragrance is all they have to give.
Many light, hailed by two care
less observers as a fixed star, has
proved to be only short ffved Ian
tern at the tail of a new ;paper kite.
The path Of the true child Of
God is described in the scriptures
as being like the light which shi-
meth more and more unto the per-
feet day.
The sea is infinite. It beats and
viii beat forever, the pulses of the
sky. God made the land and it
was good he made the ocean and
it was garnd.
The keeping of one day in seven,
holy, is of admirable service to the
State, considered nearly as a civil
institution.
Your sins viii find you out.
Patience surpasses learning.
The mind is the standard of the
mind.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is
sweet. rs
"The forehead Of tie ungodly is
past shame and presumptuos."
When the Holy Spirit is forced
away the evil spirit takes His
place"
Godliness has the promise ofand
secures the blessings ofboth worlds.
Love reposes at the bottom OF
pure souls like a drop Of dew in
the ch alice of a flower.
Men are often warned against
old predudices; let them also be
warned against new coneeits.
Every person complains Of his
memory, but none Of their defect
i've judgment.
Never despise humble services
when large ships run aground, little
boats may pull them of again.
The nexs. best thing to paying a
pastor a large salary is to pay his
small one with promptuess.
A wicked man often breads God
but he does not fear him. He fears
hell, but ne does not fear sin.
While I am eheerfaiiy holy, God
forbid that I should forget 70 pray
that I may be spiritually holy,
Many are like the farmer, who
wanted sunshine for his Wffeat5 and
rain for his grass, all at the same
time.
God openetiI many hearts with
gentle pickloeks, while with others
he uses the crowbar Of terrible
judgment.
There cannot be q more br0theriy
office than to help one another IN
prayers, and to excite our mutual
devotion.
When our cups run OYER We let
orhers drink the drops that fall, but
NOT a Grog, from within the rim. and