The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-07-13

There Is as much difference be-
tween faith and assurance, as there
is between the root and the fruit.
We must derive our works from
faith, and demonstrate our faith by
our works.
The man who prays in public on
~, soon prays for the public only
to hear.
The man may breathe, but never
lives, who much receives and moth
ing gives.
five think amiss of Christ, we
shall never believe;-if we think well
Of sin, we shall never repent.
Let the exercise offaith be the care
of your souls,
Human faith is founded upon
probability, divine faith upon GER
tainty.
Men would first see, and then be,
lieve, and then see.
AS believers live upon Christ, by
faith, SO they live to him by obedi-
enee,
There is a difference between con
tending for faith, and babbling for
a fancy.
Never speak well or i'll of your
self Ifwell, men win not believe
you; ifin, they win believe a great
deal more than you say.
five put off our repentance to
another day, we have a day more to
repent of, and day less to repent
in.
Even the faintest effort to return
to the Lord secures his blessing.
"Draw nigh unto God and he will
draw nigh unto you.
five study to honor God, we can
not do it-hetter than -bysconfessing
our sins, and laying ourselves low
at the feet of Christ.
The road ambition travels is too
narrow for friendship, too crooked
for love, too rugged for honesty, and
too dark for conscience.
Ifyou wish success in life, make
perseverance your bosom friend, ex-
perience your wise counsellor, eau
ton, your elder brother, and hope
your guardian angel.
Patience is among the Christian
virtues, what iron is among the met
ais. It's value is in its utility and
not in the show itmakes. 1t comes
into use on all occasions great and
small. For the want Of it many
prayers are hindered.
II is a sad thing when Christians
borrow spectacles- to behold their
brethren's weaknesses, and refuse
looking glasses wherein they may
see their brethren's graces.
1t is not always in the most dis
tinguished exploits that mems vir-
tues or vices, may be discerned +:
but frequently an action of small
note, a short saying, or a jest, distin
guishes a persons real character
more than fclis Of carnage or bat
ties.
He that lives in perpetual suspi-
cion, lives the life of sentinel new
er relieved, whose business it is to
look out for and expect an enemy,
which is an evil not very short Of
perishing by him.
Do you imagine" said Sidney
Smith, when stirring up the lazy
clergy ofhis arch-deaconry TO exert
themselves, shat a soul is saved as
Eve was made, by first casting the
man into a deep sleep?'
You cannot repent too soon
There is no day like to-day. Yes
terday is gone; tomorrow is Gods
not your own. And think how sad
it will be to have your evidences
to seek when your cause is to be
tried; to have your oil to buy, when
YOU shO0ld-have it burn.
A man who will stab at another''
reputation, by insinuation or innu
endo, is far worse than a thief
Let us accept diFereut forms o
religion among men, as we acccp
different languages, wherein Their,
IS still bat one human nature ex
pressed Every genius has mos
! pozep-iR-its-ewn language, and ey'
cry heart in its5own religion.
We know how manY sayiors eacl
generation loses, what noble cham
pions ofhumanity, what antagonts
j Of frand, violence ana superstition
t may be confined in small gravea
) which only the mother remembers
Wide IS the universe. and bound
4 less as space IS thae purest of hu
? man feelings a--mother's love.
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