Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-09-07

With an equal mn-m ialleth
The cooling drip Of the RAIN
nder the sod and the dew,
!, Waiting the judgmee, day;
Wet with the ram, the Blue,
WetwIth the rain. the Gray.
Sadly. but with upbrading,
The generous deed was aone;
In the storm OF the years that are fading,
No Drawer battle was won;
tnder the sod aud the dew.
Waiting the judgment day;
Under the blossoms, the Blue,
Under tie garlAnds. the Gray.
No oore shsll the war crv sever,
Or the W nding rivers be red
They banisl our anger forever,
When thew laUrel the graves OF our dead
Under the sod and the dew,
Waning the Judgmcn. day;
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for tine GRAY.
The fourteenth annual sessions OF the
Iowa Central Baptist Association will be
held at Indianola.
The Plymouth church Of Rochester rec
Gently in single church meeting raised
- 900, to discharge the only outstanding
debt OF the Society, and to plant and i'm
prove their Mission Chapel in the eighth
Ward.
The annual rental Of pews in the Con-
gregational Church in Lansing, Allamakes
couusy, came OF last week, bringing in tho
aggregate the sum Of t6l6, l.. d. Shaw
paid fG5 for one pew.
The Centerville Citizen says q Congre-
gstional Church OF thirty members WAS or
ssnized two weeks since At Cincinnati, Ap.
panoose coanty, asd that the services Of
Mr.. cooper, rs pastor were secured. The
first meeting Of the Church is to be held
the LIST ofSeptember.
The Congregational church. in Colum>
bss, o., have presented their pastor, Rev
Il +. Goodwin, 500, and propose to raise
I- salary to - 5Jo. This was done after
ne had declined TO CONSIDER propositions
from the Park street church Boston.
We are Informed that The Tennessee
enial college has been called the Rev. W E,
CT. Madison, of Boston, TO is Presidency
which he wal probably accept.
Rev. Christian Wisn,r has changed his
iei Of labor from BLOOMFIELD, y j., to
lanAa,o, BIue Earth connty. Mimi aud
desires his Correspondents to make Il note
OF l..
kev. l.. Chaplin, Professor 10 Mchig IN
University, is now IN New York, making
preparations 10 spend year III Europe,
chetl, II purposes o. study. His address
viii be Halle, untl about the middle OF Oc>
tcter, aud then Berlin Tor time.
The NJ. Pleasant Home Journal says
that the NJ. f. Asbury Church of that
town, having more members than could be
accommodated IN their church building, haye
swarmed, the swarming members. together
with the college members, forming a new
congregation TO be called Main Street Sta.
ton. They vii erect new church, on
Main street, north of DR.. kern's dwelling.
The consistory Of the Collegiate church>
es in the city of New York has passed the
following resolution in reference to the
change Of name:
Resolred, Tina, this Consstory hereby
expresses it's opinion that this chang. is
| unca|led for, nnAlsc. aud very dangerous to
he peace, prosperity, and even the exists
| cnee OF the Church, especially if it b cars
! led ont in the time aud manner proposed.
The prospectus has been issued of a
new religions paper 10 he called the Chris.
'nn Neigtbor, which Will soon be published
| ut some point in South Carolina. While
the Christian NeighJor with the NJ. f.
Church, South, is designed To be free from
| sectional and sectarian spirit.
Rev Isaac g. Bliss, we learn from the n
y. Erangctist, has secured SOS, 1856 for tn,
Bible House at Constantinoplc. not includ,
| ing the donation of $500 American or
gan. This success Of Mr. Bliss, amids,
msny discouragemcnts, will be greatly graf,
flying to 50 many friends Of the enterprise.
| Sach structure, which il may be set down
rs certain TO be secured, will give "visibili-
w and appearance of permanence 60 eva.>
| ;elzing efforts in that country, and will fa-
| vorably impress the Oriental mind.
The Rev. Isaac Kellsr, the pioneer miss
| sionary Of the Presbterian Church in PEG
ria, H., aud also preacher At McConnels>
burg, Pa, llag arstown, Ind. Mooriieid, W.
and Williamsport, Nd, recently died near
Peoria. .. the age of IS. The Presbyterian
| says u him: This aged minister Of Christ
expired At his residence near Peoria, July
Goth, 1867. lie was born February 9Th.
1889, in the vicinity Of llsgarstown, Md
| lie received his collegiate education .,
Warrington, Pa. and his theological .,
Princeton, N. J. He was licensed by the
Carlisle Presbytery in 1918. Mr.. Keller was
one Of the pioneer Presby terrain ministers OF
| this Western country. lie Was man OF
ability. His preaching was chiefly doctsinsl
and wholly extsmporarJ. His familiarity
with all the teachings Of Gods Word quail
fled him 10 hold vigorous and successful Or
gument with The oppossrs Of truth wherever
he encountered them"
From . letter in the Northeastern. We
learn that Bishop Kingsley passed the Al,
1 nt La. A. r
the same name. the home Of Calvin. saw
the house, n substantial stone building, end
visited the cathedral in which he used 10
preach, d saw the college he founded. L.
The old chair used by him is still in the
cathedral, much palmer than our mod. err
chairs The old parts Of Geneva, like the
Old paris Of European cities, are ir.egula,
and crowded, With narrow. crooked streets
Geneva commands grand view Of boar,
old Mont Blsnc, and the newer portion,
of the city are beautiful. The town 10
$4,000 inhabitants. The public library
founded in 1901, contains 5000 volumes
an many relics OF the stirring times o,
the reformation. lie are autograph
letters of Calvin, Beza, Melancthon, Luther
Rousseau, and many others. 1t being th,
4th of July, We saw many American flag.
floating in the breeze but the special serv-
ices connected with the dav were to tax,
place in the evening. and my engagement,
did not allow me to remsin returned Ia
Lansard and addressed the German con-
creation through Bro. Nelson, ny inter
prefer"
The Presbyterian says: The Conerega,
tional church ct Binghampton, n, ". have
commenced erecting fine house Of worship
to epst, probably, no, less than thirty tbou
sand dollars. They have called Rev. Ed,
ward Taylor, recently of BROOKLYN. to b,
Their pastor, and expect him to enter upor
ms iaoors among them as soon a. he re,
turns from Europe in . tnooth or two.
during the last year six scholarship
we're established in Pr,nes.on Theological
SEMINARY, to wit: 1.-The Latimer Scholar
! snip. OF three thousand dollars, by a lad,
0. fhiisdelphia The Fowler Scholarship.
Of ,~'nty >hve hundred dollars. by Messrs
: Z. \. ana W. G Fowler, Of New York civ
coonscted with the church a, Peekskill n
I, the uayton Scholarship Of twenty
I've hundred dollars, by Georss DAYTON
Esq.,. Of Peehski'l. n. Y; "Tse Ar,hu,
Peinberton Sturscs sch.larsh;n :" of s.s r
,y>6ve hundred dollars, bv jain S,urses