Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-01
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followed.
Many are called, bat few are cho
sen.
God denies a Christian nothing, Blu
with design to give him something
better.
Oh! how good is it to work TO
God in the day time, and at night
to lie down under his smiles.
The real man is one who Away
fin excuses for others, but neveI
excuses himself
Keep doing, always doing; anC
whatever you do, do il with al
your heart, soul and strength.
The only really manly occupation
on earth, is to keep trying to dc
good.
King David, it is said composed
most of his Psalms by the camp fire
on the plains of Palestine.
Correct ideas of God, and of our.
selves, are the beginnings OF all
moral improvement.
1t is not every one that overcom-
eth. Strive to enter into the
straight gate.
Something must be left us a test
of the loyalty of the heart-in Par
adise, the Tree; in Israel, a Canaan
lite; in us temptation.
When we are alone, we have our
thoughts to watch-When in our
families, our tempers-when in
company, our tongues.
lie who is too busy to find time
for prayer, is buster than God asks
him TO be, and the fruit of such la
Dor is poison unto death.
He that lsves in sin, and expects
happiness hereafter, is like him that
soweth cookie, and thinks to fill his
barn with wheat and barley.
Situations are like skeins of silk
thread. To make the most of them
we need only take them by the right
end.
Wishing, dreaming, intruding,
murmuring, talking, signing and
repining are all idle and profitless
employments.
Employment so certainly produ-
ees cheerfulness, says Bishop Hall,
that have known man come home
in high spirits from a funeral, be-
cause he had the management of it.
Those who, in the day of sorrow.
have owned Gods presence in the
cloud, will find them also in the
pillar of fire, Frightening and clear
ing the abode as night comes on.
Be.wise; prefer the person. before
money, virtue before beauty, the
mind before the body; then hast
thou in wife, a friend, a compan-
ion who will bear an equal share in
all thy tolls and Affections.
Pure and glorious as are the an
gels of light, yet so transcendently
glorious is their Creator that il IL
said, "He putteth no trust i'm his
servants, and chargeth his angels
with instability"
James w. Alexander s:-Ihave
found nothing yet which requires
more courage and independence than
30 rise even little,.but decidedly
above the par of the religious world
around us.
Some run well, but have been
and when you think how
uphill is the road, and how mai,v
are the adversarics, how heavy, too.
the encumbering weights, they. are
well of who have reached the goal.
A cheerful temper joined with in
nocence, will make beauty attrac-
tive, knowledge delightful, and wit
good natured. 1t will tighten sick
ness, poverty and aflliction, and
render deformity itself agreeable. q
BY reliance upon our own resour-
ces, we acquire mental strength;
but when we lean on others for sup
port, we are like an invalid who.
having accustomed himself TO a
rrutch, finds it difficult To walk
one.
Ii was good saying Of one To a
great lord upon his showing his
stately house and pleasant gar
lens: Sir, you had need make sure
pi heaven, or else when YOU die
you will be very great loser.
Meditation on the word of God
IS tho grand means OF our growth
a grace; without 1t, even PRAYER it,
.etf viii be an empty service. Med
tation on the word OF God nour-
shes faith, and faith and PRAYER are
he keys which unlock its hidden
treasures. 81
Few mercicS call for more thank
.ulness than friend safe i'm heaven.
| friend who bore the image of the
irst born so plainly that no doubt
hat he has Joined the Church of the
irst born in heaven; a friend who
ought so good n fight and kept the
aith so well, that you now can see
Tim wear the crown of glory.
We must be prepared for the tri-
i of faith III such a mighty business
5 reading the word of God: for if
he Lord did not try our faith in
eading his Word, we would soon
sacrifice TO our own net, and burn
lNNlArI W Jul Wv II Va
Touch not the persons of men;
,ut smite their sins with a stout
leart and with a strong arm. Slav
10Th the little ones and the great;
CT nothing be spared that is against
rod and his truth; but we have no
var with the persons OF poor mis-
AIKEN men.
In every step of life, whether of
anger, distress, or difficulty, the |
nan who cultivateN reliance upon (
Irvine grace, aud maintains contin- |
.al intercourse with the incompre-
ensible One, enquiries in His tenn /
lc," and asks for divine guidance.
Oh that God would open the ark
Il mercy, wherein the doctrine of
lith lietl, aud set il wide before /
he eyes OF the poor afflicted con- /
cieuces, which hy up and down I
non the waters OF aiiliction, and /
an sec nothing hut only the .uIfI
ut triJgr OF their >Iu-. ~ it, rein .
l.r,. l. 800 pta"r i"r iirtu 60 rest
,Ir ircI.
Tine uruviurc 80 Reason, l., .rorx- I
..,fu..thc truth o. the statements
, Joariurs winch are proposed 10 .
.,r tuind as calculated ia act upou .
moral feelings; and upon this be- I
~ done in correct manner must /
epend the validity OF The subse- |
uent parts Of the mental process.