Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-09
SUNDAY READING.


# It's predecessors crowding it forward
into the sun!igh. undsr which we rejoice
and weep, labor and wait, succeed and
fail, gain arI Use Yet it is Ike all
years, Sundays and week days. They
crow differen. as one crows olde.--they
take more tlan they bring. Youth warts
for its ships TO Go;ne IL. and old age dies
upon the wharf with tired eyes and
patient heart. Manhood and age wait
for reports of wrecks on lonely shores,
Of sudden piunges into the great depths
If storm, and fire, of swif. and sharp dis
aster Youth waits to STE the stately
argosy rise upon the horizon S rim. with
swelling sails and fayorins breeze. and
music on her snowy decks Is from anew
world discovered. Age sna manhood
look, a. best. for weather beaten sails.
shattered spars. and Lalk that Las
braved the storms and crly enters port
at last not quite wreck. The past has
lett us losses. In the future we look fc-
gains; snd yet, God preserves 10 rs the
;rustfai and believing heart. will! TIE
hcps that never dies. the courage tina:
never fal.ers. the child-hke trust that
cries out into the darkness Of the mid
night storm ard the rising ssa. 'All is
well" We can EleGt tie hopeful year
Ike men and Christians. With the
Christmas faith IN the Father over all.
snd in the Epiphany truth Of the Light
20 tighten the Gentilss:" Cns may gar
ner in the harves. CO the year. It's gains. A.;
its losses, its graves aud its holy MEM
cries, and even thank God for them.
Wills be looks 10 the golden Easter
whose light Scattcrs a.. darkness. Pray
tod for child's hear. al! ye who sit by
lonely firesides and Gesolate rooms, aud
hear. on stair and floor, the echoes of
that have ceased forever; for,
through the drifting snow and soughine
rain and driving wind, through the pass !
ing of the days and the drifting OF the !
years. the great cry falls upon the child's
car and the ehild's heart. from the far !
dim heights-:.Alli is we'll"
81 LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEI."
This D, II hecy is beautifully illustrated
by the gIowiEg prevalence Of Christmas |
We can well remember the |
slime when We had it all to ourselves;
when, to call it ROmish. and sra-ely |
sssert that no one could tell the exact |
lsy when Christ was BEN, was deemed !
sufficient TO trent our great annual feast !
with disregard. il not with contempt. .
Now if one judged from whn: he saw in !
The daily press of this city. he wonld sly |
the Episcopal Church occupies very |
place in reference to Christ
mas celebrations. All that call them !
selves Christians seem animated with |
one spirit. Nearly every paper we take |
up has more or less upon the theme |
Many Of them devote editorials to the |
snbject- Pacific ChurchmdH.
THOMAS BEECHER's New CHURCH -
This new church at Elmira, New York. |
. thu. described by correspondent of |
he Interior: Under the same roof sre |
'ound an audience room. lecture room, |
! child.en's play room, q theater with a
stage and footiiehts, and hospital. !
The building ia Beech-rian throughout. |
The audience room has circular and ele- |
rated seats and galleries upon three
Iides. 1t will scat, on the floor and in |
he galleries. about ], 100 people. The
heater is about as large as the church. |
Is all who attend the latter are expected |
o attend the former. The hospital is to /
70 parochial institution; IF Its capac-
ty cannot speak The cost Of the en-
ire building Is about Ssic-uop-
The RIBLE in the 18Th chapter Of job
ives C. an insight into the structure of
he earth, and knowledet of neral
ey, that wonld do honor To the Fowl
dge even If this age. -..-.- ---
In the SSH chapter o: the sanle book
ccurs that wonderful fasssse: - Cans:
hon bind the sweet influences If the
'leiades, or loose the bands of O-ion2"
Canst thou bring forth Mazziro,h in
is season? Or cau>t thou guide Are
arus with his sons:" These statements
'ere beautiful poe;icai conceptions for
ces. I'LL modern astronomy has revealed
deeper meaning. 1t has long been
nderstooi that the known universe.
18th ali IT'S systems. is moving through
pace. The observations of centuries
ave left it uncertain whether it moves
n a right line or . curve. Now astron-
mers are agreeing that it is moving
round poin; in The Pleiades. Surely
his mighty attraction gives TO the
sweet Influences depth and rich
ess which science has found after a
eareh Of 1850 years.
They tell wicked story about a joviai
on that came up TO the gsies of heaven
nd asked admission No said ST.
'e'er. severely. YOU cant get in: you
re not fit" The Traveller s,tpped back,