Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-14

Is liie-there are no Ctbu.
The voice Of God may be heard in every
judgment Of his hand.
II you would not fall into sin, do net SIT
by the door Of temptation.
There is no salvation Of the soul. 10
hope Of everlasting life, but in tie .ress.
Hold on to tho truth, for Il VIII serve
you we'll, and DO good throughout eternity.
Many who have wept upon the mountains
Of Zion have sung aloud IN the valley OF tie
shadow Of death.
How can We expect to live with God in
heaven. il W love hot to live with HIM on
sarths-Rev J. Mason.
Christianity is the special academy OF pa.
tisncc, wherein We are informed, Injured, and
trained up to lear oil things.
Fsmiliar thoughts shape the way 10 death;
but il ~ think net Of the suts,,, the event
will be a suedsn prccipice.
Let no one ilattsr him or herself that life
can be without g,ieis. Whoever saw
piscs-a tissue that had not some dark
threads 7 The only white robes We shall
ever wear will be the white robes Of heaven
whom We shall be TRANSPORTED in the pres
sncs Of the Lamb. know net why it is
90. l do not pretend to know. | do not
think sthsrs knew any better than why
sorrows come, and great grisfs weigh down
the soul, Or ssi1e il end rsnd it like pack
thread, Or cast " upon . bed or rack OF
torment These pungsneiss that pierce us
90 semstmss-what strange stuff they are
,.(s h,,t nj hot M II q
rails they are wrought Our bes. and no
blsst deeds, our divinsst thoughts and &C
tons, our purest and most hallowed snec
tions, our most beautiful and blessed things
out Of these shall come threads of DARK
usss and webs Of shadows to be woven into
tho wsof Of life Out of these shall come
drops to poison life's sweetest cups, distilled
BY SANDERS tongue Out of these ahall
apring teeth to bite like serpent, and
sting like an adder, when the wicked per
sscute, and malice has work Of death 10
do.
THE Believers HELrER.-The believer i
called to wayfaring and TO yfaring strug
giles. lie has to bear a daily Cross, and L
fight daily fight. But in every hour o
need suro support is noar. Behold Mo
SEES; the ground which he must tread is YER
slippery; the hill Of his difficulties is very
steep foe opposes every step. But
staff and a sword are provided for him i
the name Of his guiding and protecting
LORD. 81 am that an" On this lie car
lean the whole burden Of his cares, an
fears, and pains. BY this be can scatts
kings - dust. Thus stay is still the sam
ever mighty, ever near. The feebles
pilgrim may grasp it by the hand Of faith
And whatsoever graSps it is "as Mount Z.on
which cannot 30 removed, but abdes for
ever" Dean Law.
Bees find the fowsrs, no. because the,
are symmetrical ard beautilu', but becrus
they have honey in them. If sinners az
ever attracted TO the churches, u viii no
I've by the observance of stately FERNS, o
by the display d gaudy parsphernnlia, bu
because there is honey in them Clark
Gospel in the Trees.
CnuRcn SINGING DIR Holland. who re
Gently visited the three grest churches il
London, Newman Halle, Mr. Spurgson'.
and DR.. Cumming, says:
1.-THE singinng in all these three congre
cations was, regret to say, congregational
l nave hcifu HelhiGp OUT CoHgregatlohR
singing since lcfi home, and am really
gett ng hungry. The singing in Mr.. Spur
gems church dragged itself along in a wa,
to set a musical man frantic. That in 81
James Hall, though supported by an organ
vas hardly better while that in DIR. Cum
mings' church was not singing at all. | au
tired Of singing on theory. 1t is undoubt
eddy pretty thing for whole congregs
ton to unite in singing. provided they know
how but hsve never yet seen a congre
CATION that did know how, and | nevel
expect to see one. hope to hear something
better in Germany, where musical cultur,
| is more universal; but, so far, in all ny
life, congregational singing has been 8
torment to me, and never n source Oh
medium Of devotion. The theory itself !.
lame. People Who do not know how to
sing have no normal right to sing in publ :
II is jus. as legitimate to hire choir to lead
congrega ion in public praise, as it is
to hire minister to lead in public prayer