Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-03

Horace MAYNARD viii no doab. be selected ,
By the Legislature fsr United States Senator
Ia place Of Judge Patterson, son in law Of
prese en-, johnson, whose term expires on
the tn Of March next.
SUNDAY READING.
THE AWAKENING.
See them 10 r,h lik~ foods to the or-sn.
uasher,as might from each 'eoun.sn and
Wider and deeper the tide Of devotion
Rolls up TO God from the bosoms Of men.
see the vast muintud- mngling in cnofus
Groan a. they gaze from their crimes 70 the
"Fa,her abe midnight Of desth gathers Ger Us.
When wll' the dawn OF redemption draw
nigh
Gray hairs and golden youth, nation and mai
Lovers 81 Mammon and followers Of Fame,
All with the came solems bur ten are laten,
LitpR their souls to that Une mighty Name
vivid rs the pathway thss surges before u.s..
Yer the dark valera he bisck shado ~ lie /; |
Father the m,dnigh, OF death gathers DOR US.
Wh.n Wii the dawn Of redemptios draw
nighs
Look on ~ wanderers sinfai ana iowly.
S,sass cling with grief and tenn ptation below
Thine II ,be towes over eysiythirg holy.
Thine Is the mercy To pity our woe =.
Thine II thu poser cleanse aud res'ore Us,
rpoti-s. and pure ~ the apgeis on high
Fasher. the midnight OF c-a b .thers ger US,
When will ia. dawn of re iemption draw nighs'
Lo the vAst depths Of futurin's ocean
Heaven with JRnov.Hs myst u ne BREATH
Mor,.is press on viii e til. deep - in motion,
sscs H. walk ing 'h- waters OF death
Angels are minginx with men IN The chorus
, he RAJ "a Ia,
Father the biiio~s grow Oyi yh'er before u.,
Heaven with its mansions eternal drss $ NIGH"
There 1900 Presbyterian Churches in
Scotland.
The Rev. q. II. Tiffany, d. D.. Of Chica-
20. 10 learn, has brcone the pastor Of he
! new church At New Brunswick, N. j.
word Of kindness 10 seldom spoken in
vain. while witty sayings ere o. readily
Lost as the pears clipping from . broken
string.
The Msthsdists have decided to found
college II Lucknow in connection with sheis
IN ss,on in India. Their different sch1ols
there have now about three thousand pu-
sils.
OF the nine members of the Missionary
Committee on the Pi.tsburg Methodist Con.
ference three are females. The plan works
veil.
The late John Clark, Of Baltimore, left
the greater part Of his estate u $3.50, 900 10
Sc. johns Methodist Church Of that city TO
he expended in charity. .
We learn that the action Of the Dutch
Reform Church 10 dropping the term
Dutch" from Ito name was not final. The
I proposition goes down before the lower of>
iicial bodies Of the church for ratification
/, before il can be completed.
, The annual session Of the General Cons
vention Of univsrsalisss in the United
States Of America will be held IN the Uni
e versalist Church. in ths city Of Baltimore
4 sd Tuesday. Sept II.
W "lIsvs you no. mistaken the PEE. cir 2
:, blandiy said . Sunday Chesterfield to I
stranger who entered II. ~ beg pardon,
F" said the intruder, rising TO 60 out. II fesr
i have took Il for IA Chris,isn's."
J The Church Union takes . gentleman :,
!, lax because he began letter with Deaf
:. 1.c,hr, ~ and closed il with "Yours u
Christian love-" tiilng the informed At,
u space with the abuse OF those same lovin.
= brethren.
II sest, last year. received AZ rsmuneratiot
:, Tor h,s services slJ1 from M eastern m.
.ionary society, and from his III c,iona,
: lock barrel Of whisky and a kes Of var
" ai.h.
~ Spurgeon. ii he has the govt some time.
ID comes out with good thing brethren,
sand he. III God had referred the ERIK TO
committee on naval affairs. IFS my opinion
It would have not been built yet
The Aiven,ist>, who have been holdin,
~ = camp meeting ~ Warehouse Point, Mss
,r Tor The past week. begin 20 feel bal. The
\, see o. yet 40 signs Of going up, and II the.
:, u,iss TINS chance they will not have anoi he
- opportunity for two thousand years.
&c The theological Sem,nsry in Chicago
he 20 te opened upon the fires Wednesday q
- October. The Rev. g. ". Northern, b
!. d, is 70 all the CHI air Of Systesnasic Theo
."gy, end Rev. g. n. Jackson that Q
. Ec,i-sias .,cal History.
Missionaries in japan report that grad
~ AL tn. rapid changes have be.n going OF
from the ginning IN that county, an
4. ctcuipstancc- indicate thst the Whole Ian
Is about 10 bc thrown opel TO Christian c:
tort.
:" ~ the recent meeting o! The Ohio Con
sre1stionAl Conference discussion ".
= neid ON the w.nt Of a PRESBYTERIAN \ ,tion
So al Conference or General Assembly, III or
der to consolidate and strengthen the de
y uomIuation, and n committee has the mat
te ter IN charge.
=. A Portland paper says that State con
il stable vas noticed in one Of the chufchs
10 in that city on Sunday. with . sharp ~
q II cA~ H..
is~ Q: Name clergy men are liable 10 im
'e pr,sonu,ent, IS the gift Of older or wine Q
any kind is . crime ~ much % iss sale.
u \ General Convention Of tina Preshyter
TO ian Churches 10 a. be held in Pniladelpbi
- ON the second Wednesday in Sept snlbes
Al the call Of the Reformed Preeby tes,a
=" Church, TO consider the question Of III
4 union Of the Presbyterian churches Of sh
ur country. The call embraces al Presbytes
n, ian Churches in The United States.
\. A negro lately gave bis idea Of faith Il
Goo's promises, 10 the following word>:-
"Dss 10 . brick vail, and Dc Losd he stan,
- dsse. and NV 70 me: Now. y ~ yeu I,
re go troo dat ain't gwins TO cay, lord,
~ can't Ii got nufin 70 do bout il. All
:. have 10 dO bout Il is 70 buss asir Il, an'
= it's do Lord's business 70 put ne sroo."
," "whst docs Satan pay vou Tor swear
IS tngs' asked one gsoslensn Of sse.hss H
ed doa't pay mo nything." vss Ne reply.
o. We'll. you work chesp to 10y osids N
r character Of . gentlemen. 10 iniliee % muc
pain on your friends and civil people to suI
10 Ter, end .eAtly the risk Of losing yeus owl
n precious soul-sll fos noshing. You dc Ger
he iainly work cheap-very chssp"
u In regard - the Pan Anglican Couacil
i. the n, \. Observer eivss the folio wing item
"Biahepe Esssburn and PETER hav
% sailed for England, aud Bishops Clarke
Is Hopkins and Wilmer viii soon follow. 4
p. attend the grand council Of Episcopal Bah
ops, 70 commence ita sessions in Westmin
ster Abbey on the 2lsh Of September. Al
The Interests Of the Episcopsl Church vii
e, come under consideration, and the grea
:, rtusli-tic controversy will hardly b.
w avoided
On October 3iss Il will be $50 years sine
e' Luther nailed bic Theses to The door o, ,b