The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-08-29

There is-caiumnies against which
even inhocensel loses courage.
GOdliness is the greatest wisdom,
and impiety the greatest Of all fol-
lies.
lie that knows not his Maker, can
not know himself
lie who has the least wisdom has
the most vanity.
The best earthly acquisition is a
true friend.
Bessinocre, though your sincerely
cost you your life.
The spirit of God viii not dwell
in divided house
Quiet Is the element of wisdom;
the calmest man is the wisest.
Let your hope enter within the
veil in the full and delightful anti
cipation of your speedy admission.
Manifest a respect, high, con
slant, and universal, 20 the COM
mandments Of God.
There is long and wearisome
step between admiration and Imita-
ton
Affections are Cod most efectual
means to keep us from losing our
way to our heavenly Test.
Each man can Judge OF other men
only in the light and with the aid
of the data he carries within himself.
Filial gratitude is an amiable trait
wherever found; 1t should be chef
ished by every means, and will meet
its reward.
No stone in the Redeomer's crown
will shine more brilliantly than the
redeemed from among men, who
have been defled by sin.
Men trust lather TO their eyes than
to their cars; the effects of precepts
are therefore slow and tedious,
whilst that of examples is summary
and effectual.
Repentance begins in humility,
Faith moves in it as its proper
atmosphere, claiming nothing but
from the undeseryed mercy Of our
Father.
Prayer is the breathing OF humili-
ty, justification is free gift; saliva
tion is grace, and holy obedience Is
the fruit of submission.
Novatis says: Philosophy is the
art of discovering the place Of truth
in every encounter; event and cir
cumstances, to attune all relations
TO the trust.
The morning stars gather all the
lustre OF their vast intelligence from
God, and perpetually replenish their
efulgent orbs in the fountain of His
light.
God is the gIeat subject OF divine
revelation, His being, His attributes,
His purposes, the principles of His
government, and the modes OF His
existence.
As man sinned by presumptious
curiosity, the wisdom OF God hum
bles us at the very roots OF the tree
Of knowledge, and compells us to re-
nounce the pride of our understand
ing and submit faith.
Consider the amiablc, the delight
ful attribute Of goodness, which be-
longs to the deity in an eminent de-
gree, and is the source OF all the
good that exists IN the world.
In the scheme OF redemption, JUS
tice gets its due before murcy could
be attained, and the throne of grace
stands upon judgement fully execu-
ted and justice fully satisfied.
Goethe says: Courage and mod
esty are virtues which every sort Of
society reveres, because they are
virtues which canaot be counter
feited; also they are known by the
same hue.
Only through emotion, do wo
know thee, Nature! We lean upon
thy breast, and feel thy pulses vi
brate to our own. That is knogl-
edge for that is love. Thought will
never reach 10.
The man scarcely lives who is not
more crednlous than be ought 20 be;
the natural disposition OF man In
cIines him 70 believe; experience
alone teaches incedulity, and
seldom teaches it sufficiently.
The farther a genuine Christian
advances in tie wonders of nature,
the higher he rises in the alteration
of the power and wisdom which
guide the Whole-Where others see
a Sun, he sees . Deity.
All the discoveries Of modern
science serve TO exait the Deity,
but they cannot contribute a single
iota 70 the explanation Of his pur-
poses. They make him greater, but
do not make him more comprehen-
sible.
We must not allow ourselves 70
be discouraged By an apparent dis
proportion between the magnitude
OF the obstacles to be encountered.
God, who is absolute goodness;
cannos love any OF his creatures,
and take pleasure IN them. withSut
bestoWing upon them a communica-
tion Of his goodnes and Of his like
ness.
God did not make q gospel TO
hereafter without being regenerated
and being made partakers Of His ho-
liness.
The things OF the world, the more
they are known, the less tAev ars
the things Of God, the more
they are known, the more they are
admired. -