Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-26

What 10 said Of the feeling Of the mo-
mont should excite but the feeling 81 the
nsmsns.
Young men ere - apt TO think Them
selves wise enough, - drunken men are
opt 10 thisk themselves sober enough.
The best CONSIDERS Of human hearts msy
bear broken hearts in their own hosoms.
Never greet sin With the kid glove Of
friendship.
A poor woman can sea more sympathy in
. sixpsnse than in . stream OF tears.
There exists no one, though ever 90
wrs.ehsd, who hiss net The means Of per.
msnent happiness within bic power.
The Joy Of the spirit 10 . delicate, sacred
deposlt, snd must b kept in pure cas-
kst. % IN unhely breath will dim ito lustre
and fade Its freshness.
The Bible is now published in more than
two hundred different languages and dia
lects.
Tho increase in the value of church prep
srty during the year iust elsssd, in the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the United
States, amounts to 81. 10000
The Presbyterian Church has 1854 nl,.
sionariss at work in foreign iands. The
present number Of sommunicants in en-
nection with that church 10 2l9 ,52s, show
ing an increase OF 10000 within the last
fifteen years.
There are three hundred and eighty i've
churches In the city Of Philadelphia. Ne
other large city in eur country has 40 great
| . number Of churches in psepor;ien to the
population.
In Texas, Lsuisians and Mississippi,
With . population Of 2,0o0. 900, there are
but 100, 600 church members $50 ministers,
$50 churchss, Of which $50 are vacant. In
| eight parishes in Louisiana. with . popula.
ton Of sc. 900, Of which $4,000 are eolsrtd,
there 10 no Protestant Church.
The Young Mems Christian Association.
which hes just closed ita session at 81.
Less, discussed the question, "Why do %
many churches fail 70 reach the peer p
They came to this conclusion: I" That the
sely remedy for the evil is, fret, to build
plainsr churches and invite the peor csr>
daily 10 them proving the sincerity Of this
Invitation, and making it consistent BY
abslisAing the system Of pew renting
second, TO seek out the poor and carry the
gospel TO thsm."
The Roman Catholics are putting forth
strong s6srts 70 secure spiritual supremacy
10 China. The whole empire has been d.
vidsd 10 twenty .foul missiena, governed BY
sinstssn bishops and Ave projects Apostsl
ic, Of Italian, French, Spanish and Belgian
natiOnslitiss; each district supplied with
four, and some Of them with 90 many q
=. T.
. cathedral 10 rapidly approaching compile
ten, which, for architectural finish and
magnificent proportions. will BE- unrivslsd
in the empire, and sonpars favorably with
almost any similar structure in Europe.
A rsprssentisn, consisting Of oalss end
females, frem Eve different Shaker sosistiss
recently held meeting in boston, fer The
purpose 81 presenting and defending Their
peculiar faith. To become missionaries il
. new feature among that people. One Of
their prominent tsnsts 10 the abolition Of
marriage. or the total separation Of thu
sexss. In this way they propose the rene
vatisn Of the race. To the uninitiatsd Il
locks % il the extinction of the rass weufl
BE- insv,tsbls. Shakerism was in,reducsd
into this country frsm England in The ysaI
l774, BY Ann Lee.
The Vnicersalist. for December 9th, ha,
an article entitled, Ibid Women Preach 2
in which the writer "plunges deep" int
the history ofths habits and customs Of thu
primitive church. and reaches ths eencu-
son that "Christianity as instituted By
Christ, and organized and administered BY
ths Apostles. makes no provision fer . 70
male ministry"
STABILITY.-F irmness is given 10 man q
the very granite Of life. Without it thor.
would be nothing accomplished oil humsr
plans would be rs unstable "a water on o.
inclined plane In every well sustained
nature there must Be power Of tsnacity, I
slfs Of perseverance,. Of will and that mar
might not be without foundation for .,
needful . property, the Creator hes laid il
in an animal faculty, which he possesses il
commen with the brutes.-Ars Stevs..
Nor IN the WoRKMrs -Gsd sftsn appear,
in glory to me as one Of its builders, and
will tell you in what respect. Whom
haze been sitting to see inquirsrs, l hav,
ssmstimss found that God has blessed Il
the conversion Of souls, some Of my woIs
sermons-thoss which ! thought | could
weep over, which seemed mere than trdi,
manly weak, and lacking in all the ole
msnts likely to make them blessed. excsp
that they we're sincerely spoken. When
havo seen that work VAS done, though tn,
workman, naturally weak, was on that &C
easion moIe than usually depressed will
in6rmity. l have only been able to left VI
my hands and say, Nov, Lord. thou ap
psarest in thy glory, since thou dost bule
mp ZION, and convert sinners by the mos
unlikely means, and the truth, whom ap
parently the most fssbly spoken, works ID,
mightiest results this IS to make thy nam,
glorious indssa.-ISpurgeon.
WAS MsrngssLAu DEowxsp IN m,
FLooD.-Wc make the following extractl
frsm an article contributed to the Louis
vile Democrat
All W know ofths origin fths earth O
our race Ne learn frsm Revelation. Tn,
chronology used BY the civilized world il
founded On the dates furnished us in tn,
Bible. We reckon the date Of the Aess
from the dates found in the 6 chapter o
Genesis. We learn from il that Adau
lived before his sen Seth Was born l3(
years Seth lived before mis- son Enos va,
born lOb years Enss lived before his COZ
Canaan wss bern 90 years Canaan livet
before his son Mahalsst was born 10 years
Mahalsst lived before his son Jared VA
born IS years Jared lived before his ses
Enoch was born lS2 ysars Enoch lived
before his sen Msthuselah (6S7) was borl
IS years Msthusslah lived before bis sor
Lamsch was qora 1877 years Lamech livst
before his son Neah wss born 1872 years.
Nsah, hescG was bora Ammo Nundi, 1856
In Genesis, 7th chapter, 9th verse, we Or,
informed that Noah was 600 years ole
whom The food Of waters was On ths ssrth
Add 800 years (his aee) 10 1866, the dat,
Of his birth, and We have 1866, the date o
the Good. We learn frem the eth verse
9Th chapter Of Genesis. that "all the DAY.
Of Msthuselah were 96s years, and b,
died." By reference to the foregoing tabl,
il will be seen that Melhuselah Vas bort
Ammo Mundi eS7; add bic age, 060. to GOT
the dats Of his birth, and We have 1855, q,
time "whsn the food Of waters was upsr
the earth" The conclusion 10 % certain
a. figures that the eldest man died the yea
Of the feed. Was he drowned for hi
wickednesss
JUDGE = man by his actions-a poet by
his sye-aa idler by his fingers-a lawye
By his lser-a player by his strut-a boxs
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