Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-26
On Behalf of Editors.

~ ,vidence would improve the
,noIity of editors and publishers
Ihere is no blessing more devout
10 be wished. Our efI'nrt and
cxsmple in this direction have
pot been wanting. We wish they
boL heen more successful. We
ave done all we could. We have
Instructed the ignorant patiently
nd mildly: we have bumped the
ririou. and punched the dull.
mp,suring our Over-nanded jus-
icp to all, spiceh with invatiable
bitterness and good humcr and
never peppered with malice. If
Me have sometimes had to chas-
klse with severity dOlts, the evil
minded, the cantankerOus, the
hearers of false witness. tire stir
rrrs up of strife for such now
and then, like un worthy sic :
herds, "climb and intru,fe and
creep into the fOld"), it has been
tatller in sorrow than in amer.
bat, alas! the lesson is bitterly
earned by those who WELD only
SECULAR Instruments of per>ua.
lion and correction that though,
Eon bray \ fool i'm q mortar vet
Mill not his folly depart from him.
]f he he fit of wit and evil Cf
heart nothing wise or fruitful or
ealutary is t. l'e got from hin,
though you hraved him in cider
mill aud filtered his pulp through,
Niackinaw blankets. You ret no
grapes from thorns, nor figs fro II
thistles, nor honey from bitter
herl>,nor milk from magpieS; and
II you essay tnes- gath. rings YOU
| get but wounds from the thorns,
hlson from the herbs, and from
khe magpies Onlv chatter and
SANDER and other unpleasant but
natural productions. Consider
hhe great Il fiji Guilty of the task in
which we hive wr 'ught, we q ad-
py without relinquisiling our own
bhare of the work, tLrn over
harti0n of it to the piOuS inter
EeS>ions of the faithful ut Wash
bn-ton, an | suggest that they be-
Ein their work upon the editor of
Fhe Tins. II tney ameliOrate
him there is nothing in that line
Ehch they may moi hope to do.
|lhey need not appr.i,end. b.
Euse he is such strange and
unique sinner. 40 desperately bad
trmpered, and SO full of shrill
femnine squalls and squeal>. that
hls conversation will exhaust the
plan of salvation. 1t might strain
i somewhat, it is true; and it is
likewise true that he would
m,ty Plr,iise it he ever got
there, for nobody would stay to be-
told each morning, in very loud,
pmpOlite language. that "he
was another" But the plan
pf redemption is broad
pna, ami not easily over
woraed. And then, over ti,e
bleacIing of one sheep of eX.rAor-
dinarv hlackne~S there is more "
than in the consistent whiten, 50
ot the ninety and nine which dot
THE hillside pastures. Nor need
the pious ;,>Semblage bs discour
aged if their first supplicati"n~
seem unavailiny. Prayer rnbably
never wr~stled in behalf of
tougher customer. But erewhiie
1t has caused mountains to move
and cut down stones. 81 it has
blocks. Faith, as II grain of mus
lard seed, or rather AS a ! rye pot
OF the co. ..densed extract of that
Pungent germ, aud systematic re-
e'pliulation IF the sins of the per-
son prayed for, which would re-
gulre Il system OF dnu 'le-cntry
oook-keeping to present fairly.
tiey are 50 numerous, might in
Time bear fruit of repentance, and
cause the penitt mt to be mistaken
oy his acquaintances and society
aI large for another man. Ii the
lhv"catinn of the congregation
take this bold anu apparently
hopeless direc ion, and achieve
!'ie regeneration ut which we have
hlnted, there will thencefnrward
oe no exploit of conversion which
,ne prayers of the faithful need
hesitate to essay. They may con
vert all the Republican editors.
NAYS OF strange light like those
Mn!ch fell on Saul, as he journey
.u TO Damascus, may stream
.nr"ugh the night of Ignorance
asl error in which they toll groan
lug, as blind captives ut the mill,
srlnding gristS " hich nourish no ,
~ ~nu measuring forth chntl MS if it
s, were Wheat. Then shall they, re-
su;. s,9.ed to vision, discern the truth,
'p.. on the platform. and leave the
ra;r.y; Suddenly will they hecome
I; GIse Ike the serpent and gentle
an "ae !he hlandly booming DIVE.
~;. u .nelr readers. no longer filled
MY, ~.h IN east wind. but nourished
~, %it, milk OF generous and truth
NJ, ,u' Democratic doctrine. shall rise
W. w. ana call them blessed. No bet
w W. rhahre than this will he likely
ts.er tS"ier to test the merits of Pro-
i iSsor ~o iyndall's prayer-gaugc. 1t
MUS ir,sslhle that important results
sc;snt mt How from the blending o:
n.tiIic ma,,. and religious expert
ha,,n'. If it makes editors any
bs b.er M las tn publishers it would
anv v";Ni"uslv Ridiculous to expect
II iii Improvement in thcm). or if