Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-07-20
Orient Pearls at Random Strung.
VIC are 10 WORK and learn.

He that is choice of his time will
also be choice of his company, and
choice of his actions.
Whom i'll news comes too late to
be servicable TO your neighbor,
keep 1t TO yourself.
He who does his best, however
little, IL always to be distinguishes
BILE from him who does nothing.
Man cannot a'by searching find out
> God, nor the Unite comprehend the
infinite"
Everything connected with the
cross Of Christ opposes the reigning
evil of our fallen hearts.
Human wisdom receives not the
doctrines Of the cross; human pride
comprehends nothing of it.
The true character of God cannot
be properly known without pleas
uro Of refined and exquisite kind.
Life should have its quiet pauses,
In which to gather rest for work,
but no idle hours.
The poor are to be ministered I'M
TO, the wicked reclaimed, and the sor-
rowing comforted.
No sensible man can by any possi-
bility conceive of the total annihila-
ton Of a single atom of the universe.
He who seeks to build his reputa-
ton on the weakness of another has
an unsafe foundation.
The minister who divides his dis
course into too many heads, will
ind IL difficult TO find ears for ali of
them.
Emerson says: In the great house
hold OF Nature, tho farmer stands at
the door OF the bread-rOOm, and
weighs 10 each one his loaf.
Shakspeare's beautiful definition
Of charity-the chiefest among hui
man virtues-is, "quietIy to bear,
kindly to judge"
To things which YOU bear
with impotence, you should accus-
tom yourself, and by habit you will
bear them well.
Let the guilty objects of wrath
appeal from Judgment to mercy,
which extends its arms to embrace
them.
Filial gratitude is an amiabIc trait
wherever found; il should be cher
iehed by every means, and will meet
ita appropriate reward.
No stone in the Redeemcr's crown
will shine more brilliantly than the
receerned from among men, who
have been defiled by sin.
Men trust rather to their ewes
than to their ears; tho effect of
precepts Is therefore slow and
tedious, whilst that of examples is
summary and effectnal.
Repentance begins i'm humility,
mith moves IN It AS its proper at
mosphere, claiming nothing but
from the undeserved mercy of God.
Prayer isthe breathing of humil-
ity; Justification is a free gift: sal
VaSion Is of grace, and holy obedi-
ence Is the fruit of submission.
NoVatis says: Philosophy is the
art of discovering the place Of truth
in every encounter, event and cir
eumstance, to attune all relations To
the trust.
The morning stars gather all the
Iustre of their vast from
God, and perpetually repienish their
eftulgent orbs in the fountain of His
light.
God is the great subject of divine
revelation, His being, His attributes.
his purposes, the principles of His
government, and the modes of His
existence.
As man sinned by presumptuous
curiosity, the wisdom of God hum-
bles us 81 the very root of the tree
OF knowledge, and compels us 10
renounce the pride of our under
standing and submit to faith. -
Consider the amiable, tho delight
ful attribute OF goodness, which be-
longs TO the deity in an eminent de-
gree, and Is the source OF all the
good that exists in the world.
In the scheme Of redemption, JUS
tscs gets its due before mercy could
De obtained, and the throne Of grace
stands upon judgment fully execut-
ed and Justice fully satisfied.
GOeth says: Courage and modesty
ere virtues which every sort of soci-
ETY. reveres, because they are virtues
which cannot be counterfeited: also
they are known by the same hue.
Only through emotion, saws Mar
gAret Fuller, do we know thee, Ma
tuyel We lean upon thy breast, and
feel Its pulses vibrate to our own.
That Is knowledge, for that is love.
Thought viii never reach it.
The man scarce lives who Is not
more credulous than he ought TO DO;
the natural disposition of man in
clines him to believe; experience
alone teaches Incredibly, and sell
dom teaches IL sufficiently.
Tho farther a genuine Christian
advances in the wonders of nature.
the higher he rises in his alteration
Of she power aud wisdom which
gpide the wbole;-"Where Others
SEQ Sun, no sees a Deity"
Au the discoveries of modern
science serve to exalt the Deity. but
they cannot contribute a single iota
70 the explanation of his purposes.
They make him greater, but they DO
net make him more comprehensive
or God, as the only being in the
universe, il may truly be said: ellis
nelao Is holy; his law is holy; his
throne is holy; his heaven is holy;
and all its inhabitants are holy;o
ana yet IL is to the ssah0ly, il is to
those who are in rebellion against
the attributes OF his nature, that his
Wondrous patience is extended.
Sin, in every shape, and form, and
degree, is that abominable thing
which God hates; against which ev-
cry attribute Of his nature. and eve
~ principle ofhis government. must
OF necessity rise up in direct and I'M
altersble hostility.
In the works and WAYS and per-
fectIons OF the Eternal One, man
llndssa subject of exalted contem-
pIation, in comparison with which
1he highest inquiries OF human sci
ence sinks into insignificance. 1t is
an exercise, also, which tends at
once 10 elevate and purify the mind.
None will be more like the angels
in seraphic love, none can enjoy re-
deeming love more sweetly, and
none will employ their voices more
aFdently in the song of Moses and
the Lamb than those of earth-sin-
ners saved by grace.
CT weeded my friends" said an
eccentric old man, 'tby hanging a
piece of stair carpet ont Of my win
dow with q constable's announce
--,ank AFFIXED IT had the desired