, 1869-05-17
Pacific lkAILROAl1.


The First Congregational church, corner Of
Washington And Green streets, WE nlrd Las; even
ing by = large nntencer who listened 10 the Rev.
haif hi @ sernon ~ md hali lecture. .Tne rseinc Rsii.
road" vas the subject. The se1t "aa takea lrom
isaiah Il, ;, I, 8: .......
rare ye thc Z ~ 1ora; make straight In the
and bil hill j. ,aads low "a Is crooked ahali be
ass ss to,9 .ea Il shs s6a s Pss X and Ill m
saaA - Il 'osether: for the meath oil the L'fa h'ia
The reverend gentleman said: The dRurt Il I
simple oriental one Of KINGS sending noneess oe:
two-1oll, referring rtst TO thc return Of the Jews
from cspt,stte. but The special meaning Is to the
gineer Of tile Paclac Ratroad. theE would not have
een og pisse foE The hills aase esn eysl
q highway of traac, eni as high
en sz ,as 81 nRs have sGe word Ss1s, ravca On
the last silver spike as SYMBOLIC Of hat Il will DO
10 spread His gospel The enterprise IS character
latic Of the spirit Of the age. 1t conception
! OF sublime andaclsy whoever nrst thought Il pos
! sible to lay down thousands OF miles Of traeI-
aud canuus and joining the Atlantic with the p.
he could name the man Who n.st conceived 1t
were only SUN r.iles ci road laid in his cnuntrv.
! now there are GatNU miles The continent RecnS
Esey,tninr S ~, Is {, On ~ ssan,,e scae We mu4t nave
half dozen ATLANTIC cablcs, suh Will sooa have
canal ncru.s the Isthtnus Of nar!eu- Men n1r no:
,onteht with the old way Of doing thnEi- The
Tacinc Railroad Ii Specimen u the pew aud
holder system that now ubtasns- Mems brains
IRE oVlnE to correspond With Nc ssurenaGsns
and cluster. When tho italian masters noart%hcd
ltesaiulr hsd tta regular PERIODS Of brightness
und genius, such as the Ei1abe1h!an age. To-day
is tho period Of grand conceptions aud enterprises,
either c. mplete1 OF assuming shape. Spirit pho.
1cg7srhs ar hkels % develop some new xs1 sna
VII! p1,tgste the mir Is safely As a shlN does the
ses Ese!S man tnoa' ,t. oe p p,oad d ,r4 q
e II sssv ss fsu and rs taoassas eea
! tuen, yuune to-day, who viii engage In enter.
fere. Net Methusa;eh n hs extended eststenes neSe,
| saw or knew ss much as men do now In their ltn
,, ! tied life. whcn thc condensed wisdom Of aset
carry HIM on to grand u1nmrha- -
Secular papers and MAGAZINES sneer at Christian:
IT, md contend that 1, Is behindthc age, aa IN tas
m .sh II &c ass but tsas m ru1nsas the DE md ua
loekci the DOOR FOR few great men wetc NOT Shtt.
tisnA Aeanetnon tnias1 Chalmers I'M M c5,s! r.!
tant:y should model its enterprises Oh the vast
=, ness that chaT7c.es!1es the great worNs Q! t@
uge. Ins Is The time tor ta1llionsl5e Cnstsaans
,as; as .ls is" atai Hfa od; sFe VIC nGnay se se
= to sec men tnElf Own GICCuOFa aAn e'a'tt4ltCAu
: lng the WORK they wish to accomplish 10; Tins
!. Holiness everywhere, written Oh the ltells {
street. car no1ses, and talked over counters
o.f Tne Faeine % %Rsi!rcsd tnsu1es tne unlt, Of til
!. country. 1t u hound BY q h4nd Of iEou- ss4Vcs
q is dead and settled and tho danger taat she eu
: p,rc should break IN twaiu, OF It's oFn ~eKot
!. removed by the new rarros. II foreign waS n
); brukcn out our western coast would hare bee
oG. Tsas poa aaa tasss me snsE ~ in moasa an I'm
= plfe Now, ARMIES can be sent ac1o6s the cont
E nent IN ten dasa
!. cnce through i. % other nAtions- We arr. r.
;! q ,se xolia, eaaI &;;ss9,s s!ant ifsn u =
L DE. s and Asta On the other. We Ar nearer
7hem than they 70 each o,nes "WestEasd ,,aI u
~ 2. s%rE%S ssss 5sse " foo.e III 4. is end
:. ~ ,orcrs from III nations Of the WntlI hass eon
e here, md nade our r9aa and tae' ny ~ tcH, nSs,
; an an = emrsre, 1 to which nc poor aud, Q
:: pTe.sed q NE earth xtn GO. come ~ :nd ;.
weoms 70 e., one ne s,s,rs can aoao' ~ ,oxer a1 in
:: world iaF,s 70 long. We have worked out /:
= problem Of seI-eoTctnmeRt, and ii last or 90
e Tnere IL s.rat WORK before cns4ts.an and pra
\. ing ncn- II the Fifteenth Amendment *rnt in
s. fer1sJ en- the loo.cna chinese in California Al
H. u. hts eho vii .et come. SONG 81, 70 tn
e! It md e q ssce 'eF .hS S
U ,,aist ] IN. an thcse great esscrn Territories,
'c- eIut,tng the 5000 eaua1e miles q Alaska n
populated hut II ne ssnsec rh,t,s e m sass ~
70 from now men viii be found making AVS y Ce $
ezes nom he Territories, ssd we Do not ~
{ Ss,so,ie,n + '''fs ss!,e IL f's 20 s5ss As
ls s- and The chinese a-c importing 1hes ius. ~
y lie did not agree with the sentiments 9!
y; Chicago jo4,rE1I which commended that ne lsc
ia l:aiiro1d would eisirze China Tor Cnnsaao
~ ~ did not ACCOMPANY CIVILIZATION It x1u be eeea 20
H. stony ground loot 1t lndta hefo!e Caftssiaa
is asint:oducc'-tt WAS pssce OF last ND easses
~, engines and looms without the Bible. woua Ia
rr. huadted yeasa Nhce! " back inso tue hor!ess @
81 s 1ona ~ 81 ;se
'se,] a,] end eentienan world re.pee:fc!l! nccomn,t
,o ,os o9 nsaaearer kassa Nd F Fre
~ 1 civilization had been s1ted upon The CO
Ae Ct CntnA tn the shape Of cosnmeree re!ca Tor
~ the Cute Of opium iron An unonendtnH peo
-. ~. We used our civilization upon the coast Of AT
ae and tore children from thesr patenss to found
Of nd eoed sn
: q me Sandwtch Islands We have been h51nS 4
sso ;so Inc indians With oSI wstsse! ,;a a1a e Co.
20 20 xno nsre dealt xah the rcd men tepen M
Inc "a a. fn1rsctab!e, tncu1xble savage 1nese
ne tests Of American civl:.z&:son without CoIs'as
nie ii,,he must be paeed n?on every ue o. ne -
lefe Is.1tTvaH i, i the only hope OF the nations
IN IN can Be sayed oaiJ By Il and b. the praseFs OF
,nir ] faithful
and M Personal.
tt1 c. comssnek. ESQ, the Late asent o. the
man Company OF 0nondAca, EAS }oined kae utW
H Pickering l. Co, tn the sast Trade ana Se1
~ | commission hudpeS. The members Of the
sted nrm are c, CoMstock, a Il. Pickering md I.