The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-10

~ ~ 2oGDo0d ~ ell The
nst;sS ~ 10 AAe11ea vlr1l0llv ~
~ . ~: ~ America n ~ 49,
-. sveo . hovosajd, a ~ ~,
~. 1877 popeloce, and e = relieved n
he." and hl0e ideal q cur ~.
rsH.: It0 esoesolly industrio0s ma
M~;e~ - ~ 93f made eoo0. tn ~
tS ~ Il even - invaded, I believe. b.
~. ~. .so9esn spirit than the reliejon ~
,,.,s. x1;saoSe cnm. An Americas az ~.
tS"s ~ ~ Smon o. oo3enoe telle ~
~ ~: ~ - nves In . town q 10, 900 peoule.
im ~Son tnese .re not 1ftY who DO not
exact history. M. Dole az Ri,-.;r ~
ham, found, he an. ~ .;cs4,eaeE
Christian people IN 2mes;c. ~" so' assk
tEouoSed BY attacks on INA orfhoiic~
creed than the IKE poople IN EnsSsrS
They seem b tel si1re of their Syc....S
ana they showed NO alarm.N Pnhiic
opinion requires public mem tn etfe~S
regularly some place Of VoFshin. Ths
mvottte den0mfna; ions are those nth
which we are here familiar - fhe Se.
nominations Of Protestant diosent
vhen III. Dale tells % Of ssthe Banfisf.'
seventh Day Baptists, Six Princinle
bapeoD. aod some other minor secfe' y
one might fancy ones self reading the
llstof thesects IL Whitaker's Almsnac
But In America this tyne Of relieion n
not, - It p here, . Subordinate type: IL
y the predominant and accented one.
Our dissenting minister think them
selves In paradise when they Witt
America. I'm that universally relieious
country the religious denominstion
which h"s bv much the largest number
OF adherents h that, I believe, Of Meth
odiem originating In John Wesley, ana
which We know In this country q hav-
Ing Tor ito standard Of doctrine Wesley's
nny-three sermons and notes on the
New Testament. I have . sincere ad-
m1ratton for Wesley, and Q sincere e.
TEEN Tor the Wesleyan Methodist body
IN this country. have seen much Of
1t, and for many OF its members nv e.
TEEN II not only sincere, but also sfIeo-
t1ona!e. know how ones religious
connections and religious attachments
are determined by the circumstances Of
ones birth and bringing up; and, prob
ably, If had been born and broueht IN
among the Wesleyans, I should never
have LETT their body. But, certainly,
should have wished my children to
leave It, because to live with ones mind,
In regard to . matter Of absorbing inn
portance ~ Wesleyans believe religion
to be, to live with ones mind, as to .
matter 0f this sort, fixed constantly up-
on . mind Of the third order, such as
was Mr.. Wesley's, seems to me extreme
" trying and injurious for the minds Of
men in general. And people whose
minds, in what IL the chief concern Of
their lives, are thus constantly fixed up
on mind Of the third order, are the
stable Of the population Of the United
States, in the small towns and country
districts above ill. Yet our Boston
friend asks 10 to believe that . popula-
tion Of which this II the staple can
furnish what 10 cannot furnish, Ger
tainly, in England, and what no coun-
trv that 1 know Of can ct present furnish
"a group, in every small town through
out the land, Of people Of good taste,
good manners, good education, peers Of
any people in the world. reading the
best books, interpreting the best music
and interested In themes worldwide.
Individuals Of this kind America can
doubtleD furnish, peers Of any people
in the world, and III every town groups
Of peopIe With exoellent qualities, nke
the representative Of middle c)a0 in
dustry And virtaeamone ourselves And
. oo1ntry capable Of 1asnishing such
~ronns vill B. stroae and proopeTouo,
and bas much 70 b thankful for but It
they are not, OF imagine that having
produced them Il possesses What It dos
not possees, Or he's provided for wants
which are in fhct still unprovtded for.-
kntheS Arnold, Nh f'seeee1A Ce'se's'J,