Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-24
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
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GRAnATII.
III Dr. ) g. HOLLAND.
Heaven i no; reached By q single bJuaa. ~
but We said n, ladder bv which We rise
From ~ iowl, eafthto the saul' ed skies.
Aud ne mo lnt TO its summit round By round.
Iea,,t these things 10 be grsnd,y true.
tn. = n aob.e deed ~ a step towards God
I.f,fag the .oul from the common sod
To a purer air and q broader view.
weri.e hv .hs thiugs that are uacer our feet.
sr wrst we have masterei IN greed ard
Hf.ae pril. a~epossa andz.hs passion stain.
Apa tue ranquisnei i'll We Aonrlv Enact.
W. hope. We resolve we aspire. we trust.
When the morning calls TO lite aad light.
8nt oar hearts grow weary, aud ere the
our lives are trailing In sordid dust.
Wings for the angels, but feet for the men,
We must borrow the wings to md The way
W. may hope. and resolve, and aspire and
But our feet must rise or We fall again.
Only in dreams is the ladder thrown
From the weary earth 10 the sapphire wall;
Bnt the dreams depart andsthe visions fall,
And the sleeper walks on his pillow of stone.
Heaven IS no. reached al n single bound
Blu, we bu Id the Ia der by Which we rise
trom the lowly earth 10 the vsulted skies.
And VI moun, 20 It's summit found b. round.
The NJ. +. Seminary at Glenwood is to be
raised to a college grade.
The Church Ncus publishes a list Of $50
churches in which lights are bsbl,ually
placed on the alt4r.
Rev. Vim. Windser, recently occupying
the Congregational pulpit at Eddyville, has
moved to Hickory, I'll.
The Eliora Ledger states that the Moths
odist church at that places is going up with
q hurrst-which hu.rah we suppose means
rapidly.
Las. month fourteen Jews became mems
bers Of Christian churches in New York,
a i mex. month five Jews ill be bap>
liz d.
The Charles City htelligeacer says that
the Methodisis and ConsregraticnaliSts are
both building new houses Of worship at
that place.
Tie keossuqua Republican say 5 that the
members Of the Benioasport Methodist Cir.
cult will hold a cainp meeting CONNIE. &c ng
on the 23i inst
The masons are putting the finishing
touches on the Baptist ChuIh at Washing
tor. When completed it will be a very fire
building, and will accommodated large ION,
gcegation.
The new Methodist Church at Webster
CITY will soon be finished and We learn
from the Freeman that it will be dcd Gated
in about two weeks, at the commencement
Of the quarterly meeting.
The English River Baptist Association
will meet At South English, Keokuk county,
ovor the following Sabbath.
The Press states that the work on the NJ.
T. Church at Washington goes on rapidly.
walls are nearly completed, and the carpen-
tiers are busy preparing the timbers. The
towers already present quite an imposing
appearance.
The Trenton True 4neaican states that
Rev. Mr.. Stockton. late city missionary in
that city, and his wife, VINO have been in at
tendance at the camp meeting in Nineland,
became insane on Friday, through religious
excitement.
The number o: Baptist churches in Great
Britain and Ireland is 2,3sl Of members
2l3.7G7. This is less than one quarter, as
compared with the Baptists in the United
States, while Ii is more than double the
nu nber in the rest Of the world.
The Philadelphia Lutheran SAYS: I'm the
Almanac oil 1867 we find A. synod, 1914
ministers, 29l5 congregations, and 323,S25
commandments: and ol these, we venture to
say fully 100000 conrnunicants are Ger>
mans, born abroad or in this country
The Boone Iader says the c. X. & NJ. r.
Railroad Company have donated to the
Baptist Society Of THAT place. a lot Cor them
to erect a church upon. Efforts are being
made for the building Of the vestry OF the
church this season, and next season they
viii try and put up the main building.