Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-15
SUNDAY READING.

which unfrankness finds In cant. DO
not let us cheat ourselves into believing
that an unavoidable submission 10 the
rsverses Of . widely prevailing misfor-
tune is Christian resignation. W.
should still continue. II II most likely.
to be - greedy and as reckless aud a.
scornful OF the days Of small begin
nings ~ We were in our nushest times.
II only We had the courage Of good
luck. A cheerful meeting of mi-for.
tune In . heroic and admirable and
manly way Of looking the world in the
face; but cheerfnlness and an unfe-i-t-
ing submission to ili-iortune. calamity
and ruin are very different things.
Aud there are those among US who
have been too poor or too close listed
or too cowarqiy to embark upon the
swirling current OF the stock -market
who, now that the day Of disaster has
come, ara only too like TO wear the
snirk Of contentment and self salts
faction upon our placid faces and emit
complacent a-sertment Of superior
wisdom and infallible sagacity. There
Is ~ much hypocricy in secular paths
~ IN the highways sud cur,ainea cor
ners Of religious life: aud va should
shun them A. the breeding places OF
prevartcation, uncaDdor and self do
ceif. II IL All easy matter to point out
the place where ship has stranded
aud tell wher- her pilot made his mis-
takes; but Ii is the nobier Office To
help the unfortunate craft into the Sc
curly OF deep water and lend Il hand
10 her suffering aud anxious officers
ana crew. The people Of western Ne
,ada have been blessed with a long
enjoyment Of prosperous times. But
We had had too good a schooling In the
ways OF this rough and stumble world
to lot our prosperity spoil us. Some.
how We have held good luck lightly
and not been over certain OF its abid-
ing with US. We have felt rs II there
we're some fiaw la the title, some mis-.
take In the transfer; and those presen,
feverses find US not wholly unpre-
pared. Very surely there were bu,
mighty few OF W. nursod la the Ian of
luxury. We mistake the temper and
msttie Of our people II, In these days
"f doubt aud depression and reversal
they will abate any Of their better in.
nsincts or their finer impulses. Faith
Ia one another, now, Is essential to
successful withstsndlng of tho IN
winds which .hayo como upon the
chieiest enterprise OF our State. A
community which is yet in its early
teens is not too old 10 begin anew. We
Ind II difficult 10 discover the channel
into which 10 turn these small moral
izipgs; but they come uppermost.
quite naturally, at this sharp iuncture
!" tho business life OF our community.
Ana this pulpi; OF ours Is free for all
texts, all subjects and the largest lati-
tude OF treatment. Possibly the
money changers who were driven ont
Of the Temple were men who had ear.
ried the thoughts OF their gains and
losses, schemes and corners into that
place OF worship instead Of leaving
such profane considerations upon their
desks and within their counting
Houses. There il the largest possible
~isdon la the old Mosaic law which
I'o'nPeis the obsci vance of one day in
Asven a. time of repose aud recupar.
Alion. The mind a. we'll m the BODY. |
Yea, more than tho body, needs this
nay oi rest. Accumulated wisdom |
sanctions it, Observance, aud SUNDAY |
hnd- "A solemn recognition In the stat |
utcs of the older governments OF civil. |
Iled nations. The statute Is not so |
much needed to the sustentation of re-.
'igion as II l. 10 the Justification Of
nos" A'ocaiions whose participants
need the undisiurbed condition of n
periodical REIMBURSEMENT OF care and
work aud excitement. some efforts
we're made In the late Legislature 10
ward sunday law. Unfortunately
hey were not successful. We think
would 10 better. In n purely pbysi.
al And material point OF view, II our
'ocpie In all branches Of business
'ouid bring themselves to an ob-er-
'snce oi the Christian sabbath. And
when We say this We make no excep.
'on In The ease Of the miners. the mill.
men and the employees upon tho rail.
Ways. We believe they would Nil be
csser for the ono days leisure. We
ave no liking for or sympathy with
''e so-callcd religious re,ivsl-. We
o not believe that Tho swec, creed of
hrisi nec'is any seasons 81 emotional
nbIic prayer or the swaklng Of sen.
'sions which arc reached by exciting
pec'acics With = pnlri, for tho pal "a. .
70 background aud material heaven
nj = smoke. dimmcd hell for tho I'm.
nccncnis 81 pieiy aud tho restrain,
sin. We believe that A. vital a fes. !
rs and function ola true religious
. - any IL hin,ed at in the story Of
is rebuks Of the Pharisoe. But tho 4