The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-03-07
sSsHss and Sentiment.

eSenss and Stnf1Henk
FAE
The idle hour is the DEVILS oppor-
tunitY.
without limit.
a poor spirits poorer than poor
purse. T
It is fruition and not possession,
that renders Us happy
Whatever makes man really hap
pier, makes him better.
vGravity Is the inseparable com
panion Of pride.
It costs more to avenge wrongs
than to bear them. n In
There Isl Peroicianoeenee as well
as a heroic courage.
A mild teInpeseda woman is a
balsam that heals matrimonial sor7
row.
Hope is ike a bad dock; forever
striking the. hour of happiness,
whether lias comeorBet. fs
We should not retain the remem-
brance Of faults we have once for
given, emo ta if-fe. =
The grand ESSENTIALS ofhappiness
are something to do, something to
love, and something to hope for.
To every praying man Jesus says,
According to your faith be 1t unto
you"
No man in possession of his men
tai faculties, is too small too feeble
or too poor to be of service to his
I fellew-man, if he has the will.
It isa notifying reflections for any
man to consider what he has done,
compared to what he might have
7 done.
/ Truths immortal; the sword Gan
/ not pierce it, fire cahnot consume it,
/ prisons cannot incarcerate it, famine
cannot starye it. 5zee
4 lie that is taught to live on little
owes more to his fathers wisdom
than he who has great deal left
does to his fathers care.
Birth into this life was the death
4 Of the embryo life that proceeded,
and the death of this viii be the
birth into some new mode Of being.
The best humor is that which
contains the most humanity; that
which is favored with tenderness
and Kindness.
In youth, yea, in manhood, we
should cultivate mind and character
to the utmost, for we know not foI
what end God may have destined
US.
Men often attempt, by the light oil
reason, to discover the mysteries OF
eternity. Theyfmight as well hold
paeandle to see the stars. 5}f.if
The universally of death is thus
poetized: There is no flock, how
ever watched and tended, but one
dead lamb is there.
! Courage when genuine, is never
cruel. 1t is not fierce. 1t foresees
evil. It's Populations come either
before orznfter danger e II {
Emerson says: Life is hardly
respectable if it has no generous
task; no duties or affections that
constitute a necessity OF existing
Every mans task is his life prcser-
yer.
Genius in man to dayis iudividu-
alism of character and effort, the
power one here and there is seen to
have to light his own FIRE and drive
his own enjine.
Only believe what God says oil
faith, and you will own that faith is
the most potent, the most beautiful
tile most desirable thing in the
wholeround of human acquisition.
To live in this high noon of the
nineteenth century is no tribe. Ev
? cry human being has a mission to
: fulfill, and ought to feel the neces si
ty for action.
The greatest of all injustice /.
that which goes under the name o
law; and of all sorts Of tyranny, tn,
forcing the Ietter ofthe law agaips
the equity, is the most insupport
able.
In the scripture we are told tina
faith has subdued kingdoms, remOv
ed mountains, wrought righteous
ness, obtained promises and posses
sion of all things.
Il Refined homes are the end of civ
ilization. The work of all races 70
E thousands of years is presented b,
the ditferenceabetw a wigwam anC
a ladies' parfor 1t has no better re
: suit to show.
The fact that the word worth
! when applied TO character, mean
moral worth, shows that though mel
I may be dazzled by intellectual bril-
liancy, their real aspect cannot b
: won without virtue.
We need to face the fact that
mans life consisteth notin the abun
,, dance Of the things he possesseth
: but in the ability to make the hes
! use OF all things; and this abilit.
faith supplies.
q
/. sizes would soon be ended it thos
. engaged in them would first accu
f rately define their terms, and the
4 rigidly adhere to their definitions
II is quite fashionable to drop nov
70 andtheh alittle lump Of piety int
: personal conduct, but there is littl
[ care TO work it in. A life properl
t seasoned with grace has a uniform
p On earth we have nothing to d.
!, with success or with results, bnt on
ly with being true and sincere; for
, is sincerity and not success which i
u the sweet SAVIOR before God.
I revere a man who is great in al
7 Fiction. Heaven seems to have sc
Z Z lected him, like second growth tim
her for some important work. 1t
not every one who can be trusted t