Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-28
DAILY DEMOCRAT



Heaven gives enough when II gives sp-
pertunity.
Boast Of your treasures Of grace, ssd you
are sosn robbed.
A sanctiasd heart 10 much better than .
silver tongue.
The beauty Of the mind il more lovely
than that Of the body crates.
Bsnsvslsncs !, allied 70 lev sisss, ssefish-
ness TO few virtues. ..e
Every day il . little life. and our whole
life is but day repeated.
The duty Of the happy 10 to help the suf-
ferinr to bear their woe.
The honest man will rather ~ grave to
bic ssiehbsr's errors than sxpsss then.
Thew Who dsfinud virtue 81 i,s rewards.
rob The young Of virtue itsslf.-tCsts
Major.
The s{,cs sfs wise man b 70 disessn that
which 10 essd end hsusst. sad 70 sAaa that
which 10 ssntrasy.-tSscratss.
The pssfe ,lies Of maa csnsists IN fsrssss-
ing the future - much IS reason can psesi.
biz accomplish i Chic.
or great many that seem TO csms T.
Christ, it may be said that they have nst
come 10 him. because they have not lsh
thsmselvss.-[ Archbishop Leighton.
The most di.acult thing is to know sns's
sef: the most easy, 10 give counsel to an
other and the most delightful. to obtain
the cempistien of eur desirss. Thaiss.
LAzixEss IN BIBLE READlsc.-The fol-
Loving esafsssisn and prayer BY Rev. Dr..
Thom,s Fuller, it 10 to be feared. covers the
case Of many others besides himself:
Lord, 1 discover an srrant lazi2sss IN my
soul. For when am TO read chapter in
the Bible, before l begin H. look where
il endsth and If it sndsth not On the
same side, l cannot keep my hand iron
turning over he leaf - measure the 'scgth
thereof On the other side; If 1t swell 70
many verses. begin 70 grudge.
"Sursly, my heart 10 not rightly anset-
Cd. Wsre I truly hungry after heavenly
foed, I would net complain Of meat
Scourgs, Lord, this la1insss Of soul. Make
the reading Of Thy Word not psnanee
but . pleasure upon me. Teach me that
% aoeng heaps Of gold, oil equally pure
that 10 bes! which is biggest, - l may
esteem that chapter IL Thy Wsrd the best
which 10 the longest"
rss BrsLs.-Ths Edinburgh Review.
referring 70 the spses which the biels Co.
cupiss in the history OF literature. says:
I'VE 80 nethiog like 1t, and 1t may
we'll psrplsx the in6dsl to account Tor It;
asr need his sagacity disdain to enter Q
little more deeply int i:s possible causes
than he 10 usually inclined to Dc. Il has
not been given to any other beck Of re-
lieion to triumph ever national pre)udicss,
and ledge itself securely in the heart Of
great communities. varying By every cen
oeivabls diversity Of language, race, man.
usrs, customs, and, indeed, agreeing in
nothing bit . vsnsrstieu Of itself.
s.It adapts itself with felicity 70 the
! revolutions OF thought and feeling which
shake to pieces oil things else, and hsxi>
bly, accommodates itself 70 the progress Of
society aud the changes Of civilization
Even conqussts-ths disorgsnization Of old
nations, the formation efnsw-do not effect
the continuity Of ito empire. 1t lays bold
Of the new % Of the old, and transmigfatss
with The spirit Of Humanity, attracting 70
| itself BY its swu moral power in oil the
communitiss il entsrs coaSelees intensity
Of effort for its propagation, illustrator and
defence. Other systsws Of rsligisn are US.
| ually delicate sxotiss, and will net bear
| transplanting; but if the Bible DO false, the
facility with which it ovsrlsaps the other
| wise impossible boundaries Of race and
| cline, and domicilatss itself among 20 many
| different nations, 10 assursd,y far more
| striking and wonderful proof OF human iG>
norsnce, psrvsrssnsss and stupidity. than
| 10 afforded in the limited prevalence Of even
the most abjsct supsrstitions; Or if II really
has merritt which. though . fable, have en-
ablsd il to impose % comprehsnsivsly and
vapously on mankind. wonderful indeed
must have been the skill in it, composition,
90 wonderful! that even the infidel himself
ought never TO regard il but with the pro-
foundest rsvsr encs ~ fer too successful and
sublime fabrication to admit thought Of
| scef and lidiouls."