The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-09-14

be thlne own palace or the
worlds thy prison.
The childhood shows the man,
as morning shows the day.
He must be a thorough fool who
can learn nothing nom his own
! folly.
He hath riches sufficient who
hath enough to be charitable.
There IS always a need for a man
to go higher, if he hss the capacity
to do so.
The rays Of happiness like those
Of light, arc colorless when unbro
ken.
But Satan new "a wiser than Of yore,
And tempts by making rseA, net makiag
Poor.-I'ope.
/ Thcre is a lust in man no charm can ta1no,
or loudly publishing his eighbor's shame.
When there is love in the heart,
there arc rainbows in the eyes,
which cover every black cloud with
gorgeous hues.
Ever the lesson of history has
been this; the recoil from formal.
ism is skepticism; the reaction
from superstition is intidelity.
Liberty is the souls right to
breathe, and when it cannot take
a long breath, laws are girdled too
tight. Without liberty man is in
a syncope.
It has long been settled that
there are BdItwo ways in this world
by which man can secure n living.
One is by honest toll, the other
through theft.
It is one Of the worst effects of
prosperity TO make a man vortex
instead of q fountain. so that, in
stead of throwing out, he leGsnE
only to draw IN.
Virtue adds beauty to human
character like the sunshine adds'
resplendence and glory 10 the lard
scape.
A friend should be one in whose
understanding and virtue we can
equally confide, and whose opinion
we can value at once for its business
and sincerity.
It is not the most dem0lstrative
Of our friends who care most forus.
Scores of people wish US we'll who
do not feel impelled to stop us in
the street and say so.
"Calumny," says Archbishop
Leighton, would soon starvc and
die of itself if nobody took it in
and gave it lodging" There
would not" says Bishop Hall, abe
50 many open mouths if there
we're not so many open ears"
It is well, therefore, when any
kind Of enterprise begins to drag,
or comes to a stand still, to inquire
whether it is more motive power
that is needed, or whether by some
inadvertenee the machinery has not
left the track and got into a rut.
Eating on the Sabbath until we
are too lazy and sluggish TO atteAca
to the duties Of the day is, We fear.
a practice so common, if indeed it
be not a sin SO great, that there
should be a word Of warning utter.
ed. There are many good Chris
tians who are disabled for duty BY
eating too big a dinner
| Dew falls but little upon the
smooth and brilliant surface of
polished steel or FURNISHED gold
while coarser and less costly OBJ
jects are freely wet. The gentle
dew of the heavenly grace often
takes effect upoK the ride and ag-
cultivated. while the refined, the
tasteful and the critical are left like
| frost-work, brilliant and beautiful,
but cold and dead
Many men pass fifty or sixty years
in the world and when they are just
| going to leave it they bethink them
selves, and step back, as it were, 10
do something which they had all
the while forgotten-to-wit, the
main business for which they came
into the world, To repent Of their
sins and reform their lives, and make
their peace with God, and in time
| prepare for eternity,
Give your stomachs as well as
your minds day of rest and you
will feel refreshed when MondGy
comes. Try an early breakfast,
light dinner and a chatting, social
cup Of tea for supper, and you will
| be surprised to discover what bril-
liant and profound sermons your
minister is preaching, and what n
bright, sunshiny bevy Of boys and
girls you have in your Sunday
/ school class
Three is dignity sbout that go
ing away alone, which we call dy-
ing-that wrapping the mantle Of
immortality around-that putting
aside with a pale hand the azure
curtains that are drawn srotn this
cradle Of world-that vtntaring
away from home for the frst time
in our lives; for We are not dead