Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-05

| I've kept tht old folks snug and warm,
And iive ed without tsings Of harm,
dom care how tile stor n may blow.
| And on this same old farm I'll stay,
Aud raise my cattle and my corn;
| Here shall tnese hairs turn wholly grey;
These fact shall never learn to stray;
But will die where was born.
And Farmer Joe pulled down his hat,
And stood upon his feet once more;
No would not argue after that,
But, like born erlstocfet,
Kept on his walk about the floor.
| Thomas LAKELAND.
The Free. Church Missionary Recorder
says that the sums gwen by the British
| Government FOR the maintenance OF Popery
now amo0nt to upwards offlO0Oa day.
In Chicago 100000 persons are without
the influence OF tho Gospel, ~ preached
from any pulpit; 10000 Of these spend the
Sabbath in saloons and beer gardens.
The minutes the General Congregation
al Association Of Illinois show fatal Of 222
churches 10 tbs state, with a membership
of lp,S63, and an increase Of l,722 during
the year. Minu.cs reported 229 beptisms
Sl2 adults ard 500 Infants
The journal Of the Episcopalan Convention
OF New jersey reports llo parishes, ia
clergy men, 8, SAC commandments, and $500
457 contributed las, year. There were IA
paTishes,tl clcrgymen, ,S6i communi>
csn,s,snd Sfl .Tyi contributed in louisiana
the pas, yess.
The population Of Boston, Massachusetts,
rs 1884, goo. II has loo places Of worship,
averaging Geo sisilngs, providing accom-
| modations for 10000, and leaving $4,000
for whom there is no place in the house OF
Cod. Trensons with..a population Of 10000
has 1913 Protestan! families who never 20
| 10 church.
| At rscsnt baptism Of nine persons In
Derby, VT, by . Methodist minister, four
IN odss Of baptism were practiced. Two Of
he candidates stood ~ she watcr's edge and
'werc sprinklcd some went into the water
. little way, kneelcd down, and had water
poured on them others vent 10 waist
dsep, and had water poured on them and
soms wcro immersed.
A letter from Missouri 90 tho Religious
Herald says II 10 no. the custom to pay
teachers or preachers IN this State. The
church in ---- are able TO pay their pas
tor salary of 81 500 year, but he gets
not mere than floo. IL is SO generally
throughout the State.
The official statement. read before tho
British Wesleyan Conference, at its late
sess on, of tho number Of members in the
society at home and Oh the Mission Sta.
sicrs. shows that in the HON. Churches
there are 3ST ,070 members, this being an
increase on the previous year Of 5,Se7. The
number on trial is u ,5s7. On Mission sta-
ton the number Of members is 6l ,794 las,
year 81, sac increase. ,s9l members on
trisl, T.G4i.
The Presbyterian makes the following
estimate Of the united strength of the Pres
bytcian Church when the Old School
branches aha.l DO brought together There
viii result SO synods, 2S5 presbytcries,
IA, l72 ministers, 500 liocntiates, $50 candi>
dates, 1882 churches. 407,Ssy commune,
cAnts, 3S5, 200 in Sabbath Schools. Cur
contributions would be for foreign missions,
perhaps 100000 homo missions, $685.
900; education. 5000, 900; publication,
$50, 900 congregational, 81, 00O, 900 9th
Or objects, $500 900.
Two men we're ct work in hay>field in
Brookfield, Conn.,, when . heavy shower
csmc on attended with severe thunder and
tightening. Ono Of the men, who had been
always noted in that locality for his wicked
ness, remarked to bis companion that he
would like to have q string Of Lightning
around his neck. Hardly had he finished
the sentence when thunderbot struck
him on the head. tearing it completely
asunder and laying him corpse on the
field. Is this not an instance Of Divine
wrath
The N. y. Christian Advocate publishes
On official statement Of the returns Of the
centenary reports for twenty seven confer>
oncss Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The collections i, these conferences reach
the large sum Of 81, 343, s95. From 40 con.
!ercnccs official returns have rot yet been
received. The Advocate thinks that the
complete reports will show . sum Of over
sir millions. The gathering Of this large
sum for church purposes in . single yeas
reflects great honor upon the denomination
, According to the Christian Witness
(Episccpalan) the Protestant Episcopal
Church is relatively not now so numerous
IN the United States As formerly. That pa.
per says. Ninety years ago We had enc
: Clergyman for every ten thousand Of TIE
people; now we have only one TO every fifty
thousand, aud this discrepancy is incress
ing. The past two years the additions
have not filled the places maoe vacant ~
death and disability. Ia some instances
there is not single candidate for orders
to-day. The East has not single clergy
man to spare for the West. There 10 not
diocese where there are no. . number, OF
vacant parishes, and in some Of them these
can almos, DO counted by scores.
He who wants 70 do great deal Of good
| AZ L. V.c~ :.
made up Of little things. II is but once 10
an age that occasion 10 offered for deing .
good deed. True greatness consists in be-
ing great in small things. How are rails
roads built! BY one shovel Of dirt after
another; one shovelful at . time. Thus
atops make the ocean. Hence, W shou!d
, % willing to do little good at time, and
never wait to do great deal Of seodiat
once, II We would do much good in the
: world We must be willing to do il in little
1 wings, niue acts one after another spsak>
'nss WORD here, giving . tract there, and
setting . good example all the tins w.
, must do the frat thing We can. and The n.rt
: and then the next, and so keen on DON.
good. This is the way 10 accomplish snvs
thing. Thus only shall We do eli the eecd
10 our power.
In reference to the liquor question the
Missouri Democrat, radical newspaper.
says:
at is strange how impracticable good
msu some:imcs are, The Temperance men
seem not to consider that the defeat OF the
Republican party would not only prevent
: che adoption Of desired legislation, bat lead
!, 10 the repeal of existing laws"
! That 10 precisely the case. A doeat OF
The radical party will prevent Il . I'd ,ption
Of prohibitosy legslaties, AMI ID to The
repeal Of existing pDhibitosy Laws q Iowa.
Dubuque HeralA