Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-16
SUNDAY READING.

the profanity of our boys They seen
to be adept. in the art profans. ",
took the trouble the other day to reprov,
one of these hoodiun:s on the stree
desvOr by very vigorously inviting Us te
,isi. place (nameless IN these col
uuus) where our remarks would be
more appropriate. We didn't 60, I'M
mediateiy, but our sermon ended there,
except that in lien Of passing the con-
t.ibution box, We passed cur dexter foot
after that boy without any visible effect.
He was agile, was that youthful profess
sor Of bad language. As he walked
away, it set Us 10 thinking on the sub
jet of
PROFANITY.
We have heard sermons on the sub
iec:, and TIE preachers generally went
sitter the wicked with uneloved hands.
While We have INDUCED in e little &C.
eentric.ty of this kind in our day, We
are not sure that We. only. have been
guilty. Although not very regular in
our attendance at prayer meetings. We
remember attending one which WAS ac-
knowledsed as a great success. Many
we're converted. II was large and en-
thusiastic revival meeting. There were
some speaker. who, having had large
experience i'll Sunday schools and young
mems meetings, were very fluent aud
eloquent, rousinS the feeling and inter
est Of the people by their glowing ad-
dresses. OF course they spoke earnestly
ef the Savior of Sinners, but III such n
way as to fall rather Cnplesssntly upon
ears profane, particularly as We had
been Taught To reverence that name.
The name was probably not used IN
vain. Intentionally. but i. certainly was
introduced with 8 frequency and fauil-
iarity which was painful. We believe
this thing is true yet. The reports of
the Moody and Sankey meetings give evil
dence Of II. This sort of thing does
not give a sinner q very reverential idea
of the One to whom he IS taught to look
for salvation. When e man in pulpit
or on his knees in q meeting. speaks IL
sentence after sentence of dear Jesus"
sweet Jesus" precious Jesus. ""dar-
ling Jesus, Jesus mine, friend Je-
sus," it is familiarity which breeds
contempt" in the listener, and il comes
about IS near profanity as what We hear
on the street. The only difference is
the accent of the wicked Is on the first
syllable. and that of the pious on the
last When We hear men praying in
this way. the question the man @! aver
age unbsiieving intelligence asks is
Are these people really on such init
mate terms? They don't always act so.
Is He, who wen: abont doing good, TO
be spoken to as though He were one of
them? Do they love Him so much more
than every body else? Our every day
wisdom and common sense says mo"
1t is in bad taste fo. husband or wife to
be saying darling" and "dear." and
'.precions, before folks. We know
that such terms are misieaders gensr-
ally; and when i, is my dear in COM
pany it IS too often you wretch" when
the door is shut. We can't prove this
en- religions people; but such express
sions must be narrowing 20 the feelings
Of those who do love Him. A boy
wouldn't like to hear his brother dear
ing" his mother all the time. The aver
age boy would put the brother down as
''spooney. This thing may not be
profane; bnt II is soft Brother Ham,
mand, who converted the sinners down
at the Bay, was given to such eapres-
sions. We remember a lust criticism of
. servant girl in San Francisco on the
subject She attended the meetings.
and upon her return her mistress asked
how she liked Hammond. oh" said
she, ..he's bad man intirslx. Oh! the
great, big, swaggerin' swearsr he is. vid
his rattan cane under his arm, struttin'
about. 1t Was wicked and sinful and
blacksphamus, So il was, to hear him
toss about the Holy Name on his thick
lips, as if He were nothing to him. Oh.
the Lord preserve u.s. and the dsvout
Catholic humbly crossed herself.
We like good straight honest up and
up religion; but this boarding school
twaddle doesn't help it anywhere. Al