Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-13


fmmepsity person OF eternity.
Where doub. is. there truths. lis her
shadow.
Man-a pendulum bewixs smiles and
tears.
A petition. addressed to King William,
and prsy,ng him TO make any concessions
10 tie .o called spiiit q liberal Christian.
iiy, is nos being sigued by the orthodox
clsrg,men Of Pr,ssia.
THa Russian CLEksr IN ALAsKA-Ths
sale OF Russia Ameri.s to tbd United States
has given rise to curious difficulty ~ hieh
promises TO give some trouble to the Gsv
srrments ct Washiugton and St. Peters.
burg. II appears that undor the Russian
regime the Esquimaux end ether natives Of
the county VINO bad been ,''convsstsd" to
the esthsdex faith paid tai fse the sup
pert Of The Russian priests who bad besn
sent smoog them % missionaries. The
Usited States authoritiss, On taking pos
session, declined 70 collect tsxss ier the
Russian clergy, and the people. net esiss
dispsssd 10 make asy voluntary edssings,
the priests were lsft entirely withost 70.
sources. They then appealed . The syood
q 81. Petersburg. whies decided thss they
should remain under the protection end 10
the pay Of Russian Government - before.
end Be subject 70 the juri.diction Of the
synod. This decision seems TO DO object
ed to By the United States Government.
which Is naturally unwilling = tolerate any
protection" by . foreign pswsr Of per.
sons residing in ito dominisns. and the or
Cans Of the Scalvophils party At st. Pc
tersburg are already warmly pleading 10
favor of their distressed countrymsn.
CAx'r BIZ SuirsD. at those long
faced Christians coming home from church
say Find Fault "is - enough 10 make
one siek-glocmy, moross.losking beings.
wonder dc they think there is any rel'g
ION in ,hse The fact 10. religion 10 play.
cd out" Now, Find Fault wants religion
to be play ed out, 20 he locks at Il aiways
through that pair Of spectaclss. If be sees
. mistsks in that direction he never thinks
% in other cases, Of making reasonable
allowance for il. He can understand how
really COED men may have narreW views Of
business, or Of politics. Or Of any such %.
culiar mattsTs; but If they blundsr
through IarroW ness Of view On the rslig-
ICES question, be immt diatsly sets then
down - by pocri,s and prstsudsss. Nes,
believe that there 10 many "Wortby
the Lamb" being suog heartily IL heaven
10 day, BY those mistaken Christians Whe
thought II right to gresn and Sigh oil the
time they we're on earth. Il iss pity, to
10 sure. especially In view Of such people
- Find Fault. that they had not oeeasiou>
ally given ~ cbesrfsl chirp before they
went, but "rslieien" sill lives oil the same
Then Find Fault 10 not very consistent,
even on his ewn showing.
There's . pretty minister for you," he
says, - b comes out 81 the Rev. Mr..
Spring mornings church; "there's a pref,
y ininistsr for you- making his congregs>
tien smiis during the sssvicssi 4 clergy.
man shouldn't let himself down that way.
Il is und,gDiRed." You tell him that the
clergyman 10 question believes in cheer
ful religion. and wishes t. do away with
the long faced Christianity which brings
religion In disrepuie with just such people
% himsslf. Finding himself 10 . corner,
hs only gives his s,sreo,y ped answer, that
''rslision 10 play Cd out, anyhow"
Find Fault isn't . bad man; Il only
plsases him to bs thought so. The other
day. 10 spssking Of . man who made great
Efforts to overcome intenpsrats habits and
failed. hs said, "Posr fellow, somebody
ought to take hold and help him to help
But mind you, hs never thinks
81 applying the same rule 10 . church
member for whom Satan, in q moment Of
weskness. 10 too strong; no matter how
sinesrs his repentance, hs only says,
" There's your religion again y
Net long since, whom man Of very bad
character Was requested by church<mem-
bsrs aud clergy men 70 give up his d'srspu
table way Of living Find-Fault said
Now just see thoas Christians taking the
bread out Of that poor devils mouth, end
expecting him to sustain nature on praying
and singing"
Aftsrwsrd, when . purse was made up
for just such person, that he might be
able t. defy want, and the better u strug.
gle for honesty, Find Fault remarked,
sneeringly, Reform. indeed What fsl>
lew like that wouldn's reform, even Atty
times . year. il the bait Of . wsll.6llsd
prise were put under bis noss!'
Now what 10 the uss talking 70 man
who applies common sense to every object
but that Of religion who has no doubt
that genuine money 10 in circulation o.
though he has counterfeit dollar in bic
rocket, bat still persists in deny ing the
existence Of true religion, because he
sometimes meets by pocrits. O, pshsw
Meme so blind No they whs went see
None 40 hard to convince ~ they who are
pre- determined not to be convinced, come
hat will.
FANNY FglN.
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