Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-06-25
the HOLINESS BAND.
THEY OUTLINE THEIR Cru.
SADR AGAINST lNIQUITY.
And are GfyeA Some Idea OF the
Work Before Them.

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called upon the Holiness Band at
the residence of Treasurer Corbett.
The leader Rev. Newton is smooth
faced man of say IS, or perhaps 40,
and has the orthodox clerical cut.
He has pleasant intellectual look
and talks agreeably upon almost
any topic The young ladies Sophia
and Fannie are in the neighbor-
hood of q or Is, and two more
thoroughly-in-earnest members Of
a praying band, perhaps never took
to the highway of sin to lie in wait
for the souls If passing sinners.
They received the reporter very
cordially and when Rev. Newton re-
| marked that he guessed they would
have the support of a leading news
paper, Miss Sophia clasped her
hands and said fervently,
Thank God"
Both the ladies are wont to look
upon the Great Ruler as the source
from whence all good comes, and
/ thank him for everything they re-
ccive. While there is no question
that every time they thank God.
they sincerely do SO, the habit of
thanking him for everything, sounds
odd to a stranger. For instance,
when it was announced that Sheriff
Swift had loaned them some chairs
for the services at Moors Theater,
Sophia exclaimed with great ernest
ness. Thank God, and in her ex-
citement forgot to thank Sheriff
Swift who had gone to the trouble
of taking the chairs down.
We will do a great work here,
said Miss Sophia, and save many
souls"
The reporter made no reply, but
must have allowed look ofincred-
ulity to escape him which the other
sister was quick to detect.
do you doubt our ability to re-
generate Carson?" she asked.
Il hope that you will prove equal
to the emergency" said the scribe,
but your assertions somewhat
shake my credulity. l would like
to see Carson regenerated but con-
template the attempt with consid-
esable solicitude. Several evangel-
list have been here before you and
all have returned from the unequal
contests sadder and wiser men,.
What do you consider the cause
which leads to this sad state?
asked Miss Sophia.
II should unhesitatingly say pol
itics and whisky"
The ladies held up their hands
Mortified at the work before them,
but Miss Fannie recovering quickly
said with great force and determi-
nation.
I'VE will meet the Devil here
and we will conquer him.
Are not many people here Of a
grasping nature, reaching after the
riches of this world and unmindful
of laying up treasures in the next,
asked Rev. Newton.
! Indeed they are sir, as graspers
and reachers the people of the To-
cality cannot be equaled in the
West. The trouble seems mainly
| to lie in the fact that there is not
sufficient capital per capitum to go
around and general scramble for
what there is in sight results. Most
of the business is conducted here on
the principle of realizing about 40
cents on the dollar, but when these
men fail they only liquidate on a
Is per cent. basis and you see some
body has to lose the difference.
Then again large majority of peo-
pie purchase goods and refuse to
pay anything if they can possibly
avoid it. If you could SO regener-
ate this town as to induce people
to recognize the sacredness OF a
debt, it might perhaps not be the
| the entire scheme of Salvation, but
it would 60 a long way toward
breaking the ground upon which
the true seed of the gospel might
be sown, and the result would be a
harvest worthy the sickle of an
earnest Evangelist"
:" 1 fully agree with you upon
this proposition, but the first thing
to be considered in our calling is
whether or not people believe in
Christ. We came to teach Christ
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