Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20

! Wnlle he plies his own craft-far enouo oh from
belng prlestl y-and drives his BARGAINS of
corruption. The man whose hands are full
OF brlhes, and whose heart blisters with moral
Ieculence, never works spontaneously within
the shadow Of place so sacred; nay, he
never feels wholly at ease while he remains
IN sight of And not It'll convivial parties
are common in charnel-houses. will places of
! prayer grow familiar with secret cabals. and
4 reasonable Vaccinations Such a structure
! too, evidences an amount of knowledge con-
cernlng rights and duties of conscious integ-
rlty, OF confidence in the future, and of salts
faction with the existing order of things as
may not be lightly regarded. There no spirit
of misanthropy retires to brood over imagin-
ed woes It'll envy and hate are grown giants
There no foul sedition keeps her covert-nest
It'll the brood Of mischiefs grows dangerous
There no ranking passion feeds its fury It'll
the pent-up fires burst forth in wild cOnfla-
! gratiOns. There no malcOntent screens him
self from public gaze while he genders strifes
and sows "discOrd among brethren" There
are none ready to cOnspre against the public
! peace, nor to harbOr the miscreants that
throng together for deeds Of lawless violence.
But peace and order, goodwill and righteous
ness dwell in its shadow evermore."
We would be glad to follow this eloquent
discourse, as it shows the tendency which
religious institutions have in securing the
community from ignorance-in the promul-
cation of ''truth" and 'light''-in the perfec-
tion of Liberty and the maintenance of Civil
Government; but space will not permit it
we cannot however close these notices with
out first giving few extracts from his clos
ing remarks
8 1t is at the House of God that man learns
the true value of himself 1t is there the
greatness of his immortal nature is most
dwelt upOn-there he finds himself ''made
little lower than the angels"-there he is
taught to avoid the path of the wicked-there
he is warned against the allurements of sin
there he is taught the loveliness of vir-
tu, and there the true and surprising glory
OF Christians life and Christians hope"
In speaking of its adornments to the social
state, he goes on:
"The Christian House Of Worship has been
the foundation Of our happiest social condi-
ton, and has decked it With its Jewels and
stars of light This has raised woman from
her thraldom and degradation to her position
of equality; as before God q responsible be-
Is.
that has trained her mind, schooled her heart.
consecrated her affections, informed her soul, !
graced her manners refined her nature, and
crowned her queen of the social state. And
! II ever the day comes that this sanctuary of |
her hopes and onr joy be not built-then is |
our strength departed, and our glorious beau
ty become fading flower; then, society be-
comes irreligious and immodest: coarseness
and brutality resume their sway; and the |
world swings out into the blackness of dark
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The old family mansion wnere IaUners and (
children have lived, i'll some sequestered vale +
nestled among trees, where year by year the
scattered family is gathered again in joyful |
reunion is place venerable and beloved,
| joy to all eyes. So the Church is one family, |
and from week to week, and time to time, |
they meet together in their earthly home for
mutual comfort and cheer, to mingle their
sorrows and their joys, and to anticipate
blest reunion in their Fathers house on high
and to them their spiritual home is glorious
and lovely, as to the returning pilgrim is the
sweet home of his childhood. tbs the bright
est gem in their social sky, and around it,
like clustering stars, gather life's fondest
memories"
We shall end our review in the beautiful
and closing remarks of the sermon.
''My friends, we walk amid living and vast
realities. They rise about us in giant forms
Every day they come thickening upon US.
They are so many we fail to keep their num-
ber-so vast we scarce can apprehend them.
In these beginnings Of things there is also
much that is dim and uncertain. We move,
to some extent, in the midst of region of
I shadows. Much that we gaze On is indistinct
many forms we see are ill-defned. But
the shadows that fall arornd us are not the
shadows of the past-the remnants of things
gone by; not the shadows of evening made
by the faint beams Of a declining sun-shad-
ows destined to lengthen, to mingle and com
mingle. It'll lost in the common darkness that
gathers over the scene. They are rather the
! shadows of the future big with events. the
/ long shadows forecast with thiAgs to come,
4 shadows of that morn we Glready see advan-
I cling E'with her rosystep in the eastern cline,
shadows sent forward by the mounting sun
that even now purples the clouds and gilds
yonder peaks of snow shadows which in his
increasing brightness, are destined to shorten
and change, til they vanish in the golden
light Of his meridian splendor.
In this early morning we are called on to
act, Let us be worthy Of our calling We
are planning the labors of the day. Let us do
it with all the wisdom we can command. I
trust we have begun well. A right outset is
its own good omen. Delay is disaster. A
halfway policy is all the way defeat Let us
not shrink from our tasks-let us not seek
to unshoulder our responsibilities Let us
take up our allotments, let us understand
our duties, let us urge our way onward un-
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