Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-06

We should endravor as much as possible
to despise ne one.
The pleasure Of giving Is necessary 70
troe happiness but the poor may have it.
When you give, give with joy and in
smiling.
There is some soul of goodness in things
evil, would men obseryingly distill it.
The "point Of honor can often bs made
to produce. BY means Of vanity, - many
good deeds 40 virtue.
When Charity walks into the lowest
places Of wsnt, we see the beautiful purity
Of her robes most distinctly. .
To believe that everything has been dis
covered, is TO believe that the horizon We
see is the edge Of the world.
Tho generous who are always just, and
the just who are always generous, may, un-
announced, approach the throne Of Heaven.
Believing in himself will carry a man
great way, and believing that some one else
believes in him will give him new courage
on his journey.
Meskness is a virtue by which q man
may know Christian better than by his
name.
A leading clergyman Of Chicago. advo-
eating the establishment Of places of harm
less amusemsnts, says he ''bslieves in ssiz-
ing the tools of the devil to fight the evl
one with"
Nothing save the Gospel has done SO
much TO soften the bad propensities of man
Is tho right employment Of music. II il
the gift Of the Author Of nature to the whole
family Of man and all instruments sink in
to insignificancs whom compared with tho
human voice.
God never permits his disciple to fall in
the hands Of an enemy. except when by
that means some good to the church or the
suffering disciple himself is to be accom-
plishsd BY it.
In proportion AZ we ascend tho social
scale, We find as much mud there 40 below,
only it 10 hard and gidsd.
An action cannot be perfectly good unless
il is pure in i,s motives; that is unless the
motives are virtuous and free from any
mixture Of vice.
Every work 30 merely and bascly mo-
chanical that man can throw in no part Of
his own life and soul, does, in the long run,
degrade the human being.
One Of the most important rules Of the
ecience of manners, 10 an almost absolute
silence in regard to yourself.
WoRDs.-W arc little things, but
they strike hard. We weld them 90 easily
that we are apt to forget their hidden pow.
er. Fifty spoken, they fall like the sun
shine, the dew and the drilling rain-but
when unity, like the frost. tho hail, and
the deselate tempest.
Our present frai existence is tho unsub-
stantial basis upon which tce many are
building the fabric; but it is building .
nest upon the wave.
CARRYING ON BUSINESS FOR CHRIST
Many years ago. happening to be in Wales,
made tho acquaintance of Welsh gentle. |
man. lie was then landed proprietor,
living in his own mansion, and in very
comfortable circumstances. Hs had before
been carrying on an extensive business in
large town. BY the death Of a relative, he |
had unexpectedly como into possession Of
this property. After considering whether
he should retire from business. he made up
his mind he should still continue to carry it
on, though no longer for himself, but for
Christ. could not help being struck with
the glsesomeness of a holy mind which
lighted up his countenancc when he said
never knew before what real happiness
was. Formerly wrought as q master to
earn livelihood for myself, but now am
carrying on the same work IS diligently a.
if for myself, and even more SO but is is
now for Christ, and every half penny of
profits is handed over to the treasury Of the
Lord. and feel that the smile Of my Sa-
viour rests upon me-" think that is an
example worthy Of being imitated.-Dr |
DUP.
COOP BY.-It is hard word to spesk
Some may leugh that II should be, but lot
them. Icy hearts are never kind. Ii is q |
word that has choked many an utterancc,
and started many tear. The hand is |
clasped, the word spoken, We part. and out |
upon the ocean Of time we 60 to meet again |
where, God only knows. Itmay be soon.
it may be never. Take care that your
good by be not a cold one, it may be the |
last one that you can give. Fro you may |
meet your friend again DEATHS cold hand |
may have closed his eyes and chained his
lips forever. All he may have died think |
ing you loved him not.
Again, it may be long separation.
Friends crowd around ald give you their
hand. How you detect in each good
by" the love that lingers there and how
you bear away with you the memory Of
these parting words many, many days.
We must often separate with those We
love when IFS hard to part. Tear not your
self away with careless boldness that Dc.
fies all love, but make your last words lin.
ger-cive the heart it's full utterance-and
if tears fall, what Of III Tears are not
unmanly.