Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-22

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cacy and hearty vindicaion. And here
the question arises. May not they whose
voice can be heard As the voice of au
thority upon the grea; questions oi
right and wrong be encouraged to speak
the truth in feasIessness and candor:
Shall We leave the discussions OF poll
ties to the jesuital devices of priest
hood whose orders come from Rome,
whose first aud warmest and only allegi-
ance is awarded to the spiritual and tenn
porai power of the Pope. and whose
coDsi ant effort ia given in behalf Of the
Democratic party? May not the Prot
estsnt ministry with proprie,y do for
Protestant institutions what the Romish
priesthood SO subtly and SO effectively
and with such constant industry are do
ing for the advancement of the interests
and purposes Of the Catholic Church:
In other words. why may not the Prot
estant clergy speak the truth in all earn
estness aud sobriety, openly and fear
lessly, when and where their words may
promote the greatest good? That which
is right can never be wrong of utterance.
For Justice, good my lord, all space
temple and all seasons summer" Yet
We would not counsel any ill-timed or
offensive ntterances in--or out of-the
pulpit. but we would have all the false
bonds of silence removed from every
Protestant preachers lips that be might
speak when occasion required. and
speak the truth for the sake Of the truth,
advocate the right for the sake Of the
right, and bespesk the principles of jns
tice and their observance for their own
sake. effect and purpose.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Under this general head we are glad to
have SO good matter to present to our
readers attention a. the following.
which ia extracted from q recent sermon
by Rev. c. D. Helmer, at Tompkins
Avenue Church. New York:
Jacob did the best he could. He was
was no: a builder. not an architect or
mason. Michael Angelo could do no
more, but the point wish to lay stress
upon is that church building is subject
to the great law of progress. Dean |
Stanley says that Bethel was the pre-.
cursor of all that has followed in church |
architecture. The Church itself As a re-
lisious organization is subject to the law
OF growth and development. Do you
believe that the church Of to-day is bet
Ter than that OF 100 years ago? 1t ought
to be if it is not, and the church Of 100
years in the future should be better than
that of to-day. The church as founded
BY the apostles is accountable for deeds
which if committed in any church in the
city of Brooklyn would place it beyond
he pale Of recognition. The church
could not stand without change for any
ength Of time without perisbing, No
body looks back at Adam as the mos:
perfect gentleman. Indeed, scientists
ate him very low in tie scale and in
,ccordance with the law of progress the
lnal man should be the most perfec;
nan. The religious nature of man can
,ct be developed separately. or without
without art, science and
Ocial intercourse. Make the attemp OF to
'roduce perfect animal ont of a man
y cultivaiing bis physical powers only
nd you will leave him worse than you
o1nd him. He will be inferior TO tho 4.
orse or the elephant. You cannot take ,
nan apart and develop him in sections. ,
The ascetic. moral, religious. all mus,
e put together and developed in order
0 produce a symmetrical whole. Even
mans prayers will be shaped by what {
e knows or by what he is. If the cave ,
,en of early times lad thought of erect
ng a house of God the cavern would
ave been their design. But in the
eauty of Grecian culture the Parthenon
esnlted.
WHAT CHURCH EDIFICE SHOULD BE.
The church ediflce should be the en-
odiment Of the most cultured idea of
elieiOn. There are two ideas which G
eem equally to possess the minds OF I
hurch-going people, the first being hat :
be editiee is the dwelling place OF God.
This was the old Hebrew idea. Moral G
vii had prOfaned the planet and the +
arth had become defiled. but God does t
OF leave man to his apostacy. When r
ian erecis temple does he not take
1e tree and the rock. and they become
icred only because dedicated to God? II
he other idea is that the edifice is for "
le exclusive use of the worshipper q
his is the Puritan idea, and is the .,
rigin of the term meeting house."
hey had no idea that Goi dwelt there
ny more than in their forests or fields, :,
nd does it not seem that when our =.
ord and Saviour wished to commune
specially with the Father He chose not e
le temple, but the mountain top? Both 6
eas, however, seem necessary to salts n
our thoughts, and SO both should be =,
cognized. Is there any reason why :,
iurch architecture should be any diff u
rent than in buildings used for other
l think there is. A church
reaches. and the passer by is in II
lenced. whether percepsibly or not, by :,
5 presence. / am not sure even ina, :.
10 time is come when the spire should II
, done away with; for, as it towers Il
,ove the broad structure beneath, il is a
presentation of the material of the ~
nth reaching up aud vanis hing into the
,material. Both of the ideas spoken of
ny operate separately. and yet 10 har- M