The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-11-07

gers, and then a terrible splasl
takes place; the usual soak, mum
erous spirits of tobacco juice ovel
the tub on the floor, and a rough
scrubbing with the towels (all o.
which are sure to be used }, a hur
ried dressing and precipitate retreat
into the street, and 'little su' thin
to take the chill of.
SENSE AND SENTIMENT
We do not count a mans years
until he has nothing else to count.
s It requires greater virtues to sup
port good, than bad fortune ia a-
The man who can be nothing but
serious or nothing but merry, is but
half a man. @
The passionate are like men
standing on their heads; they see
all things tie wrong way. ~
People always fancy that we can
not become wise without becoming
old also.
As the mountains are round about
Jerusalem, so the Lord is round
about his people from henceforth
even forever.
True repentance is a continued
war against sin; permanent in
ward shame for its deflements, un-
til death sounds a retreat.
The husks of emptiness rustic in
every wind; the full corn in the ear
holds up its golden fruit noiselessly
to the Lord of the harvest,
It is one Of the beautiful compen-
sations of this life that no one can
sincerely try to help another with
out helping himself,
The putting in order of a delight
full occupation, and it is at least an
alogous to a virtue. Virtue is the
love of moral order.
God is always inviting you to His
throne. He says: Let me hear
thy voice; come near unto pegthat 1
may bless thee ~
Grace thrives by frequent medita-
ton upon portions OF Gods word.
Let the word Of Christ dwell in you
richly.7 r.t..
Gods mercies are unnumBered,
because they are innumerable. They
are new every morning, fresh every
evening, and renewed every moment.
Emerson says: We lament when
we see talent suck away substance.
How often we are unable to separate
general from specific ability. Bles-
sed are they who have no talent, for
they live. v-
7 Let my renewed soul, which grows
out of the ashes of the old man, be a
more fabric and stronger structure,
SO shall Affections be to my adYan-
tage. .Ess- r ...
Towns that have been burned
have been built again more beauti-
ful than before; mud walls after
wards made of stone, and roofs for
merly thatched, afterwards advanc-
ed to be tiled.
If reproof doth not SAVIOR of hu-
manity, it signifyeth nothing It
must be like a bitter pIll wrapped in
gold, and. tempered with sugar,
otherwise it viii not go down, or
work etfectually.
Prosperity too often hasthe same
effect on its possessor that a calm at
sea has upon the Dutch mariner,
who frequently, it is said, in these
circumstances, ties up the rudder
and goes to sleep.
Bunyan says: Consider that the
holy God is your father, and let this
oBlige you to live like the children
Of God, that you may look your Fa-
ther in the face comfortably another
day.
What, then, are we to understand
by the glory of God? What do you
mean by the glory of a man? Is it
not some excellent and honorable
luality, whereby he is distinguished
from and raised above his fellow
creatures.
1t is much easier to think right
than to do right without thinking
right. just thoughts may, and Of
ten do, fail Of producing just deeds
but just deeds are sure to beget just
thoughts.