Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-13
| Short Account Of Some Of the Most
important Events in Its Lie, and
n Brief Mention of Some of Its lie ad =
ing Business Men Both Past
and Present. by
Rev. Father aoopfert.
Continued from last week. J

Continued from last week.
1t seems to be a peculiarly charac-
teristic feature of human nature. that,
in new countries or settlements. or
crowded cities. number of men and
women, when removed from their
! Christian home family and parish Cir
Gle, out of sight of their leaders and
acquaintances, soon apparently forget
God and the practice without human
respect of their country's religion, de-
spite the unceasing reproaches of their
conscience.
They imagine to be unobserved
strangers, unseen by even their Crea-
tor, and fancy that the worlds eye is
closed upoa their doings Alas, :. that
deceitful world spies, measures and
criticises their every movement. In
! vain do they attempt to stide. silence
and crush their honest conscience. No
/ longer do they heed the knowledge,
instructions, examples and lively faith
| impaired to them in their youthful in
nocense: they now feel independent,
and blindly follow the deleterious, ruiz
nous current of pleasure and dissipa
ton. Had they remained mid the
bright, pure scenes of their childhood,
meath watehful pastors ard parents
eyes, quite opposite would their story
run.
Think ofsthe Israelites. Gods chosen
people, wondrously freed from their
Egyptian bondage, to the dismay OF a
tyrannical Pharaoh; miraculously led
through the Red Sea, wherein pur-
suing army was engulfed and persisted.
Think of the clear waters from Horeb's
rock, and of the heavenly Mamma in the
wilderness, and study the frailty of
men when allured by earthly pleas
ures and frivolous reioicings.
Moses, by Divine command, had as
cended Mount Sinai's summit. where
he ''receivea two stone-tables of testi-
mony, written with the finger of God',
who had lovingly engraven thereon
His eternal commandments. 1.-THE
people seeing that Moses, their leader,
delayed to come down from the Mount,
soon forgot the Divine blessings and
the wonderstwrought in their behalf,
by the Almighty, melted their golden
earrings and fashioned them into q
molten calf. around which they foolish
" whirled their idolatrous dances.
Meanwhile Moses was about speaking
to the Most High. for their benefit.
This ancient. Biblical History. is re-
newed in ourflnodern world, where
men innumerable. the slaves of a tick
lie, so-called Society, live, work and
play, as if there was no God, no duty
no death to face, no Promised Land to
reach Suchsa sad situation is only
temporary incur North. Our Commu-
nifty, before long, will be fully organ
lied; and. when established. the men
of the present day, will repentingiy
strike their breasts. and deplore the
sinful years Of their youths forgetful-
ness of God and of His Law.
A striking truth of the above state
ment is the fragrant, criminal, irrelig-
ious, non-obseryance and PROCLAMATION
of the Lord 's@Day in most new settle
ments, whichstoo long resemble DESC
late wilderness with people from all
parts gaily frolicking and dancing
around the golden calf.
With the Christian education which
our children receive in church and
school. things gradually change and
Religion tiourishes more aud more.
Eagle River was no exception and will
soon walk in the footsteps OF our other
southern cities. Many of our present
settlers will be in silent graves, when
lilies will grow and bloom where now
we perceive but charred, barren
stumps. 1t will, yet, take time, pa
thence, prayer, preaching and sacrifice,
before such result is obtained. such
transformation effected. This predic-
ton and hope may be deferred; but,
the murky clouds must be parted, when
| the sun of religion, virtue and justice
| will dart its chaste rays on our earthly
Villas County Paradise, and begin a