Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-05-22
A New Remedy.

ruption. They have come to the res
cue of the Government at a very OPP
perfume time, seeing that the Demo-
Gratis have thus far failed to make
matters materially better. If Dem
ccrats and Republicans and Iude-
peadents and reformers all fail in
the work of purifying the public
service, We can Console ourselves
that the Methodists still remain to
be tried. They otter themselves
through the Conference as follows;
While il is not the policy or pur-
pose of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in any manner to connect the
church with the state or bring poll
tics into religion, yet in the view OF
the impiety, unfaithiulness and cor
ruption in places of public trust, the
Conference recommends members
o: the Church throughout the
country to endeavor by every
Just and proper means 10 place in all
offices of the Government only such
men as are known to possess and
mair.a;n true Christian characters
ard principles.
1t will now be important for Mr.
Blaine and Mr., Bristow, Mr.. Tilden
and Mr.. Thurman, TO pronounce
themselves in this connection. They
must let il be known how they stand
on the Methodist Episcopal Church.
We must know whether or not they
are thorough-Coiug church men.
Why in the world wasn't this means
of reform though Of beforel Wide
awake politicians have been burden
ing the newspapers and assai.ing the
public ear in every way with
schemes to bring about a purer ad-
.uinistration. and with what results
Its wonder that they did not
stumble upon the MethodiSts long
ago. Surely SO tssge body mum
boring, we believe, between three and
four millions) could no; have been
lost sigh, of in the mass of humanity
ty tina; make up the papH-
latien of the United States.
But the Methodists have presented
themselves in a very clear, prominent
and e.TectEai way. The power
to psrify-the detergent qualities, il
we may Use such Il saponaceouS
metaphor-that have so long SUM
bered within their body, when the
pabic was in search with a Diog
enese lantern for the same thing. i.
now. -nce il has been held up to
view, apparent to the most obtuse.
Then let US rejoice that, since the
lantern has failed with its brilliant
sheen Of light TO discover the homes,
man, he has presented himself before
it and invited inspection, But pause.
Have Neihodists always been honesti
Has the church been free from dis
cordl Let Us glance at the records
and see. The trial Of the Rev. James
o. Andrews, one Of the Bishops, At
the Conference of lS44, fer marrying
a lady possessed of slaves, resulted
in secession aIa the formation Of the
South Methodist church. Going
further back in the past we find that
variogs other secessions gave rise TO
the Primitive Metho lists, the indie
pcnden. Meihodists, the Bible Chris
tians and 50 c.. So they have
scarcely heen harmonious among
themselves. Have they always prac-
ticed Christian self-denial and been
strictly ''up and up" as the honest
Western phrase has il I or have they
been governed by the same impulses,
the same desires and hatreds As other
meni We iavoluntarily think first
Of Beeehey; but he was not Metho-
dist. Then Winslow, the forser,
pops into the mind. but he was a
Presbyterian. Phen all the other
s..aller fish wLo have falsea from
grace come in bewildering school
before The intellectual vision, and We
don't know exactly what church they
belonged TO. But the general con
ahision follows quickly aud irresisti-
bly, upon CHANGING over the battle
field of crime, and noting the morally
slain, that We are pretty safe IN the
hands of the Republicans. a devil
you know is better than devil you
don't know" has been said by some
body. Hamlet soliioquizes; ave
gather bear the ills We have than fy
10 others that We know not Of"
CONVERSION BRADLEY is looking
after his herds in the eastern part OF
the State.