Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-20
SUNDAY READING.

be SO, not tnas We are ANXIOUS " sec
the number of religious sec.s multiplied,
for, on the contrary, We should Ike to
see all the Protestants of the place. con-
solidatsd and united in a common effort,
sustaining one frs.-class preacher and
one strong church,. but because We 90
no, like to see any field OF work aban-
doned without hard. courageous aud
exhaustive struggle. We call to mInd
ALWAYS. in this sort of connection. the
loincs of that model OF all pioneer
preachers, Reverend Warren Minis OF
the Methodist Church. His daily walk
and work. his patience anu perseverance,
and calm, trustful resolution was
STRENGTHENING sermon TO the men and
women and children vino saw him We
like TO refer to him and his work. tie
is standing subject of ours. The Ne
thodist Church ediice here is mainly the
work Of his tireless hands. There was
an eloquence in his labor which far sur
passed all that the Bishops and Presid-
ing Elder and prizes, have ever said from
the pulpit there. He wrought Ike an
embodied Faith. He converted many
nan to belief in Christian earnestness.
In the best sense. ne ven: about doing
GOOD and breedin. respect for the Cloth
But there seems 10, TO be any Baptist
missionary among Us with the abiding
faith in his calling and his duty that
possessed the heart o. sturdy Parson
Minis. So we are not like 10 have any
Increase in our number OF churches at
present. There is 10 strong John cry
INC in the wilderness, Prepare We the
way of tie Lord and make His paths
straight" Perhaps this iustites Us III
auoting from Master Worldly-wise Nan
the saying tina; Religion is Ike ether
in one respect-it evaporates unless You
look after it carefully But speaking
Of the Baptists, and being selt-reminded
that there being no Baptist preacher by
10 talk back, We yield 20 the temptation
TO reproduce the following from secu-
lsr print Of Observation-Disclosures:
The Baptists NAV lie said 20 have an
explosive temperament. They are not
exactly jim process of disruption. but
they are in state Of exhaustive terInen-
;a.ion. In the heat OF debate Eild
sort of clerical objursation burries
.brough the air and the strongest adJec-
tiyes that are consistent with a belief IN
retributive justice are freely used. It IS
all about LOYALTY to wafer and Il follows
the historic law, in that it is the greatest
possible excitement from the leas: pos
sible cause. It nigh: not be lair to
quote the double-edged words OF HUdI-
bras, and say that these gentlemen are
no. willing TO affiliate with any one who
viii not
Dive lIss wild fowl f0r salvation,
AM fish to cstch reSeEsraslon-
but it is sad sight to see an important
denomination Of Christians fighting over
the exact amount OF liquid which constl-
tutss . new life. aud denounclng each
other for sitting at the table @. the Lord
with fellow believer Of another sect,
when there Is honest work 10 be done,
but which is delayed until tbs discus
sion is settled. One soul saved Is better
than all the usages and maps that were
eyer fought over. But temper and
wranRling In the churches is the devil S
own invention to make intidels. II We
can't be charitable toward each other
our religion had better be sold out TO the
first bidder and new investment made.
But We do no: wall: to lie regarded as
keeping all our salt and pepper for the
Baptists. We find ourselves in the
mood for preaching to and Of the preach
ers, and in reproducinc The folio wing
we desire 20 be considered a. addressing
the same TO whom /, may concern. re-
yardless of sect or previous condition;
IL is asserted by some Of the religious
papers that ministers pass the period
~ greatest usefulness at an earlier stage
than other professional men. and
search is being made for the reason.
The Law mind can take IN the situation
better than the clerical. There is no
walk of life in which there Is so much
,lrearv monotopy, voluntarily imposed,
a. in that Of the ordinary country min
ister. He does not feel the pressure Of
rivalry. except to a very limited extent.
and after . while settles down 10 a gentle
.mble along the village race track, which
IS undisturbed until he gets beyond this
magic line of uselessress- The law il
an arena in which blows are TO he given
,s Veil as received, and every attorney
must be up in the last legal dodge. Oh
he vill lose his case and his client. The
practice Of medicine is assuming new
rhasee all the time, also, and the pro
fessiou is SO crowded that the spirit OF
emulation and rivalry is felt everywhere
In both of these professions man II
-. ,hintinp whether he will OF no