Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-29
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
SUNDAY READING.

Whitfield once said: "FroD my hrst
arakenin: to the Divine Life, feii par
ticulsr hungering after ,hs humility oil
Jesus Christ. Night aud day | prayed 10
be . parssker Of that grace, imsgiains tn"
III. habit 81 humility would be instAni.S
.nflssd into my soul. But o. Gideon
taugh, the men Of Suceoth With horns, 40
God tauxn. me to De humble by The e1sr-
else 0! strong temptation.
Said Arch bishop Whately, am anxious,
in common with 81 psrsons, Of whatever
church. wac love our Lord Jesus Carls' 2
sincerity, that his resurrection day shouiu
BE- more particularly ess apart for religious
study aud meditatiou. And II the DAY
oueht to b. thus dedicated 70 such par
poses, il il plain We ought 10 abstain from
eny thing thu, me, interfere with its Os'ng
90 sbse, we'd, both By ourselves and By those
We smpey.
The mere lAose Of years 10 not life. lie
eat and drink and sleep to be composed
to the darkness and the light; TO pace
round the mil Of habit, and turn the "nee'
of wealth, to MAKE reason our book kaefer'
and turn into an implement trsds-,his u
not life. In all all this bu, poor traction
of the consciousness of humanity Is a"sA
cned, and the sanc,it!es still sluinoer when
make i, most worth living. knowledge,
truth, love, beauty, faith alone can give VI
tally to the mechanism oil existence tns
iansh of mir.h which yihrsta through inc
heart, the tears that freshsa the cry Was'e
within. the music that brings childheod
back, the prayer that calls the future 'hs
doubt which makes Us mediate, tbs des'h
which staItes US with mystery, tae nsro
ships that force Us to struggle. the anxiety
that ends 10 trust. are the true ncursh
ment Of rational beings.
LOVING AND HArISe.-If Won love. love
more. Ii you bate, hstc less. Life IS too
short to spend in hating any one. Why
var against . mortal who is going the same
road with us, why aot expand The flow.
o. Of life and happiness by learning to
love, by teaching those who are near and
dear the beautiful lesson, Your handa
may be hard, but your heart need not be.
Your forms may be bent or ugly, but do
you not know that the most beautiful DOW
srs often grow in the most rugged, unshsl'
tered placesf The palace for care, the cot
tags for love. Not that thsre is no love in
the mansion; bu. somehow, il We are moi
very careful, business will crowd oil there
10 Of beauty out Of the heart. This II
Why God has given us the Sabba'hs and
Saturday nights, that We may leave bust.
ness in tho office and hRvs = heart-c'esn.
ing.-Briek {smsrop.
HELp the DEGRADED Had We not faI
better obsy law Of our Father in Heaven
and sacrifice something for comfort, of re
spec,ability. OF ease, Of luxury, and *
| down to them nov aud again, into TIM
depths Of ,he pits where they are laid, and
| lift them up, than wait !or the time when
they will say in fearful accents, Its too
latet :" Let each now in The name Of God
obey the call Of duty, enable those, ioI
whose souls no man has ever cared to rise
up 70 honesty and happiness, and The
blessing OF God will follow. There arr
some who will ssy they have 20 many CALI
on their bounty. pity the man who hal
few man to whom the needy seldom
apply. Let me not live under that man'l
roof, or lie under that mans tomb. W.
have many calls, many obligations, but VIZ
when We nre giving. Gods existence II
one eternity II g'Slhg. He ana powers
he has given glory, honor, immortality ant
life eternal and last the priceless gift o
his dear Son TO receive he never stops
unless it be to receive the jav of bringing
many sons to glory .-Rer. IVm. Artdur.
ziNo ScoLDIS0 or FRErrisc ~ Hr,vES. :
4 liltl. girl who had witnessed tho pyEplex
i.v OF her IN other on certain occasion
when her 70 -l,ude gsve way under sever,
trial, said Neither, does God ever frot o
scold'" The query was so abrupt ant
startling that il arrested thu mothers at
tention almost with . shock. "Why, LIZ
zie, what make s You ask that question ~
why. God is good you know you used t.
call him the Good Man when Was little
and should like to know if he ever scol1-
ell" "No, chilli, no." "Well. I'm glat
he don't for scoldlng always makes me fee
so bad, even il i, is not me in fault.
don't think that could love god much il h,
scolded." he mother felt rebuked beior,
her simple child. Never had she heard 5,
forcibe lecture on the evils Of scolding. =
The words Of Lizzi. sank deep in her hear
| az she turned away from the innocsnt fact
OF her little ore to hide the tears tia, cath
cred in her eyes.