Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-01-02

many such fellows scattered In tho
world. What n pity It Is that life has
not some medium, equal to rum or re-
llglon. for bringing these people to-
gether In mind and b.dy! But usually
they are so occupied with minlstering
quietly among the biGots and burthens
about them. that they have little time
{ tie glorles OF extensive association.
Je>u. OF Nazareth was q good.fellow.
lie was the chief OF good fellows. And
u men and women would live up to
the In this age) practical portion OF his
preaching. good.fsllowshlp would
abound but they have made super.
natural wonder and solemn and fes-
tai boog-a boo Of n simple. plain. good
fellow. That Is partly why what we
call Christianity does not make good
fellows, aud often turns naturally good
fellows Into cloaklng, long-prayered
hypocrites.
Ii IL only the humanlty-the portion
Of good. d.fellowship-in what we call
the Christian religion, which has pro-
longed It through = hectic life, or lin.
gering death, for over 1900 years. IL
it were not for the supernatural In this
religion, the model OF Its ilrst teacher
might have done much good to all
sorts Of nations and fellows; hut II 10
now well known, and statlstically
proved, that In proportion 70 tile be-
lief In the supernatural which prevails
In any country, Ignorance abOunds aud
wild crime riots. The affectation OF
the supernatural among men has uone
considerations OF brilliant evil Ia the
moral horizon, and, at times, well
nigh sunk human Intellect and human
inquiry into hopeless darkness. The
map OF the worlds useful wisdom from
the tenth to the fourteen century, OF
Our Lord, Is almost a blank-and that
blank covered by the dark shadow OF
the words. Faith In the supernatural.
In civilized life-perliaps In all life
there must be fellowship. Solitude
and seclusion belong to the family OF
him whom the Jewish story calls Cain.
That man Is n humbuS, or n monster,
or an Invalid. or a eunuch who seeks
to paddle, alone, his own canoe. IL
cannot healthily DO done honorably.
The attempt to do 1t always argues
something wrong either In the morals,
the stomach, the liver, the brain or
some other vital organ. Saul OF Tar
suS. preached n bad doctrine TO the Jol-
ly Corinthians, when he urged bache-
lor lie upon them. aud wished that
they were altogether rs he himself was
and talked about his "thOrn In tho
flesh;" aud when he told them "lt Il
better for man not to touch wo-
man," he uttered u fslsehood, bor-
rowed from the Greek vestal frauds.
lie told u falsehood that rctroacts upon
the old mother who bore him, an1
nursed upon her kindly bosom the head
OF n young fanatic. No. touch wo-
man. What under heaven would he
touch? Thl, old Greek idea OF Isolate
supernatural purity Is egotlstlc Nth.
Tie dearest thing fellow can do, Il to
be his own wife's honorable husband.
and tho sober. cheerful 'ood fellow
among his fellow men. That IL the
wi,est thing he can do. aud. Ia the long
run, the most wholesome; even II las
In all human connections) II does bring
lts care. vexatlons aud sorrows.
IL those Of ~ who are weak and
smitten with vanity, did not think IL
was gay and jolly, and tlne aud fancy,
to throw of on honest marriage and
good. steady fellowship. we would not
seek to throw away the sap OF our
young sinews like Christians rioting
toward repentance. With a natural
lnot snpernaturall standard of morals,
we would aim to start naturally; In
stead of following those who live riot
ously. In hope Of that blessed super
natural repentance aud revealed for.
glvenrss.
Give u. not more piety, but bettor
feIlowship-le,s repentance and moro
avoidance OF evil communications. No
sane man all at once, Ia o'e day
learns to be n fool. tis by fellowship
Ia foolish and unnatural plans that fol-
ly masters him. Blessed Il he who
can Improve towari goodness the fel-
lowship ofinen-he IL better than most
Christians. II l. a splendid religion In
= Republic; Is good fellowship; every
man aud woman can take n hand In II,
without having water on the crown
or ointment on the head-it Is a church
with open doors, wide rs tho golden
portals OF the dawn.
have hopes OF the Oranges Of Agri-
culture Ia this matter; and some OF
Henry Ward Beecher's late sermons
makes me think | hear "the coming OF
the glory Of the Lord but 1t isa
good way or yet.