Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-14
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


DAILY DEMOCRAT.
SUNDAY READING.
The Change.
From the Mesho dist Pro;estsntl
aAri the days Of my appointed time will
wait till ny change come. Job - u.
Iwill wait. will wait.
A..now-wsaYped earth awaits the Spring,
/ viii wait. o Lord. thv Weakening.
Nor think thy coming late
Twill wait. will wait.
The lilly bulb watts 10 its darkness bid
The insect waits in its chryssfi6,
purer. higher state.
Wal, my appointed time.
Thou dost number our rolling years,
Thou dost measure our dust and tears,
Upon Thy throne sublime.
Wait tiil my change shall COM.
For thou Wilt chicago thsse bodies vile.
Weariug the light Of our Fatner's smile,
As he guides his children home.
All What change, from gloom.
From iiseless dust, 30 forms divine,
The glorious likeness, Lord, Of thine,
In living light snd bloom.
To change the damp, derk grave,
For athrsne in hesS en- Ssnshine bright,
To range in Joy the fields o! light,
Beside life's crystal wave.
Come early then or late,
Hes, SNOW or flowers on my quiet breast,
Until that hour, my dust in hope shall rest
For thee. Lord, wait.
1t is proposed in Paris to transfer the
Pspacy to jerusalem.
Philadelphia now has seven Preabyteri
churches without pastors.
In Iceland the clergyman kissos his con
gregstion all around before preaching.
Would you hear . sweet and pleasing
echo, speak sweetly and pleasantly your
self.
"Ms," said little girl, will rich and
posr folks live together when they 20 to
heaven 2"
"Yes. my dear. they will oil be alike
there.
"Thsn, me, why don't rich and poor
christians associate together here!'
The mother did not answer.
Henry Ward Beccher says when men 20
10 church and get nothing but cut straw.
and straw raised Eve hundred years ego,
and are dissatisfied at that and will not
come again, he honors them. As long -
human nature remains true to what It is,
he does not believe that the herds will re-
fuse to come to the rack when there is
Juicy fodder there; and Il they do not come
il is because there is nothing to eat.
CHERISH rns LiviNG.-I saw . pale
mourner stand bending over the tomb, and
tears fell fast and often. Al he raised his
humid eyes to heaven he said:
my brother ., my brother I"
| A sage passed that way, and said:
| "For whom dost thou mourn -
"One," replied he, whom did not suf-
ficiently love while living. but whose ines
simsblc worth now feel"
What wouldst thou do ifhe were restored
to thee p
The mournss replied that be would never
offend him BY any unkind word, but would
| take every occasion to show his friendship,
| il he could but come back 70 his fond EN-
BRACE"
"Then waste not thy time in useless
grief" said the sage, but. if thou hath
friends, go and cherish the living. remsm-
bsring that they will one day be dead Also"
SpuaGEoS.-Some time ago, Rev. Mr..
Spurgeon preached sermon on the text,
"And Mary wept.' In the midst Of
stream Of earnest eloquenee that drew tears
from many Of those present. in describing
the character of,he tears shed by Mary
over the feet Of Jasus, be broke suddenly
off, and turning to his congregation, ex-
claimed 1.-The tears which Mary shed are
not such tears - many Of you pour out
when you come to this altar. They came
from her heart-they were tears Of blood
aud not the poor stuff that you present -
an offering to an offended God Then,
leaning over tho pulpit, and locking earn
eslly in the sea Of faces, be exclaimed -
There are some Of you for whose tears
would not give . far,hing quart !"
Nor GoNx TO GLoRY.--Funny things creep
into religious meetings q we'll rs else where !;
for instance, at class meeting of one Of our
ehurches-of course thousands Of miles
from here-ons Of the brothers, who had
been absent for some time, WAS called on TO
relate his experience. "Oh," said he,
"sincc last met you, my brethren, my
wife has eone'--at this psint he broke
down, and the encouraging class leader
said, Gone TO glory, has she Hsllelujsh r
and started singing, I'VE have had some
friends before Us gonc," Co., when the Tor
saken brother interrupted him with, mo.
that's not i.-she's gone aud ruined of
with another ieller "
According to . report presented to the
General Evangelical Alliance at Rotterdam,
the numbers OF churches and commandments
in the United States arc A. follows: Bsp-
lists, 900 churches aud 500, 900 CON-
municants; Methodists, l0,46O churches
l .,I y ~
olics, 8, 800 churches and 1900, 900 com
municants; Prcsby terians, 1900 churches
snd 100000 commandments; Lutherans, 2,
900 churches and 323, 500 communicates
CongregationAlists, 81 80 churches and 267,
400 c,mmunican.s; Protestant Episcopa.
lians, 1900 churches and l6l 200 commu-
nicants; German Reformed, 1850 churches
and ll0, 900 commandments; Dutch Reform
ed, 44O churches and 80, 900 communicants
United Brethren, about 1000 societies
Moraviane, about $4,000 communicates
'lniiarians. about 500 churches Universe
lists include about 600, 900 Of the popula-
tion; Friends or Quakers, Orthodox, abcu,
$4,000 members; Friends or Qlakers
Hicksitss, about A., 900 members
PRAcrIcAL SUNDAY ScaoLAs.-.Wh here
do you go to Sunday School, jimmy"
why, marin, I 60 to Bsptisses, and
Methcdisses, and all the Prcsbyteriutns, bu,
I've been irwin the 'Piscopals for two o,
three weeks
"You don't seem to belong soywhere,
then, jimmy"
"Why, yes, marin, don't you sec !! be-
louts 10 'e,n oil. exceptin' the 'Piscopals
bur I'm goin' to jine them, too, now
well, jimmy, what's your idea Of going
!. 10 so many 2"
"why, you see, gets little Of what,
going On at Gun oil, marin. gets liberties
and ny books. and oil that; and wher
, they have pic-nics, goes to every one o.
'en,.'
TweAty thousand Roman Catholics ar,
said 10 live in Japan, who are descendant,
Of converts made By missionaries who ID
bored there two husdred yesrs ago. The,
l have . bishop and nunbse Of psissos
and are said to have preserved The religion
10 oil ito original purity, undisturbed b,
their heather neishhoes.
ABour SUNDAY Sc1ccss. -Ths New Yorl
Evening Mail has ths following ssveee ssrie
\ lures on the Sunday School system. D.