Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-21


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Ras.
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|asthsst ~.
He eesnts vsry unskilifuily whs leaves |
BED sss sfhis Ssslsoing.
0sd's mill esinds slew Doe surs.
God 10 always opening HE hands 70 20.
0ed hes sftsn great share IL . Hsels
heuss, and but listls share iss GssaS saes
0sd esnss - - %, q y lssk upon ~.
without bell.
Prayer briggs down shs fns bisssiBgs
Nd praise the second. Co.
The worst Of crosses l. never 70 have had
my.
Begin yeur web, and God vill sspply
ves With ahrsad.' 50
Al ths ed II life L. 0lssis 10 sssne.
Ply Ne plsasars that win bite ts-aSsrsv.
The devil tsnpts ethsrs IN idls ma
'sopts the devil. :
Always refuse The saviss vhlsA passisa
gives.
He whs will step every na6's meth
must have great dsal u oeal.
In silence there 70 nssy gsed nsssl.
Tie bed heuss that hes ~ an sld nas
In Il.
Wsleons 10 Ne best cheer.
The child saith nsthing bnt what 10 heard
1t The 6rssids.
when children are little they make their
parents heads ache, and Whea they are
grown up they make their hearts ashs.
Time 10 The rider that breaks youth.
No mans head aches while hs couforss
another.
War 10 deaths feast.
Money and tine have both their value.
he who makes bed use Of the one will
never make good use Of the other.
A Paris philosopher, in . paper On =
eoustics, finds that 6attery travels 70 the
ear ct the rate Of /, 800 yards 10 ssee1d !;
good advice, ct the rate ef1e.
There 10 % fortune % eeed but that u
nay b reversed, and memo 20 had but u
may b bsttsrod. The suu that rises IN The
clouds msy ct in splsndes, and that which
rises in splsndsr may Get In glose.
Never attempt y do anythisg hat Il not
right. just - sure - you do. you will get
iate trouble. n yea sven suspect that any.
thing 10 wrong, Do itnst until yeu ~ sure
your suspicious are oseundlsss.
"What sort Of . ssgaon'ds you like :"
said Dr.. Rush . Robert Morris. "That
kind Of sesmea which drives . man int
the corner Of bic pow sad makes hin think
the devil 10 after hia." Is
Pusuc OsslRANcss.- ~ sm folly sstisael
that there 10 . peculiar pressaes Of God 10
his public ordinances that the devotion
Of COED men dsss naturally ia6ans aud
kindls one aneohsr that there 10 holy
ave and reverence which seixss the mind
Of good men whom they draw near 70 God
In public worship nually, that il the oizlses
Of eur liturgy Dc not affect our hearts. it 10
because they are very much indispossd
and poorly qualified for the true aud spirit
cal worship Of 0sd ~ Lucas.
To SHARE Wsexe 10 70 DO Waoso.-
Parties will do things which honorable man
in that party will ever do alone. Men will
consent to do. or to have done, in party
relations, that which, If they stood alone il
SuW OVntuOutys SuVy WVutO 0SVt u tuOueuiys
Men will still maintain their connection
with parties and with men in them that dc
nonstrous iniquities; and the ssphistry is
this; that it 10 done from public considsra-
tions - il that changed the essential ma
turs of right or wrong ~ if that changed
the responsibility of the individual actors
in . party = Bsecher.
A Wng's lHsLusNca.-A Christian
woman gave her hand to the man On whom
she had placed her tsnderest affection. He
possessed almost every grace, but WAS dss-
titu.e Of the grace of God. By spending
the early part Of HE life in . foreign land,
and asseciating with those who had the rep.
utation Of gentlemen, he had imbibed The
fashienabls habit in thst place Of using
0sd's name in vain in common csnvsrsa-
ton. HE new and much .levsd wife sought
to reclaim him. She knew the ssly vayte
his heart. She tosk sdvantaes 81 his levs
for her to win him 70 Christ, and she ease-
tually succeeded.
One day 20 che Was standing before hin,
10 company With . few friends who were
listening 70 his conversation, IL order 70
givss.additionsl interest, - be supposed, TO
what be WAS relating, he added the name Of
Christ. He looked ct his vile and saw her
in tears. He Vas confessed. She raised
her hand and gently pressed bic chin. ''Ol'
she said, fyou knew hsw much loved
that dear name you would never again pain
my heart BY triding with IT,"
His heart was touched. He was unable
to proceed. He asked her forgiveness and
scsn left the roem. II this way he was
saved from ruin, and 10 new an eminent
example Of pisty.
SEcrAnIANisx.-Ther are many church
registers ~ there ere church houses. But
there is ouly one Lambs Book Of Life for
al the ransomed sinners Of the world
That is the place for your name. It 10 not
Methodism, nor Prssby tsrianism nor Lu.
theranism, nor any ether ism Of men !;
but il is the life and power Of the Sen Of
God. W preach. The different dsnomioa-
tons are but symmetrical and convenient
apartments in the enc great sanctuary Of
the Lord. Thsss distinct organizations are
harmonious countsrparts. Yet men sep
arate themselves into sscts, and magnify
their consistent differences into conflict
Ing doctrines. They build theological walls
around themselves, the clsssr the safer, ~
they vainly imagine and they begin, In
their stifisd atmosphsre and Necessary
shade. to doubt the orthodoxy Of their
nsighbsrs. They put colorsd glass in in-
tsrvsning windows, draw dswn the blinds,
belt the dssrs, and nestle Together, 40
Though oil outside Christsndom we're tura.
ing in6dsl. and ~ II they, secluded eompa>
ny alone Of al The earth, held fast the faith
sncs delivered to the saints. Such faith,
- msnkishlv bound, needs new deliver
anee
Now, when yen 6nd yourself up 10 arms
In defence Of ysur creed. pause moment,
and consider whether, in al your life. ysu
have been % brave In defending the Bible.
Yeu become excited whsn you hear yeur
Luther, Or yeur Calvin, o. ysur Wesley, o.
your Campbell. criticised but ysa will
stand silent and unnsvsd when the name
Of your Jesus 10 blasphemsd Unlsss you
can recognise prosperity in ether churches
- heartily - il youf own, and rejoice 1t
the conversion Of sinners under any bedy's
preaching asd under any ehurch's reef. Jon
may write "sectarian" 20 nt sul6x . your
name. You have bssn tempted through
self and sect to enter gospel Of Lies. 'Ist
and ism are warp aud wool Of the snsmy's
tent covers, and you have been deceived
You are attracted BY the sound Of yeur
churchman's more than BY oil the cries Of
Calvasyl Verify you have ysur warning,