Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-23
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
SUNDAY HEADING.

The new Methodist sdi6cs 10 be erected
in Washington il to be Gothic in style, end
100000 in price.
There are 5000 regular. and l5o. 900 oc-
casional church goers in New York-popu-
lstisn about one million.
A broken and contrite heart unlocks our |
inward senses, and makes rs see. and hear,
and feel the things that could no more be |
seen, heard or fe.t before. than . nan in .
deep sleep can hear, and see and feel the
things that are said and done. |
Prayer 10 the key ofths day. and the lock
Of the night. And ws should every day be-
gin and end, bid ourselves good morrow
sud COED night With pssysr. This will make
our labsr prosperous. and our rest sweet.
lord Bsrksly.
The New Bedford Asssury.. tells " that
q the laee annual pasish meeting Of the First
Oos9ssptional essiety IN that city. the Ia
dies net only voted, but wsrs placed on the
terminating committee, esd were made
meobsss ef The stAading eemmittses OF the
society.
The Rev. DR.. Ballou has On article in the
Repository on the question Of fratsrsity
and fellowship between the Unitarians and
Univsrsalists. His article 10 supposed to b
conclusive on the part Of those who favor
the measure.
With men il is good rule to try 6rst and
then to trust with God it 10 contrary. l
will frst trust hin - most wise. omnipo.
tent and msreiful, and try him aftsrward.
know II Is - imp ossibls for him to deceive
me 40 to be deceived.
One Of the best features Of the Roman
Catholic charities 10 the chsep cost at which
they are maintained. Their orphan asylum
in Brooklyn housed, fed and sohooled, last
year. more than roo children. yet the aver
ere outlay for each child Was only forty.
seven dellars.
A Convention Of Unitasian clergy men
and laity IN Esssx county. Massachusetts,,
have admitted women TO the priesthood on
On equality with man. Women already act
- UnivsssalIss, Baptist and Congregational
divinss.
There 10 Christian friendship which hu.
man philosophy seldom oonpfshends Il %
the association oftwo souls Who put in com
mon their faith and prayers, and raise thsm-
selves together towards Gsd.
Bsptiss Brotkev-I don't Ike your church
government. II iss't simple sesugh. There's
too much machinery about Il.
lNethsdise BrothSr-Is 10 tras, - have
more machinery than yeu; but, then, you
see, IL don't take near - much water to
run il.
A religious newspaper says that 'such
revival % has not besn witnessed sioes 1889
10 nov prevailing in Connecticut. Multi
tudss Of hardened sinners are confsssing the
evil Of their ways and bringing forth fruits
meet for rspsntAsee."
There are 900 religious newspapers and
other periodicals Published in the United
States. Of which 90 ere Baptist, 81 Metho-
dist. 80 Presbytssian, ~ Lutheran, SO
Episcopal, "a Catholic, l6 Congregational,
IL Uaivsssalist, AID Ne re0ainder miseel-
laneous.
Il appears ffsa IN official report that the
Psstsstant religion 10 represented in Prus-
sia BY "a per cent, whilst 80 Il per cent.
OF the population 10 Of the Roman Catholic
religion 2 81 per cent. are Of other rslig-
ions. Jews, in proportion Of to IS Of the
population, are scattered over oil he
provinces /; 10000 live in Fossn. $4,000 in
pomerania, 5000 in Saxony Berlin con-
tains $4,000. In 1864. there were ] ,029
synagogues in Prussia.
According to the latest published stats
tics, the Order Of Jesuits comprises 8. 60
members, Of whom $3.50 speak the Italian
language, 2,422 French, ALL the various
tongues Of Northern Europe. l .140 Span
ish. and COS English. The entire Order 10
| distributed into twenty ons Provinces
From authentic records it appears that
there 10 an increase Of nearly 100 members
| yearly. Those on mission oil over the
| world are $50.
Llvs ron GooD-Thousands Of men,
| breathe, move and live, pass of the stage
Of life and are heard Of no more. Why -
They did not see . particle Of good in the
world, and none we're blessed BY them -
instruments Of their redemption; not .
word they spoke could be recalled, and 80
they persisted, their light won't cot in dark.
| ness, and they were not remembered more
than the insects Of yesterday. Viii you
thus live and die. o, man immortali Live
for something. Do good. and leave behind
you . monument Of virtue that time can
never destroy. Write your name in kind
ness, love and mercy on the hearts Of thous-
ands you come in contact with, year BY
year, and you will never be forgotten. No !;
your name, your deeds will be % legibls on
the hearts you leave behind, - the stars on
the brow OF the evening. Good deeds will
shine ~ brightly on the earth - the stars
Of heaven.
FArrs AND WoRKs.-Two gentlemen were
one day crossing the river in ferry boat.
A dispute about faith and wsrks arose, one
saying that good works we're Of small i'm
portance, and that faith WAS every thing,
the other asserting the contrary. Not being
able to convince each other, the ferryman,
an enlightened Christian, asked permission
to give his opinion. Consent being grant
ed, he said ~ hold in my hand two oars
| That In ny right hand call faith the 9TH
Or, in my left, works. Now, gentlemen,
please to observe, pull the oar Of faith,
round, and the boat makes no progress.
do the same with the oar Of works, and with
. precisely similar rssolt-no advancs.-
Mark pull both together. and W 60 on
space, and in very few minutes " shall
BE- 1t our landing place. So. in my humble
opinion" he added, faith without works,
or works without faith, will not sulacs -
Let there be both, and the haven Of eternal
rest 10 sure 70 Be reached"
Az the fewer is before the fruit, 20 10
faith before good works. Faith 10 the "a
rent o. works, aud the children viii bear
resemblance to the pafsat. Il 10 not
snosgh tbst the inward works Of clock are
we'll constructed, and also the dial plate and
hands The one most oct 90 the other, the
vosks most regulate the movement Of the
hands.-t Arch. Whatsly.
The Louisiana sugar cres will rsaeh l6O,-
OC0 hoeshsada.