Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-20
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


Three things 70 avoid -idlencss, loquscity
and fippant jesting-
Truth requires plain words; rejecting al
antiquities and reserves.
Happiness abounds most with tho lowly
there are more blossoms on the valleys than
on the bills.
-Four shall no. enter Paraliss--the scolIer
the liss. the hypocrise and the slandsrsr.
The expenditures Of the Methodist Epis.
copal church IL the United States on &C
count of its bisnops, auchnts TO SIC. 600 a
year.
Ifvou undertake 10 call mems thoughts
ana tongues to account for idle aud gsssip-
ing talk. you will be like . swallow that on
dertskes to clear the evening air Of all the
summer insects that ny in IT,
A Theological gentleman, who always
gave authority fer his quotations, com
menced grace At breakfast one morning by
thanking the Lord that I'VE have been
awakened from the sleep which writer in
the Edinburgh Review has called the i'm.
age of DEATH
Grace Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
in Buffalo. N. Y, has adopted the sugges-
ton OF Bishop Kingsley, by emitting the
interlude in singing. Instead Of pausing
moment at the conclusion Of each verse for
the organt to play alone, the singing pro-
coed straight from the beginning to the
close Of the by mn.
TuE RiaHr KIND OF RELlGIoN.-l want,
and 70 oil want . religion that net only
bears on the sinfulness Of sin. but on the
rascality Of lying and stealing; a religion
that banishes Gil small measures from the
counters, small baskets from the stalls,
pebbles from the cotton bags and sugar,
rocks from wool, chickory from coffee, alum
from bread, lard frem butter. strychnins
from vine, and water from milk cans. The
religion that 10 to advance the world will
not put oil the big peaches and Strawberries
on top aud the bad enes ct the bottom. u
will NOT offer more baskets Of foreign
wines than the vineyards ever produced in
bettlss.-[Uncls Nick.
Tns LANGUAGE or JoY AID SoaRow.-
We sssn 70 b better acquainted with the
missyies than with the happiness Of life.
This IL shadswsd forth BY the fact, that 1t
least in The Engliah language, the words to
express what 10 good and plsassfabls, ass
fewer, by . great deal. than those for the
bad and painful. We have colsrs to paint
every shade Of wicksdness, and strokes
for every stage Of Voc lot the crime be
tho blacks est, We can give IL . nane let
the cup b. the bittersst, We can tell Of the
very lees. but TO tell Of the varying lights
Of pleasure, and al the winning ways Of
goodness, " are q los and the most
~ can Say about the greatest goodness 10,
that there Is An unknown, IN indescriba-
bic charm about it; Che most We can AAy
Of the highest bliss. that Il 10 unuttefabls.
Tnx Sorrows or OraRRs.-Thcre Il no
question but habtual chsrfalness il . very
great blessing. But whom cheerful peo-
ple are lauded, lot it bs remembered. - .
general thing, that they are no moro COM
mended for it than person for the posses
sion Of pair Of beautiful eyes. Cheerful
ness 10 matter Of health and constitution,
An invalid or . nervous persou-a very
sensitive person, easily affected BY atmos-
pheric and other influences, cannot be uni
formly cheerful. He may do much tow
ards endsAvoriDg to be SO, it is true, but it
must be . thing Of effort. Many people
are cheerful because they ere apathetic.
The sorrows Of others, not being their own,
are easy to bear. We do not wish to decry
this social sunshine, but let % not forget
that there are very sweet flowers that Hour.
ish and give out perfume only in tho shade.
A CHRISTIAN At HoxR.-"l find it moat
difficult to DO . Christian at home in my
own house." was the remark Of an excellent
Christian lady, in religious experience
meeting. Her experience in this respect 10,
" apprshend' the experience Of thousands
Of others, both men and women. And the
remark applies TO Christians Of every Sta
ton, to the high and the low, the learned
and the ignosant, and to the minister ~
we'll - to the 10y man. Many end it COM
parasivsly easy . b saSssst and cvsn 81
thuslastic Chfietians II the public congrs.
gatien, o. the prayer o. class meeting, Who,
at homo in their own houses, bstray weak
nesses that arc reproach TO their profes
sion, and dishonoring to Christ. Many,
too, are very exemplary Christians in their
outdoor mngling with general society,
who, in thcir own families, are so crooked
and perverse IS to raise in he minds of 9TH
or members Of the family grave doubt as TO
tho genuineness Of their pretentions.
We have, for example, known . minister
in the church whose piety abroad was held
in some esteem, but in his own family, q. a
most positive discount. In his preaching,
he Wa plain, practical, and sound but his
children had but slender faith in him. Such
were his frequent outbnrsts Of violent and
unehrstian temper, and frequent protract-
ed churlishness, that in their judgment the
marks Of the true Christian were wanting.
Many mother finds it difficult, amid the
perplexity Of her family cares to preserve .
proper Christian equanimity. She designs
we'll. but often circumstances prove too
much for her, and, before she is aware, she
gives way to the very reverse Of honoying
TO her profession ~ a disciple Of Jesus. Bsf-
fed in her oft-rencwsd resolution to lesd IN
exemplary Christian life, she 10 led to the
ssne reflection 40 the Christian lady above
referred to, that she finds it most Difficult.
to be Christian at homo in her own house.
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