Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-15
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Nothin" is more worthy OF great
and brave man than clemency.
Life is the time to serve the Lord,
and to ensure the great reward.
All great leaders have been IN
spired with great belief.
In nine cases out OF ten, failure is
borne of unbelief.
Work is the weapon Of honor;
and he who lacks the weapon Will
never triumph.
No man is humble and sincere
with God, till he is willing to know
the worst of himself.
Begin the web of duty in faith,
aud God will supply you with the
threads.
\ man is never so much free
man as when he is led by the Spirit
Of God.
Thomas Brooks say-: The less
temptation to sin, the greater Is
that sin.
When am "A man, i, the poetry of
childhood; when was Young j. the
poetry q age.
TO some purposeis that mau wise,
who gAiu- his wisdom. ~ another =
expense.
Nation, and men are nuly best
when they are "laddcst, and deserve
Heaven when they enjoy it.
An evil mind will be- sure 20 put
the worst construction Oh auOihCrs
actions: who can stand before envy.
Many have withstood the frownS
Of the world, but it's smiles and ca
rcsscs Rugged them to death.
Pascal says have often said that
all the misfortunes of men spring
from their not knowing how TO live
quietly athomc, in their own rooms.
] To he despised CT blamed by an
Incompetent Judge may give tempo
rarv pain, but ought not 60 make
one unhappy.
\ failure ia - good rrn>,: is better
than triumph in bad one. lie
that hath slight thoughts of sin
icvcr had great thoughts of God.
To be a great leader, and SO al
WAYS master the situation, one must
necessarily have been n great think
er in action.
Success rides on every hour; Crap
pic il and you may win, but with
out a grapple it will never go with
you,
lie alone is a man who can resist
the genius of the age, the love of
fashion, with vigorous simplicity
and modest courage.
Let us not disdain glory too
much-nothing is finer, except vir-
tue. The light of happiness would
he TO unite both in this life.
If we find little blessing in Civ
ing. it is, perhaps, because we give
so little, or exercise in giving, so
little sclf-dcnial.
Every ibation we pour upon the
roots of Christian enterprise we re-
ceive into our own mouth again, in
sweet draughts of personal growth.
Look to Christ, cleave to Christ,
turn not aside from him, look for
no other instructor TO make the
wise unto salvation.
Thou can'st not do one good thing
nor overcome the weakest enemy,
nor take one steplD the way to heav-
cn, without Christ.
often times wonder, says an en-
iueut christian, that a child of God
should ever have sad heart, con
,idcring what God is preparing Tor
him.
There is but one serviccablc, safe,
certain remmerative, attainable
quality in every study, aud in every
pursuit, and that is the quality of
attention.
"Despise nothing my son." was
the advice "A wise mother gave TO
her son when he went forth into tho
world to seek his fortune, and that
boy grew up to be Sir Walter Scott.
Whittier who is one OF the best,
as nc is the most natural Of Ameri E
can poets, says this:
q Love. so hallOwing every soul
That gives thy sweet flowers room,
wherever nursed by ease or toll,
The human heart takes bloom.
The hand is the minds only per-
feet yassal, and when, through age
or illness, the connection between
them ia interrupted, there are few
more affecting tokens of human de-
cay.
We need to give a much as 9TH
crs to get. The Arabs have 4 pro-
the roots of the cocoa nut, comes
back te you sweetened and enriched
in the milk from the top
Promptness i grand leader
Decentralization ltmps behind, and
i always in difficulty. To-day Is
mas ter Of the situation: tomOrrow is
an impostor who brings failure with
him.
No man stumbles upon success. -
Good luck may open the way to the
front, but he will never reach il
without brains. "What do YOU
mix your paints with?' asked a
visitor of Opie, the painter. with
brains, sir," was the reply.
Complaining people, people who
are in normal state of dissatisfac-
lion with the world generally, do
not OFTEN master the situation. The
wrong side of the tapestry of life is
never the most beautiful or encour-
aging one.
Cultivate an humble, willing and
ducile mind, or desire to be instruct
Ell in the ways of God; for persuasioH
enters like sunbeam gently, and
without violence; and open but the
window, and draw the curtain, and
the sun of righteousness will en-
Tighten your darkness.
This i good advice To preacher:
In thy discourse, take heed what
thou speakcst, aud when thou speak
est, what thou speakest, speak tru-
IL: when thou spcakcst, speak wise
~ a fools heart is in his tongue,
but Il wise mans tongue is in his
heart.
The newspapers down East have
discovered a family in Oldtown,
Maine, in which there arc fourteen
children, all boys, the oldest OF
whom are but seven years of age
There are four sets of twins and
two sets of triplets.
Il am self-made man. said q
native of StoningtOn, the other day,
TO a New York gentleman with
whom he had been driving sharp
bargain.
Glad To hear You say res
poudcd the New Yorker. who had
bceu wurstcd in the trade, '.for il
relieves the Lord OF great respen-
,ibility."