Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-09-21

When wander too near them lis wondrous
to see
How everything shrinks from & beggar HSe
me-
Perhaps tbs dream but sometimes when I
lie
Gazing far up in the dark blue SKY,
Watehing for hours some large ight star
| fancy the beautiful gates are siar.
Aud host OF white ROBBED, nameless things
Come ha,tering Der me in guided wings;
4 baud that Ia strangely soft and lar
tafesse- gently my tangled hair.
And voice ike the carol Of wild bird
he sweetest voice that ever was heard
Calls me many dear pet dame,
ill my heart and spirit ere a. 80 ame
And tells me of such uat cnnded love.
And bids Inc come up 10 their home above:
They look at me with their soft blue ewes
As cMm and ar ght as the sumperssies;
And II seems to me, out Of ths dreary night,
IN going up TO the world OF light,
And away from the hunger and storms 50 wild;
am sure shall be somebody's child
Zion's Herald advertises two coloYcd
preachers, '.of superior parts" who want
white congregations. It says, 'now breth-
rem, let US practice ~ We preach"
DR.. Cumming. who prophesied the end Of
the world this year, says he has made
mistake in the eetimates, which, when corr
rected. will postpone the event / 900, 900
years. Let US wait and see if The doctor is
right in his new calculation.
The Wesleyan conference in England rc>
quire pledge from candidates for ordina>
ton to abstain from the use of tobacco
! One gentlcmans ordination was postponed
year because he refused to comply. The
decision, says the Pail Mall gazette, hiss
| produced some excitement, as the Wesleyan
ministry contains fair average Of smokers
The largest ministerial salaries in New
York and Brooklyn are those received by
Chaplin and Becchsr. The former has 49,
600, and the latter $l2, 800. Each is the
owner Of handsome residence, presented
by devoted constituents. Chapin's is on
35th street, and Beecher's on Columbia
street. Both pastors turn handsome outs
side pennies.
Auguste Comtc. though dead, Is, through
his English followers, about to found new
sect. A church founded on Pos,tiveism is
now forming in London, where meetings
have for some time been held, sermons
preached, and the abstract principles Of the
French philosopher reduced TO religious
iormulary. The new sect repudiatcs the
supernatural origin Of religion, making
man Its source and object. Humanity is its
deity, aud eminent men who have contribs
uted to the improvement Il the race are obs
cts Of worship. Comte is an object Of
special reverence.
A d,rkey preacher was telling how Adam
was the first man created, and set up
against the fence to dry. An old brother,
who sometimes had lucid ideas, interrupted
him ami said: ''if dat is true, who made
de lencei' pass around dc sasser'
\ minister having preached the same Z; IS
course 10 his people three times, one Of his
constant hearers said TO him after service
"Dector, the sermon you gave rs this morn
ing has had three several readings; move
that it now be passed.
There Is dignity about that going
away alone, we call dying that wrapping
the mantle Of Immortality about US that
putting aside with a ale hand the azure
cui tai.is that ale a~n urounl this cradle
Of a world that ventu, ing away rom home
for tho first time IN Our lives; for We are
net deal-taerc is 'oging i ad To sye I,
Of am We only 20 oil seeing foreign conn
tries not laid down On the map W. know
about. There mus, he "vely lands setue.
where starwani, fsr nome return that rc
tti;her, and NC very mach doubt if aHr
would if:hcv could.
We haze AZ ati.ln' u,anc,, The w0rl
goes n devoted husband, IAN "-ood Dro.
wider" AL alt c, 30 ate .ather, and u mem,
ber oia ba-c bill W.. Except in this co..
Objectionable habit, lie may hc said to b
resp Ct d'lc. La. lac how mortifyiug &.
his friends and .sGisy. a. Wei rs 10 tie . r,
son, WAS the -, lie oil receot Sund = eve
ming, wiIIn after the usual preliminary ex
efcises, the text WAS given ou;, "uoS ar
the mighty fallen. Our friend looked "
inquirnlly at the preacher and in H.
rneekest tone Of voice possible replied al
Give II up"
At Sabbath School concert" held in
one of the pre,tiest towns in Western New
York, 4 portion Of the exercises was each
scholar r, pca.iug 4 verse of Scripture, 10
which should be s)ani the word love
When it cinie to the turn Of Miss j.. a
beautiful young lady Of IS, and sin the
market, she was uaprcpared with an ans
swer, but before the exercise IVES concluded
she remarked 80 the teacher that she had
found the verse. II was IL love those who
love me. and those who Geek me early shall
find me-"
Nature will be reported. All things are
engaged in writing their history. The
plant ard tho people 90 attended by their
shadow. The rock leaves its scratches on
the mountain side, the river its bed in the
coil, the animal leaves bone in the stratum,
the fern and the leaf their modest epitaph
in the coal. The falling drop makes it's
epitaph in the sand or stone; not footstep
10 the snow or along the ground, but prints
IN character more or less lasting, map of
it's march; every act Of man inscribes itself
on tho memories Of it's fellows. and in his
own face. The air 10 full Of sound; the sky
of tokens, the ground is all memoranda Gig.
natures, and every object is covered over
with hints which speak to the intelligent.
| OLD TixEs -When Mrs. John Adams
went 10 Washington, in 1900, on the way
from b fillmore she found nothing but
woods. Hero and there was q log cabin in
the forest, with single glass window; but
she travelled miles without seeing . human
being. Washington she describes as
"wilderness city The vessel bearing her
wardrobe had not yet arrived up the Poto>
mac, and. like the modern Mrs Wracge.
che wanted her things" She had not
even a looking glass The barn>like White
House was unfinished, and had no bells.
She used the Fast Room for drying linen
after the family washing. Twelve fires
were TO be KEEP: up. Labor was high and
very scarce. To her great relief a Depart