Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-13
EMBARRASSING.

,th, in Toronto.
A letter from Rome asys that Archbishop
;psulding viii probably return 10 America
cardinal.
The widows Of fisty.two clergy men re-
.eve aid from the Massachusetts Congreea
ional charitable society. The yearly a.>
owancs Is from $50 10 5000.
The n. L. Church At Knoxville have pus-
chased, and the Prcsby terians are going 10
purchase. new cottage organ for use In
their church services.
The Baptists Of NJ. Pleasant. as We learn
from the Journal. are going TO build q
church building this summer which viii be
fifty BY eighty feet, and viii cost $4,000.
The National Convention Of Young Mems
ChristiAn Association met NJ Montreal IN
the 18th uit in Zion ngreestioLa' Church.
M. II. Theme Miller, OF Cincinnati, Was |
chosen President.
There are 30, 900 0srmsns in Ciseinnas,,
. very large proportion n whom bear The
Lutheran name, and yet there is but one
English Lutheran church in the city.
/. A revival 10 the Uaitsd Brethren Church
q Nslson. Iowa couaty, has been in pro.
gress for some time. Twelve persons have
Oee9 ooCvSe0.
4 lsstss fsoa Rome says thAt among
tho ootaboi@i0 now in that city u situals
tic clesgy man Of the Anglican Church, who
appears Of all the Roman Catholic ceremonies
atti,ed Ia the full drcss Of pilgrim Or her.
init, and assists most devoutly at all the re
ligioug functions Of the season.
The miracle Of st. Januarius has not
gone of as auspiciously ~ usual this year.
! The houefaction OF the Neapolitan saints
blood was incomplete. A portcntious black
clot remained unsolved in the centre Of ~
vase, AMI was seen, says the London zsb1et.
with grief by thousands Of the 6aishfol,
Who deemed il to b sign II jmDoodiag
calamity. A
Pope Plus is new 10 his ssvsoty-sixth
year and in the twenty second ysss q BE
ponti6cats. Thses % . eurious superstitioa
in l.aly which predicts great evil 70 ths
Cathelic Church wheneses Pspe shall sil
10 the ehsis Of 81. Peter ~ tesaty M
years. Ne one hes yet ssoGassa hat tssm
although Pies VII cans very nesstt
Among the things destroyed by Are ID
/ Yokohsma. japan, in April. wsse he manu-
: scrips TRANSACTIONS of The Bible into ths Jap
+ snese language, by Rev. 8. b. Brown, q
work upon which be had expended foul
! years of toll. A tsosslaiion Of The laws Of
: 81 the country msde for the use Of The
American legation, was also destroyed -
Mr. Brown 10 the Oldest American mission,
ary iu that pess Of The world. These vNlu.
abiss were In bic residence, which fell I
prey to the nsases.
. The Primitive Mcthodists Of Canada hav,
4 set their faces like flins aGainst the vse O
erk~ hA;e LAT sfax h. fsn
became known that two or three minister
: Of their connection used the weed. There
: upon. after warm exprssaion q disapprov
. III, . resolution was adopted that the psao'
tics should hcnceforth be dlscOuntenanced
and that no person Should hereafter become
an official 10 the church or candidate for ths
: ministry who INDUCED in II.
One Rev. J. S mpson writes to the Relig
ious Telescope laoorcd article which b
intends shsll batter oil secret societies out o
s1s,eace. He Ays: "Tbsee ere places I
loWv whore We, - church. can Do no NOR,
II than build fires for others to warm BY, bs
= cause oil certain institution ;" and thel
adds pasentheticaiiy, "Twenty>aix years
standing IN the United Brethren OhurcI
convinces me that can live ~ithout III
&c aid Of secret societies" Ne might hsv
i cret societies could cot along twenty.si,
years ore without him and still live.
The trials Of this time are grevous -
DAYS are dark, and shts stormy. Wronl
s vsunis Itself, and seems to triumph. Tn,
T. basest of crimes are committed nad mr.,
!, winke.i ut. The innocent, suffer Bu
nothing new after all Evil mtn and Sc
ducers wax worse aad worse. Through
- frlbulaiion deep, the way 10 glory 10, At b,
y crown OF all crowns was once one o
: thorns,' says Sturgeon. The star Of hop
never sets. II ioreteils = & orious day.
The Eagle says that the Mississippi Val
ley Association of Universallsts met in Via
70 ton June 18th aud Goth. Owing TO ba
v roads and the location Of the meeting bcin
on the extreme western limits Of the Asso
!, ciation, but few besides clergvmen wsr
j" present from outside Of town. Five clesgy
10 men from abroad were in after dance. Rel
Of Mr. Hanson Of Dubuque, Bishop Of Aname
= sa, Eduonds Of Newton, Wilson Of -
and Gilman from Michigan. A church ~
formed aud baptism administered 20 twsnt
70 persons -four received the rite BY INNER
r sion and the remainder by sprinkling. =
= Thirty >six united with the church, and tn
Lord's supper was administered, nearly
:, oil the congregation partaking.
The W est Des Moines Conference vii
= hold its annual session at the union appoint
n mcnt in Fremont county, commencing OF
i, the Esd OF, August.
Il In ireland the Romaa Catholics consti
4 tu,e four iif,hs Of the population; in Brit
:, ,>h Americs, two iif,hs; in the lutte
III States, one tenth in Russia, Europe. one
OF ninth in Prussia and other German State.
10 one>third In Great Britain Exclusive 9
-, lreland) there are one and half millions on
:, Of twenty-three millions; in Austria, TWEEN
~ ty-ssven out Of thirty.fve in France
lhirty-five out OF thirty -seven in Switzes
d land, one out sf two and half in Iaaly
!. twenty>onc out Of twenty-five. Of thirt
= millions Of Mexico, Central America ap,
= Sonth America, nearly all are Roman Cath
. ciics. The same 10 true Of Portugal will
is its four millions. Spain with ito sixteen an,
/, . half millions. ard Belgium with its fou
u" and half oillions. In Norway, ewsde
10 and Denmark there sre but six tbousan,
'e Roman Catholics among . population q
II eight millions. The entire Roman Catholi
a population 81 the globe il about one hun
dred and eighty.tive millions, the ent r
y Protestant population, about ninety g y
millions.
b The Bible 10 the book Of life. written 70
Il the instruction ADD edificstion Of On age
!, and nations. No man who has felt its d.
vine beauty and power. would excbane
this one volume for all the literature In IN,
world. Eternity alone can unfold the e
a. tent ofits influence for good The Bible
> like the person and word Of our Saviour, il
philaethropis 10 lie character and ain
> The eternal Wssd q Oed was made flesh
D, and the whole fullness of the Gedhsad an,
10 sinless manhood we're united 10 one pesso,
{. forever. So the Word spoken Of God mai
10 said 10 have beeemc flesh in the Bib
" u is therefore oil divine and yet huma,
from beginning 70 end. Through The veil q
4. the letter We behold the eternal truth o.
a God. The Divine aod hsoso in she Bib,
!. sustain similar relation 10 each other. q
J, in the person Of Christ they are unmixet
y but issspesahly united, and constitute ON
!ife, which kindlss life in the hear u III
belrevod.
STATE ITEMS.
= One.fourth OF Jssp,r county is unde
= cultivation.
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