Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-05-19

SUNDAY READaN0.
tt. Tn x,skR Isss9l !! ~ ..ss a A..
~ ~ ofit Yet how many are groantng
~ s;ehine through Il, - though i we're
~ s1csky. wretched tepsM place. which
~ .oond1 On VIE out y It the 1sttees-
NS 90 do 10 ltgard the Icrious cseationof
God, where blouty and Plsoty crop evSsy |
Iau3scabe, and Aplendo 4uivefs e tert e
~ - - ekj( (ners ~ watefS. Believing |
|hsk the All Father has made man, but think |
lhat he has lily provided him with mortal
hatitaticn.
SowISo WILD OAfs.-In all the wide
-snke Of accepted rnaxibs, ther6 ID rione,
lake II for all in all, more thoroughly abom.
Unable than the one as to the sowing Of Wild
oats.
look at il on what side you will, and |
will defy yoy 20 make anything but dev-
il's msxjM ot it. \Nhat . man-be he
young, old, or middle aged-sows, that and
nothing else, shall be reap. 49, ~
The only one thing 70 do With wild oats
ia TO put them carefully in the hottest fire
and get them burnt to dust, every seed o.
them. Ityou SOW them, no matter in what
ground, up they will come, with long tough
roots, like the couch grass, and luxurious
stalks and leaves, IS sure as there IS sun
in heavea-a crop whichit turns ont . nears
cold 10 think Of.
The devil, too, whose special crop they
are, will see that they thrive, and you, and
nobody else, will have to reap them and no
common rcaping will get them out OF the
soil. " hich must be dug down deep, again
and again. Well for you Il, with oil your
care, you can make the ground sweet again
to your dying day .-Dr. Arnold.
DurY is the first step to greatness
| the helm thai steets tnep safely over the
| pillows Of life FIVE fail in our duty, we
can bid farewell to the land Of promisc-to
| the haven Of hope. Mans honorable occu>
patton is gore. Make personal efort for
| the salvation of others. Accept and create
opportunities for leading or pointing others
4 to Christ. Gratitude to your Savior and
l love for souls will lead you to this. You may
] find IN this labor Of love crosses to be borne,
| but the direct returns OF light and strength
| to your own soul will amply repay you
| Strength in the physical world springs from
| struggling. There il weakness in tie limb
that does not carry burden. The power
Of that Christian il undeveloped who has
had severe battles with the enemy, or who
has not performed trying duties for the
| cause. God will richly bless you in these
attempts to ex' end Ills kingdom. You will
learn TO delight il it, You will be securing
! a starry crown.
Tell your Mother.
wonder how many girls tell their moth
ers ever, thng2 Not those "young ladies'
who, going to and from school, smile, bow
AMI exchange notes and cdrtes de uistte with
young men who make fun Of you and you,
| pictures speaking in way that would
make your checks burn with shame, il you
heardi It, All this, most oredulous and no
mantle young ladies', they will do, although
they gaze at your fresh young faces admir-
ingly, and send or give you charming verses
| and booucts. No matter what "other girl
do" don't you do it. School girl Irritation
may end disastrously, rs manv foolish
wretched young girl could tell you. You
ycarnipg for some one to love, is grea
need cfcvcry womaD's heart. Don't let tn
bloom and freshness Of your heart b
brushed off in silly iirtations. Kcndc
I tOuISCil iAACIiiEcut hHu 0oOvN
tell your mother eserything "Fun' i
your dictionary would be indscretion il
hers. 1t will do you no harm to look an
see. Never be ashamed to tell her, VII
should be your best friend and confitiant
J all you think and feel. 1t is very strang
2 that 30 many young girls will tell ever
person before "molher' that which is mos
important that she should know. 1t is yer
sad that different persons should know MOI
about her own fair young daughter tia
: she herself.
IL a Beautiful Illustration.
II was once my privilege to stand upo
the summit of Mt. Rigi, in Switzerland, an
from its que,nlv top witness an au,umna
sunset. Far away TO the west the monarc
Of day wrapped the drapery Of his couc
god confessed. He flung his spendors o
that unequallcd landscape with royal mum
fic nee. lie kissed the waters that lay EN-
bosomed among the bills till they all blush
g ed. The bald peaks to the right and left {
us, barred the storm beaten brows and batl
I'd in the sunlight. And higher up, an
4 farther away the snow-capped monarchs
|, the Alps, tos cd back the suns last ray
| from their icy sides in cold aud proud dis
y, 1ain. But more beautiful than all, the gel
d Of that wondrous picture was a.bridgc {
p golden sheen that stretched over bills IN
/ ALLEYS, and lake and d lis from the far iii.
; taut horizon TO our very feet.
1t seems as ii Heavens gatcs had bee
c lett open and glory had stolen through
was east up by the hand oi God, way ,
| gold Oh VIII .ch the angels might have lrod
den.
II 81 have stood beside The dying soldier
when it Inns seem, d as If bridge Of gs.de,
sheen were let down from Heaven high
way FIR the iansr,Hed # the Lord \
, that way, cast W OF God, Il 5 llowed viii
the angels, cone 10 bear tn 20 der, vi
ind made his last charge n d fought his las
battle, home. And up that shining path will
| angel convoy. the spirit has coue, ava,
ircm tne clang OF AIMS and the din If strll,
TO the gates of pearl, to the peace hike
river and the res. of God .-Rsr. XryicJ
johnson.
A BEAUTIFUL IDKA-Away among III,
Aileghanies there is spring so small tha,
a sing e ok could drain II dry on summer S
day. 1t steals its unobtrusive way amone
tue hills til it spreads GU, in the beautiful
OHIO. Thence ii stretches away thousand
miles, eavn TN its banks more than q
hundred villages and cities, and many cul--
uva.ed farms, and bearing Oh its bosom
more than half a thousand steamboats,
then joining the MISSISSIPPI j, it stretches
away some twelve hundred miles more till
it falls into the great emblem OF eternity
Ii is one Of the great tributaries Of the ocean,
which obedient only TO God. shall roll ana
roar till the angel, with one foot on the $,
and the other on the land. shall lift up his
hands TO heaven and swear that time shall
be no longer. So with moral influence il
is rill, a rivulet. an ocean, boundess and
athomless as eternity.
FATEoP TIE Observation-Disclosures is sup>
posed to have suffered martyrdom or was
slain in the city OF Ethiopia.
Mark was dragged through. tho streets Of
Alexandria, in Egypt. till he expired.
Luke was hanged on an olive tree in
Greece.