Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-10

such as Napoleon had, and which in the
latter instance was so great that even
when he was in close carriage his SOL
diers knew of his presence upon the
battlefield; (of course they did not know
his carriage, soldiers never do know any
horse or carriage or orderly belonging to
their commander.) and he cited US to
Peter the Hermit and Stonewall Jack
son, Joan OF Arc and John the Baptist
who went preaching a sermon OF but
three words in the Valley of J1dea. those
words being Repent. Repent. Repent"
This, the Reverend gentleman said was
The Sermon. And here he spoke the no
doubt truthful words that "Thers is no
man who has given himself wholly to
Christ but has come forth q conqueror.
Have faith as Peter had. mo mention
of that little mistake Of the cock-crowD
David left his parched corn. mere bare
footed stripping, and went forth, full OF
faith, to meet Goliath of Gath. Faith
in Christ Yields the world" (How
about the "Roths-children?" without
whose consent no European nation.
save, perhaps Germany or France. can
90 to wary The gentleman spoke
in a vein of sarcasm of eminetnly
respectable church committees and
said, somewhat incoherent]y, that we
must all look to God. Have the faith
as Peter had it to be sure Christ said
"Come" but "said it after He saw
that Peter was bound to go. OF course
he did not intend he should make
himself laughing-stock for the other
disciples in the ship there, but he just
saw him about to jump and so he said
come" And then this burly saint
talked 0: self denial, and then followed
this atrocity: He said, in effect, that if
he were to find a man who owned
grass farm and he were to give that
man such advice as should lose him
his hay crop and the man should
take it, it would serve him right
He'd no business to have a farm and
be such a fool. If that amt Slim
Jim's religion we don't know what is
Do YOU suppose that this great coarse
animal ever read the parable Of the
"Good Samaritan How would you
like to have him read the burial ser
vice over your dear dead wife, or your
baby, or your sister, or your battle
slain brother? Why, 1 would take
shotgun to him if he dared come into
my door-yard during poker-game,
even!
Then he told us about his Sunday
school in Boston; and how he didn't
need any trip to Europe for his health
at the expense of the parish, and so on.
AS to prayer, he said, lie: it be brief
and emphatic, and he had just prayed
Is minutes by the watch. Let your
prayers be practical. If your roof
leaked would you sit here and pray?
No, you would go and get tinsmith
or other mechanic and have 1t re-
paired. God puts us in positions to
work our own salvation. If Jesus
had started to float through the air
Peter would have followed him." Our
motto is "Christus in nobis" and not
Christus pro nobis-this, he said was
the Unitarian faith. Christ would not
work miracles where the people were
I believe he did work
miracles. 1 like TO pronounce the
word Ii-rac-u-lous-ly." "Let me
shake my head doubtfully about the
miracles of Christ. They'd break up
nv church. If told 'em to look out
they would look out and never again
look in"
To be Just, there is, here and there,
in this wide waste Of blasphemy,
buster and bombast an expression
which sounds (or looks rather for it
did not sound like) The voice of true
and earnest teacher Of the straight and
narrow way; but the real truth IS,
this is as vulgar ranter as ever af-
fected a familiarity with things holy,
as lamentable mockery of the offices
Of true christian leader as Hamlets
90 periwig pated fellow was Of all that
is true and natural and acceptable in the
actors art: To think that this man
claims fellowship with such man as |
Theodore Parker, as Doctor Cummings,
IS Starr King, as grand, brave, earnest,
heroic Horatio Stebbins! And yet the |
fellow breaches in Boston.
It is but just to say that the Unitarian
church south Of Mason and Dixon. 9 line,
was divided during the war. The Union
sts ranged themselves on one side, the
.ebels on the other. The Uninoists OF
he church are now striving to retrieve
heir damaged fortunes. Somehow this
little old church belongs. or seems to
oelope to them exclusively, AID in no
osrt to their deluded Southern brethren.
Nav God grant them success; and may
He also deliver them from such pas