Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-11
SOME SERMONS.
DIR. RoGAN OF BALTIMORE Al
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
Judge cooper's Erhortation at the
Bethel Tent---Dr. Lloyd at the
First Methodist Church.

EiNpfN,lNff4 Al Inc IpFtltA 4AAHHNth
Eleventh street between Main and ltous-
ton streets, last night, were largely nl.
tended, az they especially are every
Sunday night, aud were highly H. rest
ing. When a Gazette man resf1ed tue
place. he found the tent packet nun.
dreds were standing In ana arpunu sno
edge of the tent. and The usual tlinper
OF Carriages buggies aad Pedestrians
flied the space on the ontAie i9- A l9nk
way out. IL was a large and ;atsrts'luf
crowd -Inen. women and cnil u ~, sbn
now ard then among those on the OUTSIDE
could be seen the face 81 eolofed Dtoln,
rr who also appeared eager 10 Ie2fh
something Of the coming together.
The singing was good, aud vas heart
Iy Joined In By the large congitcbtgn,
led by Mr.. Warren Collins. Whom the
lime for the giving IN n iesimolles
came q large number u men ana Wo-
men arose, and declared their faiih "a
The religion OF jesus. eud rejJirrd 10
that he had saved them fr,m tier sirs.
Are You wished Ia tie Bl0OdF was
sung with will, aud Judge j. y. Coop
er, a member Of the local bar. bun .AciiNe
in Christian work, arose nni delivered
the twelfth Of series OF talks he "a de
livering at the tent Judge Co1prr has de-
llvercd some ks az the Loot which have
been characterized by Considerable cio-
qnence and ability He Is an attractive
public speaker and sP-iks with ihet
warmth aud force which leaves On In-
preston. and Viii q evidently shows
that he j. Ia earnest.
lie selected as the subject OF his dis
course the parable Of the Pharisce aud
the publican, 10 be found in the 18Th
chapter Of Lake. Among other things tile
speaker said I'VE often read 10 the
Bible OF the Pharisee and the publican,
but l expect il The matter was put 10
test. hut few Of rs could give ma intelli'
gent aud satisfactory definition Of either
Now. do not believe that God intends
that we should run lightly over suri
things, On the contrary, ! think he en-
Joins upon ~ Tie prppriety aud necessity
Of learning all we can Of the scriptures.
The history Of a man is The man, aud
the history Of q nation Is the nation.
in many Instances then We can arrive ~
more Intelligent and apprrciaiivr idea
n subject. 10y an investigation into
the history Of the characters contained
therein. Thus believing, the first qqes-
tion by which We are confronted Is what
Is a Phurifec, and what il a publlcany
Among the Jews the Pharisees werc
originally HE most considerable sect.
Within their number were included not
only the scribes aud all the mcu learned
IN the law, hui they also drew 20 them
the great body Of the people. II u uu.
Augwn when this sect originated, 70.
aophus spc'iks nf thcm ne existing IA
years before the Christian era They
were called Phnrisoes, from the Hebrew
word parrish, to separate, aud we're az
that time the most piuls ard holy peopln
among the jews. They had separated
their selves from the national corruption
with design 10 restore and practice the
pure worship Of God II q too evident,
however. that in the time Of our Lord
they had sadly degcnernted, for he tcsii-
fed against them, "Nc make ,lran ihe
outside OF the cup and platter, but your
inward part Is full Of raycnnE and
wickedneg. They. still continued o.
adhere 10 all outward regulation, but thf
spirit Of thc Institution had departed from
them Md thus we learn something ol
the pharisee and can more readily gipsi
his thought and intent aud condition %
heart. when we are told 10 the parable
that be went up into The fcmple Il
pray" Now as 20 the publican. Nh'
and what was hof A publican WAS a thi
gathercr, a collector Of the public reyc
There were two classes. the one calle'
superior and the other Inferior IN
superior were Romans OF The equestrian
order; The inferior those mentioned Y
the gospels who were mostly Jews. n
Romans, the Jews and the Greeks di
not Ike these men They were declare
~ be cxtortloners, mcrcennry, Gvarictgp
aud nnarnpu6us The Jews especial
disliked mem, the Roman govcfnmvr
bcli exceedingly odiuus TO the dew
Tl,tSe aide,l Ia collecting Roman tribute
and wer regarded as hctrpyrrs % me
country and accused Of giving aid an
comfort TO the enemy And thus We q
samg idea Of what q publican was, d
OF WalrA IL Is well enough Tor ~
know. and whi,h viii aid Us In ii
ftirtllcr prosecution Of the subject
The next thought presented for OF
COZ silpfaiiuu by this interesting al
highly important parable Of our Lord,
that the Piarlsee when he prayed
The temple stood and prayed With hin
self" lct us pause here moment i
probably supposed that II would be
gteat eonlcscension or compromise z
lin 20 he seen praying with The poplto
publican lie felt that people Won
fnlt AXIOM, a: that he Wunld be suhjcet'
60 criticism. aud that he might 10
the respect Of hA friends, and that d
pusitiuu IA society might BE- anectc
Therefore. We naturally infer he Won
iiuprngi us with The belief that he W
better ihan the publican,
lie wunld not only stand IA tie tenn
by himself. but he would pray by hi
self. My friends, Is There not less
IN this for some OF nsf Is there not
lesson Ia all this for some people In i,
Morihf Among the friends, atteudai
and supporters Of this mission nrc
eluded men Of cyery ayncad1n In II
Here Is the lawyer, the doctor, the I'M
chant, the banker, the real estate dea
and The trader. the manufacturer, q
here Is the farmer, the mechanic. the II
chlnis,. the builder, the contractor, I
plumber, the small dealer. the brakcmy
the driver OF the float, all branches
business ace hero represented from u
20 time, and here, under this tent, tn
voices unite IN songs OF praise, and tll
prayers mingiv and rise us sweet men
rlals before The throne Of God, and h
men and women are pointed to a higl
and hettcs life. and many have rajoii
In the salvation of ot,d. Vet there ,
be found, fear those among NJ W
like the pharisee, stand by themsel
and pray by themselves. When th
Christian women before me stand
the street aud try TO persuade the ini
tude Of sinful men TO como here {
hear abont tic love and The Eondn
and the mercy OF God. thcrc are, | (,
those claiming 10 be Christians who dE
up their silken skirts aud pass by
tic other iddc. And 80 'he stood
prayed with HIMSELF and as the pray
81 this Pharisec never rose higher 4
the pillars or eelllng Of the teiuplc, s
fear that the prayers Of many s0-cn
Christian people never rise higher Z
the roofs Of their houses. On with
THE SAiNf,r'uN AMY.
On with the mission, On Nth suxll
that has for rs purpose lie h0nofing
Gods namn IN the worlh AMI tho ~
ton Of souls, even II We h1ye to rs
through mud 20 reach them, and soil
apparel Ia doing SO. Here WIS a p
tont- though publican az he was,
there was a miserable Pharisec. who
doubt felt that he would b. 1isrnl