The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-06-06

Let reason go before enterprise
and counsel before action.
We cannot feel the pleasure fde-
votiOn while the world is our de-
light.
Leave God to himself in the mod.
lelling Of his DEGREES and dispense.
tions.
They that deny themselves for
Christ, shall enjoy themselves in
Christ. m
It is an unreasonable thing for a
creature to be proud, especially the
sinner.
Vice Is Infamous, though in a prince,
and virtue honetable, though in a
p 2asent.
Correct ideas Of God, and Of our,
selves, are beginnings Of all moraf
improvements.
To have 5 portion in this world is
mercy; to have the world for por-
ton is a misery.
No other foundation of holiness
is there in the universe than the God
whom we adore.
lis one orthe striking character.
isties of the Omnipatent, that be is
stroTg and patient.
Title and ancestry render 4 good
man more illustrious, but an i'll
one more contemplate.
The man who never alters his
opinion is like standing water, and
breeds reptiles of the mind.
We lost ourselves by a vain de.
sire after wisdom, we return To God
by the foolshRess the crs IS.
Rousseau says: Men can better
philosophise on the human heart,
but women can read it better.
a good rame is to be chosen rath-
er than great riches, aud loving ia
vor rather than gold and,siIver.
What ever we make an id4l OF will
be q cross to us five belong to
Christ; a curse to us if We do not.
The great privilege of believers
is that the Lord manIfests himself
to them as ho doth not to the
world.
Why should any person refuse to
give God the glory Of all his perfec-
tlons, by trusting to hi, mercy in
Christ?
''Who shall not fear thee, o Lord.
and glorify thy name" ssY the blest
inhabitants of heaven, "for thou art
only holy
Reliaion-pure rcligion-in this
world, is an insurance against fire
IN the next, for which honesty is the
best policy.
The man who cultivates the habit
nal impression of the divine pres
ence lives in an atmosphere peculiar
to his own.
Man fell by pride he is restored
in a way Of humiliation. He fell by
sclf-dependenee, he is saved by self
As Gods will is the standard and
Of holiness, SO his nature
is essentially characterized by holi
ness. 1t is holiness.
The divine combines in his char
acter and administration, all that is
great and good, fair and excellent,
and lovely.
A wise man will never rust ont
As LONG az he can move CT breathe
he will do something for himself, |
his neighbor, or posterity.
Have you sins, or have you none?
If YOU have, whittier should yoI 90,
but to the Lamb Of God, which
taketh away the sins of the world
If you follow Satan, YOU will find
the tempter prove a tormenter; il
YOU follow The spirit, you will find
the counsellor will prove comfor-
ter.
Our faith most holy! Sureiy Sol
omou could no: show the Queen Of /
Sheba so much treasure in all his
as is lapt up in there
words.
God is spirit, infinite boundless,
unfathomable in his con. (
reptions and capacities; but we are /
Unite, circumscribed, and weak in /
our conceDtions.
lie is not to he enYied, although /
the voice Of fame should pronounce /
him 20 be the first Of philosopher, /
wLo sees nothing in the universe /
but matter and motion,
There are four grand Arguments 4
ior the trdth of the Bible: the mira
clcs it records, the prophecies, the (
goodness of the doctrine, and the 4
moral character of the penpan. i
II the goodness 0f God is so ad-
seen in the works OF nature
and the favOrs OF providence, with
what a noble superiority does it /
even triumph IN the mystery Of the |
In the works and WAYS Of the /
Eternal One, the christian finds 3
subject OF exhaltcd contemplation, |
IN comparison with which the high
est enquiries Of human science sink /
iRto iusigaidcance.
Upon ever reading OF the Bible. 1
It grows more precious 20 the chris /
.ian, as Il did to David; because it /
IS nut only the discovery. but il is /
become also the conveyance o. the /
riches Of Christ.
There are a Thousand allies of re- !
Iigion in the many aspects ofnature. /
10 the heart which education grants /
not wholly 20 the ayocatIoRs OF life. I
but opens 20 the remote relations Of
things, and the hour Of N using
The life Of the active christian is I
the labor Of the bee. which All day /
long is dying from the hive 70 the /
flower, and from the doweT 20 the |
hive, but al his business is confined I
10 fragfancy, and productive Of :
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