The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-02-18

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Nevada given up TO the Devil.


Mr. Editor WHAT'S the matter with you at
NevadaH A correspondent of the "ChurOh Jour-
nal" New York, writing from Sacramento, I'M
der the signature of "H." says that on Bishop
Kip's last visit to Nevada, he found it almost
wholly given up TO the World and the deU. His lam
guage is Nevada has refrigerated spiritually
since its dreadful visitation, and seems almost
wholly given up to the world and the devilp
What's the trouble there2 But year ago, and
this same Church Journal, under the same sig
nature, contained glowing accounts of things
spiritual at your place. Has affection, which
ought to soften, hardened your heartsH What
has 'come Ger the spirit of your dream w The
writer of this at one time thought of removing
with his family to your place. But if you have
all given yourselves up to the devil, he must
for the present beg to be excused. Will you
Mr.. Editor or some of your Episcopal readers,
inform the Church Journal and its correspond
ent the cause of this spiritual declension in
your important but wicked city n II.
Sacramento, Feb. Sd.
The following is the paragraph from the
Church Journal alluded to:
The Bishop visited and held Service in Eeva-
da on Wednesday evening. This place, with
the exception of its houses of worship, has been
entirely rebuilt. Service was held in the new
Temperance Hall, which was crowded to its ut
most capacity. Rev. Mr.. Cooper read Prayers,
and the Bishop preached one of his very best
sermons-one scorchingly appropriate to the
people here, and in California generally, viz
on Spiritual Apostacy May his burning words
of truth be needed by those who heard. Nevada
has refrigerated, spiritually, since its dreadful
visitation, and seems almost wholly given up
to the world and the devil. A little band is still
left; and we hope the faithful labors of Mr..
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true religion in that important but wicked city.
A few such paragraphs as the above, publish
ed in the different religious journals of the At
lantic States would cause Nevada to be set down
as second Sodom and Gomorah. Had the
writer of the above lived here FIVE years ago,
when bull fights were our Sunday amusements,
and ministers had to preachi in gambling saloons
in order to get hearers, he would not have
thought that Nevada had spiritually retrogra-
ded. In religion and morality, Nevada has
steadily improved ever since it was first settled
The improvement has been slow, but sure
There may not have been any perceptible i'm
provement in religious piety since the fire, and
for this there is good reason. Since that ca
lamty, Four citizens have been too busily en-
gagged in trying to recover their losses, and in
providing subsistence for themselves and fami.
lies to give that attention to spiritual matters
that they otherwise would have done. Two Of
the churches, however, have been rebuilt al
ready, and doubtless the other three will be
erected next summer. Were it necessary, we
could name fifty families that were burned out
last July, who have not yet been able to re-
build their dwellings; and until they provide a
shelter for themselves no one expects them to
give money to build churches. In this respect
they follow the divine precept, that "whosoever
neglects to provide for his own house is worse
than an infdel."