Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-04-05

March, which came il 1lke = has
rome oui like very bad sssss ~ pns
ays. who is DESTROYS opkssp ing ~ H. st.sp.
sh smile. n an
uMr. Haun and Judgs tsllseesg !.
nanche. arrived 10 the city ~ 1lsedny svsn-
ing. The Judge has resigned k1ested0sShip
and accepted what will undoubtedly brove :
more lucrative Office. -the Atsesssyshiy 49,
Lyons Road.
UDr. UsDEaHlIL who RECALLED our
last winter. with intellectual banqdets
variety and richness. is working woa1
Council Bluffs City, in the Temperans
form. Two hundred individuals. il l.
have been converted by his efforts, over
tee total faith. The Doctor has also takeS5
writing poetry, specimen Of which W , =.
Join and commend to the Editor Of The Gtale
Journal.
"Jim asked for no quarter, -
He'd spend and moi spare,
Till his old tattersd pocket
Was empty and bare.
And soon they all followed,
All friendship decayed,
Like dog eating dog,
They on each other rreyed.
The Doctor is not Milton. that's fact, Vt
all honor is due to his successful labors q .
great cause. III
rProfessor GoRRE NrLo, late Of the Bid
Asylum, has been giving concerts in Nus
tine, to the general edi6caton and delight
the sic.loving citizens Of that City.
GSUH. HxDxksre Ct the NeN
~ nktrttng new goods. q the HSsess ~ lsa
and an excellent quality. consisting Of vasie-
sy of bounets and bonnet trimmings hats. caps,
ribbons. ready made clothing &c.
GTThe Land Office in this City has been
thoroughly thronged for few days past. On
Monday last, about ten thousand dollars were
taken in by the Receiver and the golden tide
docs not yet ebb.
congregation on Sunday morning last. He
spoke of the instrumc nj alities, that from the
beginning of he world, have been, and are
now employed in the rearing up Of that great
spiritual temple, denomina'ed the Church Of
Christ, In his opinion. both the sincere efort
of the Christian and the merely worldly pur-
suits of the Indifferent and unrigh:eols,
are instrumental in the edifcation Of that
church. Everything is providentially dispos!
ed. directly or indirectly, towards that grea|
purpose.
The truth of this, We think, has been mo
strikingly illustrated in the series Of revo
tions which have arisen and are now arising
various parts Of the world, carried on with
the bitterness of vindictive passion and all d
recklessness of personal ambition, marking &c
earth with the smoke of battle and the gore 81
carnage, but developing the true principles Of
political and religious liberty. and paving the
way for an era Of Christian love, pure, tolerant
and abiding.
D'Aubigne in the Preface 10 his history ol
the Reformation eEtertains similar idea when
he says:
There is living principle, em ana,iDg from
God in every national movement. God is eveI
present on that vast theatre where successive
generations Of men meet and struggle. II ID
true he is unseen; but if the needless multitude
pass ny Without caring LOT nlms t0OugutIul
men seek for him all the more ardently, and
their inquiries NEE. with rich reward. Fol
from the height to which they have been com.
PEELED to soar to meet their God, the history ol
the world, instead Of presenting to their eyes I
confused chaos, ~ il does to the lguossn
crowd, appears IS majestic temple, on which
the invisible hand Of God 10 At work, snd
which rises to his glory above the rock Of .hu
manity.
And do not those revolutions which hnrl
kings from their thrones, and precipitats wh0l1
nations to the dust,-do not those wide spread
ruins with which the traveller meets amon1
the sands of the desert.-do not those majea
tic relics which the field of humanity presents
to our view do not they all declare sloud-a
God in History
D-Our Senior returned from weeks ab
sence in Ohio late on Saturday evening, and
just in season for the grand land sssA on Mon
day We would simply advise people. ~
matter OF friendship, not to enter upon Uncl'
Sans domain SO rapidly, else the District vii
not hold out during the Official term Of tn,
Register and Receiver.