Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-13
SUNDAY READING.



With ,.ls.. awe hail the sacred morn.
Tha. slowly wakes While IL IKE heios axe
soothing calm on every brseze is borne;
Arr.y.r uurrler gIrgles FROM the nil
And echo answers softer from the hiN'
And softer sings The lurct from the thofn:
The sSylsrl warbics in tone less shrIU-
Hail. Light serene, hsil, sacred Sabbath Inorn,
IN. rocks float silent by IN airy drove
,Tke sun placid yellow lust'r throws;
The esles that lately sighed along the grove
Have hrshed their 6owny WIGS IL dead repose;
The lowering rscA of clouds torSets 10 move
So smiled the day when the ars, morn arose
JOHN 1eyten-
/. has been very ysraciOUsiy SAID that
it takes all sorts of people to make
world. By the same token 1t takes all
sorts Of sermons by all sorts Of preach
,rs to make up the kind Of Sunday
mornings discourse that the APPEAL
prefers TO lay before its readers OuT
preaehments are not after the manner
of the sectsriaus OIr system Is too
eclectic to follow any one manner OF
sermouizing. Ours is not the style OF
the pulpiteer- Rather are We given 10
discriminate yet promiscuous cuttings
We wander s,ud:ousiy IN the pensive
field, pluckins here a flower and there
bud: here q blade OF grass aad there
little modest weed: finding beauty and
life and lessons in neglected places. and
recognizing IN stems and roots. dried
leaves and forgotten tenGrils the univer-
SALTY of life and the claims OF all GGd 5
work to recognition, careful inspection
and the considerate though: due to al
created things. animate and inanima'e-
Thus we find Catholic priest in late
sermon in St. Patrick Cathedral hiss
given rs an admirable application Of the
following text from Matthew vii. y
70 %:
And then Will | profess unto them |
never knewyoU; depart from me. We that
work iniuuitv Therefore wEOsOever
heare.h these sayings CT mine and doeth
them will liken him unto wise man
which built his house upon a rock. And
the rain descended and the foods came,
and the winds blew and beat upon that
house and it fell motor Il was founded
upon a rock And every one that hear
eth these sayings Of mine and doeth
them not shall be likened unto foolish
man, which built his house upon the
sand. And the rain descended and the
foods came, and the winds blew and
beat upon that house, and Il feli-and
great was the fall Of it
We confess to having been tempted to
give way TO half-bante-ing, halt-mock-
ing impulse and apply to our own ser
mornings the words = whosoever hear
eth these sayings of mine and doeth
them, will hken him unto a wise man
which built his house upon rock -
bat on turning TO sermon by Rev. Nor
gan Dix, We found oEr leviiy checked
and rebuked by these thoughtful words,
as follows:
Not all laughter. said the preacher, i
the laughter of the fool. The wise InaH
saws there is a time to laugh and time
10 weep. And surely this laush.e,
which lightens weary nature of part Of
Its load and unburdcns the heart Of II:
cares and sorro~s Is sweet and solac
ing GIFT. 1t is more sometimes. i
takes the place Of argument when TN
folly of disputants leaves no other lesit
innate answer to absurd reasoning thai
the derision it deserves. But after al
laughter is often out Of place. If 1t i
intruded upon serious themes, II througi
It sacred subjects far above the reach o
leyity are stripped of the respect an
vsneration due them. then indeed Il De
comes the laughter o. the fool
1t was by being reminded, Is above
that laughter is often out OF place
that We held in cheek the confessed III
uulse to attempt doubtful witticIsnl
And yet. under wise acceptance OF tn
truths uttered by It's Rev VIM Forrest
er Of the Blocker street UnIversaiIs
church We are still further reminded nC
TO make too loud or too eOnspicuou
professions Il severe and restrainln
moral sense. and certainly not TO preten
TO that grace of well-ordered reSerenc
which makes irre!igiou and the maxim
light Of serious things an inpossibilit,
We Ikethese brave and truthful word
which follow
MERELY RELIGIOUS ZEFEKvEscENCEs
Not every one that saith unto II
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom
of heaven The sober thinking mel
OF the people look en- these so-ealled re
vivals as merely phenomene! and Wit
real disfavor. The true revival IS tina
silent force that has been workin
throughout the nation for the past MT
years. revival in favor of broad, III