Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-12-03
THE SERVICES ON SUNDAY NIGHT
AT THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

mention OF the male singers, the
female voices are exceptionally fine Mis-
Nellie Parkinson's soprano is surprisingl!
strong and very fruitful of promise Cultiva
ton, judiciously bestowed, will make it
very remarkable voice and one to command
much attention and applause. Miss Stella
Gates has 4 voice of rare purity and sweet
ness; and Miss Francis Hodgkinson's gentle
contralto is very charming indeed. Miss
Psrkinsons rendition of the part assigned t.
. her in the hymn, "While he ia near was very
brilliant and satisfactory to good ears. Rev.
DR. Davis ia to be commended for the unusual
clearness of his intonation in reading; and he
pronounced the stirring words of Isaiah as
they are contained in the second chapter of
the Book of that great prophet in Israel, with
most excellent effect. Also he read with no
loss effectiveness of ntonation from Romans
K illustrating thereby the Righteousness of
faith as contrasted with the righteousness of
law. The choir sang that favorite hymn,
Rock of Ages Cleft for Ne" in fine voice, and
the Dominic then read US his text from Gen
esis III, "a, $50 he drove out the man, and
he placed at the East of the Garden of Eden
Cherubms, and flaming sword which turned
every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
In looking through the photographers camera
We see the landscape i'll all its minute perfect
ness; in the Book of Genesis all is condensed.
II it be an allegory, it ID most wonderful
one-a picture of each mans life Man may
partake of all the fruits except the fruit which
is forbidden. Our life is restricted one SO
says God We may take in reason and within
certain bonds all that delights the senses.
Man is only little lower than the angels
The limitations which circumscribe our lives
are on all sides, If you transgress the rules
you must suffer The world is full of illus
trations See the waves of the ocean. God
says, 81 have set bounds to this sea. The
sinds and the waters are in His hands and
are restrained The birds which sport above
the surging waves must keep to their element
or perish The fish may not with impunity
attempt to leave his proper place aid sphere.
This then, beloved hearers, is your life-re-
stricted and held by law The forbidden tree
reminds man of the barriers which environ
him. Beyond the confines are grief and sor
row. Ambition, the love of power and OF gain,
all these are admirable III their way, bat they |
must flow within their proper channels. The |
love OF appreciation is just aud admirable |
impulse But lot it 60 beyond its rightfu
bounds and it becomes degenerate and false
TO the laws of our better nature These mis-
lead into Genagoguery, buffoonery and other
unworthy weaknesses. If our life be
restricted, what is our duty! All
contained within one single word-obedlence
70 the law--divine or human. A river hath
it's currents and its falls, it's calm places and
It's banks and when it overiows its natural
barriers it ceases to be river and becomes an
'lnruly flood. The story goes on-the tree of
K knowledge. of good and evil, reposes between
nan and every lawful pleasure. Does it not
,eem wonderful that man should not have re-
,eived the gift of life thankfully and accepted
ia conditions? With but one forbidden tree
N, how he should have been grateful, and,
,bedient to God, left that tree untouched
But he was beside himself with an unholy
teslre to taste OF the frult OF tnaC Tree winch |
hould make him something more than mortal
We are CALLED by our wholesome restraints
We as Adam was, are forever trying to
verstep our bounds. The guilty pair-Adam
nd his wife-had sinned, and God drove '
hem out Paradise was lost by sin. Oh, Y
hat Paradises are daily lost thro' greed
nd disobedience Each sinner shall be I
riyen from and barred out of Paradise by I
aiming sword We exist constantly by these I
.ws We gain nothing by beating against
be bars of our cage. Only i'll obedience I
an true happiness be- found. Such state as !
nat which is without restraint would be d
ell! The suggestions of the Tempter led US +
stray. Each of us has had experience of S
lese mistakes. A Western lady of my &C
uaintance, beautiful and accomplished and T
essed with happy home and all that was ;,
easant and bright in all her surroundings r
cd, guilty, to the tropics with high offici :
d one short Summer time she found that the
range blossoms and the luscious fruits OF her s.,
,treat could net compensate for obedience &c
eglecsed. And when they told her of her !;
cad child and she felt the miasma of that
,rrid ciime-not these caused her to sicken
nd fade and faint--but the consciousness of OF
er own great sin i'll overstepping the line of lit
&c duty. The Cherubm kept her forever lie
Ut of the paradise she so longed to inhabit tf
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