Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-26
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
aUNnAY HEADING.

To forgive and forget is The good mans
revenge
Pi,iy, prudence, wi. and c'vility are The
elements Of true nobility.
When God means to punish nation he
deprivcs the rulers OF wisdom.
Over all tha movements Of the COED. relig
ION caters her favoYs, but 70 erves the
choicest, her divine blessings, for tue last
hour
A character which combines The love Of
enioym.nt with the love Of duty AID the
ability TO perfurm it, is the one whose un.
foldinss give the greatest promise OF Persec-
ton.
Small suinds easily 6nd objects, ,ri1cs
smuee them; but the high soul covers
thioxs beyond its daily re.ch; tribes &C.
cupy ito aim mechanically tbs thsush. still
wandsrs rsstlsss.
Goodness Of heart 10 man's best treasure.
his br gh,est honor and wiscst acquisition.
It is ray Of divnity that digniiies human
ity, attracts admiration, and assimllates
him to his Creator, but, liks pure gold, is
liable 10 b. c3uG,erfeited.
When / see leaves drop from their trees
in the beginning Of autumn, just such, think
|, is the friendship Of tie world While the
sap Of maintenance last, frien.s swarm In
abundance, bui, in the winter Of my ncsd,
they leave me naked. He is happy man
tha, hath true II end al his need but he
10 more truly happy that hath no rest OF
friends.
SlupLY BgLiEyE-Let me entreat ycu TO
look to the word Of Gods testimony, and
think not tina. any thing else than . simple
reception o! these words, "thai tie blood Of
Christ cleanseth from all sin, is necessary
for the purpose Of your being cleansed from
your ain. II is thu idea hat scmslhing more
is necessary, which obstructs THIS recep-
ton. II is the Imagination OF great per
sopsl work to which you must set yourself
and in which you have hitherto sa. down
listlessnsss and despair, that keeps you a.
With ovsrtures; aud what you have to DO is
to close with them. He approaches you
With tidings and what ysu have to do is to
give credit TO them. This is doing he
work Of God, that you believe on Him whom
lie had sent; and could this transition be
accomplished, then would Oh be translated
into habit Of cheerful and progressive obe-
disncs, which in . way Of legalism. or in
the attempt to establish . righteousness OF
your own, you never can atttin.- Or
Chalmers.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or PEoviDEScs A
little error Of the eye, misguldancs Of the
hand, a clip Of the foot, astarting ofa horse,
. sudden mist, or . great shower, or word
undesignedly cast forth in an army has
turned the tide Of victory from one side to
another, end thereby dlaposed Of empires
and whole nations. No prince ever returns
safe cut of battle bot may we'll remsubef
how masy blows cad bullsts have gone BY
that might easily have geas through him
and what lssls. odd, unforeseen chances Of
death he has sssn turned aside, which
sssmsd in foil, ready and direct career to
have ossn posting 70 him. Al which pas.
ssgss, II - Do not knowledge to have
been guided 10 their respective ends and Of.
fsets BY the conduct Of . superior and Di.
vine hand. No do. BY the sams assertion,
cashier al Providence, strip the Almighty
of His noblsst prsrogstive, and make God
not the Governor, but the mere spectator Of
the world. : DR.. South.
There 10 only enc objection to people who
"nean WELL" and that 10, they never find
time to carry out their meaning.
PosrAY.-All poetry is but the reaching
out Of the souId, all painting, whether in
words or colors,--ior something better,
brighter, fairer than it has yet seen, but
which Imagination prophesies 10 yet to
come 1t sees brighter tnts, more indie
s,ructibls loneliness than this world con-
taine, but which even i,s disappointmsnts
and its defeats foreshadow; and which will
certainly come, or hope, and faith, and love
would not be.
The philosophy Of harmony consists in
living in perfect harmony with the Creators
works and WAYS. Happiness il an element
that may dwell in every human breast. If
wants il lie has but to rsc,ify his own
thoughts, his own desires, his own affsc-
lions, his own actisns; aud the rich reward
will eturn into his own bosom. Happiness
10 mans normal state. When proper use
10 made ofall the facilities Of the body and
mind. We are living right; and happiness
IS the certain result. Happiness is holiness
Whose wants il can have all he is willing TO
paw for, n honest effort and rigid self
denial. The universe is full Of happiness,
and replete with glowing THOUGHTS; and the
world is loera,ly supplied VITA gold. Take
your choice.