The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1890-04-03

inestimable jewel the franchise, which
We now give freely to native rascals
who barter it for rum or pelf, or to
the refuse hordes of foreign nations
who would sell their birthright fer a
mess of potage.
How do you like Chicago for the
Worlds Far2 l expect you are all
dying to ask. Well, my friend, if !
must tell the truth, we are not going
into extacies over it. Chicago is IA
very nice place. A very nice place,
but il is thousand miles from New
York. 1t will be the frat time in the
history of Worlds Fairs, Philadelphia
alone excepted, that n Worlds Fair
has been held anywhere except at the
metropolis of the nation. / do not
say the capitol, but the great metro.
polls which New York is. In the
case of Philadelphia tue exhibition
was exceptional The Congress that
proclaimed our independence WAS CON
vened there, and there was the old hall
where the Congress sat. There was
the old bell that proclaimed liberty
throughout all the lard and 70 the in.
habitauts thereof, and then it was only
one honr and forty minutes from
New York. However, if the thing is
fixed irrevocahly New York will do
her share. It may not be qnite as
grand as it would have been If the fair
had been held here, but there will Re
enough to make people remember that
there il only one New York.
Lent is or ought to he season of
spiritual purgation and repentance, bu,
from the signs, as general thing, |
regret to say. that the Gospel seed
has not fallen on fallow ground. The
theatres are filled to overflow: they
are marrying and being given in mar
riage. Balls, dances. and concerts are
crowded every night. Afternoon teas
and literary matinees all tend to ban
ish from our thoughts the season of
sackoloih and ashes As an exception
to this general carnival Of sin. I am
happy in being able to state there h; 5
been such rattling among the dry
bones Of Wall street as hath not been
seen in this generation. Wall street
is not prolific Of saints, but sinners do
much abound. and the crop ia great.
The nearest the Gospel ever got to
Wall Street was John street, and that
is several blocks away. There was a
church once on the corner Of Pine aud
Nassau streets, but the Government
took 1t many years ago for post o.fice.
and now it is covered by the splendid
palace of the New York Mutual Life
Insurance Company. Only one church
his been able to hold it's own among
the bulls aud the bears-old orthodox
Trinity, the Vatican OF the Episcopal
Church in America. As it is one Of
the Oldest Episcopal Churches in the
land, 50 it is by far the weaithiest
What its revenues are is known only
to the Board Of Trustees, and to this
day no official or political plummet has
ever been able to sound them. 1t
stands in stately .magniicence at the
head of Wall street and looks down in
solemn grandeur on the money chang
ers. All the week the Stock Board
aud the banks have been in ferment
- trembling as reed shaken by the
wind at the voice of new Evangelist; !;
not new to the Church, nor new to the
religious world; but entirely new to
Wall street. For Boston knows him
as we'll as the Old South spire.
Phillips Brooks has been calling SIN
ners to repentance all the week, and if
we may judge by the way they have
crowded old Trinity day after day,
the Gospel seed which he has sown
has not been blown from the rocks
nor devoured by the fowls of the air.
Grave old bankers, clipper clerks,
blase brokers, who are oftener seen at
dog fight or scrapping match than
prayer meeting have for the time
dropped all kinds of business to listen
to the words of this great preacher.
So might Paul have reused the multi
tude at the foot of Mars Hill, or John
have stirred to frenzy the seekers after
truth, by the waters of the Jordon.
Time alone can tell what will be the
spiritual aftermath; but for the time
at least Brother Brooks has done great
good did not see Mr.. Gould, nor
Russell Sage, nor Addison Commack,
nor even as orthodox Christian as
Cyrus Field, among the crowd. Mr..