Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-07
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
.uJNDAY READaNGa.

0UNOAY READlNGa.
GrowinG Old.
n nArsuEw ARNOLD.
Whist is il TO grow old
Is il 20 ose the glory OF the form,
lac iustre of the ever
IL !, for beauty TO forego her wres.h
Yes, bus not his alone.
4, i, N fe.l our strength
Not our bloom only, but or ssrength-decsy
H. II to feel each limb
s,row SITTER. every function less exact,
Each nerve m5-e weakly sirungs
Yes this sad more but not,
An, It's mo- wnst n youth We dreamed 'twould
bel
| lis not 70 have our life
Mellowsd and softened - with ssaset glow.
A golden days declinel
lis not 70 see the world,
AZ from . height. with rapt prophetic eyes.
And heart profoundly stirred
Aad weep. ana feel the fusssss Of the past.
The years that ere NO more
| II is 10 spend long days
And not once feel that We were ever Young,
! IL II 30 sdd. immused
In tie hot prison Of the present. month
To month with weary pain.
| II ID TO suffer this
And feel hu. half, and feebly, whsa We feel,
Deep in our hidden heart
Testers the dull remembrance OF change.
But no emotion-none.
II ., last stage Of all
When we are frozen up within, and quite
The phi anton Of ourselves.
To hear the world applaud the hollow ghost,
Which blamed the living man.
DR.. Bellows is in good health again.
| Tho $500. 600 new synagogue in New
York is nearly finished.
"Ths Lungs Of tho Lord" was the title Of
. Scotch paper published City years since
in Glasgow.
Prayer 10, a. Il we're, . battle fought in
heaven, not in wrath or revenge, but with
faith and holy submission.
Inwrought prayer, that hath spirit in
il, carrieth oil before it-nothing can bind
or hold it from prevailing.
Beecher 10 suffering at the hands Of re-
ligious editors on sccount Of "Noswood
They can't appreciate the ''calm poetry Of
New England" behind the footights.
A remarkable religious revival Is in pro-
gtess in Upton, Mass. Prosracted meetings
have been held over two months. Nearly
hundred conversions are reported.
Always send your little child to bed hap.
py. Whatever cares may trouble your
mind, give the dear child . wan good
night kiss as il goes TO its pillow. The
memory of this in the stormy years which
may be in store for the little one, will be
like Bethlehem's star to the beuildesed
shepherds and swelling up in the heart
will rise the thought my father my
mother-loved me- Lips parched with
fever will become dewy again at this thrill
Of useful memories. Kiss your little child
before it oes to sleep.
A COMMON IRPEvxRRNcE.-We are not
accustomed TO look to the Memphis Ava
lAnche for moral instruction. yet the follow
ing is not unnecessary. We recollect see
ing in . Milvsukee paper that, on the re-
turn Of Sunday School Of that city from
an excursion on Lake Michigan. resolutions
q wese adopted thanking the "clerk Of the
!; weather" for having given them pleasant
1 day. We nov quote the Avalanche at
: has become quite fashionable Of late for the
newspapers TO speak Of the clerk Of the
weather We make no psetentions to self
righteousness-we despiss sanctimOnioue
hypocrisy but to call Him who directs the
.
), lightning who sends the rain, the hail
the sleet the SHOWS, the harvest, the sea-
/. sons, the CLERK Of the weather. is species
Of wickedness amounting to impiousness.'
The "SroKEBs." -Clergymen VII, have
indignantly skipped the story in the Allan.
tic. since the first appearance Of the obnox-
J. ious Stoker, may like to see what is Dr.
Holmes reply to the numerous assaults be
has borne on account Of that character:
at is lamentabie to be forced to add that
the Reverend Joseph Bslamy Stoker is only
. . softened copy Of too many originals, to
whom, as a regular attendant upon divine
worship from my childhood TO the presen,
}. time, have respectfully listened, while
10 they dealt with me and mine and the balk
- Of their fellow creatures after the manner
n. of their sect If, in the interval between
ig his first showing himself in my story and
al a. its publication in scDarate volume, any
. thing had occurred to make me question
lie the justice or expectancy Of drawing and
exhibiting such . portrait, l should havs
reconsidered it, with the view Of retouchine
its sharper features. hut it's essentia
truthfulness has been illustrated every
month or two, since my story has been il
the course Of publication. by fresh exam
, pie from real life, stamped in darker color
than any with which should have though
Of staining my pages. There are q grea
y many good cleigymen to one bad one, but
writer finds il hard 70 Keep to the true pro
portion Of good and bad persons in tellin,
. story. The three or four good minister
| have introduced in this narrative, mus
stand for many have known and loved
%. and some Of whom count to-day anon,
I Al 4
= and wisest of them will like this story ant
. approve it. II they cannot do all this,
know they will recognize it ~ having beef
written with right and honest purpose.
ADAM AND THE Angel OF PARADms-A
Abel lsy in bis blood, and Adam stood owe
e the slain one and wept, there came IN angt
of heaven 10 the father Of man. His brow
WAS earnest, and he stood by him silent
= Adam raised his face and spoke. lis tina
an image of the race that will spring iron
me. And will . brothers blood, shed by
brothers band, forever stain the earth -
The angel answered "Thou aavest it "
n 'Oh with what name will they cal th
y dresdful deeds" asked Adam.
With tear in his eye the he avsnly bein
answered: "War."
u Then the father Of the human raos shut
dered, sighed and spoke. "Oh Why mus
n. the noble and Just fall by the hand Of III
rnrighteousy'
The angel was silent.
Fus Adam continued his complaining an
y. said Now. in ny sorrow, what seusir
to me on THIS blood stained easthv
The angel answered and spake: 18th
glance u heaven -
., Then he vanished.
l. AZ AL -
the stars we're risen hs spread cut bis arm
toward Orisn, end cried: ''Oh. 70 shinir
watchers .: the gate Of Heaven. Why val
der ye 90 silentf II il better Suited mo
- tai TO hear the sound Of your voice, o, spes
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