The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-04
NO. 10.
SUNDAY READING.
"Hal, light sereuel HALL Sacred Sabbath
morn"
This is our day of rest, and godly thought.
"Let's be kind to each other,
The nights coming on,
When friend and when brother

The nights coming on,
When friend and when brother
Perchance may be goue."
The training and cultivation of
the mind give tone, both to the
character and bodily department of
the man.
Chief Justice Hale, of England.
testified that his success in attend
ing to his duties of the week, was
in proportion to the sscredness
with which he regarded the pre-
cious Sabbath.
If diamonds are polished only by
their own dust, why should you
complain that God is tempering
you by such throes and decorations
and wasting of life as are necessa-
ry2-IBushnell.
He that is sincerely obedient
will not pick and choose what COM
mands to obey and what to reject.
He will lay such charge upon his
whole man, as the mother of Christ
did on the servant at the feast;
"Whatsoever he saith unto you, do
it,
A young member of the church
said: 81 do not read the Bible
now, for have already read it all
through" AS we'll say astronomy
can teach him nothing because he
has glanced at the shining heavens.
Depths beyond depths OF knowledge
Il n Af hn a
God, and the book of nature alike.
We can forgive if we will, and
though we may not be always able
to forget, yet we can transform un-
pleasant recollections into helpful
memories. There are persons whose
perfidy towards us discharge us OF
all obligations to seek or endure
their fellowship, and yet our re-
membrance of even these may be a
means of grace. Whatever disci-
plines Is blessing.
AS the rays come from the sun,
and yet are not the sun, even so our
love and pity, though they are not
God, but merely a poor, weak image
and reflection of him, yet from him
alone they come. If there is mercy
In our hearts it comes from the
Fountain of mercy. If there is the
light of love in us it is a ray from
the full Sun of love. lCharles Kings
ley.
Faraday, the distinguished scien-
tist, was once asked: "Have you
conceived to yourself what will be
your occupation in the next worldr'
Hesitating awhile, Feraday an
swered: "Eye hath not seen, nor
ear heard, neither have entered in
to the heart of man the things
which God hath prepared for those
that. love himl / shall be with
Christ, and that's enoughw
1t is a good thing to keep ones
temper in control. 1t is a sac
thing to have no temper to keep in
control Some men are disturbed
because they are disturbed. They
regret their temptation to get an
CRY; whereas they would be worth
great deal less In the world if
they could not get angry. Unless
they were temptable. they would
be neither admirable nor efficient.
Thank God if you have quick,
strong temper; and pray God 10
enable you to keep it in due check,
and use it wisely.
1t has been a tradition among
the Jews that when water 8 sbould
the third time be found flowing at
the foundation of the Holy City the
Messiah's coming would b0 at hand.
The third discovery of water flowing
under the walls of Jerusalem oc-
Cured when Capt. Warren excava-
ted along the line of the substruc-
tion of the Harem area, uncovered
water there flowing in weii-defined
stream. And now are the Jews any
the more expecting the Messiah, or
any the sooner his coming.
Dedication: 81 take God the
Father TO be my God."-1 Thess. L.
8. "I take God the Son to be my
Saviour"-Actsj V. 81. 81 take
God the Holy Ghost to be my Sane
tifier"-l Pet. L. 2. i take the
word of God to be my rule"-2
Tim. iii. 16, IL. 81 take the peo-
pie OF God to be my people. Ruth
i. 16. II. al likewise dedicate my
whole self TO God.-Rom. xiv. Z, 8.
"And / do this deliberately."-
Josh. XIV II. Sincerity."-2
Cor. i. Is. "Freely."-Ps. cx. 2
"AnG forever" Rom. viii. 35-39.
/ seldom come TO The close Of
week but my mind is struck with
the rapidity with which it has
flown Quickly has it been told
up, but it can never be told again.
/ am hastening toward eternity as
fast as time can carry me. o how
foolish to be engrossed by. the world
when l have a precious soul so
worthy of my deep regardl If the
thought Of dying we're oftener be
fore us, sinful things would lose
their deceitful influence Rowland
Hill.
Some of the planets finish their
rotation in much less time than
others. The nearer they are to the
sun, the more speedily they revolve.
Mercury, for instance, is not quite
eighty-eight days in accomplish
ing his year, while Saturn takes up
considerably more than twenty-nine
OF our years in circulating the same
common center. Thus, some OF
Gods converted people are soon
matured for glory, by their near
ness to and intimate communion
with theSun ofrighteousness. These
are frequently known to outrun
their brethren, ana like John at
the tomb of the Lord, to reach the
sepulcher, finish their course, and
ascend to their Masters JOY at a
very early period; while other
saints, who do not ripen so fast, or
who have a larger field OF usefnl-
ness to occupy while on earth, are
detained from their crown until
they are full of years and good
work. Each of these is gathering
as q shock of corn in its season.
o believe! if thy God summon thee
away betimes his Spirit will per-
feet that which concerneth thee; nor
will Providence apply the sickle
until grace has made thee white for
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