Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1888-01-16
ed at the Trinity
ADVEhurch, south.

au List At the South M. E. Churcl
yester. 1ay at IL A. NJ, taking for hi
text the oath and 25th verses of tn,
xii chapter of Paul's epistle to TIN
Hebrews.
In almost every capital city o
Europe there is column or tri
umphal arch erected to the sacred
memory of some warrior, hero O.
king, or other great man whose deeds
have moulded the earth and traced
an indellible history on rock ane
temple. Paris has its splendid monu
ment in memoriam of the one hun
bred victorious battles won by Ma
polean; London column in honor
of Lord Nelson, and Rome its
structure reminding the world Oh
the mighty power of the Caesars
If the worlds great soldiers and other
great men are worthy of such honors,
such trophies, surly faith should have
column or arch more glorious than
anv vet reared, for 10! look you what
faith has accomplished. st. Paul at
tempted to erect fitting monument,
and here we have it in the eleventh
chapter of Hebrews, and the past,
neither coming centuries, will ever
deface it as the elements will those
erected by worldly hands. We have
faith triumphant over death. 1t
overcomes every obstacle.
Enoch was not permitted to die, for
by faith he overcome death.
By faith Abraham became father
and Sarah q mother at an old age.
Paul cites Moses as refusing to be-
come the acknowledged son of Pha-
roah' S daughter.
By faith this man overcame the al
lurements which wealth, power and
worldly destruction promised.
We all know what it is
to put aside worldly things OF
this world, to turn our face from that
which promises to crafty our desires,
our passions, our ambitions, and now
when we may contrast the acts OF
Moses with the greatest of the great
to-day. Measure them with this man
who chose to serve God in humility
when a throne awaited him, and then
it is that his character stands out in
bold relief unapproached by worldly
heroes. This man owed his exist
ence to faith, and by faith he became
what he was.
"A decree had gone out from the
courts OF the Pharoahs that certain
children should be slain. The King
saw the rapid increase of the
Israelites and feared lest he
be bereit of his power. In his
heart was that which does most
evil-jealousy. 1t. is the most ter
rible element that can enter into the
human heart. 1t is the cancer OF the
soul. These Israelites became so
numerous and SO powerful that he
feared their strength. From house to
house, cottage to cottage, howell to
hovel, with sword in hand, he sent
his messengers of death. The history
of Egypt is stained with innocent
blood.
But the mother of Moses looked
upon her child and knew there was
greatness in him, and by faith she
hid him away. When she could no
longer conceal him through faith she
gave him to that God who "plants his
footsteps on the sea and rides upon
the, Storm" and laid him in the
rushes, trusting in God. She sat to
watch her darling, the little daughter,
and through faith she watched until
a rescner appeared.
There is no faith so deep, SO pure
and so steadfast as that of child.
Give me the prayers of children and
I will not fall. If the children kneel
ing about their mothers knee but lisp
my name, would have it above all
else, for as we become pure we come
nearer to them and to God.
Marian, at bidding, ran joyously to
secure nurse for the child rescued
from the river, and she brought one
who moulded his life and made him
the pure self-sacrificing devotion man
that he became. She had faith in the
providence of God. but she reared her
boy as she knew God would have her.
Let me say to-day your boys are in
your hands, to mould ,their destinies,
and look to it that you do your work
we'll. The flower OF your own life is
fading, that of your child in the bud
or bloom, and we'll you can consider
the responsibility that you as a
christian man or woman have assum-
ed. Surely not a day of your life
should pass without grave reflections
on this matter.
But let us consider the circum-
stances of the education of Moses.
Colleges, riches, everything was at his
disposal. The greatest philosophers
and doctors were his preceptors,
brought up in a palace, in state,
in l TX y5oa yet yst,uoa ne st U.s.
age of forty-four, and it became neces-
sary for him to make a choice be-
tween the kingdom of Pharaoh and
the brick-kilns of his own people, he
, hesitated not, but chose the latter.
\ Who could so easily turn from the
the world? Would that we to-day
had strength to do the same Would
that we could see as far as he did, and
\ realize. as he did, that God does not
require sacrifice without an equiva-
lent compensation. For every stan
that falls by our serving God he will
give us sun, and for every day Of
service century of bliss, and in the
end, whent., crystal pool OF life
rendered - by the mistaken faith
hence Y .3tion and fidelity in the
swee' .yrvice of the Master, ebbs
az only to rise in shroud O
.owy vapor and float to the world o
eternal life and eternal glory-the1
will thy faith by thy reward.
CHRIST'S POWER.