The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
GOLDEN HORDs.

ment.
Without leisure, says Buckle, tbero
can be no knowledge,
Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue.
is as a flower without perfume.
RidicUle often pafTies resentment.
but resentment never parried Iidicu'e.
Many a mans vices have at frst
been nothing worse than good quail
ties run Wild
He that s0weth to the spirit, shall OF
the spirit reap life everlasting.
Be not sorry that men de no. know
you, but be sorry that you are ign Oraut
Enter not into the path of the wick
/ ed, and go not in the path of evil
men.
Meekness is a virtue by which
man may know a christian better
than by his name.
The poorest education that teaches
self control, is better than the best
thstneglects it.
Perfection of mind consists of firm
ness and nlildness, Of force and tender
ness, of vig0F and grace,
Man was created to search for truth,
to love the beautiful, TO desire what
is good, and to do what is best.
After long experience ofthe world,
i affirm before God I never knew a
rogue whe Eas not unhaP9y.
Cast forth thy act, thy word, into
the everything, eveF-wOrking uni
verse; it is q seed grain that cannot
die.- Carlyle.
Follow peace with all men, and
holiness, without which no man shall
see the Lord.
The third Commandment SAYS.
Thou shalt not take the name of the
Lord thy sod in szlin. y
II a man speaks or acts viii, q plFs
thought, happiness follows him like a
shadow that never leaves bim.
When a believer is in darkness, and
endeaVOrs to reason away his unBe-
lief, he will find all his reasoning but
lost labor.
Gross aud vulgar minds aill ALWAYS
pay higher respect to wealth than
10 talent; for wealth, although il be "a
tar less efficient source of power than
talent, happens to be far more intelIi-
gible.
\ bright and beautiful bird is hone.
It VIII come to us amid the darkness
and sing the sweetest song when our
spirits are sad.
Beauty flows in the waves of light,
rsdiates from the human face divine.
and sparkles in the pathway Of every
child.
Opportunity is the flower Of time,
and as the stock may remain when
the flower is cut OF, so time may be
with Us when the opportunity is gone
forever.
Wbar, o11r vice. ,,r;4 ,,s -, at4,-
ourselves with the belief that IL is we
quit them.
Hope is like a bad clock, forever
striking the hour OF happiness, wheth-
eT Il has come or not.
The benevOlence Of the genuine
child Of God is like majestic river;
broad, placid and refreshing in it's
course, and his liEeTality is bounded
only by his ability.
Apathy is one of the worst moral
diseases, az IL not only incapacitates
US from combating the encTosPl-
ments of vice, but closes every avenue
of our souls to the approach of virtue.
The love of the tesutifII and true,
Ike the deW-drOp In the heart of the
crystal, remains forever liquid i'm tlte
Utmost shrine of mans being
There is no greater expounder of
moral principal, no eloquent teacher
OF divine truth, who is more useful in
Gods world than a business man who
carries his religion into his business.
Birth into this life was the death of
the embryo life that preceded, and
the death of this will be birth into
some new mode of being.
He that hath spent much Of his
Tina in his efgT
lected enough to think in a crowd, or
confident enough TO talk in Que.
Livery man thinks himself in one
respect, of more importance in the
world than he is; but he is OF more
in another respect than he
thinks himself. His influence and
example tell more than he generally
suPpoSes, often even upon persons who
seem but little to regard him.
The passions of men, when directed
by their reason, are the sources of the
most ennObling virtues, as well as the
means OF the greatest enjoyment;
but If they are permitted to become
the masters instead of the ministers OF
human conduct, they are the suicidal
destroyers of happiness.
The fact that the word worth, when
applied to character, means moral
worth, shows that though men may
be dazzled by intellectual brilliaucy,
their real aspect cannot be won with
out virtue.
Pleasure is a rose near which there
ever grows thorn of evil. 1t Is wis
dom's work to SO carefully pluck the
roses as to avoid the thorn, and let It's
rich perfumes exhale to heaven IN
gratitude and alteration Of Him who
gave the rose to blow.
As roots of plants, by mysterious
forces, draw in the materials of life
from the earth and throw them up
ward, and themselves lying in dark
ness, minister to shining glory of blos-
SONS and leaf in the sunlight above,
so prayers uttered here in darkness
and tears and with no seen results,
shall in heaven disclose fruits whose
transcendent lOveliness the utmost
wishes Of earth did not measure.