Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-09-20

when the beasts of tho forest are
roaming for their prey. that human
robbers go forth with fell designs. AS
the globe rolls eastward in its heaven
directed roun /, and welcomes back
the sun to its chilly surface, the prcda-
tory bands of men and beasts skulk
off to their kens, afraid of the revela-
tons of solar truth.
Let us notice for a little what mighty
~inilences the sovereign Of our firna-
ment exercises over terrestrial things.
He cuts the icy bands of Winter and UNI
locks the CONCEALED fountains Of the
lofty hills: he looks on the snowy gar
m0nt i'll which the surface of the land
is wrapped, and anon it softens and
disappears in other forms on new err
rands of mercy; he dries the weeping
face Of Nature, and bids leaf and flow
er appear to give it beauty; he car
ries into the arched-rOOf space of Heav-
ell an ocean of vapOr, lifted by the
grasp ofsilent power from the surface of
the earth and sea, and holds this NIGH
ty flood in his arms,till the places from
whence it came shall require its re-
freshing descent in regulated measures;
he claims alike the dew-drop and the
clayey puddle, that from their pro-
duct he may increase the water powers
Oh which the industry of man de-
ponds for necessary assistance. In the
long departed past the Solar King de-
veloped the woods from which our
Goals derived their origin, and thus it
is we reproduce his rays in our parlOr
CRATES. In II glowing furnaces we
are only re-enkindling the latent
fn0UlS nj u N.ix-ifxvin,r Slp nf flrp,np
days. The steam of a million active
engines is but the vapor of his breath
AS he passes on his way to be har-
messed by future generations of men
in new and more wondrous works to
overcome the inert forces of Nature.
The electric flash and r~everberating
thunder would be unseen and unheard
of if he were not by previous action
to prepare the way far their operation.
If we cast aside all we owe to his myS-
terionS agency, our homes will become
desolate and Il starvation be made
sure; everything in1ammable in
dwellings is only sunlight stored up in
portable form for human benefit; the
oil and candles that give us light; the
food that nOurishes our bodies; the
books and periodicals which stir II
intellects; the clothing we wear; and
all the numbcrleSS comforts of civi!iZa-
ton we enjoy, are but the products of
lie beneficently commissioned sun;
and with all the marvellous power pos
sessed by our central luminary. yet
with what angelic FOOTBALLS docs he
visit the earth and reign over its des-
TIMES? lie looks kindly at the rose
bud, and in response it gracefully I'M
folds its petals and bushes in Grim
S,,.,a1 i,a,i,t lilo St,itnt ON TIM litx-
and it turns its face to him with the
loneliness OF spoiless purity. If the
foXglove distillsl It's poison in his beams,
it is for purposes OF love and mercy.
lie asks the folded buds and the slum-
bering grass blades TO put forth colors
that will be grateful to human eyes,
and they o appear i'll u~ntarni>hed
garments of green. lio commands
the leaves to work by day in storing
up treasure taken in through countless
millions of mouths, and they obey
him without delay. lie gently with
draws his enchanting eye, and they
sicken and fade in various robes of
mourning, which even then are lovely
in their changing hues. On the acid,
immat,red fruits he beStOws his sweet
ening flavor, and quietly, in appear
ance and taste, they become like the
manna of the skies. The produce of
the field, under his fervid glance>,
grows and ripens, that ma an6 beast
ma live in Gods appointed way. He
entolds the sickly child of the city in
his mantle of love that hangs, untorn
by mans device, over a grateful couii-
try, and, unknowingly, it speedily
presents its Drowned cheeks and
rounded form as tokens of his medical
;,u,, FHIa ubi-r 4 ,.l, of fI,A
streets, moaning in his ~unblanketed
bed, longs for the suns quickening
rays to make him forget his suffering
hours. As the lambkin tries its legs
for the first time it gets strength from
his touch, and seeking nourishment
from its mother, receives that which
S,lnbeams CAV to her the day before.
Without Il field of light to practice in,
the eye of man which now appreciates
Natures beauties, would become II
worthless organ; the earth itself would
turn to a frozen mass; animated and
organic nature would die with unregu-
lated time; the tides would no longer
flow; winds, with the aid of current
producing heat, would cease
to be; oxygen, as the atmos-
pheric principle of life, would disap-
pear; deadly car bonic acid gas would
ill the world; stagnation and univer-
sal darkness would prevail, and the
frozen sea and the ice bound earth
would gradually be chilled to immeas-
urable depths. With Nc moo to cheer
the night; with 10 star whose rays
could penetrate the clouds of earth;
with no light, no heat, no life, no no
ton, no ray of hope, the earth de-
prived OF the inspiring action of the
solar system, would, in a reality, DO IL
forsaken, ioathsome world, with desc
latiOn and unutterab!e woe stamped
indelibly on its every page.
How thankful we ought to be for a
God-given Sun, decreeu to rule over
our earthly abode! lie is u glorious
type Of the o Of Righteousness, vino
has come in morning brightness 10
quicken and renew the moral universe.
As there is no life in the physical
world save that derived from the Sun.
or is made possible by his purifying
influence, so there is no moral or spin
i.ual life in nian which cannot he
traced back to the Spiritual Son., from
whom all the blessings of creation,
preservation and regeneration are OBJ
iained, and through whom alone can
come that inestilnable blessing to man
which is capable of giving comfort u
light in the Valley OF Death, when the
departing soul enters its dreary shade.
TEMPERANCE LECTURE The Dis
trict Court Dom was crowded last
night with an attentive audience to
listen to the piOneet lecturer of the
coast, Rev. G. b. Taylor, Supreme
Commander ofthe Independent Cham