Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-18

A Work before US
For each one to do;
With heart let " labor,
both earnest end true.
70 the hell Of the needy. whether found here
Their vAsts 70 relieve and our blsssisgs to
share
4 word for the Master,
Even spoken in fear,
4 heart full Of ~ mrathy,
In The eye tear
How little they cost. yet 20 many . soul
They bring light and eomfors-their sorrows
eontrOl.
Then speak for the outcast
Who hiss no ''sweet home."
Compelled by his penury
A wanderer to ro.m:
Speak freely 10 others, that hence they may
With the poor and the homeless their bountiiul
fare.
BE up, then. and doing.
Nor lay BY the way;
.S The scenes 30 distressing
Will grant no delay
Let hand join in hsod. 0for the safrerers sre
Bsssow them real comfort, and bid them good
Lssinsss travels 70 slow that poverty
soon over takes il.
CsssRrulNsss He Who would march well
through III to good, must march 10 music
not BY grcans and the harder the road
the drawer and cheerier must the music be.
Tho Indiana State Sunday School Con.
vention will be held 1t Fort Wayne, com
mencing on Tuesday, June 9th, and contin-
ne for three days.
DR.. Chaplin has salary Of t12 600. His
society presented him with tho house in
which he lives, costing $3s. 900. 1t was
furnished by the ladies at the expense OF
elO, 900 more. DIR. Chapin's income from
lectures and other sources is fl2 600 in
| addition TO the above; making y very fair
salary for man to live upon. even 10 New
York.
The New York Independent Of this week,
says: Our exchanges for the past week
report about Zoo conversions as the fruit
| of revivals in various parts Of the country,
| churches, over 100 among the Presby-
tsrians, as many among the Bsptists. aud
| 800 among the United Brethren. The
Religious Telescope has reported 5000 cd
d,uona 10 the United Brethren during the
month OF March.
At small party q young theological stu.
dent, not particularly noted for elegance Of
manner, or talent, or extraordinary piety
being urged ny some young ladies' 10 joi,
in a quadrille. then forming. declined sumo
what rudely; and turning to n lady nea,
by, asked with rather an imposing air: "D,
you think, Mrs. L. that q man oueh
to dance, who expects to fill apulpi,.' Tn,
lady replied II don't see why he shout,
not. provide, he have grace for both -
SOMETHING PirnY.-Four gentlemen-s
Baptist. Presbyterian, Methodist and 20
man Catholic met by agreement to dine or
fish. Soon as grace was said, the Catholi,
rose, armed with knife and fork, ank IA
king about onethird of the fish, compre.
hending the head, removed it to his plate,
exclaming as he sat down, with great self
| satisfaction, PAPA est caput ecclesise -
the P"pc IS the head Of the church. I'm
mediatsly the Methodist minister arose, and
neiplns n,u self to abou, one- bird en,bra
| eng the tail, seated himself. Ennis coro-
nat opus the end CT Towns the work. The
Presbyterian now thought it was about
time for him 10 move, and taking the 70
maiuder Of the fish TO bis plate. exclaimed /:
I'm me dia est veritas truth lies be-
| tween the two extremes. Gu. Baptist broth
er had nothing before him but an smpty
plate, and the prospect Of . slim dinner !:
and. snatching up the bowl Of drawn (melt
sd) butter, he dashed i; over them ali. ex.
claiming: Ego baptiso vos;"-l baptiss
You oil.
Tss Coon On HYnNs Did YOU ever
know person sho was brought up to hear
the good old hymns whom they ever failed
to move to the foundations when heard p
The feet moving on unholy errands Engsr
on their wav past the church door, @ the
melody floats upon The cir. That man.--
who hes wasted life, and energy, and tel.
ent. which night have blessed msnkind, to
rep only TIE whirlsisd-hs 10 back again
with HE little head upos his mothst's lao.
while che sings that same hymn, which
Will never grow old. about "The Bcaetiful
River" His eyes moisten Is he thinke how
paiped che would be, we're she liyloe. 10
know him new. The hymn ceases, add The
lew 6sns1jetion fellows, and a III vor
shippers emerge be recollects himeslk and
With an impatient "Pshaw I" passes cn.--
What be. moved At . "conveotic.e hynn y,
He, Who foe years has never crosceA the
threshold Of church, lie, vho believea
neither In prayer nor priests, Bible Nor Sun.
daysi He. who bas "O1tgrown oil chat"
All! but be hasn't. He can't ostRr,w IL
Il is there. IL will come, whether he desire
It OF ne; come in spite Of all his cf
forts TO laugh or reason it away come
though he rive Ia open derision and mockery
Of thai religion whose divine preccpts he
cannot efface from mis- mind; come. as il
did to John Randolph, who. after years OF
atheism and worldliness and ambition left on
record That the only men he ever
knew veil and approached closely,
whom be did not discover to be unhappy.
were sincere believers Of the Gospel, who
conformed their lives, a. far as the nature
d man can permit, to its prccepts" .OE
ten, = he says, the Religious teachings Nf my
we're hanished wholly BY bust.
ness OF pleasure; bu. after awhile the
came more frequently, and stayed longer,
until at last they we're my Hsst thoneh,e
On waking and my lass before going to
,leep." Said he, II could not Danish them
{ would
aNos sod then like to 70 in a church. y
aid youag man, spolog ssically. to : COM
'snlon who vas deridiag The idea. ''Psiest-
raft -priestcraft r excAimed his CON-
psnioo. "rell re, Whist possible good can
DO you." well, said the young man.
'somehew, when beer those hymns Il is
axe hearing the pseading voice Of my moth
., - lett home to become the eraeelcss
.I'ow ! en- pow, l cannot tell YOU how
hsy move ms, or how they m Ike nelvish
were better. II | ever do become l,e,,,r
win be because I cannot separate sh.,n
rom oil that seems, in my better momente
vorth embodying in the word 'hom. ="
Walter Scott said to his son-in Law. wh.,
% vas on his death bed, "Dc good man.
.ockhsrs. be good man; nothing else will
sive you any comfort when you come !ie
'ere u wers easy 10 multiply instances
. oese earsh.s giftsd and greatest have borne
y sess'mopy. alter having tested oil
49, ne .cssd - 70 offep q N equiva-
Doeoonna1ne"