Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-12-21

~. n We have not lsarned
that In our own keeping GOD %. ~.
our own destiny. Alas! forus, W. s'.s'
been content to give away ou. ~ ~.
riobt. We have placed ourselves ~
hsna. Of tinkering t~heoloGisns ana nsve
usas.,.J others to do for US hal which
euSNt 10 have dono for ourselves.
NJ. have wild grapes. How could We
arv,bino else? He 10 not . strong
nave mSo h moi self.developed. 1T the
hi;na ieads the blind. shall they not fall
;,,,o ths ditch tossthsrf" Theological
schools, powerful church organizstions'
sects and other circumstances, manufac'
ture characters; mould human beings
into this and that shape. They are aim.
piy foundries for running out artificial
beings In accordance TO o pattern-made
10 order, furnished wholesale or retail ae-
cordipg TO the capacity OF the establish.
ment, and the demand OF the markell
Does society demand well-ornamsnt.
cd formalists, heightened. ritualistic?
Churches furnish them on short notice.
for there IL not much material needed In
the production Of such light articles.
Do You want grave, stiff. conscientious.
hard.visaged men, OF rigid theological
law? Tho Puritan C~alvinista will fur
nish them on long notice. for they are
heavy metal. Do you want people OF
spirit, zeal. fervancy. impetuosity and
faith, with strong tendencies TO back.
slidingg Evangelical and professional re-
vivalists. such o. Moody and Sankey,
will cause them to come forth In swarms.
DO you want people Of cool, calm logic.
with clear minds and unimpassioned
souls? The Unitarians supply the de-
msnd. Do you desire a class OF apecu.
lators. prysrs into spiritual mystsr.
les, dreamsrs In quest Of distant lands,
who at times cannot tell whether they
arc In the body or out OF It, and who are
led on by ST. Paul. John the Revelstor,
and Swedenborg. and whose supreme
delight IL q calm and serene oopAdsnoe
ia a future glorious outcome OF ell
things? The S~piritualists meet the do.
mand. When the mind shall have do.
yeloped its powers and the soul its beau.
| ties, then, and not until then, will Eden
DO restored. The Golden Age will come
as soon as people become wsll.dsvsl-
oped individuals.
CULTIVATION II NrrDED.
No one Is safe while leaning upon an
other. No one lives naturally who lives
carslessly. Nature ID artistic, precise,
exact, Systematic and persistent. 1t
may be poetic to say that . wild Indian
10 q child Of Mature; but II certainly 10
not good sense. A savage Is the pro-
duct OF sslf.ueglect. The philosopher.
the statesman, the rsformer and teacher
are products OF s~clf.culturs. Do not
proiane God by calling Nature wild.
sArulE u NOT MAD mon yrryuL.
Az every star In the heavens Proolaims.
We get our wild weeds some way; not
by chance. They come by our call. or
they come by neglect. They are either
negative or positive on nj part, and We
arc their authors In either case. We
are, to some extent, the creatures OF
circumstances. Il Is just as true that
we are, to o certain extent, the creators
Of circumstances. Lightnings used 10
tear our houses in pieces; but wo have
put q stop to II. In times past, when
pestilence swept over the land. drums
were muflsd and people sat down, con.
tent TO die. saying: at Is the will oil
God; wo must bs resigned. We are
creatures OF circumstances" Do We
admire the resignation OF an ignoraucs
which bred pestilence; which created