Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-09
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We yesterday received from San Fran
cisco copy Of a paper called " The
Union Christian Worker" Vol. l., No. !.
This print is to have monthly issue;
and desicnates Itself "for families ana
Sunday StIoois. On the first PAGE oi
this self-s.vled CEr;et:ro Worker is an
article taken from another religions y
paper called Tie Christina ct Work.
which being copied without criticism or
adverse comment we take TO be q reiiec-
ton of the views Of the editorial man
agement OF the said Union Christian
Worker I. reads as follows:
We congratulate Christian people on
the cessation Of much of the Sabbath
| School nonsense with which the land
has been afflicted For long while
there has been mania on the Sabbath
School question. showing itself in dog
gerel hymns, clap-trap, and superiinous
! religious machinery, which made the
| Sabbath frolic rather than an improve
ment to the souls OF the young. The
! Church is tired Of this, and there il now
coming up another wave OF Sabbath
| School interest which means the sound
| education and eternal salvation OF our
youthful population. Sabbath schools
| are failure unless they secure an ever
| lasting result. We want consecrated
| men and women to teach. Masculine
! teachers who sit twirlin9 their WHISPERS
so as to .ook hantisome before the younS
! ladies, and feminine teachers who spend
! half the Sabbath School hour IN ADJUST
| ing their line millinery, are not fit for
the revived and earnest Sabbath School
| of to-day. We believe that the last two
wears have reconstructed this institution
| 1t has at last taken its place where II be
| longs. not as a mere Sabbath amuse-
ment, but grand. aEgre ssive, NIL
! conquerlug influence for redeeniDg the
world.
We think we have heard something
like unto this before. We think VIC
recognize the iroa-claI Puritan, with
spestacles on, and voice in, his nose a
religious stone in MS heart, ana chronic
dyspepsia gnawing at his stomach, him
self "a Incapable of play IS a contr:bu-
ton box, trowniDg away he sweet smiles
of youth and Lammsring into the i'm
pressible mind of childhood the Shudder-
causing dogma that God has made q
rsd-lot lr4ss le.l to roast them in if
they are wicked, aud that Christ is
hypocrite enough to approve of the in
vention. If the writer in Tie Christian
4. Fork is right in his conclusions; if
" the last two years iacs reconstructed "
the Sunday Schools and put them under
bonds to Calvanism, tho sooner al! thsir
scholars devise a successful and effective
way OF playing truant, the better. We
will help an. such to escape from the
bondage Of such inhuman, gloomy bigot-
ries.
But this is not what we began to write
about. What We would impress upon
the minds OF Sunday School teachers is
the importance of rounding up this last
year Of our American Century with
splendid Christmas for the little folks
under their charge. We want the hand
some young men who are proud of their
budding whiskers. and the pretty young
ladies who like to look sweet and roguish
and attractive, to be on hand to help to
get Kris kringls rugged up in becoming
fashion and fix the Christmas trees in |
good shape, and arrange matters so that |
the little folk may have the jolliest fun !
and the biggest lot Of presents and the
p-roaringest ronp they ever had and |
dance and sing to their heart S content. !
We would have such Christmas play
in all the churches, in short, as should .
be a deliberate and successful rebellion
against all such bluebelliei preachments
as this straightlaced, sanctimonious
Christian at Work belabcrs its readers
yithal. Let's wind up the old wear with
a bumper for the young 'uhs.
Orr WFST-ENn READERS are familiar