Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-28
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
asJNDAY READING.
The Old Fashioned Ch0trs
BY BEL ?. T.rLcn-

The Old Fashioned Choir.
BY BEL. ?. TAYLOR
haze ,anc;e sometimes the ycthei bent beam,
TIA, tremolsd 10 earth in the Patriarch's dream
Was a ladder OF SONG in that wilderness rest.
From the pillow of stone to the Blue OF the biess.
And the an gels descending 60 dwell with us here,
-'Oid Hundred, anu "Corinth, and oh'ns'
and "Me r"
All ,hs hearts are not dead-not under the sod,
Tbs. those 5seaths can blow open TO Heaven and
God.
All .eilverstreet leads by bright, golden
Oh not 70 the ..Ay~sss'' thst in harmony nowed,
Hut those sweet human psalms in that old fash
10 the gul .ha. sang .lso-sAs girl that sang ais.
LAT Us sing to His praise" the minister said;
All the psalm books 1t once Auttssed anA open-
ed a. york
sunued their long dotted wings in the words
that he read,
While the leader lesped into The tune just ahead.
And politely picked up the hey note with tors.
And the vicious old VOL went growing along
A the heels Of the girls. in the rear OF the song,
I need not . wine---bid no geuii come
With wonderful web from Arabian boon
To bear me again up the river Of Time,
when the world vac in rhythm, and life wss its
rhyme;
Where the stream of tho years aswed 90 soiss.
less and narrow,
Th At across il there aosted the song Of . spar-
row ;
For sprig Of green cdrramsy carries me there
To the old village church and the old village
choir.
When clear Of the 10 or my feet slowly swung.
And timed the sweet pulse ofthe praise as they
It'll the glory, aslsnt from the afternoon sun.
Seemed The raitsrs Of gold in Gods temple BE-
gun!
You may emile at the nasals of old Deacon
Who followed BY scent till be run the tune down;
Ard dear sister Green, with more goodness Than
grace.
Rose and fell on the tunes as she stood in her
Aud where ..Corosssioa, e1ultingsy aows.
Tried TO reach the high notes on the tips Of
To the land Of the lsal they went with their
song.
Where the choir and the chorus together belong.
O, b lifted, 70 0sses Let ne hear them again !.
Blessed Song, blessed Sabbath! forever. amen !.
ALL are brothers before God. Mutually
needful We must be; mutually helpful We
should be.
Thar philanthropy which Is most unos-
tentatious springs fFsa The most generous
impulses.
Tue thought Of death, that strikes the
wise man with ave, may leave unehaken
the self-complacency Of the fool The wind
thal rocks The tower whistles through The
hut.
THs sweetest word In our language 10
Love. The greatest word In our language
Is God. The word expressing The shortest
time is Now. The three make tho greatest
and the sweetest duty maa can perform.
In resdiag tho Scriptures, We should not
be satisfied unless We have consciousness
Of reverence, feeling Of dssp interest. and
. desire for spisitual pro6t.
THERE are thirty four dioessss and forty.
four bishops Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in America.
Tmns are 10000 Copts 10 Egypt who
profess species Of Christianity.
CsRIsriANs IN rnE VALE.-Some well
meaning Christians tsemble for their saliva
ton, because they have never gone through
Q valley Of tears and sorrow TO arrive at
regeneration; to satisfy such minds, it may
be observed that the slightest sorrow for cir
is sufficient, il il produce amendment, and
that the greatest Is insufficient, il it do not
Therefore, by their own fruits let them
prove themselves for some soils will take
the good seed without being watered By
tears or narrowed up BY affection.
ALL TaERE-A whole family in heaven
Who can picture or describe the everlasting
10y! No one absent. Nor father, noI
mother, nor son, nor daughter are away
| In the word below they are united in faith
and love, and peace, and joy. In the morn
ing Of the resurrection they assembled to
eether Before the throne they bow to
gether in united alteration. On the bank
Of the River of Life they walk hand IL
hand, and % family have commenced I
career Of glory which shall be everlasting
There 10 hereafter 10 be NO separation il
that family. No one is 10 lie down upon
bed Of pain. No one to wander in the arm,
Of death. Never in Heaven is that fasnil,
to move along in the SLOW procession, clat
in the habiliments Of wee, to consign one o
its members to the tomb. God grant that
in His infinite mercy, every family may b.
thus united. -Rer. Albert Barnes.
KEEPING NEAR rns GRsAy CAPTAIN u
ring the roar and tumult Of great battle il
Northern George. while rows Of artillery
were belchng forth fire and death, and sk,
and land trembled 10 the tutnult Of dread
full battle shock, Witnesses say the littl
birds flew down from the tree tops ant
perched themselves, some upon the should
ere Of the gunncrs, and others upon th'
| very wheels Of the cannon. There they
we're safe. So in the rude and trsmendoui
battle of life We oil need to be near tn
great Captain Of Salvation, and while hi
liehtnings fash and thunders roll, and Or
rowy tempests fall upon his foes, We, ssf
BY his side, can even share in the rapture "
the etrise, and exult in the victories III
gains. Our own strength 10 perfect weak
ness. but our perfect weakness 10 change
into the strength of Omnipotence itself whs'
We walk with Jesus, and wear his armos
aud fight With all prafss and supplisa:ioI
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