Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-16

The Bible is translated iato 200 living
language.
1t is estimated that no: ons-eishth ofths
people Of the United States attend public
wcrship on Sunday.
4 sexlen Of . church in Trey has r..
signed bis position on the ground that "it
il worth money to . man to have Sunday
10 himself.
Cslumny is like the cinders flying frsm
. large Gre, which qsiekly g out il you Dc
not blow ths0.
Lsvs aud respect are rarely fonnd 10
lest fortune. and adversely seldom meets
with thsrsturns Of friendship.
A CnAxss II CnlEA.-A correspondent
Of ess Of the leading Boston pspsrs writes,
that the Gsvsrnospt Of China hes recently
restored to the Jssuits oil the estates which
we're con6scatsd whom they were driven
out two hundred years aga. Their position
then was high,-aud with the iacrsassd
value Of this property, they have now be-
come by this Get possessed Of incalsulabls
wealth.
Rev. Mr.. Van Vlist, II Dubuque, Iowa,
has gathsrsda 0sraan esngssgstisu in thst
city Of le0 members, and established the
slsgical school, whore thirty students are
preparing for the ministry. The last A..
ssmbly 20. g.. appointed committee 10
visit this school aud sxauine into it, merits
and its wants, and reper, q the next A.
ssmbly. A part Of this committee, says the
North Wsstsrn Prssby tsrias, hes just vie
tied the place and wss very much grati6sd
with condition and msnagsasnt Of the
sehosi, which seems deserving u the fes-
tssiog care Of the Whole church."
A schsms has bees set % feet by The
Free Church Of Scotland for insusing her
own ecclesiastical buildings. A great mum
Der Of the congregations have already u.
pressed their approval Of il in such . way
- to show that they rspess confidence in
the judgment 81 the Committee having
charge Of the matter. II the scheme be
generally adopted . savipg Of something
like $1,000 year 10 s1pscts1 = b Of
fsctsd for church and missionary ebjscts.
Tas SAMOAN IsLEs RsDEsnsD.-Fer over
thirty years misslensriss Of the Londsn
Society have labored IN the Samoan Islands
in the South PaeIfis; au1 sow hsalhenism
hss been abolished, and the whole nation
PROCESSES Chrissianity. The whole Bible
has been translated int their Language,
and third Or mere Of the population ess
read. There srs absut 5000 members 81
the church, sad 1000 candidate moro
than 900 Of the male members ars pssach>
srs Of the gsspsl, and nAny hsvs gone %
missionaries t. distant isisado.
Fifty years age. says the Congrsgatisa.
slist, il was gravsly disessssd b On asso>
citation Of ministers whsshss . religions
newspaper ought y b csuutsnancsd. II
vas feared thas religion would b secular
lied A few wssks sines . conference 81
churches, in Maine, earnestly and grsvsly
| discussed the question Whistler Christian,
| Or indeed, any family. can without ssrious
less. both spiritually and nsntaliy, be
wi.hsuts religious nswspspsr.
TsD SnxPHERD's vo,cs On, "Ir 10 H.
A lady walking On the dswns the mePsibe
after terrific thunder storm, met . shop :
herd. She asked him what bic sheep had
done during The stoiu. "Ahr' be replied,
~ folded them a. usual in the evening"; but
whom the storm came on thosght Of the
poor things, and went cut to lsek after
them. When l got . little distance from
the fold, l found them jumping about in
the greatest alarm but the moment they
heard my voice they we're quite quiet
Just so, storm and tsmpess may break
ever the believer. but emily let him hsa1
the Chief shepherds vsies saying, ut i,
l." and there is a great calm.
A Philadelphia professor has invented ,
steam brick kiln, wherein 1OO, 900 bricS,
can be evenly burned in three days