Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-15

OF future good, and future need;
Tstsenl'rr sorTows-whose employ
ls'o sss9l, set dssfrov---
sar better thar barren jny.
W. i've in deeds. not years; in thongh'. not
T. fee''ag.. 90, n HRnres on dial
We .houid count time W heart TIN obs.
He most live.
Who thinks most-fsels the nnsles,---scts TIE /
best:
And he whose hear: beats quickest, lives the
Lives in hour more than in years do some, |
Whose blood sleeps as II alps along their wins"
IT,. BsStsy.
COP hes written on the flowers that sweet |
ems the aiY--on. the bre, re that rocks the |
flowers upon the stem-upon the sain-dsop |
head in the desert-upon its deep chambers
upon every pencilied she'll that sleeps in
the caverns Of the deep, no lees than upon
the mighty sun thst warns and cheers mil
lions Of creatures whtsA i've in its light
upon all his works He Mas written, "Lone
liveth fos himself"
will gladden. the human circle in which
live. ! will open my heart to the gospel
Of life. | will seizs on the good the mo
nenas bring. Nofricndy glance. no friend
" breeze, shall pass the uueri)yed or unac-
knowledged. Out of every flower will
sack drop Of honey. and cut Of every mo
mcnt drop Of eternal life
Tue MAISsPRiNG.-il Here is one Of Spur
geon's best saying-, illustrating III e fact that
there may be morality without religion. but
there cannot he religion without morality:
Teaching men morals j. us though bad
4 clock that would not 70 and turned round
one ~ the cog wheels but faith takes the
key and winds up the handspring, and the
whole thing runs on readily"
"The looking forward to enjoyment don't
pay. For what know Of It, I would a.
moonshne for u cloudy night. Tho only
way TO be happy is TO take the drops Of hap
piness as God gives them TO us every day
Of our lives. Tho boy must learn to be
happy, while he is learning his trade; the
rnsrchant while he is making his fortune. II
he fails TO learn this Art, he will be sure TO
miss his enjoyment when he game what he
has sighed for"
Some one has written; IL have never
found pride ia . noble nature, nor humility
III an uDa osthy mind. OF all trees, | obs
serve that God has chosen the vine. . low
plant that ereeps upon the helpful wall Of
all beasts, the soft end pa,ieot lamb; OF all
fowls. the mild and guileless dove. When
God appeared TO Moses, it was not in shs
lofty cedar. nor the spreading pa IN but a
bush-an humble, abject bush. AS il he
would. by these selections, check the co.'s
cei,ed arrogance Of man. Nothing pr,duc.
eth love like humility nothing hate, like
pride.
BEAUTIFUL. ISciDgSr-A pleasing incl
dent occurred in tho Church OF the Messiah
corner Of Ninth and Olive. yesterday. The
minister, DIR. Elliot, vas delivering q dis>
course with \ view Of soliciting aid for the
furnishing of the South. In She midst Of
his remarks, whilst speaking Pesce and
Good villa dove flss in at the window
pcrchsd for moment on the gallery bAlus>
trads-the1 spread its wings and lowered
over the minister's head, and finally seated
itself on the pulpit. Every face was rsd-
ant. IL seemed A. il Providence smilss,
and the minister. referring to the Messenger
If Peace asked AID received liberal dona,
tons. Loms Dispatch
The collection amounted t. ss62 soc.
ArrIifp i,rLrGius.--lt sa shallow ar
unworthy view Of religion, that would SO
cthcreaile aud spirituaizt il. "a TO di, sever
II from all interference with mans secular
trade, his poh,iral activities. or his very
ADJUSTMENTS. Plow, ana keel. and anvil,
aud plane. and nngur, the child's go cart,
and the granGsir,s rocking chair, are 10
move under the ken Of the Judge above,
under the shadow OF the Elder Brothers
r.deeming cross, and in the beaming spicn>
drs OF the Redeemers riven tomb. Aud
thus the ,mma,er,al, the infinite. and the
eternal, take hold on the things of sense and
tiine-the every day assidu,ues of comn. on
llfe-thc worry and the repose Of the nurse
ry, the kitchen, the quarter deck. the shop
and the hishway.-Dr. Williams llddisoa
Aeennc Lecture.
BLESSED ARR the MsEK. When misun-
derstandings and constrained intercourse
arise between ir,ends or the members of
family, they seldom pass away without .
crisis or an explanation but these are dan
gerous periods OF revolution, and for once
the thorn IL extracted, il ia three times driv
en- deeper. All, why then ia it 30 difficult
thoroughly tofcrgive, thoroughly to forget 7
We cherish the memory OF the wrong that
We have suffered we brood over it, we de-
mand Satisfaction, we dies re 10 be revenged,
ard thus we warm serpents eggs in our boz
SONS. Blessed are the peace makers =
Blessed are the good that forge, and forgive
/ wsihout thinking at the sane time, "for>
give. -FredcficI Brem<r.
"J.sus WILL Go wirH Ms."-A little
! girl four years ofage grew III. One day her
father WAS sitting beside her little bed,
ard she turned to him with tho ques.
ton:
Papa, does the doctor think | shall
de-
Her father with very sad heart told his
little daughter the truth. Then her pale
face grew very sad, and abe mused awhile
on the dark graves she had someii pes
looked down into where the people are
buried.
Papa" she said tcarfu!iy. ''the grave
loOtp very dark. y, il is very dark, in
deed: Papa, won't you 60 down with me
The strong arm abe had been accustomed
TO lean on seemed 60 her . safeguard in
every hour Of dread and danger.
With . bursting heart be told her he
could not 60 with her till the Lord
called.
Papa, won't you let ma 90 with me p
II she could nestle close in that loving
bosom, and feel those loving arms around
her, the grave would loose its gloom. The
same answer almost broke the father heart
to give She turned her face to the wall
and wept. The dear lamb had been taught
Of Jesus, and she poured her heart out 10
him with child's full faith Soon she look
ed up with . joy-liehted face aud said:
Papa, the grave 10 not dark now Jesus
vill 70 with ne r.
mt Boz DsuHK l'-s'Drunk, my boy
dsunk r and tears started 10 The mothers
eyes. and she bent her head in unuttesab.e
sorrow. In thss moment the VISION Of
useful and honorable career was dsstroyed,
and one Of wosthlessnsss if not absolute
disnonor presented ITSELF Well di6 sheN
know that intsmperance walks hand IN hand
With poverty, shame and death and his
mothers heart Was pierced as with sharp
pointed steel. All! y.ung man. ii the holy
feeling Of love FOR her who bore you is not
dead within you, shun that which gives her
pain odherc to that which gives her ioy.-
II she is with her Father in heaven. shun
that course Of life which shuts the gates Of
heaven AGAINST Won and dpbars you fr,u