The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-07-28

SUNDAY READING.
Losxms usro Jrsus. -Amoug The grand
and awful scenery Of Switzerland nothing
surpaAses that Of the VALLEY, Or gorge, Of
Zermatt Or sithsr bard, hsroush, raEged
sides riss to The height Of hundreds OF feet II
skill and patience hevo coostruc4ed path fol
travellers and mules whers { eoat could
hardly End and keep foothold. Here the
pathway il hung upon - stsep cliG shove
are rocks hundred TT % mora beiOw,
far, far down, rosrs and 36Ams the pent-up,
angry river. Here the pathway il carried
over It upon m arch, one hundred and fifty
or two hundred feet aboye the stream, but.
tressed on either hand BY the everlasting
rocks. Here il bends down, and the traveller
can touch the water with his staff here il
creeps up with countisss windings to the very
summit Of the gotgs.a
Amid such awful sublimity, you make your
journey. Let your companions be - many
and as merry - you please, the journey will
be silent one. II is not danger that re-
presses laughter and speech; lis the pres
ence Of q grandeur that overpowers and awes
Thus, for three hours-hours never to Re for
gotten, never to be repeated-you make your
slow and solemn way onward. Then thu
gorge widens the steep, rough sides recede
and earth has no more wonderful scene than
that which is before you--a valley, green
with Alpine yerdure; three large, broad gla.
ciers breaking in upon the wheat and grass
mountains crowned with snow, and rosy with
the sunlight; before you, bursting up from
the eternal snow, and rising fifteen thousand
feet, bare, dark pyramid of rock, the thin
vapors enshrouding its far.of summit.
just where the gorge begins. in little
space upon the right of the pathway, stood a
wooden crncifx, and upon it rude image OF
JESUS and below his feet the inscription,
" Let thy look Be upon Jesus" 1t was . fl
word in fit place, an apple Of gold in pic,
ture Of silver.
One may not pass through Zermatt gorge
looking upon rock, and stream, and noun,
tain /; his look must be upon Jesus.
One may not 90 through life looking upon
riches, pleasures, honors his look must be
upon Jesus.
One can not go through the dark, terrible
grave but with his look upon Jesus.
When the appointed hour comes, may we,
as did Stephen, see Jesus in glory, and die
looking unto him who overcame the sharp
ness Of death, and opened the kingdom Of
heaven to all belieyersl
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the concluding paragraphs Of the address Of
Rev. 8. Fallows, Of Milwaukee, ct the recent
dedication of Heck Hall, Evanston, ILL.,, were
the following:
We do not want to revive the notions and
conceits of the Middle Ages, and clothe the
preacher with infaliibility, His claims viii
be treated as they should, with contempt. Il
is said the tailor makes the man. We DO not
want minister made by.a few touches of q
masculine miiiner's hand. There Is no magic
virtue transmitted to him By the laying on OIL
priestly hands. If the manheu1f 10 not there
the minister il not there. Many may present
themselves for ordination, Ike IL candidate
TO Presbyterian Clergyman Tho latte,
him, so he placed his walking stick upon hi
head, saying climber 10 TIMBER The min.
lister must be able to say. like Terence Of old
81 am a man, and there is nothing pertaining
to humanity that 10 foreign ~ me-, Boldly
m ist he stand up for thsstthth. The cry O.
unanits must find echo adds voice within
hi n. He must not come to deal with evil
with the delicate rap Of the kid covered
kn1ckle, nor with the button hole touch Of 4
superannnated rumonstrance, but with joir1s
rimmed with iron; with the strength of the
bfAwny EAtellas in Virgil yhen. he buried
his cestrasin the forelsads& the or before
him, aad Aid il quivefing the affairs front
We do not want pulpit whose representa-
tives shall deem it their highest glory to sneal
into neighboripg fold and steel the sheer
and lambs. We do not see the difference be
tween this and any other sheen stealing. w,
against all other branches Of the Church. anc
rifle their treasures to build MP and enrich it.
own.
We do not want pulpit that shall be en-
gagged to defend Christianity, and yet max,
war upon its fundamental truths. DIR. Pea
body, in an ordination sermon of Unitarian
minister, complained recently that the pulpit
had become SO comprehensive that if Thoma
Paine were living he would have :. Rev. :
prefxed to his name, would come to th,
Unitarian Conferences as delegate from
somes parish. ard. if he we're denied thei
pulpits Or refused their press, would conside
II the greatest bgotry. We want pulp
loyal to Christ--one that shall preach hi
life which regenerates and his death which
redeems's--e pulpit which shall have tn,
broadcast and most generous culture.
We SHALL ne LIKE HiN.-Itisa blesse,
hope that We shall be like him. The bride
groom will CONS, aud bring with him al
those that he&ook 10 him. Ehoss that wer
too ktodsf6r earth, because ripe for heaven
and therefore gathered into everlasting oar
ners, he will bring with him. Those OF
whom the cold shadow Of death has lain 70
many = long aud weasy year, no will walker
from the sleep Of death and bring with him
The infant which dropped from its mother
lap she thought into unknown space, sh
will find was laid in the lap Of its Father il
heaven, this infant he viii bring with him
The babes that fell from the tree of life, AM
he. raA H., Al
wear of years by its branches, the fair, III
beautiful, the holy ones that we would hav
kept because we loved them, whom Go
took home because he loved them better, wi
all reappear With not one spot or blemish lei
upon single brow, not one rude mark re
manning on the spirit, not one sting in an
heart; ell sensations hiies, alfughta beauty
oil soands mueic. The hTido ehall receig
The bridegroom. and 6he nha1l no more e
out, and there shall be no moFe tears.' Ho
beautiful the apocalytic passage; It 10 almoi
> music to hear It: And there SAall be n
more tears, nor sorress,n n1e crying, nc
DEATH all things shall be made NV. -
The UsE OF Muskrrors. d. oRood fint
thst eRea naskeAoes do GOD tery;ce "a u
world, and ars- useful even p those vi
anasheqataq I'm:
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q wisdom, md be h - much opposed
, idlensss md inefls1nncy = 70 fslly nd in
providence. Hs keSps III rseiuaf 1 Fsatrr
ever On the alssl; md n rider aees he !
the Wild beasts about nan = : kind Of VA,
10 KEEP fhsm auake; - e9nsn It III
the stera destiny a. iabesk uoodsnan eth
to slsy or be slain. 81 u - ~ bear d
BE- eatAp by him. ,E5ea ihp aSno4ig indss
tkaetws = htals isve, 81 ~ s1slt