Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-21
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
Peace.

| SSu, close the wearied eyes, o Sleep
So close no dream nav come between,
fall the SORROWS they have seen;
| Too long. too sad their watch hath been.
be fa:satu sleep;
! Lea, they should wake -renisan bering
/ Lest the- should wake ani waking. weep
| Sleep. sweet Sleep
| Clasp clese the wearied hands . Rest
| Poor hands So thin and feeble grown
With al! the tasks which they have done
Now they ere finished-eyery one,
happy Rest.
! Fold them al last from .aborlng,
| In quiet ON the quiet breast,
v Rest, sweet Rest.
Press close unto her heart. . Death
80 close not any palse may stir
The garments OF her sepulchre.
Lo, life had been so sad TO her |
| Okindest Death
Within thy safest rheltering
No pam nor sorrow entereth
| Death. sweet Death
lie who never changes any Of his opin-
ions never corrects any Of his mistakes.
An indiscrest kiss cost rising young
Cleveland minister his pulpit.
If you must violste the truth, wait until
you retire at nighs-if you must lie, lie in
bed.
Vice stings us, even in our pleasures ;
but virtue consoles us.cven Ill our pains.
The new cathedral at Burlington, w.,
was dedicated las. Sunday. number Of
bishops and over forty c.ergymen were
present.
Truth, wisdom. love, seek reasons NAL
lace seeks only causes.
The aim Of an houest mans life is not
4 Al IL Leo h aalf
but the virtue which is useful to others.
Better be right than conquer In an argu
mens. Better bear the assumptions Of ig
norant men than waste your dearly bought
experience on fools.
Mr.. Joseph Msckey, Of the New York
Dry Goods reporter has fitted up . room
for noon day prayer meeting 81 his Of
fee.
The water that flows from q spring does
not CONCEAL in winter. and those senti
mcnts Of friendship which flow from the
heart cannot be frozen by adversely.
We cannot remember night 90 dark as
to hare hindersd the approach Of coming
day, nor storm 80 furious or dreadful as 70
prevent the return Of warm sunshine and
cloudess sky.
Never yex quaFfelsomc or obstinate chill
dren, particularly do not At length yield 70
to them and let them have their own way
never desire such children to do what is IN
Just; make every demand on them quietly
but never yield.
A negro named Ephe, who was regular
attendant At church, WAS proud Of his b bic
learning. He was saving wood one day
while his masters son, . lad Of about
twelve years, WAS looking on, and now and
then asked questions:
(which Of the apostles DO you like
best :" asked he Of Ephe
i likes Samson" says Ephe "he was
so strong, and piled up dem wicked folk:
So"
"why, Ephe." said the boy, "Ssmsor
was not one Of tho apostles"
Epic put down his saw, looked ct thu
youngster q moment in amazement, anC
then asked him. with an air Of triumph
Look here, white boy, how old are your
"Twelye"
Well, Use forty; now. who ought t
know best, | AZ you Dat :"
FoRGor TO LOOK UP.-I havo somewher,
seen the story Of man who went one eve
ming to steal corn from his neighboi's field
lie took his little boy with him to sit OH tn
fence and keep a look out, to give warning
in case any one should come along. Tn
: man jumped over the fence with large be.
on ms arm, before commencing to take tn
corn, he looked oil around, and not seeini
c any person, he was nst about to fill hi
i bag. Then thc little fellow, his son
good little fellow he was, too-cried out:
Father, there is one way you havn'
. looked vet y
The father was startled, and suppose
= that some one was coming. He asked hi
4 son which wa7 he meant.
"why, said the little boy. "you forgot t
look up"
i, The father WAS conscience stricken;
cams back over the fence. took his lIttl
u boy by the hand, and hurried quietly HON
i without the corn which he had designed I
take. The little boy had reminded him thu
the eyes Of God were upon him.
= A GRAPHIC DE,cRIrrIoS OF NAZARETH
w. Hepworth Dixon thus describes th
early dwelling place Of the Saviour
i Four miles south Of the strong Greek cit
Of Sephoris, hidden away among the gent
rills, then covered from the base to tn
y crown with vineyard and fg trees, lay
natural nest or basin Of red and white earth
. star-like in shape, but mile in width, an
d wondcrously fertile. Along the charre
and chalky slope Of the highest Of thes
hills spread small and lovely ,illag,
n which in a land where every stone SCENE
:, to have story, is remarkable as havin
:. had no public history, and no distinguish
name. No great roads led up TO this sum
y nook No traffic came into il, no legion
| 1st~ - L..
e lures, poinp, passed through it, flosin
from West TO East, from Eas. to Yves
A. along the Roman road. But the meadow
i were aglow with wheat and barley. Ne'
10 the low grounds ran . belt OF garden fence
with stones, in which myriads ofgrecn fig,
Ia red pomegranntes and golden citrons ripper
n ed in the summer sun. High up the slope
to which were lined and plant ed like II
e Rhine and Bingen, hung vintages OF purp'
. grapes. In the plain among the corn an
beneath the mulberry trees and figs, shor
:. DAISIES, peoples, tulips, and anemones, en-,
- less in profusion, brillian. in the dyes.
= Low down on the hillside sprang . well ,
:. water, bubbling, plentiful aud sweet. an
'e above this fountain Of life, in long sire
re struggling from tho fountain to the syn
re gognc, rose the homesteads OF many sh-l
= herds. craftsmen and vine-dressers. II vi
r. lovely and humb lie place, Of which no r
C. Ter, no historian Of Israel, he'd ever yet I
~ ken notice. No Rachel hsd been met Or
re kissed into love at this we'll no Ruth hs
ce gathered up the sheavcs Of barley in cor
US feds no tower had been built for observ
-. lion on this height; no camp had be,
Z. pitched or battle fought in this vale. TIL
nj one would become dearcr to the fancies
:. meo than either Ruth or Rachel, then val
al cd through those fields. drew water at III
spring, passed up and down the lanes
:, the hamlet, no seer could then have ~
missed The place was more than obss.r
- The Arab may have pitched his black tc
- BY the well, the magistrate Of Sephor
en- must have known the village, but the hsr
81 let was never mentioned by the Jswi.
en- scrbes. In the Bible, in the Tslmud,
m the writings OF Jseephus, 10 search in W
of for any record Of this sacred place. Like
us happy nsighbors, Main and Eudor, it v
nd the abode of husbandmen and olive dres
st. err, whore lives were spent in the syn
lly gogues and the olive grove. away from q
lc- bright Greek cities and the b. 81 Rom,
roads. N, doubt il had once been posses