Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-11-18

Tan CHunoH BaEL.4There Is an inde-
charm In the sound Of q church
bell; something that seemb to sympa-
thiEe with the feelings or moods Of men
and to exercise a;powerful influence in
swaying their i~nolinations. On a calm
Sabbath morning, how gently and sooth-
ingly Its tones fall upon the ear, making
it seem that all over the land, wherever
the sound floats, is an all-pervading
holiness. We doubt If it be possible for
one TO commit q crime within the sound
of q church bell, while its tones are
heard. Il seems 50 e~loquently TO i'm
press upon us that all around Is holiness
and love. The vsspsr bell that calls to
prayer, seems softened and plaintiye. 1t
comes when We are wearied with the
days toll and most sensitive to the mu-
sic Of its deep, rich tones. Then how
sadly and solemnly it tolls an accom-
panimsnt to the Dead March, as we
slowly follow some dear friend to his last
resting-place inthe cold grave. Again,
in the midnight, when the bell rings out
an alarm that confagration is abroad,
and the FIRE 6end is threatening us,
how different Is the sound. 1t is, in
stead 6t music, q fearful changing crash,
at once alarming and terrible, which
arouses us and quickly sends the blood
back to the heart, blanching the face
and almost making towards Of the brav-
est. It is thrilling, piercing, and seems
to shrek its own appalling fright. 1t is
as different to its daily song, as the sea
when the storm king is rioting and the
waves are mad, differs from the calm At
the sunset preceding it. We are re.
minded Of this by hearing the new bell
Of the Catholic Church daily, and Won
dering If the sound has a similar effect
on everybody. It's tones are not only
exquisite music, but 1t marks q step in
the progress of the city. But a few
short years ago, a great stretch Of coun-
try, only covered with barren mountains
and desert sands, almost destitute Of
vegetation and altogether uninviting,
lay where now 10 the city of Austin.
To-day we have mines and mills, schools
and churches, a population and society
that is q credit to the land. That bell
will doubtless ring long after oil that
are now living will sleep with tho dead.
Its mournful tones will not only accom-
pany many, IL not most Of US in our last
Journey "down tho grade" but long
after the little children now playing in
the streets, have become gray haired
men and women, and tired Of life, have
laid themselves down to await the resur-
rection morning, the bell will ring out
joyously for marriage festivals and ma
tional jubilees. tits perhaps somewhat
humiliating for each person in the COM
munity to think 1t possible that the bell,
without being affected by his or her de-
parture, will ring on as lively rs though
il never had tolled q funeral accompani-
ment, but Il will nevertheless, and other
men will be filing the places now filled
by us, and Austin will miss but very
few of US. Whether the letters O. s.
cast in alto relieve on the bell may mean
cast steel or capital Of the state, none
cnn tell now. May 1t be long before it
will be needed as an alarm bell may it
last till Austin is q great city, and the
whole land has become populous, civil
lied and christianized. -Resse RiUer
Reveille.