Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-17
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The IL dark. my Father ! Clcud on cloud
IL gsfhsring thichly Ger my head, aud loud
The thunders rcar above me. See. I stand
Like one bswiliered Father, take take TT
And through the gloom
Lead safely home
Thy child.
The day goes fast. my father And my soul
l. drawing datkly down.My %isithiess s'gbs
Secs ghosilv visions. Fears. aspeetrai NAM
Encompass me. o. Father, take my hand.
And from the oisht
Lead up TO lat
Thy child,
The vsv il long. nv Father, And nv soul
Longs for tho rest and quiet Of the goal
While We, ! journey through the weary land
Keep me freni wandering. Father, sake my
Quietly asd ssrsiehs
Lead to Hssves's gate
Thy child.
Tee psth 10 rough. ~ father lfsny . thorn
Has pierced ne, aaa ny weary feet "a tori
And bleeding. msrk The way. Yes Thy con.
Bids M prsss ferwssd. Father. take my hand.
Then safe and biest
Led up 70 rest
Thy child.
The throng is great, ny Father, Many . doub,
And fear and danger compass Ne about,
And toes Cypress me 90. cannot stand
Or go slsus. U. Father. take my hand.
And through the 'hrons
Lead safe along
Thy caild.
Tia cross is heavy, Father have borne
IL long, and still do hear il. Let my word
And fainting spirit rise 10 III at blest land
Where crowns ere given. Father, take my
hand.
And reaching down
Lead 20 the crown
Thy child
No man is free, who does not command
himself.
II IS not 80 hard to offend, % not TO re-
prove . %wrong-doer.
Count II a great part offs good educatios,
to be able TO bear with the want Of sduca-
ton 10 Others.
II is not easy TO 10 on several paths Of
life at once.
AZ we'll take bitternsss from NORWOOD,
% freedom from speech.
Be %silans, or say things better than ii.
lence.
The discourse Of that philosopher il vain
through which no paDien Of . man 10 heal.
I'd ; for, - there il nj benefit Of medicine
ifis expsl not disease cut Of bsdies, 20 mel.
Their Of philosophy. II it remove not vices
from the mind.
Whom Bishsp Olarkson entered Nsbras-
ka, less than . year ako, he found thi %
churches and nine cisrsymsn. There are
now fifteen churches and nineteen clergy
men, seven hundred and one co0mun;cantl
two colleges, two academic institutions
n Divinity school. and five parish schools
Boast ofyour treasures Of grace. and yor
are soon robbed.
II requires greater virtue to supper,
good than bad fortune.
Thsfts never enrich ; aims never impov
siish prayers hinder no work.
Carefully avoid those sices which mos
resemble virtue ; they are sthousand time,
the most snsuaring Of all vices.
Engage not hastily, asa party, in = diff
ference between others, but reserve thyscl
impartial and ~unengaged, that you may s
moderate between them.
TO be free fro II desire is money 10 b.
free from the rage OF pcrpctually buyinI
something new IS a certain revenue (; to b.
content with what We possess constitute
the greatest and most certain of riches.
Said q member ola church to anoths
member: Il can give five dollars for thi
object and not feel it, "Thep," said hi
companion, ''givn ten and feel it. Did no
the Saviour feel what he did for you 2"
TRuru.-Some one has beautifully said
"Tru.h is immortal |; the sword cnnno
pierce it, fire cannot consume it prison
cannot incarcerats it, famine cannot Atarv
it,
B~rLlKvINa.-It is related Of Napoleon
that when Marshal Duroc, an avowsd inf
del. was once telling = very improbabl
story. giving his opinion tba, il was srus
the Emperor quietly remarked "rher
are some men who are capsule Of bslisvin
everything but the Bible" This rsmArI
finds abundant Illustration in every age
There are men oil about US, At the prescn
day. who tell us they cannot believe tn
Bible but their capacities for believing
ormous. The ~grsediness With which the,
devour the most far fetched stories-th
hinsiest arguments-if they only appear &
initiate against the word of Gods %
tonishing.
lScARNArIoN.-Humani.y was never 3.
hosored IS when Christ allied his divinit,
to l., when tue divine word became hssl
and dwe't among us" Think Of a huma,
form on the earth, filed with all the splen
dor of the Shekinah. a tabernacle of clay
with all the fnllness Of the Gcdhead Isl
strange when dust has been thus honore,
by being knit to divinity. that it shall b
honortd again thas A. our Lords sarthll
body WITS like mans present body, man
resurrection body shall be fashioned Xix
unto Chris.'s glorious body" be as immor
tai, a. incorruPtible. ~ gloriouse Ever
feature benuty, every motion grace, ever
thought praise, and every movement scs
tacv