The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-05-19

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Con uses atoms in making worlds, and
notes in saving souls.
If you believe 10 the all wise and glorious
sovereignty Of Jesus Christ say so, if hell
does roar.
Men become great in churchianiiy as they
become small in Christianity.
A very small man may utter very great
truth hence the encouragement some have
topreach.
he who can be proselyted in can be prose
lyted out.
John Randolph, being asked by cele
brated Unitarian clergyman in Baltimore
what he thought Of their system OF Christian.
ity, in his scathing, emphatic tone, replied,
think it wholly Christess.
1t is the habit of some self styled Liberal
lists to cry down others creeds that they may
cry up their own.
Compromise! compromise cries the Devil
10 the advocates of truth. No wonder: whs'
is death TO them is life to him.
The way to be understood is to understand
An inconsistent, self~excusing, faulti find
Ing, do no-good brotherhood in church and
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MgS WASrEp.-The great want of this age
is men: men who are not for sale; men whc
are honest, sound from centre to circumfer'
ence, true to the heart core; men who will
condemn wrong in friend or foe, in them
selves as well as in others; men who vii
stand for the right if the heavens totter snc
the earth reels; men who can tell the truth
and look the world and the devil right in tn,
eye; men that neither brag nor run, mer
tha, neither flag nor finch; men who havs
courage without whistling for it, and 10,
without shouting to bring it; men in WHOM
the current of everlasting life runs still, ant
deep, and strong; men too large for sectsr-
ian limits and too strong for sectarian bonds
men who do nor strive, nor cry, nor cans
their voices to be heard in the streets, bu
who will not fail nor be discouraged Ill
Judgment be set in the earth; men who knos
their message and tell it; men who know the
duty and do il; men who know thess pac,
and fiji it: men who mind their own business
men who will not lie; men who are not too
lazy to work, nor too proud TO be poor; mel
WHO are willing to eat hat they hay
earned, and wear what they have paid for
Investigator.
FoR HoME lvgRsIoS.-Fill a wide
mouthed glass jar with water, and cover
over with piece of"foundation, (the ladie
will understand this. cover that with lay
err of peas, pressing it down so that the pea
will be in the water. They will then swe
and sprout. the roots growing down into tn
water. their fbers presenting beautiful al
pearance Set this iff window, and tn
vines can be conducted to the sill. The Who'll
is very handsome.
If an acorn be suspended hy piece {
thread to within half an inch of some waite
contained in q hyacinth glass, and so PEI
mitted to remain without being disturbed,
will in few months burst and throw a roc
down into the water, and shoot upward i
tapering stem. A young oak tree growing
this way on mantel shelf OF room is a
interesting object.
HAIR THE WiDow's MlrE-A gentlems
called upon rich friend for some charity.
"Yes, must give yoa my mite" said q
rich man.
do you mean the widows mite?' askt
the solicitor
Certainly"
81 shall be satisfied with half as much
she gave said his friend. "How much a
you worth?
Seventy thousand dollars.
"Give me, then, your check for tbirty-h
thousand: thakwill be half as much as 4
widow gsve-for she, you know, gave b
all
Do Coon There is hanging on the wi
Of shepherds cottage. near the ruins Of
Old castle in North Wales. a card on viii
is prnted, in large letters, these lines;
For Jesus Christ's sake
DO all the good you can,
To all the people you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
And as long as you can.
Very simple words, but they lay out wo
for a Christian Lifetime.
DURIxG political discussion between 70
gentlemen at Campbellion, Ca. on Wednt
day last. one Of the disputants, Mr.. J.
Camp, shot the other three gentlemen. l.
of the wounded men were thought TO be
tally injured, but the third escaped seric
damage.
A countryman sold an old stove in Wore
ter, Mass, and on returning home learn
that his daughter had placed in thestove ov
box containing $500, and all his deeds q
valuable papers. He returned to the city
hot haste, and, after considerable delay a
anxiety, recovered bis property.