Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-22

heroic daily is the true test of character
| Several fashionable churches in the
east are considering the propriety oi
charging admission, the same as thea.
ters.
Reflect upon your present blessings. oi
which every man has many; not on your
past misfortunes. of which all men have
some.
A word Of kindness is seldom spoken
in vain. while witty sayings are as easily
lost as pearls slipping from broken
string.
Thou wilt never be inwardly religious
unless thou pass over other mems mat.
tiers with silence, and look especially tc
thyself.-1'homas a Kempis.
The plain doctrine of integrity is rare.
ly found purely practiced nowadays. II
is easy to pick out plain men, geniuses,
martyrs; but integrity is rare.
He only is advancing in life whose
heart is getting softer, whose blood
warmer, whose brain quicker, whose
spirit is entering into living peace.
Flowers never emit 80 sweet and
strong fragrance as. before storm.
Beauteous soul, when storm approaches
thee, be as fragrant as sweet smelling
flower.
When people get SO spiritualized that
they lose capacity for practical life, they
tgrow away from religious good health.
Piety and common sense should never
be separated.
With every member of household
anxious to promote the welfare and hap.
piness of each other by kind words and
deeds, how cheerful the family circle
can be made!
Plymouth church, Chicago. now has
four Sabbath schools. one home, and
three mission schools, and free dispen.
sary. Two missionaries are about to 70 to
the foreign field.
Lord. pardon what I have been, sancti.
fy what / am. and order what shall be,
that thine may be the glory, and mine
the eternsl salvation.-FrOm one of the
'.Ancient Fathers
The happiness of man arises more from
his inward than bis outward condition
and the amount OF good in the world can.
not be much increased but by increasing
the amount of goodness.
The American branch Of the Evangeli-
cal Alliance has accepted the invitation
OF the Swedish branch to hold the next
branch of the Worlds conference in
Stockholm, in August next.
A mans moral principles, like the
d;kes of Holland or the levees OF the
Mississippi, need to be continually
watched and strengthened. He is ruined
if they are undermined or overthrown.
A Protestant Episcopal cathedral is to
be built at Albany, n. Y, under the su-
pervislon of Bishop Doane, OF the esti.
mated cost of $450O00. Its dimensions
will be l26xs5 feet, with spires 2O3 feet
high.
The truest successes in life are not
those into which people fall by accident,
or those which they WIN by single bold
stroke. but those into which they grow
by slow and sure unfolding of capacity
and power.
A troubled mind is often relieved by
maintaining cheerful demeanor. The
effort withdraws its attention from the
cause of pain. and the cheerfulneAs
which it promotes in others extends by
sympathy to itself.
The king Of Sweden has sanctified the
revised translation of the new testament
in that language. It will now be used in
the churches and schools throughout the
kingdom. The version displaced was
one of the best of the reformation trans
lations.
Labor is not IN itself disagreeable. Ac.
tivity is vital element in life and
growth; the young child is full of it. the
yonng man cannot restrain it, and, if in
maturity it seems to decline, it is but
transferred from the bodily to tho men.
tai functions.
The Rev. j. Hyatt Smith, who, al.
though Baptist, has been acting pastor
of the East Congregational church Of
Brooklyn since the close of his congress.
sional labors, has become regular mem
Der OF the Congregational church and
will soon be installed over his present
charge.
Do good to all men as you have the
opportunity. Deal ont kindness aud ia.
vors with an unsparing hand. The cause
yon understand not, search out. If you
can not find happiness by direct search,
try another way. Make others happy,
and see if that does not make you truly
blessed.
It is the people themselves who are
constantly deciding upon the naIity of
the art which is to prevail in the country,
by the selections they mske and the pat
ronage they give. Each one of Us beArs
q share in this responsibility. Whether
We buy chrome or fill o picture gallery.
whether We select simple ornament or
decorate mansion, whethar We read
novel or help 20 stock library. whether
We listen to lecture or help to establish
. whole course, whether We frequent the