Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-12

Jhsn pleasure up IT'S smile fesiHps
Alas for time aad d.sth and care,
What gloom about our way they Hing
| Live clouds IN sutumn's gusty air,
The tuila pageant of the spring,
The dreams that each successive year
Seensed bithed in hucs Of brighter pride
A. last like withered leaves appear,
| And s.eep In darkness sids BY side
Two Catholic Congresses are now in ses.
sion in Europe. 1t Mailnes and Innspruck.
| A sermon in four words on the vanity
Of earthly possessions: "Shrouds have no
pockets"
Twenty thousand Methodist churches in
the United States accommodate six millions
Of people.
Rev. .. I. Conger. Of Ejgington, ILL.,, is
going TO wintcrsett, lowe, 10 take charge Of
the baptist society there.
The Boston Cretan Relief Committee sc>
knowledge the recent receipt Of 81, 1905
n contributions. In ell $2l,122.54 have
been received.
The Protestant Episcopal Society for the
promotion Of Evangelical knowledge has
! published . compressed life OF Lola Non
,.z. and addressed it to Magdalens. under
the title Of 1.-THE Story Of tho Penitent."
The latest by mn Of extraordinary popu.
iarity in England is entitled paradise. y
IL has equsied in general acceptation tho
well known "Jsi usacm the Golden" and
Will soon be introduced in some Of the lead.
ing churches in this country.
The late Deacon Aaron lawrence. Of Am.
herst, Mass, left to his daughters 500. 900.
| aud IN fln R.arI cT q
900; 10 the Home Missionary Society .&JOu:
20 the New Hampshire Bible Society. $500;
10 the American Tract Society, $500, and
for soldiers monument 81 900.
The New York Express, of Sept 3Oth.
Gays: Something of u sensation was crea.
ted IL st. Georges L i.copal church. n, the
morning services. yesterday, by the appear
s'icc Of = Pres bytetan mlrister REV. Dr.
Aplngl. in black gown. among the SUPPLE
ed ministers that ushered from the yestry
room, and occupied place in the chnncei -
he doctor was there, moreover, il turned
Out. Tor more than mere sh0w,-ss hc was
cslisd upon by Dr. lying 10 sag the conc.u
ing prayer. Whether this Is another case
or The staining committee, or not, We do
10, know but .! the fact itself there is no
doubt.
IL the cou Sc G. the discn sion which
'rosc at the time when DR.. Bushnclls work
God IN Christ first appeared. q patriarch
la' pastor IN Connecticut proposed in one Of
the associations a resolution in condemna-
ton. "llave you read the book p inquired
another. mo, have not, and don's want
to. and don't mean co." "rhen, my rood
father. responded the interrogation, "your
resolution hasn't any bottom 10 stand on"
Next day il WAS toll to Dr. Bushnell what
Father 9. had sail, and tho d,ctor, with .
s'y smile. replied well, il don't make
any difference, for he would not have UNDER
stood i, # he had
81. Georges church. New York. Rev. DR.
lying, Sr., rector, has been restored after i,s
t~o years or ruin ami desola,ion, and was
occupied tur the first tiu.c last Sabbath. The
new building II in many respects peculiar.
II ~ the first attempt in th . country on
really grand scale. to reproduce tho ,stem
OF poly chromatic decoration. once so much
in vogue in the Old World. The interior
walls which IN the old church wero of uni.
form tint, are nov rich in ali the colors Of
The palette. The formal consecration OF tho
building viii take place on the return Of
Bishop Potter from abroad
"Do TnY LirrLE. A certain king would
build cathedral, and that the credit OF il
might be al his own, he Tor oade any from
contributing to its erection in the least de>
gree. \ tablet was placed in tho side of
shc building and on il his name was carved
rs tbs builder. But that night he saw in q
dream an angel, " no came down and erased
Ills name. and tho name Of poor widow
appeared in its stead. This was three times
repeated, when the enrsged king summoned
the woman before him. and demanded. :
Nv hat have you been doing and wby have
YOU broken my commandment, The trem>
bling woman replied, ~ loved the Lord.
and onged to do something for His cause
and name. for the building up OF his church.
! was forbidden to touch il in any way so,
n my poverty brought wisp of hay for |
the horses that drew the Stones" And the |
king saw that he had labored for his own
glory, but the widow for the glory Of God,
and no commanded that her maine should
he inscribed on the tablet.-Ralph Wells.
A SUNDAY AMONG rnR RruAlrsrs.-The
Pal Mall Gazette gives the following &C.
count OF recent festival Sund.v at ST.
Bartholomew Church. Moor Lane, London:
AT the morning service aniiphons were
sung before and after each Of the psalms 81
tue day, and also before and after the can.
lcles. The lessons were read BY . youur
i'yman, vested in blue mcrino dress with
long train, and q girdle OF the same ma
terial ronnd his waist, over which he wore
short surplce Of very light fabric. thus
enabling the colors Of the caseeck or eown
to show through. At the conclusion Of
mat'ns this young man retired to the ves,rv
ana shortly reappeared Invested Of hjs
topes, and, wearing . black assoCk and a
a'"esently shaped surpliee. proceeded with
sne clergy t. the altar. where he ofliciated
- un,deac IN and sang the epis,le. The
,e'. u. >iuio, curate N charge, preached
the sermon, which lasted only six minutes
~ the evening service the altar was very
tast.iuiIy de GRATED with flowers and can
dies. The service commenced Al a.ven
=, clock and finished at q quarter TO ten.
ms Was partly accounted for BY the leustb
Of some OF the hymns, and the iutroduc.
lion OF ansiphons, &c. One Of the hymns
Of tweniy-six verses. The SER
mon was preached by Father Ignatius. from
The words Comfort We, comfort ye, my peo-
pie. saith the Lord After an explanation
81 the text, tho preacher proceeded in his
manner TO rebuke tho wor'diness Of the
present age. lie could not speak comltsi-
'oiy - Ais hearers. How could he .spesk
to those who went to theatres. b.
balls and casinos. lie believed that more
nan half OF the people who had that morn
ing received the holy communion. il they
we're 20 d'e before next Sunday would 90
s"s'ghs to heii,tire. They were told t.
nate tue world. but how could psople ne 9
ss'd 20 hate the world Who frequented such
pAces! The sermon lasted about An hour ..
and half" s' ." "su'
MASONIC READnNo.
The Masonic GxNrLguAx.
: mean thing He cannot stoop n !. No.
fraud. He invades no secrets in The Lssu /.