Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-02-17
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resentment Is ulaDOllcal.
The charity which seeks notorie-
~ ceases to be charity, and becomes
Ostentation.
Old men are safest in council;
young men are most to be relied on
in war.
Moderation is commonly firm; and
1irmness is nearly always success
full.
A man who is not ashamed of
himself, need not be ashamed OF his
early condition in life.
A slave may obey a master whom
he fears and hates, but the child
loves the law of father.
Good Christian advice is thus Civ
en-: Pray devoutly, and hammer on
stoutly.
The Chinese catechism says:
All men at birth are good alike at root,
But afterwards they differ much in fruit.
you love Gods precepts, you en-
deavor to perform them; if you do
not you are self-deceived.
Gifts arc the gold of the temple;
but communion with Christ is that
which sanctifeth the gold.
Enjoyment in religion depends on
observing little home duties-or fire.
side piety.
Cunning has only private selfish
aims, and sticks at nothing which
may make them succeed.
Discretion has large and extended
views, and like well formed eye,
commands whole horizon.
Discretion, the more it is discov-
cred, gives a greater authority to
the person who proposes it.
The light of a cheerful face diff
fuses itself, and communicates the
happy spirit that inspired 1t.
The sourest temper must sweeten
in the atmosphere Of continuous
good humor.
Dodd says the best evidence man
can have that he has not committed
the sin against the Holy Ghost, is
that he fears he has.
A good education, with the hab-
its of industry, is better heritage
to leave our children than glittering
gold without them.
The religion which does not suffi-
GENTLY distinguish its professor
from a wicked world, will never dis
tinguish his from perishing world.
Rochefault says: As IL is charac-
teTistic of great wits to say much in
few words, so it is of small wits, TO
talk much and say little.
Cunning is a sort of short sight
edness, that discovers the minutest
objects which are near at hand, but
is not able to discern things at a
distance.
Age looks back on the happiness
of youth, and instead Of hopes, seek
eth its enjoyment in the recollec-
ton of hopes. Thus happiness ever
resides in the imagination.
Cunning, when il is once detect
ed, loses its force, and makes man
incapable of bringing about even
those events which he might have
done, had he.passed only for plain
man.
1t is good thing to obey the law
of God, but it is a better thing to
love it. The former is to,live new
life, the latter. is to have "a new
heart.
A brave man thinks no orc supe-
rior to him who does him an injury;
for he has it in his power to make
himself superior to the other by for
giving it. -- ~
The nearer we live to Jesus, and
the closer our walk is with him the
less inclination we shall have for
pursuits and pleasures in which he
is not the object.
Let those who sin remember that
Gods eyes never sleep, nor do his
eyelids slumber. Every sin will
meet its just recompense of reward
Enjoy now, but know that retribu-
ton only waits.
There is no greater every day vir.
tue than cheerfulness. This quality
in man among men, is like sunshine
20 the day or gentle, renewing moist
ure to parched herbs.
Follow after Justice and duty.
such life is the path to heaven anC
into the assembly of those who have
once lived, and now, released from
the body, dwell in that place.
1t is a noble and great thing to
cover the blemishes, and to excuse
the failings of friend; to draw q
curtain before his stains, and 10 dis.
play his projections; to bury his
weakness in silence, but proclaim
his virtues upon the house-top.
To flatter persons adroitly, ono
must know three things-what they
are, what they think they are, and
what they want other people to think
they are.
The only way to Keep all your
friends and to make no enemies is tC
speak well OF people whose names
are mentioned TO you, but never tC
speak OF any one to third party.
Southey says; (" a good man and
a wise man may at times be angry
with the world, at times grieved foI
it: but be sure no man was ever dis.
contented with the world who did
his duty in it."
The death of the good man is thu;
set forth by the poet:
The chamber where the good man meet,
his fate,
lSprivileged beyond the common walk
az yirtuOus life, quite on the verge o
heaven"
One should not be dowucast al
failures. They are often far better
for the student than success. lie
who goes TO school to his mistakes
will always have good schoolmas-
ter, and will not be likely TO become
either idle or eGnceiled.
Bethlehem was a small city,
"among the thousands of Judah, y
and is little mentioned in Jewish
history. Yet no city, except Jeru-
salem, is dearer to Christians, as il
was the birthplace of our Savior.
Andrew Fuller, who was a good
Judge of human nature, says: Men
in common form their judgments o.
religion more by what they see in
the professors of it, than by the pro-
fession itself.
To believe in Christ, is to believe
this testimony of him: "God so
loved the world that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whatsoever
believeth in him should not perish,
but have ataruaI life -