The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-28

cure the appreciation OF the Almighty?
"Once to every man and Nation m the mo-
In the strife Of truth with falsehood, for the good
We see dimiy in the present. what is small and
Slow Of faith, how weak an arm may turn the
But the soil is still %oraculer amid the markets
din.
List, the ominous stern whisper from the Delphic
They enslave their children's children, who
make compromise with SIM"
In the nameo OF Our God. we will set up our
banners" Oh, the glorious victories 9th g
centuries led by the banner We set up!
The world is growing better, it's wars
less frequent, it's peace more and more
abiding. Why? Because Of mental
growth? No.
The gospel claims that the power to do
this came into the world when, on the day
OF Penticost, unlettered men spoke in
unknown tongues, and a %rough-clad fisher
man induced 5000 in a single day to
change the habits and customs of their
lives.
Before that day the most warlike Ia
tions were the most cultured and refined.
Since that day teaching the savage in the
arts and sciences only enables him to make
more effective weapons OF war.
TEACH THE SAVAGE THE GOSPEL
and he throw We away his rifle, and no longer
delights to kill.
Thousands of years ago the prophets OF
the Lord looking down the centuries IF the
future, foretold a coming day when the
church OF Christ shall hold dominion over
the whole earth, and when violence shall
no more be heard in the land. wasting nor
destruction within her borders. And this
is declared to be the iulhllment of Il plan
made before the morning of creation had
dawned, Inc made by one with whom mis-
take is impossible.
In the execution of this plan we have q
part to perform. 1t is a plan to destroy
evil, and rescue the world from it's captivi-
ty to sin. It is called in scripture a con-
test, and declared to be a warfare that is
increasing till evil be destroyed. Who will
enlist in Gods army and set up his amer
in the name OF the Lord?
Napoleon, under the shadow of the Pyra-
nids, bade his soldiers remember that the
centuries were looking down upon them,
and babe every man prove himselfa hero in
the fight.
Christ says to his soldiers: "Behold, l
send you forth as sheep in the midst OF
wolves; be We, therefore, wise as %serpents,
and harmless as doves"
What words Of Instruction.! How unlike
those of earthly kings. Yet the Christian
soldier. who plants his banner in Gods
name, does what the
MIGHT OF ARMIES N ACCOMPLISH.
Religion puts it's hand upon the horrid
enginery of war and pushes it into silence. 1t
converts the sword and spear into plough
shares and pruning hooks. The heart
purified and cleansed is the mighty york OF
Christ, evidenced in deeds no longer Of the
flesh, but of the spirit. The sword of the
gladiator fell before the uplifted banner OF
the cross. The clang of chains falling from
the limbs of the slave rings high above the
enrolling song of Jesus and his love.
Song! Why, time was when Englishmen
were hard ~toilers, fierce fighters, with huge
appetites for meat and ale. Their songs
were of war and plumber, whose verse fell
like sword strokes in the thick OF battle.
But Christ touched the lips ofan unlettered
person and the first gospel song was sung.
Society was transformed and the work
has zone on, till to-day England holds
greater power than any nation Of Europe,
because English laws, like English songs,
are filled with the spirit OF Christ.
So Christ took the hand of the painter
and guided his brush. Lo! A change
The same brush, colors, canvass; yes, the
same hand of flesh, but the imagination OF
the old masters no longer conceived scenes
of blood, lust and passion. When the
finished picture was unveiled, Christ looked
from the canvass into the hearts of men,
touching them to tears; not with more
skillful blending of colors and better work
but with the pictured truth OF
THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD.
Eighteen hundred and eighty-fve years
ago, when Christ was born, there was only
a babe in %swaddling clothes. a few straws
and the use OF a manger. To-day in our
own land 80: OOO, 900 OF people can find
seats inside 10000 churches where Christ
is preached. The contributions of Chris
tian men and women are sending thou
sands OF Bibles every day to distant parts
OF the world, and the laborers for Christ
are standing within the gates of almost
every nation on the globe.
These fruits are not borne without
labor. Not without earnest, patient toll
are results like these achieved. 1t is an
empty victory that is gained without ef-
fort. And here comes the thought
that the leading nations OF the earth are
those that have toiled and struggled. They
are the people that have battled with adj
versity, whose bleeding feet, like those of
our fathers at Valley Forge, have tracked
the SHOWS Of earth. This is the secret OF
that a~ll-conquering Roman might, which
mastered the world in it's day, and the
spirit of which gives laws in lands it's armies
never trod and in a civilization beyond it's
lream.
This is what has given New England it's
character and made it's sons leaders OF the
thought and enterprise of the world. Con-
n%ecticut and Massachusetts have for fifty
years sent out the schoolmasters and
school mistresses for the rest of the Union,
! while ninety-tive years ago the Mayhower
Of the Northwest, a covered wagon from
Connecticut, accompanied by forty-five
men, started for the valley of the Ohio,
and began the settlement OF thegreat West.
There was wisdom and deep meaning in
the instruction Christ gave his disciples
He that endureth to the end shall be
saved" 1t is the true way to win. We
must watch and fight.
My brethren, this is a glorious contest
that is now being waged under the banner
OF the cross. Who will cry with David, I'm
the name of our God we will set up our
banner"
We may help to hasten the day, il we
will, when nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shall they learn
war any more. What a thanksgiving day
will be celebrated then!
We may join in q contest that shall re-
suit in a victory grander thar any earth
ever saw; when every creature which is in
heaven, and on the earth and under the
earth, and such as are in the sea, shall be
heard saying, blessing and honor, glory
and power be unto Him that stitch upon
the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and
ever.
EPISCOPAL SERVICES.
At the EpiscopalChurch Rev. sc Black.
iston, the rector, conducted the services,
which consisted of the reading OF Scriptures,
prayer, singing and an eloquent sermon,
which was listened to with the usual marked
attention by the large congregation.
AT rHE JAIL.
The good ladies OF the Women's Christian
Temperance Union, with c~ommendable
charity had decided that the inmates of the
county Jail should not be forgotten. In
accordance with their programme they pre-
pared for the uniortunates a substantial
dinner in which turkey was the principal
dish, although other delicacies were not
wanting. The meal was served at about 2
o'clock, much to the delight of the prison
ers. Under Sheriff Buzzo was master OF
ceremonies, and the ladies, who were out in
full force, acted as walters. There were
some religious exercises, but they were of
ar informal character, consisting princi-
pally OF singing and exhortation. The re-
cipients of the bounty expressed themselves |