The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-03-04
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ISFrDELrr9.-Mrs. SwissheIm, the lady
i editor of the Pittsburg Saturday Visitor,
! thus discourses on infdelity.
J, The Boston investigator, on infldeI pa
per, comes TO US, and on the margin writ
ten, "Madam, please exchange" with
great pleasure Sir. We never saw the In
vestiga.or but once before, and that was
.1ten years ago. We read il carefully and
one sentence 10 il we never shall forget.
The writer was speaking Of the tendency
Of the doctrine of grace to licen'iousness-
talking of the license Christian might feel
to sio, because Of his hope ofpardon through
Savior. and Boosting Of the superior NOR
atty Of the creed. lie introduced the neg
alive side Of the argument in these words.
..Bnt the poor infideI has no God, no Heav-
en-, no Jesus Christ, no He'll"
| No words ever struck Us with such be-
numbing force. What poor, homeless or
phan. What helpless, desolate childl A
man without God to love or heaven 20
hope fora sinner without Savior. NO
elaborate description Of woe unutterab'e
ever convened to our mind the picture OF
despair which did these few words. We
never before said, s.Our Father" with the
same overwhelming desire to be acknowl-
edged as his child! Our Father! What II
.e were cast out in the region OF space, TO
wander loose atom, without centre to at
tract us, no light to cheer, or sun 10
warm; nothing before, our worldabehlnd,
and an invisible, irresistible nothing dri-
wing us thence! No bell, no God, no heav-
en--and the universe becomes . hell
Past, present, and to come-around, shove,
below. there is nothing but the blackness
of despair; dreary void, sunless and
hopeless future: and what greater hell can
anybody have? The poor infidel has moth
ing else. Since that, nothing, rational or
Irratinnal. has ever appeared 10 demand
pity like the man who has no God.
A DIRp SEEKING LoDGrNGs.-DuriDg tho
cold storm of Monday night, al late hour,
a small bird knocked for admittance at
hotel, which happened to be illuminated by
The light within. The occupant, supPo-
sing the noise TO be the patierng OF the
hail against the pane, gave il no attention.
Presently the trapping" commenced sgaln,
when the window was opened, aud IN fiew
the little creature, apparently delighted 70
get inlo comfortable quarters, and conf
dent o. shelter and safety. After coursIng
alb ,ut the room. ss if to bathe itself in the
warm air, il quietly selected its place, and,
depos ting its head under its wing, went to
sleep. Il is difficul, to say which Of the oc-
cupanis of the same apartment felt better
satisfied with themselves, or slept more
peacefully through the night. As the day
broke, out broke the birds grateful ac-
acknowledgements to the protector Of US all,
in song, which, for such tiny body,
and stranger, was remarkably loud and
elastic. II was nearly .smished, and ate
and drank with an enviable appetite for iis
breakfast Being now able otake care Of
itself. and not choosing TO be dependent
longer on charity, the little fellow insisted
on being released; the window was opened
and ou, be few, to share his fortune with
his tribe, thanking his friend as well as he
c,uld for his hospit slity.-A Albany Argus.
PUNCTUALITY.-Ab! that's the word
punctuali.y! did you oversee man who
was punctual, who did not prosper in the
long run. We dou't care who or what he
was--high or low. black or white, ignorant
or learned, savage or civilized-we know
il he did as he agreed, and was punctual
in all his engagements; he prospercd, snd
was more respected than shliiess, lying
neighbors.
Men who commence business should be
careful how they neglect their obligations,
and break their word. A person who 10
prompt can always be accommodated, and
is therefore, "lord over another man,s
purse" as Franklin would say. Never
make promises upon uncersainties. Al
though the best men may sometimes fail 10
do as they would, the case is exceedingly
rare. lie who is prompt to fulfil bis word,
will never make a promise where il il MOT
next 10 moral certainty that he can do 40
be agrees. II you would succeed, be punc-
tnal 10 the hour. Return borrowed mon-
ey the moment you promised. In al
things, If you are thus prompt, we will risk
you through life; you will succeed--you
cannot help il. Those who are prompt in
their business affairs, ore generally 40 10
every department Of life. Ynu never know
them to he late At church, TO tho polls, or
to pay the Printers for advertising. A
10 everything characlsrizes
Corington Ners.
A TALE OF TWO DoGs.-The following
from late English paper, is ono Of the
finest dog stories we have seen for some
time:
A gentleman resident Of Lincolnshire
was lately on Journey about eighty or
ninety miles from home, and left tasori,e
little dog at hotel while he visited snoth-
or town in the neighborhood. On his re-
turn the IandIady in dismay, told him his
dog had been attacked by large dog Of
her own, and had run away from The house.
lie left but returned again to the sans
hotel af,or the lapse Of few weeks, when
the landlady informed him, that his little
dog had returned 10 the interim, accomps-
MED by large dog, who had attacked her
own dog so fercely, tha, he nearly killed
him. From the description given Of the
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