Nevada national., 1859-06-18
AN APPEAL
u BKHAE o.
IMMANUEL CHURCH,
Delivered as Discourse before the Congress q. n
0f that Church, Sunday, Juns i2. 1859
BT REV. H. sNEAT HMAN.
AN APPE al


g. Let not iaiHe hands Be slack.
lzrphaniah, M, 10.
FRIENDS AND BRETHREN :-Yon moon las
now filled her horn for the twelfth period.
since the Vestry and Parishioners OF this
Valley called me to take the pastoral CHARGE
Of this church-"Immanue Church"
Permit me to review. briefly not the la
I bors or works Of the "Watchman whom YOU
/ placed on the wall" but tue state Of the
church herself.
/ - that period found you possessing an
Z exceedingly neat Gothic structure (nearly
( completed, as 10 its ex.erior) capable Of
seating 200 persons, situated on lot Of con-
siderable extent, very generously donated to
/ this Corporation, by the trustees Of the Gold
/ Hill Quartz Mining Co. having three front
/ ages and valued at S700; as vet the build
ing was unused; you were wershiPing in
an upper room,h but an upper room" i'll
ventilated aud unsuited to The purpose.
Ii vas determined at once. to assemble
in your own building.-by the assistance Of
q few earnest members OF our little flock, it
was so far arranged and ''se. in order as TO
make it serviceable as place Of Worship
From this date, then, LIST OF August. tthe
date when ! took ministerial charge OF the
Parish,) We have assembled and met togeth-
er" 10 this Temple Of the Lord, almost reg
ularly twice on Sundays.
At this time (August) this building had
actually cost its supporters. ia cash, 81, 1852,
With outstanding debts of So $50, due to
several parties, making the total cost OF the
building as it then stood, s5.3Ss.
To meet this balance Of S3,63G. was now
the great struggle.
Rs ha oore,rol iahnr Of ems f-sa,Is
were soon enabled to cease up" the inside
of the building which is permanent work,
and by the donations of Others desks, hand
some lamps, stove, &C., were provided
Thus we progressed steadily onward In our
/ good work, when, in Nov. i5S. the ladies,
amidst great difficulties. yet with nuahated
zeal and untiriug energy, succeeded in rails
4 ing sufficient funds TO supply the Church
, s.lh Melodeon Of very fine tone aud quail
ity. and to pay of sGls Of outstanding
I claims.
! Previously and subsequently, many other
claims bad and have been paid OIL in full,
by the contributions OF friends in hi. coun-
Is. as well as by aid from friends OF tie
Church in Sacramento, San Francisco ard
other parts OF the State; some OF the cred
ii0Fs also allowed considerable discount on
their claims thus reducing the liabilities
TO a mere nominal SUN Of OF abOnt LOO.
/. Is TO be hoped that this may shortly be
erased from our booAs.
This balance stands thus -:
The sum due for lumber was considerable,
but tie Administrator of the estate to whom
this indebtedness was due, having exercised
much lenisncy towards Us, finally sccep-
ted a mortgage on the property VI Sl,2U1
bearing interest at per cent per month,
which was duly executed by the Trustees Of
this Corporation, about the 10Th ultimo.
balance due 10 two Of the mechanics Of, say
si2s. makes the actual debt due on the
bnilding sl.G2s-say 5 $3.50.
Such, Friends and Brethren, Is the haan'
cial position Of your Church add that you
have enjoyed the uninterrupted occupation
ofit during the past eleven months, and that
too, throughout a protracted winter. aad
oEe of unusual severity, must be = matter OF
great con graduation TO all who Interested
themselves in its formation.
Aud now, Brethren, | come tr appeal to
You and TO the friends Of the trne faith gen
orally, on behalf OF this our sanctuary, and
earnestly hope that ere long. an early effort
may be made to wipe out this small claim
against US, and thus save The monthly ac-
I cruing interest, which is, rs the palmer
worn.n sapping the very vitais OF the vine.
/ as well as fer the credit OF our Church, that
I they, who have SO generously abstained from
any action against the Trustees. anu who
patiently waited for their just dues. when
| they have seen claims of a subsequent date
paid of, may feel and know that our chris
tianity is OF that hue which teaches US to
''owe no man anything" and to "render
unto CssaI the things which are Cesar s.
Let US at the same time remember the word
hereunder written
"Woe unto those that useth his
neighbours service without wages, and CIV
eth him not for bis work"
In order the better TO understand our po-
sition and respective duty, let US fer q while
see what our Lord and Saviour saith upon
the Church-its character or design-and
claim upon US.
The Church is inseperable from ali religion
all experience finds it so; hence we see,
throughout the whole globe, temples of
worship, albeit they may assume the COM |
plexion and peculiarities Of the people who
claim them. As am presumed to be ad-
dressing myself to the members OF the true |
aud ancient Church, | need not go into the /
abstract question as TO which is the Church ,
that claims. nav demands OF yon. ns children |
OF God, your support bat thus much | may 4
be permitted to add, that we believe our /
church to be in all respects we'll calculated /
to meet the views, circumstances and spirit /
ual wants OF all-high and low. rich and |
poor, learned and unlearned, aud peculiarly |
adapted 10 cultivate the mind in the way /
that will prepare it to assume that position /
in this probationary world, as will dt it for /
the enjoyment of higher and more glori- /
Gus existence in the Kingdom OF our Savior,
and highly suited to plant in youthful minds /
seed that will eventually yield the solid 1
fruits Of righteousness and true holiness, III
the parents will only do their duty, and /
teach them by example as well as by precept,
TO take part In her services
assume that you admit the Church TO
be inseperable from religion; IL was to this
end that Christ provided for this necessi.
ty, and this Church was instituted with I
its rites, regulations and ministers.
II Is by these. brethren, that our obedience.
piety and holiness ore tested and promoted !