Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-05-09
SUNDAY READING.

nei8noor, heard sweet plaintive voice
singing that beautiful hy mn,
| "Jesns. lover o. my soul"
child was up stairs knew ii was
ch - voice, from its s,lvcry scf,ness.
iiste = for n while, and then said:
I'D has a sweet voice
>as." returned my friend. "She
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49, ing.
paG way again. Summer was
here y MS fulness, strewing the earth with
flowers. and the sky with stars. TIE came
sweet voice was trilling Oh the air,
"Oh bad winss like dove, I would fy"
his time the little singer was in the
yarG gazed on tie =. ritual softness Of
her Detures. the swse, eyes, like brown
birde hyng to the git,' the fine express
siyes0UA the darF, slk !? curls felt that
I re Would soon have her vish nnsw cred and
find refuge in heaven.
| Always singing!
Autumn came the wild swan was turn
ing towards the South the leaves were
dropping from the trees, and spears of frost
giittered among the grass
| A strip of Grape fluttered from the shut
ter Of the house where my little singer lived
BY the great white throne, by the river of
eternal gladness, she was striking her gold
en- harp, and singing in the gushing fulness
Of imperishable glory.-Homc Magazine
FRsr Protestant CHuRcn IN AMERIcA.-
The first Protestant settlement in the IT, s.
was made in jamestown, in Virginia, and
among the earliest settlers was Capt John
Smith. He gives the following as the ap
pearance of their first place OF worship:
"When first went to Virginia, l well
remember We did hang awning (Which is an
old salle) to three or foure trees to shadowe
| us from the sunne; our walls were ralss of
wood, our seats unhewed trees, till we cut
planks: our pulpit bar Of wood nailed to
two neighboring trees in foule weather we
shifted into an old rotten tent, for we had
but few better, and this came by adven-
ture for new. This was our church till we
builta homely thing like barn, set upon
crotchets, covered with RATS, sedge and
earth SO was also the walls, that could
neither well defend wind or raine. Yet we
had daily Common Prayer, morning and
evening, every Sunday two sermons, and
every three months holy communion, till
our minister died. d."-SoutheYn Uurchman
MlsEsY or SrATEsMEN-Probably few
great philos sophie stat esmen; few men, that
is, who I'D acted intimately in public af-
fairs rs we'll az contemplated them from the
closet, ever Quilted the stage without feel.
ing Of profound diseouragement Whether
successful or unsuccessful, as the world
wonld deem them, a sense OF sadness and
disappointment seems to Prevail over every
other sentiment. They have obtained so few
of their objects, they have fallen so far short
of their ideal; they have seen SO much
more than ordinary men of the dangers
and difficulties of nations, and Of the vice
and meaness of public men. Not many
Englishmen governed 30 long or SO success
fully as Sir Robert Peel,or set in such halo
Of blessings and esteem; yet, shortly before
his death, he confessed that what he had
seen and heard in public life, had left upon
his mind prevalent impression Of gloom
and grief Who ever succeeded so splendid
ly as Washington Who ever enjoyed to
such degree, and to the end the conf
dence and gratitude Of his country? Yet
says Guizot, toward the close of his life, in
sweet and dignited retirement in Mount
Vernon, something of lassitude and sadness
hung about the mind Of a man SO serenely
great; feeling, indeed most natural at the
termination Of long life spent In mems
concerns. Power is a heavy burden, and
mankind hard task master to him who
struggles virtuously against their passions
and their errors. Success itself can not
wipe out the sOrrowiul impression which
originated in the conflict, and the wearin.
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longed even in the bosom Of repose.-North
British Review
SPIRITUAL ALcHEMY-S A. Peters, a cor
respondent of the Spiritual Telegraph writes
from Philadelphia that Dr. Hare is having
manifestations in his laboratory, (which
will force conviction upon the minds Of
| those who are determined not to believe"
and as specimen, states that u common
manifestation is the transmutation Of cop
per pennies into gold This certainly would
be as convincing q manifestation to most
people as anything we know of--N Y Ere
ming Post
cB" rather plain spoken clergyman
once took for his text. this passage in the
Psalms: Il said in my haste, all men are
liars"
Looking up. apparently as if he saw the
Psalmist standing Immediately before him.
he said: "You said so i'll your haste did
you, Davidf Well, If you had been here,
you might have said it after mature rehec-
tion."
rK Notice was recently served upon
Thomas Clark, of Lon, y. that the walls Of
building owned by M had been con-
demned, and would b. pulled down. 1t |
was found that Mr.. Clar. iad been in prison
for more than forty yeats. for contempt OF
court! Dickens circumlocution office was
no creature of the fancy.
HAspKEKcuiEF PREACurR.--A correspon-
dent Of the Christian Reflector says:
Il notice in some cases a handkerchief
habit in the pulpit, which has led me to in
quire if the use Of that very necessary arti-
Gle is part Of theological training. no
tice some ministers take it out Of their pock-
cts as they do their sermons, and lay il on
the pulpit. Some spread it out lengthwise
through the middle Of the Bible; some roll
it up and tuck it under the Bible; some
shak e it every few minutes over their heads;
some clinch it in their hands as if they we're
going to throw it at the audience and
some keep crowding it in their pockets and
pulling it out again. with nervous move
ment, as if they did not know what use to
make Of their hands l went once to hear
popular young preacher, and as much as
half Of his sermon was made up of pocket
handkerchief, and most of the other half
was gold watch and scraps Of poetry"
SCOTT HOUSE.