| Show EVILS OF christendom THEIR correction since the late war there has been a great increase of crime in every part of the unini vve we vye scarcely take up a paper that does not contain some horr horrible 1 ba e account of crime that has been perpetrated in the neighborhood from whence it hails halls many editors cannot close their efesto the recklessness which is becoming more and more manifest and they comment freely upon the decline in public morals which is so apparent for we turn away sickened and disgusted from the perusal of the horrid details of crime of one kind and another which abound in the papers I 1 we ve have thought that we could comment upon some of these cases but when we have attempted to do so we have recoiled from the task lauy of them being too revolting there is nothing pleasant to e contemplate in society as at present organized in christendom the history of so called christian civilization is one of misrule and oppression dt asur usurpation atlon and crime virtue is derided and assailed while vice is fostered an and honored the bold the insolent and the reckless elbow their meeker and more modest and humble fellows out of the path yath they take the upper seats and their brazen effrontery appears to answer the purposes of life better th than n the qualities the cultivation of which which the great founder of of the christ christian lan ian religion enjoined upon his followers he said I 1 blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth the meek must look forward to the realization of this promise with faith falth forin for fon in christendom at present the meek are pushed to the wall and the proud roud the litigious the brag fingerit garts inherit the earth and try to monopolize its good things Meeknes meekness 6 as society is now organized in the world does not pay in fact the whole of the chrls chris christian tian which b c a U ti ully fully exemplified in elife thelise th of our redeemer ae wre at a discount they they receive eive no encouragement viewed from a i worldly standpoint they are an injury to 0 o their possessor so they are generally discarded lis ils carded A man who can stand sufficiently aloof to exercise an unbiased judgment can an see eee more to admire in all the creations of a god od which V aich he B ees sees around him than in man possessed of godlike attributes and placed at the head of creation man has abused his power degraded himself and brought innumerable evils upon himself and all his surroundings yet though the earth itself and the th e animal and vegetable kingdoms feel the effects of mans mismanagement and transgressions they can all be viewed with more pleasure and satisfaction than man he has sunk lower than they all his condition is a more pitiable one than theirs there is a crying necessity for a change the increase of crime must be checked the evils which so plentifully I 1 y abound must be eradicated but h how ow aby what means pseudo christ I 1 anity has proved itself a grand failure F failure allure is written upon every one of its features it neither moulds men nor shap shapes ios ies society but is itself fashioned I 1 and changed to suit the popular whim its ministers are not the mentors of the age they are the vanguard they follow in the rear content to rave kave have their voices slavishly echo the dicta dieta which society pronounces it is time that another system should be introduced trod it has been we have already e experienced fenced many of the results which have attended its introduction what we witness in this territory is but the beginning of the great revolution which will continue to progress rop until a thorough and radical change is effected already we see the good fruits which have been produced the virtues which jesus inculcated are honored not so much as they will be but still they are more respected than they were by our people while connected with their former systems system even now the practice of those virtues does not interfere with a mans mans advancement nor act as a i check upon his prosperity crime and its kindred vices are comparatively unknown and the description of the old poet most felicitous felicitously y describes society as it exists here where spades grow bright and idle words grow dull where jails sails are empty and where barn barns sare are culiz fuli full where church paths are with frequent feet outworn wor vor law lal court couro courtyards yards weedy silent and forlorn where doctors foot it and where farmers ride where age abounds and youth Is multiplied where these signs are they clearly indicate A happy people acdwell and ana well weli governed state PEnS ners PERSONAL ONAL SKETCHES S clies clie S tho graphic and facetious sketches of tho the members of the territorial house of representatives which appear in another column of to days paper will doubtless afford amusement to all our readers Te aders and to none more than the honorable bl 0 members bembe rs th themselves C ms elves elyes they aro are from the pen of a well known correspondent whose humorous style the most of our subscribers bers will readily recognize reputation given candidates the cleveland sterald bays says if you want to blacken a mans reputation nominate him for the presidency 11 this is called forth from the editor by the charges which are being made respecting gen grant that he be is a drunkard and a liar the editor winds up his article with the remark that if the angel gabriel were to appear on earth and be mentioned in connection with the presidency he would be accused of stealing his trumpet |
