The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-01

/ From the Knoxville Tribunal
4 Young man, you would be inGelli-
/ GENT intellectual 4 man Of Thought,
and brains; would rather be rich in
purse and weak IN thought Hence,
for the Improvement OF your intellect
you read, and seek society. But have
YOU as d mere igltsEIsotadIiSt, Thought OF
V0ur interest in religion, wlat it would
do for your iatsElectlIdE Announcements
aside and apart from its primary and
mestimable spiritual Objects
Again you would be seif-p0iseti, con-
tented, rooted and grounded somewhere :
would De at rest But You are not so :.
you know il and feel it, Your spirit is
cold, your faculties ara leEilargic and
your soul Is crampesi- The cenGripeEaI
power prevails, and you sink into your
self You read papers, magazines and
books. 7 GU have SOME. knowledge of
politics, history, science. literature and
Subjects OF social ife-enough 70 talk
upon them misunderstanding. But, vet.
you Lack energy OF VIII. You Lick i
power I'd control your Thoughts, 70 inn
pei natural iuerrness. and &C keep I'D
a Vigorous menEal energy And so a
sense of unrest follows you. And this
unrest, painful IN the hour OF leisure.
impeiE you 60 the billiard saloon. the
and forms OF dissipation. Your iatsE-I
Lect, rs well as your heart. Is out OF
sorts. You need Il pervading and pre-
Willing principle, whereby the whole
fabric Of your mind viii hold together,
instead of Standing, as it does now, dis
IOin6ad, feeble. cOucertiess and ineffec-
tive. Your i8tsileGt, your mind. needs
an established headquarters. Religion
furnishes it.. Christianity meets the de-
mand. Your heart fnds rest IN che love
presence and protection of the Al
mighty, and your Intellect, illumination
and inauguration IN His Word
No other book Is so energetic as the /
Bible No other book shines up-I
On YOUR iunelleer. SO clear. so immefi- (
ate, 50 f0rcefuL Your understanding is
animated, qIickened, penetrated Your /
Judgment Is free- 7 GU 1egIn 10 look
into the very essences OF 5iIings. You
see the insignificance of mere worldly (
things. You begin To search after the
true and the good. Your purposes be-
come fixed You begin 70 direct your
life BY heavenly observation You be-
Iin 20 forget YOurSeIf; %. enter into The
interests OF others and 20 partake IN
their hopes. fears and affections. You
geE far enough ont OF yourself, To form
I more Just estimate OF your character.
TOu estimate yourself, not from what
you know or fancy others think of YOU,
but from what you lind yourself I'd be.
y GU are surprised at the change. Your
nreileebIIu powers work as never be-
-Ore.- Y0u think more clearly, easily
md vigorously than before, whether the
subject be business, law, politics. science,
1r w1at-nOG.- Y0u ara conscious THAT.
n he purely intellectual man. you are
Tastly superior % your former self You
laVe seen VOung men, upon becoming
Christians, rise, within 4 few months.
% a surprising intellectual force. Why
,eIigiOus truth is so mulch more profi1a-
lie for intellectual culture than purely
literary, scientific or professional truths,
s susceptible of physiological explana-
ions but, passing this argument, and
appealing 70 your observation of human
IaeieBY for proof do most heartily
.ommend 70 you religious truth and re-
igI0us practice, as Of w0nd-0uS efficacy
o the Development OF prizefi and cOvet-
II manhood, OF your intellect. which is,
It all things less than the supernatural.
our highest honor BUTLER.