Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-11
DAILY DEMOCRAT.

sunday READING.
Froa Putin ans Magazine
Hereafter.
Not from the flowers Of earth.
No. from the stars.
Not from the voicing sea
Nav We
The secret rest which bars
Our knowledge here
or oil We hope and ell thai Ne msy fear
Hereafter
We watch beside our graves.
Yet meet no sigB
OF uhsrs sur dear 0sss dweu
Al we'll.
Even nov. your dead and mine
Msy long 10 spesk
OF rsptares u we're wiser We sheuid eesk
Hereafter.
Oh'hsasts We fon dly love
Oh. pslhd lips
Tbs. bore our farswsil kiss
From this
To yendsr worlds eclipse
DO 70. safe home,
Smile st your earthly doubts OF what would
Hereafter,
Grand birthrigAt OF the soul.
Naught may despou
Oh, precious, healing balm.
To calm
Our lives in pain and toll
Gods boon thatwe
Or soon or late shall know what 10 10 be
Hereafter.
Give the devil his due" but be careful
there isn't much due him.
Those who wrong others generally sian
der them to cover their own infsmy.
A New York correspondent Of the BSs-
ton journal denies the sayiog that the sons
Of New England clefgymen have generally
turned out badly. He ssys: 1.-THE Sons Of
Now England elsrgy man laid The founda.
lion for the lsading and the oldsst lsious
paper in this city. From the brain Of sno.
Their son cane the telegraph. Another
laid the Atlantic cable. The most eminent
judges. lawyers, civilisues Nembsrs Of Con-
gress and piiaceiy merchants u this State,
came not only from New England, bat ars
the ssns Of New England clsreyusn."N
loU, for the time is short, and dsalh 4
nstv. asd jadenAnt threatens Now. fss
in eternity it will be too late. and your vssy
next sap 0Ay aAnd ys~ there! The only
seasos a wAish yov edn b SURE y nov /
The only seasenis which you can work i
new, The purpose may not last til 70.
msrrow; ful6l Il nowi Fresh flculties
win nood the channel to.morfow-wade Il
now! The chain Of evil habit will bad you
more eloesly tomorrow; snap il Row !!
Religion il work for every day bsgin il
nowl Sinsxposes - pssssnt atssriss; e.
cape them now -Four Csestor commands;
obey him now A holiDsaa confers pre-
sent joys; seize them now Col Of love
entreats; b seconcilcd now. lhsFathsr
from his throne invites return now The
Saviour from the cross bsseschss; trust
him nowl The Holy Spirit is striving In
your heart; yield sow Behold now 10
the accepted time. b.hold now Is the day
al salvation y
Money Is good thing. especially in these
hard times: but there is something thou
ssndlOld mors valusbl.. II 10 eharacter-
the consciousness Of . pure and honosable
life. This il should be mans first aim 10
preserve at any cost. In times OF com
mercls 81 distress, while some are proved
and found wanting, others come forth tried
As by fire. Here and there one comes out
Of the furnace far more Of man than be-
fore. Amid the wreck Of his fortune he
stands erect-a noble specimen Of true
manhood. We have occasionally witnessed
al example Of courage in such crisis, Of
moral intrepidity, that deserved all honor.
Let it be the aim Of every business man,
above all things else. to keep this purity
sustained. This Is the best posssssion-
this is II capital which can never be taken
from him--this is the richest inheritance
ehich he can leave 10 his children.
Itis hard for us to get At the central
kernel Of things. We stop half way asd
feed ourselves on shells and husks. In re-
ligion every thing depends on getting at
the center. end this center 10 love. He
Who, by faith. has penetrated into this
mystery, is blessed Above his fellows. To
him the Divine Law hes assumed the form
Of bis own personal good pleasure; to him
Who is timseli pure TO him the whole
material universe is but one grand temple
Of the Most High, in which the forces Of
nature and the lives o! the pure are forever
un tied in one harmonious anthem Of praise
and Thanksgiving.