The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-04-19


pared to rockets that 20 ND in a blaze
and come down sticks, and the brevitv
Of their career y jubilantly prophesied.
II it be denonnination with bishops, q
bishop is implored to sit down heavily on
the man who wiz not be nodded; or il
denomination w5thout bishops, some Of
the older men, with nothing more than
their own naturM heaviness and theo-
logical avoirdup0ls. are advised to fat
ten out the inntator. In conferences
and presbyteries and associations and
conventions therezls often seen the most
dalnnable iealoud Such ecclesiastical
tyrants would NO admit that jealousy
had any possession of them, and they
take on a heaven1y air, and talk sweet
oil and sugar plur# and balm of a thou
sand flowers, and oil up their ewes with
an air of unctuo@s sancitv. when they
simply mean the destruction of those
over whom they rEsy and snuff1e. There
are cases where ministers oil religion are
derelict and criminal, and they must be
put out. -
But, in the majority Of cases that
have witnessed ia ecclesiastical trials.
there is jealous attempt to keep men
from SURPRISING their theological fellows.
and as at the presidential elections in
country places thepeopae have a barbecue
which is roasted ~ round which the
people dance witt Init tinR on =
slice here, andsFi - outa lib there
and saving of beefsteak yonder, and
having high time so most of the
denominations of Christians keep on hand
q horl>ao11o in, vr-l,;
is roasted, while the church courts
dance around with their sharp knives
of attack, and one takes an ear.
another hand, another foot, and it is
hard to tell whether the ecclesiastical
plaintiffs OF this world or the demons of
the neither world most enjoy it. Albert
Barnes, than whom no man has accom-
plished more good in the last 1000 years,
was decreed to sit silent for year in the
pew of his own church while some one else
occupied his pulpit, the pretended offense
that he did not believe in a limited atone
ment, but the real offense the fact that
all the men who tried him PIT together
would not equal one Albert Barnes.
Yes; amid all professions and businesses
and occupations and trades, and amid
al circles needs to be heard what God
says in regard to envy and jealousy,
which, though not exactly the same, are
twins: ENVY Is the rottenness. of the
bone;" Where envy and strife is, there
is confusion and every evil work."
s'Jealousy is the rage of a man." NV
hearers, if this evil passion is in any of
your souls, cry nightly unto God for its
expulsion. That which has downed
kings and emperors and apostles and re-
formers and ministers of religion and
thousands of good men and women, is
too mighty for you to contend against
unaided. The evil has SO many roots, of
such infinite convolution, that nothing
but the enginery of omnipotence
can pail it out. Tradition says that when
Moses lifted up his hand to pray it was
all encrusted with mamma, and no sooner
do you pray than you are helped. Away
with the accursed, stenchful, blackening,
damning crime of jealousy. Allow it to
stay and it will eat up and carry off all
the religion you can pack into your soul
for the next half century It will do you
more harm than it does any one it leads
ycu to assail. It will demde you with
the idea that you can build yourself up
by pulling somebody else down. You
will make more out of the success of
others than out of their misfortunes.
Speak well of everybody. Stab no man
in the back. Be honey bee rather than
a spider; be dove rather than buzzard.
Surely this world is large enough for
you and all your rivals. God has given
you work to-do: Go ahead and do it.
Mind your own Business. In all circles,
in all businesses, in all professions, there
is room for straightforward successes.
Jealousy entertained will not only be-
dwarf your soul, but it will fatten your
skull, bemean your eye, put pinchedness
of look about your nostril, give bad
curl to the lip, and expel from your face
the divine image in which you were
created. When you hear a man or wom-
an abused, drive in on the defendants
side. Watch for excellences in others
rather than for defects, morning glories
instead of nightshade. If some one is
more beautiful than you, thank God that
you have not SO many perils of vanity to
contend with. If some one has more
wealth than you, thank God that you
have not so great stewardship to answer
for. If some one is higher up in social
position, thank God that those who are
down need not fear fall. If some one
gets higher offices in church or state,
than you, thank God there are not so
many to wish for the fastening on of
your obsequies.
The Duke of Dantzig in luxurious
apartments was visited by plain friend,
and to keep his friend from jealousy, the
duke said: .sYou can have all I have If
you will stand twenty PAGES off and let
me shoot at you 100 times" "No,
no." said his friend. "Well, " said the
duke, ''to gain all my honors I faced on
the battle field more than 1000 gun
shots fired not more than ten PAGES off. "
A minister of small congregation com.
planned to a minister of large congrega-
ton about the sparseness of his attendants.
'.Ah," said the one of large audience,
''my son, you will find in the day OF
judgment that you had quite enough
people for whom to be held accountable. y
Substitute for jealousy an elevatine
emulation. Seeing others good, let III
try to be better. Seeing others industri.
GUS, let us work more hours. Seeing
others benevolent, let us resolve on Civ
ing larger percentages of our means fol
charity. May God put congratulations
for others into our right hand and cheert
on our lips for those who do brave and
useful things. Life is short at the long
est; let it all be filed up with help
fulness for others, work and sympathy
for each others misfortunes, anc
our arms be full of white nlantlel
to cover up the mistakes and failures Of
others. II an evil report about some one
come to us, let us put on it most favor
able construction, as the Rhone enters
Lake Leman foul and comes out crystal
line. Do not build SO much on the tran
STORY differences of this world, for soor
it will make no difference to US whether
we had SIC, 900, 900 or ten cents, and th'
ashes into which the tongue of Demos
thenese dissolved are just like the ashe
into which the tongue of the veriest STAN
merer went.
If you are assailed by jealousy maxi
no answer. Take it as compliment