Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-05-03
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ceiVe their burdens kneeling.
Man fell by pride, he is restored
in a way of humility.
Correct ideas of God and of our
selves, are the beginnings OF all NOR
al Improvement.
Human pride comprehends moth
ing of the doctrine of faith.
Man lost himself by a vain desire
after wisdom, and must return to
God by the foolishness of the Cross.
To form q brave man, educate
BOLDLY Brave painters alone, says
LaVater, can hit brave face.
In the intellectual world one
trusts to what you say; in the NOR
al to what you are.
Time is short, and if your cross
be heavy, remember you have not
far to carry it.
No true man ever speaks contemp-
tuously of Gods best gift to man
woman.
If We observe the creeds or SYM
bells Of belief that are in the New
Testament, we shall find them very
short.
The Gallo proVerb has it that
'During distress God comes; and
when he comes it is no more dis
tress-"
To judge of the wisdom of an act
by the result is very shallow plan.
An action is wise or unwise the mo-
ment it is decided upon.
All that is in the heaven and in
the earth is Gods; he is the Maker,
Preserver and Governor-tho SUI
preme and sole proprietor of the
universe.
When the eagle wants her young
TO fly she breaks up tho nest. So
God often sends destruction TO mems
earthly hopes, in order to make
them seek refuge in Him.
Music is thus invoked by an en-
thusiast:
For the sake Of those who love Us,
For the sake OF God above Us,
Each and all should do tn cir best
To make music for the rest.
The command is exceedingly
broad. IL is, ask and We shall re-
ceive; seek, and We shall find. There
is no perhaps or peradventure about
It,. The promise is IS absolute as
the command.
Why the goodness, patience, long
suffering aud tender mercy of God
shown to men? Why, but to com.
municate to man religious knowl-
edge, and to excite in him religious
affections.
Gods is purity, before which
the holiness of the angels wakes
dim: and his a benignant tenderness
of which the yearnings of q moth
er's heart over the son of her womb
is but feeble figure.
In the works, and ways, and per.
fections of the Eternal One, the
christian finds subject of exalted
contemplation, in comparison will
which the highest inquiries of hu
man science sink into insignifcance
1t need not be thought surprising
that the same narrow horizon which
limits our view in all our concern
ments on earth, should confne oul
prospects when it is directed to
ward heaven.
The great effort of man ought t.
be to Keep his mind by study anC
daily exercise in its highest key o
activity, so that it may be effective
ly engaged at any moment. This i
all important in every department
of life.
They that deny a God destro,
mans nobility; for certainly man
of kin OF the beasts by his body
and if he be not of kin to God b,
his spirit, he is base and ignobl
creature.
There are many fruits which new
err turn sweet until the frost ha
laid upon them. There are man
nuts that never fall from the bougl
of the tree of life till the frost ha
opened and ripened them. Am
there are many elements of life tina
never grow sweet and beautiful IN
til sorrow touches them.
The contemplation of God and hi
projections is well calculated to rails
our minds from the minor concern
and transient interests which are S
apt to occupy us, to that wonderou
field in which "worlds and world
compose one universe"- and to tina
mind which babe them move /
their appointed orbits, and mai1
tains them all in undertaking hal
mony.
The four grand arguments for tn
truth of the Bible are, its miracles
its prophecies, the soundness an
goodness of its doctrines, and th
moral character of the pen-meI
The miracles flow from divine pow
err; the prophecies from divine III
Outstanding; the excellency of III
doctrine from divine goodness; an
the moral character of the pen-me
from divine purity.
The Psalms are unrivalled in e.
cellence. The fairest production
of human wit, after few perusal
like gathered flowers, wither in on
hands and lose their fragrance; bI
these unfadiDg plants of paradi:
become, as we are accustomed I
them, still more and more beautiful
their bloom appears to be dali
heightened; fresh odors are emitte,
aud new sweets are extracted froI
them. He who hath once taste
their excellences; viii desire TO fast
them vet again; and he who taste
them oftenest, will relish them hes
Search diligently the word Of c,el
nal life enriched aud ennobled as
is with the chain and the accom-
plishment of its prcpheeies; wit
the splendor OF miracles; with al
attestation of its martys; the consit
tency of its doctrines; the impoi
lance of its facts; the plenitude {
its precepts; the treasury of prom
ises: the irradiations of the spiri
the abundance of its consolation
the proportion of its parts; the syn
metry of the. whole altogether pr,
senting such fund of instructio
to the mind, OF light to the patti
of decorum to the conduct, of salts
faction to the heart, as demonstrs
bly, prove it to be the instrument {
God for the salvation Of man.