The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-04-27

''pure stuff by several gentlemen vino had been
in the mines o. California. DR.. Baker also test
ed the same and pronounced il gold. Mr.. Reese
states that he found this sand in branch of
middle river, some twenty miles from here. and
that there is plenty Of it TO be had Several old
Californians pose starting out on prospect
ing tour, and as soon as we hear from them We
will give the results of their observations. We
have small quantity of this sand in our pos.
session, and it can be seen at this ofiee-Des
loines Jour.
HENRY WARD BEECHER.
LIFE THOUGHTS. gathered from the extern
poraneous discusses Of HsuxY WARD BEkcnga.-
Boston, Phillips, Sampson O..
We are indebted to the publishers for an ear
~ copy Of the above work. 1t 10 by one of his
congregation, who has taken notes of his Sum
day discourses and Wednesday Evening lec-
lures for the last two years, culling only rare
Dalisy. The book contains many rare gems
We select few and will hereafter give more:
Looked at without educated associations
there is no difference between a man in bed and
a man in GOTTA. And yet such is the power
Of the heart to redeem the animal life that there
is nothing more exquisitely refined and pure
and beautiful than the chamber of the house.
The couch from the day that the bride sanc,i-
6es it, to the day when the aged mother is borne
from it, it stands clothed with loneliness and
dignity. Cursed be the tongue that dares speak
evil of the household bed! b. its side oscilla,es
the cradle. Not far from il is the crib In this
sacred precinct, the mothers chamber, lies the
heart OF the family. Here the child learns its
prayer. Hther, night by night, angels troop.
IL ia the HOLY of HOLES"
"When your own child comes in from the
street, and has learned to swear from the bad
boys congregated there, it is a very different
thing to you from what it was when you heard
the profanity OF those bows as you passed them.
Now it takes hold Of you and makes you feel
that you are "a stakeholder in the public moral.
tY. Children make men better citizens. OF
what use would an engine be to ship, if it were
living loose in the hull? 1t must be fastened to
it with bolts and screws, before it can propel
the vessel Now n childless man is just like
loose engine. A man must be bolted and
screwed to the community before he can begin
to work Tor its advancement; and there are no
such screws and bolts as children"
"There are many protesting Christians who
are secretly vcxed on account of the charity
they have to bes ow and the self denial they
which they do pray, they should speak out the
things which they really feel, they would say,
when they go home at night, o Lord, met
poor curmudgeoL of yours to-day, a miserable,
unwashed brat, aud gave him sxpense, and
have been sorry for it ever since or, % Lord,
if l had not signed those articles of faith,
might have gone TO the theatre this evening.
Your religion deprives me of q great deal OF
enjoyment, bu. mean to stick to it. There's
no other way OF getting into heaven, l sup
pose."
Many men want wealth-not competence
alone, but tire story competence. Every thing
subseryes this and religion they would like as
. sort Of lightning rod to their houses, to ward
OF, by and by, the bolts Of divine wrath.
The Bible is the most betrashed book in the
world. Coming TO it through commentaries is
much like looking at landscape through gar
ret windows, over which generations Of unmo-
Tested spiders have spun their webs.
Our real commentators are our strongest
traits Of character; and we usually come out
Of the Bible with all those texts sticking to US
which our idiosyncrasies attract,
A week filed up with setshness, aud the
Sabbath stuffed full of religious exercises, will
There are many persons who think Sunday is a
sponge with viii h to wipe out the sins of the
week. Now, Coils altar stands from Sunday 10
Sunday, and the seventh day is no more for re
lgion than any other. 1t 10 for rest. The
whole seven are for religion, and one Of them
for rest.
You might a. well 60 to the catacon,bs Of
Egypt, and serape up the dust of the munmes,
and knead into forms, and bake them in your
oven, and cali such things men, and present
them. as citizens and teachers, for our regard,
as 10 bring old, tiIne-worn institutions 70 serve
the growth and the living wants OF to-day.
"If any man will come after me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross and follow
me-"
This is only one meaning Of religion. iii
should say OF Il garden, at is q place fenced
in, what idea would you have OF its clusters
Of roses, and pyramids Of honeysuckles, and
beds Of odOrous flowers, and rows Of blossom
ing shrubs and iruit-bearing trees! II should
say Of cathedral, alt is bull, of stone, cold
stone," what idea wovld you have Of its wan
drous cafsings, and its courageous openings
for door and window, and its evanishing spire!
Now, If you regard religion merely as selt-de-
NAL, you stop "a, the fence, and see nothing Of
the pleasantness Of the garden you think only
OF the stone, and not of the marvellous beauty
into which il is fashioned.
A MINISTER HuNG.-George w. Stovall, for.
merly Baptist minister, was hung at New Or.
leans on the 18th for the murder of Mary Raw
Durand, with whom he was living in criminal
connection. He proiessed to be penitent and
to die in the hope of heaven. lie made an
affecting speech on the gailows. in which he
said
snow. gentlemen, must tell you that have
not been brought TO this end because didn't
know better was raised in Virginia, by res
pectable parents, and received pious education.
Indeed l may say occupied Q respectable Do.
sition in society. But fell, aud for the last
fifteen wears have been led captive by the devil,
at his will, and nov, by an lgnoble death. am
about to receive the wages vi sin. have even
held the position of munster OF the gospel,
and been beloved and respected as such, but
this only shows the hight from which have
fallen, and from Vi ich all are liable to fall, il
they yield to their baser feelings. Though late
! have returned from my wanderings to my
SAVIOR, TO the mercifnl Jesus, who to the dying
thief said, This day shalt thou be With me in
Paradise feel that my spirit is like Q Gagged
bird, adxious TO escape from It's prison, and seek
for refuge In the Paradise Of God. oh that /
may have the happiness Of meeting you all
eherel Lord, sanctify this death 10 the saliva
don Of th - spectators. Let my prayer aud
n words 70 forth % the us,eemoss parts Of
The sarsM o. grasioss 0sd make - psais<as
b ny pesssass."