Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-29
A MOTHERS WORK.

Toiiinr all day ike galley slave.
Teaching the little rats how TO behave,
Hearing the older oEes quarrel anu nght.
Slnppiny and cutting with all Their might;
Wa.h,n, and brushing and blowing their noses,
Such is n mothers work tall the day closes.
Sewing % rents in the best pants torn,
Patching on new cloth over the worn;
Never once pausiag to count the stitches,
But darning alike the boys and the breeches;
Thankful in heart when they re out Of the way.
Such is mothers life and day.
Sending each night gowned urchin to bed,
Longing 70 ohsar che last word said;
Wishing them happy in Heaven above,
With ali the warmth Of a mothers love;
Nov, may the good ssgel be thanked always
That they never work like mother all day.
In creation and Providence, - much care,
wisdom and attention arc expected en- the
least things Ms on the greatest.
God sets honor on the regular and psay>
erful study Of His holy word. "Scarcn the
Scriptures for il them ye think ye have
eternal life and they are they which testify
Of me-"
Lord Bacon beautifully said "lf mar
be gracious to strangers, II shows he Is /,
citizen Of the world, and his heart is no is
land cut OF from other lands, but . eontin
ent that joins them.
Tho Christian life is not an engagement
by contract between . master and his ser
want. II Ii the union Of two hcarts-tha
OF the Savior and the savcd-by the enduT,
ing ties Of the most intimate love. ,tA
Consult duty; rot events. We have
nothing 10 do but to mind our duty. Oh
how quiet, as we'll as holy, would our lives
be, had we learned that single lesson, TO b.
careful for nothing, but TO 40 our duty ant
leave all consequences to God.
"Ilave you not mistaken the pew, sir ?
blandly said Sunday Chesterfield to
stranger who entered II. II beg pardon,
said the intruder. rising 10 90 out, 81 fear
have ! took it for Christian
DIR. Bellows recently remarked that tn,
one goat peril OF american society is tn,
lack OF manly Independent thinking, and in
dividual conscience. Personal aspiration
gets lowered to popular standard. An
average and compromised pattern OF char.
acter is thrust on us by tyrannical, hasty
and unreasonable public opinion.
Dams Hours, To every man there are
many, inanv dark hours, when he feels in
clincd to abandon his best enterprise-houra
when hls hearts dearest hopes appear delu
sive-hours when he feels unequal 10 tn,
burden, when all his aspirations seem
worthless. Let no one think that he alon,
has dark hours. They are the common lo
Of humanity. They are the touchstone 70
try whether they are current coin or not.
BEAUTIFUL THouaHrs. - The same Coo
xt,. l.. a \ Al.
watches the flight Of tho insect. He who
balances the clouds and hung the earth up
on nothing, notices the fall Of tho sparrow
lie who gave Saturn his rings, and place,
the moon like ball Of silver in the broae
arch of Heaven, gives the rose leaf its deli,
cate tint, anu made the distant sun TO nour
18Th the violet And the same Being notice.
the praises of the cheruhim and the PRAYER
Of the litile child.
GREAT TgurH.-ln recent sermon
Rev Mr. spun rson, speaking of the genera
corrupt on and fraud in business circles
said - IL make any allusion to this mel,
anchoy fact. people say, oh. you do no,
understand business. Now. il business were
a correct thing, think could understand
II. When common sense Christian mao
cannot understand business. 1t is time that
business should know that it ,has no bust
ness TO be scch bushes as il is. THAT oh
servation is las sound as q nut" Christia,
business men, ponder it, and when you ar,
about Ia undertake what in "bnsiness" cir,
Giles is called "sharp transaction" reflec,
whether, when tested nv the Gospel rule.
you profess to be guided by, it is not really
piece Of knavery which will bar your
way to Heaven