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ton for the next one, SO that PERSONS condition ~
death determines his eternal state hereafter. Tina
doctrine part Of elaborate scheme OF salvation,
called. and stands or falls with It, 1t prcsupposea
the doctrine Of original sin aud the damnation OF all
men. because OF their relation to Adam, had not
Jesus Christ nterposed between them and the execu-
i!on Of this fearful sentence such way to pro-
specified conditions.
The doctrine OF purgatory, which many Professionals
misundersiand, sort Of corollary 10 tho doctrine
OF probation which II presupposes in all OF its
ta parts. But the evangelical Protestant says that
all those who accept Christ while In this world 20
Catholic says that most OF them 90 rst to purgatory
God, says the Catholic, allows jesus TO pay The
pentant sinners debt, but still oyac,s lesser
penalty Himself Thu; purgatory is middle state
OF suffering souls who neither bad enough
70 DO sent TO hell nor yes entirely u 70 enter heaven
trnc OF probation and the Roman Catholic doctrine Of
purgaory closely allied. Ono Is as legitimate aud
worthy OF credence as the other Tor Doth are ialse
So ut least says the liberal Protestant ana he thinks
that he has good reasons for 1t
WHAT UyIvERsALIsM SAYS.
Unvcrsalism denies both doctrines rs falsc and de-
clares that thcre is no vicarous punishment al all,
nor any need OF such thing. Man, according to
Universalsm, is not born guilty OF an infinite sin,
OF any SIM but IL at birth innocent as Christ
Himself when He was born. The new born babe IS as
form reposes. It. therefore, does not deserve Infinite
punishment nor any punishment II needs, indeed,
perfect except through suffering. But 1t cannot
deserve punishment until II has voluntarily trans
crossed the law. and when It does transgress and =
punished, the punishment which God puts upon 1t Is
not expiutory but reformaory II Is not to satisfy
the wrath OF Cod but 10 teach and benefit the child
II gives God no pleasure 10 punish TO see US punish
ourselves the contrary 1t makes HIN suffer TO SEQ
suffer- Sin may DO forgiven, but It cannot
be expiatcd. When VIC have sinned against God
there Is only one way in which to sot things right
again. and that Is to repent and forgiveness Christ
came not to satisfy Gods ; wrath but 70 satisfy HIS
repentance aud TO incline their hearts 10 hate
and to lorsake it forever Univorsasm says that this
sd. tuno ntu
God will deal with there just as He deals with US
here. In regard to the subject Of prayers tor the
dead, Universaism presents objection TO such
prayers, but rather encourages them. rhe death Of
tho body need sunder our sympathy Tor the SOUL
God Is love and HIS mercy cnduIeth forever. II we
sin He will punish u.s. whether IN this world or any
other, but He will never cast Us OF forever.
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ALL SOULS CHURCH.
oUR PROSPECTS, Ar THE NEW YEAE.-sERMoN
BY REV. DE. HELLOWs.

oUn PROSPECTS, Ar THE NEW Years. SERMON
BY REV. DIT. BELLOWS.
Rev. Dr.. Bellows preached at AL Sous' Church on
.Our Prospects at the New Year" He introduced
his discourse by referring to the feelings oil hope
sprnging IN every breast at the beginning OF every
year and by pointing cut the necessity of depend
ing Tor an Improvement OF our fortunes not upon ldlc
hopes alone, but upon our own honest exortions.
Labor was the first condition OF sercspect abd-
ing happiness, aud idieness was one OF The worst
curses weighing upon mankind. The only advantage
gained by the OF fortune that they were al
lowed to choose their occupation--to work with the
mind insroad OF their musce--and this was, doubt
less desirable boon. But one OF the greatest
complaints oil the day that there Too
many lders not only voluntary but compulsory
iders. The causes OF tho ovil IN our own city the
preacher ascrlbed TO the iabor-sayins machines,
which said to enable now To perform
the work done formerly oy eight TO the extraordinary
How OF population IRON the country to the cities; TO
the dminutioD oil the commerce ana trauc brought
about by bau government ruinous taxation and excess
slvo cost OF handling freight, and TO the maiadnlnls-
tratiOn oil city Affairs whicn had made this the dearest
city Ia the world TO live In. Tho only remedy that
could DO suggested that The population OF thus
country return 10 tho methods oil living which had
made their grandparents an indepcpdcnt and sell
reliant people--n amely, that men should again 1.-Two
on their own produce, raised on their own soil
by their own hands, and Clad If needbe, in The home
spun RafmcHtb w tuclr wives anu uuuENtef,
IL this small farming which made the French the
rich and happy nation they we're ana when would
bring the results here provided that gov
ernment instead Of frtorng away the national domain
to banu OF greedy monopoles and land spectators.
parceled out our fruitful soil III the West in small
farms OF one hundred. or still better, OF hity and
twenty-five acres each.
POLITICAL EVILS AND NATIONAL DISHONESTY.
Tho great source OF bad government this city was
that It's Affairs administered from the distant CITY
Of Albany by the legislators OF this entire Empire
State, whose favorte poiicy has been ior years TO
draw the principal reyeauo OF tho State from
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ST. STEPHENS CHURCH.

THE FEAST OF EPIPHANY-sERMoN By REV.
FATHIR MAHoNY.
The Feast OF the Epiphany celebrated at st.
Stephens Church, Twenty.eighth street. with the
customary splendor OF light and music. Tho altar
fairly blazed with waxen tapers, and Haydn's mass
In G, No. Z, was rendered with hne effect Mr. Henry
G. Thunder presided at tho organ; Miss Boric sang
soprano; Miss Munier, contralto; Mr. II. X. Romeyn,
tenor, and Mr.. Oudin, baritone, supported by a full
and efficient choir After the lrst gospel Rev. Father
Mahony, who has recently returned from Rome,
cendcd the pulpit and preached brief sermon on the
subject vi '.Faith IN Christ" He instanced tho
wonderful faith OF tho Magi, VINO, even alter
the stars that guided their footsteps to Jeru-
salem disappeared the skies above that city,
still held ana ultimately found tho Saviour in the
stable OF inn In Bethlehem. And evon then finding
Him among these mean and miserable surroundings
they not discouraged their aitn shaken,
aud they knelt In homage aud alteration before the
infant God. That great event. the redemption OF man.
brought about by the Dlrtn and death OF Christ
one Of surprising interest, and could not be dwcit
upon too fully. When Adam trsnsgressed the CON-
mands oil the Almighty he fcli, and mankind, for
thousands oil years. gropod IN darkness without guide
or light, but Christ came anu restored the 10
hope and lie and happiness, and only when tho
teachings aud example OF Him arc lost sight OF Or
forgotten do woe aud misery follow Tho Jews in
sisted upon substituting their own carnal notions
Of the Deity Tor the spiritual goodness that Christ
sunheu. They looked Tor King with all the mate
to sovereignty, and they presented with poverty
aud weakness. Then u was they reviied Chrsts doc
trnes SO holy and SO good, and closed their eyes to
sublime doctrines ever enumerated earth.
Tncy mad faith IN the spiritual part vi mans
ture and to them pomp and riches signiled all
there was OF worldly ana heavenly happiness.
Finally they crucined HIM who had
them, ana Christians will be like them II
they the au Ties ana obligations imposed upon
them by their religion. Ia thus neglecting their TO-
lig they show the same lack OF iatu Christ
hibted by the Jews; they turn their backs upon Him
and virtually repudiae Him, as did the Jews. Yet
who Is there that Is not ready to taduce the Jews Tor
their treatment OF the Saviour, while ut the same smo
If they Will only reflect for u moment on their own
utter neglect OF the teachings OF Christ they will sec
that they have little TO boast OF practically over those
who stood ia revIlemenL the nil Calvary
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FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.

SERMON TO THE AGED By REV. DIR. ARMI-
Rev. DR.. Armtage preached his annual sermon to
the aged, taking his text from Amos v l. In the fol-
lowing words HE formed grasshoppers IN the be-
ginning OF the shooting up oil the latter growth and
TO- 1t was the latter growth after the kings
Amos, the hcrdsman, SAID the reverend Doctor,
farmer poet OF great simplicity and power. But no
passage OF his sets the past and present before US
with more felicity than this slngulary happy verse
He refers to the past fruituness OF the year. when
the product OF the earth been fresh and free 80
that the "kings mowngs" had been gathered from
tue bosom OF the field 1t hot easy to understand
what he refers here but probably had some
royal right OF carly paslurage for the military forces
oil the nation in trying times night Of this sort Is
limited at In l. Kings xviii, s. when "Anab said to
Obadiah, 90 into the land, unto all OF water
aud unto all brooks; peradventure may mud grass
10 save tho borsos anu tno mules alive, that lose
not all the beasts" But whatever else the phrase
''king's mowings' may mean, has reference 10 tho
nrst production OF the field whom the crop vigorous
nna abundant But there is an aiiergrowtb, wnen
the rams tails upon "tnc mown grass, and There
comes D spring up OF frcsh grass alter the harvest
Tbs is called tho sprouIng up Of the latter growth,
alter the "kIne's mowngs" are over, ana herein
lind the lessons OF The day. al OF you know that
when tho mower has niied his hand VITA the
crop that has come 10 maturity there still a second
shooting up OF tender blades, winch you call "the
latter growth The sun ana the rain, after giving
.nc busbandinan the o0unteous aud rank harvest,
have power enough left 10 stimulate tne earth a
second growth. But you also know that when the
NOV or mas his work in gathering the harvest
proper tho bloom and freshness and iulncss OF the
season spent and that tho aiter productions OF
nature very tardily, come IN scauty measure,
and at are but poor limitations of the luxury
winch welcomed the scythc OF the labor owner In the
.kipg,s mowIngs." Precisely so II Is with all
mons TO Christ lie The sowing Of childhood and
youth Is past, the cultivation and Image vi manhood
are past, the teeming harvest OF lilo rs gathered
so that slhc harvest Is past and the summer Is
ended under any circumstances, and The iruis oil
lifetime have been Iavished upon another than tho
In its most perfect form but DO poor Imitation
u us glcanings OF the preceding "mowinga" Better
fIoan than reap nothing better produce tender grass
the mowingsp than leave the field sorc aud
,arcncd and barren as the days Of autumn shorten
cold becomes keener but at the highest estimate late
conversions only yield tho alter fruits oil lic ana
lever can supply the defects OF the iu harvest whch
mother has gathered. proceed. then. 10 CONSIDER.
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CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH.


MACARTHUR.
At the Calvary Baptist Church, the pastor, Rev. r.
s. Macarthur took for the subject of hts sermon, IA
Watchword Tor the Year." preaching from the text
found in Proverbs ill.,, 56-"Trust in tho Lord With
all thine heart and lean not unto thine own under
standing In all thy weys acknowledge him and he
shall direct thy paths" The preacher began his dis
course by lamenting the want Of moral backbone
among CHRISTIAN men and women Self sufaciency.
he say has been the ruin OF the race self
sdhlciency is the secret OF the tall 1t is
the great fault OF men to want to hive
Independently Of the Father The moment tho prod,-
gal son oved his portion moro than his father he be-
wandercr. Amy who loves Gods gifts
better than God Is a wanderer. Those who with
out God are Of this same class s arc those VINO lean
unto their own understanding. Tho understanding
blind We dare not trust our own wisdom. 1t is Ike
tho blind leading the blind. We need spiritual dis
cernmeni. Moses chose aflction with the people of
God rather than to live IN tne family OF tue Egyptian
King. Behold Daniel walking safely through Tue
lions What his secretP Ho believed In
God. We cannot help To-Day having great fears
in regard to the uture for know not what the year
may bring forth. Who " tell OF the
many accidents aad disasters which have happened
throughout the country Take your own homes; who
was 10 tell you OF the many changes AZ your own hre-
sdcsY SO stand to-day on the threshold OF another
year. We cannot tell what may happen, but we have
Coos promises. He will mover forsako thee. Death
~ prospect should not alarm Death is the con-
queror OF the world, Tut Christ has conquered death.
Remember that GOO Is ever present. anu not take
step without Ills lead The eye Of the Great Captain
Is All success In business duo to God's
care The Baptsts have, believing THIS apart next
Thursday u day OF lasting and prayer for better
state OF business The President has boon
petitioned 10 call public attention TO this Tact. We
should acknowledge God in everything, all our
amusemcnts and social relations Go nowhere that
you caunot take Cnrists blessing with you. The
outlook at the beginning Of tins year is dark TO
great many but ask Gods blessing upon your work.
The preacher alluded TO the immense sums OF money
recently used Tor the paying oil Of church debts
1875 said he 60 into history having sacrificed for
Gods what has not boon done Tor centures He
closed his remarks by expressing his appreciation OF
The Stops <aken with regard TO the liquor Sellers
ended his discourse by recng rennyson's Ring Out.
Wild Bells
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A SUPERLATIVE COMPLIMENT.

[From the Menomonic wis., News, Dec. 22.l
Doubtless tho greatest newspaper, all things consid
cred, on this continent, Is the New YORK HERALD II
processes Independence in politics aud NEEDLES with
mans religion It's correspondents ana news gath
scattered all over the habitablo globe aud
daily contribute 10 It's columns the record Of greas
world
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an overtaxed and overburdencd metropolis Indeed,
the reverend gentleman looking also at badly paved
filthy streets, could sec improvement In the AFFAIRS
OF our city government, with the single exception
that the Judiciary seemed purer and moro efficient
and the law more steadily and honestly admins
tcred In national affairs iitte improvement could bs
noted. The custom houses were still the great CEN
tered purely for business. Probably in the
country had so much TO 40 with tho management OF
primaries and conventions and tho election OF Sena-
tors and Governors as our collectors In this city
was openly charged that merchants must give dou-
ce4rs-brlbcs was the proper word-t9 brokers ana
expeditiously despatched The civil service reiormcrs
were s,ill sconed at because they demanded that
custom houses and post Offices should DO ran
nests of political w.repulling But perhaps
the rrcates evil that OF dishonesty and fraud
III public well as In private LIE, which had been In
troduced by the Legal Tender act. II had been said
thut this measure our lives but II had only
done SO by poisoning our CONSTITUTIONS The remedy
only degree removed from the evil. This act
had done moro mischief in destroying ana i'm pairing
the matonal and individual sense Of recti.uae and
honor than oil tho teachers and pastors could repair
in years Better now that all the schools ana
OF the people be debauchod Wy either state re-
pudiaton the coinage Of SO many silver lies, OF SO
many mcndacIous tokens OF legal robbery
CORRUPTION IN CLUTCHES.
But the ora Of corruption had penetrated even to
method Of stimulating religious feeling in great, ex
cited mass meetings supphnt the steady teaching OF
morality in regular worship. Ashamed as he was 70
OF great and danning crimes Haunting thor faces In
tho pulpits OF churches and ny their sensational arts
OF oratory, drawing huge crowds round their brazen
images. (iere u strange significant murmur ran
through tho congregation, and we'll known name
whispered Then had seen In tho past year
a method Of paying of church debts, BY which
some men OF straw wore pledged for $4,000, $4,000
$50 Co., provided the congregation gave the rest,
thor excited feelings were wrought upon 10 ex
tort from them great amounts, such as they could
only give by gripping their business. II was well
understood, ho thought that the original pledges
which held out AS alluroments 10 the congrega-
tion follow the example were merely fictitious,
and the whole method the reverend gentleman char
actcrized AZ low and detrimental to morality.
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GOD WILL NEVER CAST Us OFF FOREVER

1kEVs Irwin Cs bWEE1bEhs
Rev. Mr.. Sweetser, pastor of tho Blocker Street
UniversaIist Church, preached on the subject Of
"unvcrsasm versus Probation" In regard to tho
connection which exists between this world and the
next, as to the matter Of rewards and punisnmonts,
he began, tho Christian world Is divided into three
great classcs-the Roman Catholics, who believe In
probation and purgatory; the evangelical Protest
ants, who believe In probation without purgatory,
and the liberal Protestants, who deny both
Of them aud believe In continuous
spiritual development, not broken at death, but ex.
tending from this world into tho next one, and des-
tned at last bring the world TO perectnoss. Tho
evangelical Protcstants hold that this lie Is proba
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knew Of the time and place whence and where the Sa
viour would be born: they saw the elements obey
Him; they the earth trembc. the rocks split and
graves Give their dead Ut His DEATH and yet all
this that obdurate people, ana they,
too, thor reward We should Initiate tho Magi by
making an effort ana Gods grace will not be wanting
to BY His sufIerings aud death we can have all
necessary graces; but II lie be mercliul He Is also
ju ST. and should take not TO 20 SO tar that,
like the Jews. VIC DO deprived OF those graces. God
does not require OF US to travel long distances such
the Mag undertook, for He is SO good rs TO remain
in midst IN the tabernaces of our affairs. -.
Thomas Kempis said that II but one priest on tho
earth could offer tho holy sacrifice or the mass we
would long most ardentiy to be present at and SEQ
that sacred minister Here be Is every
day, and how lew avail themselves OF the chance he
gives them Lot US then try TO mako the best pos
sible of what God places within our REACH and so
be happy here ana hereafter
Al the mass Rev. Father Mort acted as ceebrant,
with Rev. Fathers Kcarney ana keane as deacon and
subdeacon respectively. The assistants 10 the Car
dnal were Worry Rev. Father Quinn and Father Ho-
gan.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-30
Assessment Notice.

RYE PATCH CONSOLIDATED MILL AND MINING
COM ANY,
Location of principal place or business,
San francisco, California; Location of WORKS,
Echo Di-tricS, Humboldt county. state of
Nevada
NoTIGE is hereby given. that at meet
IN ing IF the Board of Directors, held on
the 18th day OF December, 1878. an assess
ment No. n OF one Dollar per share was
levied upon the capital stock of the corpora
ton, payable Immediately in United states
gold coin to the Secretary, at the Office of tine
company, rooms and 7, No 327 Pine street.
San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the SIEVE TENTH JAY
of JANUARY, 1879, will be delinquent, and
advertised for sale at public auction, and I'M
less payment liz ma lie before, will be sold ON
Saturday, the Fifteenth day of February, 1879
to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board If Directors.
ID, VERD NAL secretary.
OFsICE-Rooms 6 and I, No. 32l Pine street
San Francisco, california. ds2t-td
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A SAD CASE.

Wife Finds Her Dead Husband
In the Sagebrush aad with
n Babe la Her Arms Travels
Miles to inforsn the Nesghbsr..
An item relative to the death Of
Edward Morgan from the Battle Noun.
tain Messenger appears in another
column. The particulars of the sad
sffair have been fnrDished us bv DIR,
Johnson. who was summoned while ~
Lewis attending patient to appear At
the inquest. Morgan resided at thu
Irish raach. in Reese River valley. aud
was in tolerably comfortable circnm
stances. He had wife and two
children, the youngest babe 10 it's
mother's arms. aud seemed to be
very much devoted t. his family.
lie appeared 10 have been deraDged
at times for the last two or three
weeks, and asked his wife If thew
had not better die together. She
replied that If they killed themselves
there would be no one lett to take care
of the children. tie then remarked
that he could not kill his children and
that she must live to take care eff them
He took SIX shooter aud went down
the valley. Not returning home that
afternoon, his wife started in the direc
ton which he had gone to search for
him. aud late in the evening found him
dead with "A bullet hole in his head
Mrs. Morgan then took her children.
the youn !est of whom she had to carry
IN her arms. aud started for Lewis.
where she arrived in the night almost
frozen to dsath. She Informed the
Justice of the Peace of the death OF he,
husband. and designated the spot where
the remaios lay. The Justice sum
moned six jurors ani Dr. Johnson and
the party started oIt. an after a lonp
search with lante~os. found the BODY
abort bundled yards from the road
ia the .1eornsh. Appearances iudic4
ted that NJ Dryan had deliberately Goa.
cuded to take his life. HIS coat. boots
stockings aud hat wers piled to ,,ther a
few feet f'om tbs holy, which FAY on
the ground. back down. with the arms
extended. aud the pistol. with which
the rash act WAS dom, near the feet.
Dr.. JoEusou is of the opinion tba
Morgan WAS stIndiug crest when he
hred the ta!sl sh 1t. AID tna, the pistol
dropped from his hand white he fell
back dead No cause is assigned for
the rash deed, except ten porary in.
sanity.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE i.


Colonel Harry l. Thornton. who has
BEEN East siuce last October, passed
through Saturday. homeward bound.
A @. Cieavelaud of White Pine. aud
X w. Guiberson aud g. T.. Wallace of
Eureka. passed here yesterday, bound
we believe, tor the capital.
Charles Formau aud G.. Derby OF
Virgins. retnrued yesterday from the
Paradise mines. aud lett for hume last
evening.
T. Z. Torrey, who has been at Sacra.
mento. attending his father who has
bsen q1ite i'll at that place. arrived
here yesterday.
ID. Il. Sessions. State Superintendent
of Public destruction elect, passed
through last .vening on b 10 way to the
Capital, where he is to reside during
his term OF office.
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Notice Of Order to Show Cause

In the Fourth Judicial District Court in and for
humboldt county. Nevada.
In the matter of the estate of NJ Donley,
dece'ised.
Order TO show cauSe why order to sell real
estate shout not be granted.
Patrick Reed. the administrators of the estate
of NJ. Donley, deceased, having filed his petit :
ton herein praying for order of sale of all
the real estate of said deceased for the par
pose therein set for5h it is therefore ordered
by tie Judge OF said Court tn 1t AL persons iu-
terested ia the estate of said deceased appear
before the said District Court on the 10th iay
of January, 1879. at 10 O'Clock A. M. of said
day at the CourCroom of said COURT, in Winnie
nucca Humboldt county, NevadI, to show
cause why an order should not be granted to
the said administrator to sell all the Ipal
state of the said deceased at public sale ami
that c.py of his order be published at least
four successive weeks in the. SILVER 5rATs. a
newspaper printed and published in said
Humboldt county,
VIM. 8. BONNIFIELD,
Judge Fourth Judicial District Court Of New.
Dated December IL, 1873. deci2.ti