Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-09

BRINGING ouRsn;AvEs WITH rs.u

That am burdened not 20 mt IN WIN s's"
A with heaviness Of hssrt ard bf'in'
Master. behold my she~ves
Pew. light. and worthless yet their trihins
rhr Nh MI nv frame a wcary aching ie.vss;
For ioue ! struggled with my hsp'ess hate.
A nd ,,sid and tyilca till 4 WAS datk and lac,
Yet these ure ~. my ,helves.
Full veil ! Anow have more tsres than
Br.mbiss and flowers. dry stalks. and ~i,hcr.
Wherefore blush and weep, ss u, thy feet
knsel dswn revefestiy, and repeat,
hsster, behels ny shssyss.
ksow these blos.ems. clustering heavily
With evening" dew upon thsir folded leaves.
Con claim NO value nor utility
Therefore shsli frequency aud beauty be
The glory VI my sheaves.
SO do gather strength and hope anew;
For we'll know Thy patent love PEI ceives
And though the full, ripe ears he sadly lev,
Thou wilt accept nv shssses.
whatever advantage ne snatch beyond
portion allott.6 Us by nature, 10 like mon>
o. spent bel, re- Il 10 due, which at The came
tim Of regular payment, will be missed
and regretted.
The chief art OF learning 10 70 attempt
but little 1t time. Tho widest excursions
Of the mind are m,ds by short flights. f,e
quenuy repeated; the most lofty scicnces
are formed by the continued accumulation
81 single propositions.
II 10 by affllction chiefly that the heart Of
man is purified, and tie thoughts are liked
Oh . better state II is seldom that We IRE
otherwise, than by sfiiiction, awakened 10
sense Of our imbecility, or taught 10 know
how little our acquisitions can conduce to
,afs,y or quiet; and how justly We may as
sribe TO The superin,endsnce Of higher
power those blessngs which, in the wanlon-
nsss Of success, W consider - the attain>
ments Of our policy or courage.
A SHALL stone often makes q great noise.
A small friend 10, At tunes, = greater annoy
ancc than . wise enemy. You'll not sweet>
en- yeur mouth BY saying honey" II .
man would live in peace lie should BIO blind,
deaf and dumb DO good and throw it into
the sea; il the fish know il not, the Lord
will. Who f.ars God need no: fear man.
IT thy Zoe be Is small as gnat, fancy him
o. largo - an elephant. A man who weeps
tor every one will coon have lost bis eye.
sight. More 10 learned from CONVEX alton
than from books A friend 10 Of more worth
than . kinsman. He rides seldom who
never rides anything but borrowed horse.
Trust 10 The whi,sness Of his turban who
bought The soap on edit. Death is black
camel, that knsel. before every mans ioor.
liz who worships st the ,hrinc Of Truth
cannot b bigotsd. lie knows that truth
can never suffer from inves,ieation. 1t is
error that loves The night. and glo my cav
ems. Her dress 10 dark, her countenance
10 dark. and, in short. there lie nothing but
darkness about her. Darkness 10 Der moth
&C; and she 10 akin to nothing that 10 bright.
CLOSING OF beautiful. But ruth courts in
vsstigation. Her dwelling place 10 In the
light. Her mild, glowing eountenance
bushes not at the scrutning gaze. While
Error lies trembling lest reason should msks
new discoveries that will weaken her, Truth
stands and gives man smile Of appreciation
for encouragement II you love ruth. bs
not afraid TO investigate. lfyou entertain
opinions that you dare not risk against the
attacks ef their opponents. It T. good evils
dence that they are unsound.
The preciousncss Of little tliags was
never more beautifully expressed than in
the following moroccan by Il +. Taylor:
Little martsn boxes Of homes arc gencr.
ally the most happy snd cozy.
Little villages are nearer to bong atoms
Of . shattered paradise than anything We
know Of.
Little fortunes bring the most content,
and little hopes the least disappointment.
Little wvrds are the sweetest to hear
Little charities fiy farthrst and stay long
cot on the wing.
Little lakes are the stillest, little hearts
tho fullest and Little farms thc best titled.
Little books are the most read, and little
songs the most lovei.
When nature would make anything, O..
peeial,y rare and beauiiiul-shc makes i,
iissle-,it,le pearls, little diamonds, snd
lii 10 dews.
Multum in Parvo much in littlc-is tho
great beauty OF I'll We loved hest, hope fos
most, and remember the longest
The American Board Of Missions, at Bos,
ton, have accepted the invitstoa 20 take
part in the Paris Exhibition. They have
sent beautiful chart showing the places
where they have missions, and large cIl
lection Of works prepared by missionaries
in native languages, illustrating also their
contributions to ethnosrsphy and phiology
Eigh, hundred different publications. are
sen, in the following languages: Moderr
Greek, G,mco- Turkish. Bulgarian. Modern
Armenian, Ancient Armenian. Armcno,
Turkish, Armeno, Koordi-h, Ancient Syriac,
Modern Syrirc, llebr, w>Spsnish, Arabic.
Persian, Malay Arabic. Siamesc Bugcss,
Chinese Cour, dialect, Canton. Chinese,
Marathi, Hindustani. Tamil, Mpongwe,
Dikcle, Bakele, Zulu katir, Choctaw, Cher
okee, Ojibwa, Seneca, Oscotsh, Usage
Creek. Hawaiian. Gilbert Islands, and Pc,
naps, Of the Caroline lslands.
A large number Of these Languages were
fret reduced to writing BY the missionaries
Some gentlemen in Boston were invited in
to view them at the missionary House.
There were placed upon table. in contras,
on one side some Of the hideous images o.
she former gods Of the Sandwich Islands
the idols once worshipped by tie people
and on the 9sher side the Bibls and vari.
Gus other books in the Hawaiian language
and copies Of six newspapers and periodical,
now published At the islands, two in Hawai-
ian and four in English.
Voltairs said: 1.-THE more married mer
you have the fewer crimes there will be-
Marriage renders man more vistuous ant
more wise. A man unmarried 10 but bal
able to make things right. and il cannot b,
expected that in this imperfect state he cas
keep the straight path Of recutude. any
more than boat With one oar, or . Dir,
~ish one wing can keep straight course. =
In nine cases out Of ten, where married mel
become drunksrds, or where they commit
crimes againse The peaee Of the community
the 6oundatioo Of these aets was laid Will
in single state, or where the wife 10. - !
sometimes the case, an unsuitable match.-
Marriage changes the current Of : nsa'
feelings, and gives him . center Tor hi
thoughts, his affections, and HE acts :
Here 10 homo for the . tire man, and III
interests Of bic better half keep him fsos
erratic courses. end from falling into
thousand temptations to which he woul
otherwise be exposed. Therefore, III
friend to marriage is the friend to societ
end his country"
What s nohler or ho ier than charity >
Charity looketh kindly on the errias; sh
entreatcth the misguided without ending
and leads back the guilty to the path Of ,e.
tituds, forgetting the sins that ate past :
Charity mocklth not at tho proud or Ii
| humble she perceive.h that enrh hath