Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-30

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What is good will come If we Ia
Dor faithfully and fearlessly for it.
Incidence is a stream which flows
slowly on bat yet undermines tho
foundation of every virtue.
Mark the perfect man, and behold
the upright; for the end of that man
is peace.
'sHe that contradicts accepted
ideas" says a moralist, will not be
without an audience"
Get not your friends by brave
compliments, but by giving them
some sensible tokens of your love.
1t is well worth while to learn
how to win the heart OF a man In
the right way.
Actions, looks, words, steps, form
the alphabet by which you may
spell character.
Eloquence is reason set to music,
and, like reason, should never be
perverted to base purposes.
What law of nature is able to Gre
ate clean thing out of an unclean
thing?
Love is the medicine for all mis-
fortunes, but ingratitude dries up
the fountain of all goodness.
Old friendships are the best
King James used to call for his old
shoes, they were easier for his feet.
The difficulty of dying for a friend
is not SO great; but the thing Is to
find friend worth dying for.
That friends life will not con-
tinue to the end that is begun for
an end.
We never heard of any mental
trouble arising from the use Of soft
words.
The mind that busies itself much
with the future has need to be an
uncommonly cheerful one.
Gods everlasting decree is too
dazzling and bright an object, for
us to set our eyes upon.
The intelligence requisite for a ra-
tional denial of God involves the
very attributes of Divinity.
Nations and men are only the best
when they are the gladdest, and de-
serve heaven when they enjoy it.
A sure mode of never succeeding
in your own plans, is to give much
attention to those Of others.
Let us appropriate God to our
selves by lively faith, let us hold
converse with Him daily, let US con-
suit Him in all our difficulties.
a man who wishes to make
friends should show himself friend
"; there is a friend that sticketh
closer than brother.
We are nowhere commanded to
PRIV into the secrets of God; but the
wholesome counsel and advice given
to us is this, "to make our calling
an election sure"
To be Influenced by passion for
the same pursuits, and to have SINH
lar dislikes, is the natural ground
work of a lasting friendship.
That writer does the most who
gives his readers the most knowl-
edge, aud takes from him the least
time.
We are not to number our friends
by the visits that are made us, and
not to confound the decencies of
! ceremony and commerce with the
Offices of united affections.
That friendship which is the least
ostentatious is often the most use
full; for which reason l should pre-
fer a prudent friend to Jealous
one.
L have cleaned my mirror, and fix
ing my eyes upon it, perceive so
many defects in myself that 1 easily
forgive the defects of others.
Day and night yield us contrary
blessings, and at the same time as
sist each other, by giving fresh lus-
tire to the delights of both.
The weather may look dark and
rainy; very well-laugh between
the drops, and think cheerily of the
blue sky and sunshine that will sure
ly come tomorrow.
Why are the skies bright with
His glory, and the fields vocal with
His praise, but to illustrate the de-
sign of God in the works of crea-
ton and providence.
BY the death of Christ all the di-
vine attributes are preserved in
inexhaustible, sin formidable, and
the divine government ven cradle.
1t is piece of that corruption
which runs through human nature,
that we naturally prize truth, more
than goodness; knowledge more
than holiness.
As soon NAV heaven and hell be
reconciled, and lovingly shake hands
with one another, as God can be
fondly indulgent to any sin in
whomsoever it may be.
Horace Greeley says: 1t is from
honest fathers and chaste mothers
that the men come, and are to come
that will make our laws just, our
religion Christ-liks, our manners
gentle and humane.
AS God made man for religion, as |
the great object he had in view in |
the other works of his hands, so far |
as man is concerned, was to furnish |
him with the means of religion.
Christ prayed. In His agony on |
the cross He dismissed His soul |
with that most confiding of all |
death prayers, Into thy hands 1 /
commend my spirit"
If the divine earnestness within
us only shift, and does not die, it
matters little what becomes OF our
mere theology; and deep-hearted
practical faithfnlness is not separat-
I'd long from true, thoughtful, prac-
/ cal faith.
Let US diligently strive to walk
with God; and let our souls be SO in
.ftHenced and trained, that we NAV
10th rightly apprehend him, and al
WAYS acknowledge his presence: not
without holy fear and an earnest de-
sire of the divine appreciation.
The divine purpose, whatever it
may be, is altogether unsearchabIe
and unknewable; it lies wrapped an
in everlasting darkness, and cover
ediu an abyss. Who is able TO
fRthom them to the bottom.