Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-28

DGAR Sass Permit ne, thrOush yoa, to szpsess ~
thaphe 20 year Company rfheiT eo@pmsntay Request,
to publish the diseOufse delivered before then On the
oeessoa 81 heir ~ AnHvenaSy q asG FEEL at baF-
~ 10 decline the Fsq~est.
heSty preparation. and trusting that Il win be Tor gOod
! herewith tender you eopy. with wishes a. yoar
welfare am Toal', R.sP:st1sly,
A DIsC0URSE By REv. ". RRRAR.
Delivered ct the PTesbyteFan Church, Piaeervine %
Sunday, the I'D inst the occasion Of the ~ ami
yersaTy Of the organization Of COnAdeuee Engine Co..
No. J..
r. Cor. 3: H." The Gre shall tn every maa's work.
Of what sort IL is"
The EefsEsSee II The test toa osaaaRTs.
!Sn, which 70 10 take place 81 the end 81 the voS-
Every structure upon the eaFh win thss - haFDed The
10 s@oks to the skies. There win ~ s. tsmSie.
hOuever high, OF dwelling, hswsvsS lOw. that win DOt
the TTest sheet Of owinS Gre: nOt an sSaee iSst viii
Ans 1ot sy sSsi, but r :aid tkst De :sSs Itsel,
and az the works that thsTen shall be burned up.
Not plant or tree, OF rock, OF hill, o. lake
ocean that will not Be dissolved IN the beSning hat
How Stupendous how terrible how indiserbabIe viii
be The essasgaiOn Of day When an the elements
shall melt with frTvent heat, and the sounding flames
shall lap from World 70 sprd sRd nsthipE shall survive
earth has seen viii BE- IS nothing beside Il.
On aha. ssy ssys the test "tAs aFs shah Try even
idea in eonDeetion With the CONTEXT IT, that there IL
Ounaattsn, trus and Sold, o. which men nay build -
and that the sdises they shall bod shal be PIT 10 the
test Of this great ha@e. implies too that eveTy
may build edinee that Wi abds 10 the day Il this
hagrstioa. But IL says Iet eseTy take heed
man lay" and ssy build upon this foundation,
gold, silver precious stones WOOD hay, subbe !" his
"wOFk shall be made esniGrst; Isr tie day AhaI de-
clare it, because II shall be revealed BY IRE, and the
are Shai try every nass work Of What sOTt Is" Oh
this foundation be may buiId structure, that win be
like @ssaidesu. temple, Sold end bsantiGai oG pss-
eious marble, isaid add oTeTaid, like soIOasnS, With
silver A1d gold or be nay baih bowel Of wood,
thatehed eth straw and Stubbs II be baiidS Of that
pursr end better material than 10 heWeA qnaTTteA
from the earth, his work will GCde SsberWss II Shau
he bsTRed. IL not how splendid OF mean fab
10 ths main idea d this scripture IS that there
but Kind Of that will Be completely
ID the great eOnA agTatiOn.
Among Physieal rlements hre 10 the most trying The
hTe ordeal 10 the SeveTest known. Very few sub
stances are positively knOWn 70 Withstand tS setting
and burning pOWeT. We kaow not that any eSduTe
its intensei glow A. adesSoyer il 10 the moot GeaTful
and destructive Of all the sgens. II aSbes the
works q ee.turies In as many hours IL leaves the
ment t sweeps into n0ihingnsSS the accumulated pOop
and wealth, end SplendOE 81 II blows ttS heated
breath upon the gTeaest eieO, With all their gathered
stores and lea,es them biaekened waste. Its ter
Ehe spectacle 70 tS great seouges Of Game beating
eolu@a after ooiu@n the nobet IT structures 70 the
ground before IT. IL has perhaps Destroyed the greater
part u ell the works. that has Wrooght UPON
the eATth. The tenpIss and cities sBA that
devoUring ernent L oos q The greatest Soss 70 bic
abiding prosperity. II often turns him penuilssS uPOn
the earth les ravag~s sometimes eide veil as
aIfai huEned the whole Of the city Of Moscow
u the grnnnd IN SSsPt seaEl! SO
10 the fsle:t and richest Pat II LesSou at tine,
1900 d~sings. tsst1es many great and eoly pebiie
stFueeuEes. AZ singte time 10 New YOTk II ruined
over e@so .oeS Of property: Ard pe!h:p' there 10
more thar eU0pletely burned. But look still
nearer hoe Through nearly al the towns snd cities Of
rTent destYorrY h.s h,usSsA ~ ia e. .,ssz
ittc in sis tracks, besides unsuued energy bat
disappointment, poverty and death.
pUeT Of the mighty sgens that 10 to make the anal
deal Of the works Of And such the fierce Gle
foe 10 Hre thu. great destroyer against which be
nshs for which he 10 the ALERT and which his
greatest ed'Tt' are put forth to ,ubdue:
The character Of bs work and the nature Of the ele
mel" ~hieh be has 70 do, may help US to some profit
able thoughts to-day.
Il 10 not yet three years sinee this great DESTROYER
visited our ow city, and Of three sueees.iVe
tOn,, seemed for the bury all its hopes be-
meath its ashes II this terrible visitation that led
70 the Of present full and efficient corps
Of d. emen, aud to the organization Of the Company
whose second AnnveT'sry, they have concluded TO
coynae to-day appropriately, and nobly in the
tusTy Of the great and over. ruling God.
IL 10 comparatively bat few years since the Order Of
FiTcmen in regular disciplined companies aTSt
tAbliShed They are chiefly nsution Of the present
century. But now their organizations are in almost
every town IN the civilized world. Their mission 10
every worthy etises Their os;.e. wOpshy. Il l. 70
keep the whole community from SuasFing the diTefaI
eaiamities Of nTe-to from ruin neightOrs home
and his hard earned gsinsto keep the helprss from
bsng homeless and SheeTesS, and the perish
ing from the most hoTrd Of deaths. Many the cities
eringS incident thereto. Many the niseTes that
they have prevented.
Now and then the great element gets beyond their
power and TageOn its uneuTbed fury, in the great
hTes Of Quebec and chaTeston but ehe day 10 past
doubt their u.efuseSs. They have kept fO the Aames
are moving Ia .ineue. uSo, but Tor sS:@ SssS B. is
penuTy NuItudes Of the poor have they kept de-
s,ToyeT from putting into the extEeDeet Distress Maay
also the DECIDE Of magnsnmty and her0Sm recorded
70 their praise. The sscFAces made, the hazards Fun
the pers endured EE the lives and GoOd Of ssheES
DOT presented nbIeT Instances Of vaoSoSs Iagnaaity
and heroic sehisve@ent than has bees exhibited
The Fire DePATtIssnt OF country. We but sAy
this to their pFaise, for u is due.
IL 10 true that ObOqny has bren S01etimeS upoa
their name: Men.. WiihOst dOuGt, haze tAned their
ranks from base and execTAbe motives. Asa seu loweR
classes have often linked themselves 10 with thsm, e.
runners and aide, OT purposes Of pundsT. so@etnss
too they themselves have isso
dysh clubs Of dSOtpatioa. A0d because Of these
things the order has SOiAetpeS beea m0ds 70 bear
degree Of FspFoAeh yet the nremans wssk In itSr s
riaee often erraI, 6or = public ccCd. ADd Il ere l.
DOething tsTTbe IN the misseS that the eOnAagEa-
ticn produces, that IL nay veil iaspiEs hin with the
nObest, aud bTavest spirit Of charity and bOtheTy
leL IL s work and that be nay veil An With
the dignity Of manly and boasvOlent purpose IL 10
and devespng the depFsVities sSd bsseT pGEs q ear
nature. IL should can SogtA and quicken, 10 mind and
heart the sSlsst ssntnssts. asd purest aims Of
Gsrity and reVsSy 10 SomstImss ehafged Il should
Inspire the soul With motives Of magnanimity and
mighty worthy Of iteelL IL should be eothed 10 the
eyes Of every with its appropriate character
and dtgnity the pFsventioa Of ssEFows and woes
mighty eoTtS TO avert the most diTeful eslamities-
are hoDoSaee. thsn iS the 1Teman's work. Aud u the
tendency o. sueh Efforts and deeds les they aWays are
when performed IL tire spFit b 70 eanOble the heart,
and gfeaten the an than shoud the dreanSa Ain Al
life b noeae end BpwaFd HE work sbeud have eie-
waiting influence upon his character. Should undeF-
take 70 picture the model Gsman eoad not do II bet
work, ho realisess proper character, and shows In
his deeds and life that he Il fall Of lie appropriate spiE-
II. would doSeTibe hin one who 20 maintained his
manhood anA moral courage that TepgOAeh but rather
honor and esteem and praise hOud the
whteh be 10 joined end Who makes real 10 himself