Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-11
SOME SUNDAY SERMONS.
PRESIDING ELDER NIsLMs AND Dn +.
LLOYD ON THE PRIMARIES.
DR.. HALEY Had Something 10 Say
About yann--Thc Jubilee Meeting
of the young Mems Christian
As.ociation--The Sermons

Rev. w. l.. helms, presiding elder
of this Methodist district. preached two
eloquent sermons ut the Frat NJ. e.
church yesterday morning and even
ing. Nothing he said. though. was
quite as interesting an remark he
made toward the close Of his evening
sermon, which had a peculiar signih-
canoe. and for which the application
was readily found. In describing the
wicked who should come up with false
professions on tho last day he com
pared the scene 10 that at the late
primary election. He then proceeded
with his discourse on the subject a
purity of life, without any further men
ton OF the matter to which he had
thus family alluded.
At the close OF the sermon Rev. W.
+. Lloyd. pastor OF the church. step
ped to the chancel rail and said that
he had been thinking Home time Of
speaking ON the subject
He said that the corruption Of that
primary should beyond all question be
condemned by Christians. lie said II
ever there was q need OF good men
who were also men Of nerve. men with
hearts strong as steel to stand up and
battle with evil, II was now. he said.
That the powers OF evil had triumphed
In that primary there was no doubt. he
continued and added that the control
OF the politics OF the community was
virtually In the hands OF the whisky
men and the gamlers, and the
Christian men Of the city should mako
an effort against their control Of as
fairs.
"Amenl" lnterjected the presiding ell.
der. and the faces OF the audience ex-
pressed approval.
Talk about voting that ticket" ex-
In lat a1s at
hand, II can't see how any man can
vote It." Continuing, he said that II
every Christian man IN the community
would stand up and express himself
rs he ought TO. II would not be long
until thla dynasty OF evil would be
overthrown. He said that they had set
up barroom within nifty yards Of the
Missouri avenue church. and he would
not be surprised TO see them putting
one In next 10 the Birat church II they
could ind n vacant lot there. II was
getting so that n poor family couldn't
be moved out Of the central district
Of the city hardly without q barroom
being moved into the house which had
been vaonted by them. Referring 10
certain manufacturing enterprise, he
said that he remembered that the
papers were full OF it's praise when
lie came here. II was a sad day. in
deed. for Fort Worth when that instl-
tuition was planted IN the midst Of her
which he described as extending
throughout the community with blight
Ing effect. u was n shame, he said,
that the beautiful country which God
had given the people here, should be
cursed with such an institution. In
conclusion he said that he would give
one-half his salary n he could speak
to all the ChriHtian mon OF this town
about this primary and its sinful cor
ruptlon,
,f No Nxy no
presiding elder was, as before stated,
on the subject OF purity OF life, the
text being taken from the twenty -Bev-
enth chapter OF Matthew, twenty
fourth To twenty-seventh verse. II was
the parable of the house ON the sands
to which the life OF the wicked was
likcned In contrast with the house OF
the Christian, built upon the rock OF
Christian faith aud practice. IL waI
pointed out that IN the language OF the
text the storms and Hoods come alike
on both, but the house that was built
on a rock rented firmly on It's founda-
ton and withstood the tempest. while
the house on the sand wns swept away.
st. PntricL's Church.
Yesterday. which was the fourth
Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Father
auyot celebrated high mass at 81. Pat
riok's Roman Catholic church aud
preached good Christian sermon to
large congregation. seiecting AS the
gospel OF the day Luke ii5; And ST.
mon answering said unto him. Master.
wo have toiled all the night, and have
taken nothing. Nevertheless NJ Thy
word l win let down the net"
Tho priest also read the succeeding
fourteen verses from this chapter OF
Luke.
The text signined the obedience OF
Peter to Jesus Christ. For although
Peter had toiled all during the night
with the nets. when morning came
the nshermen's labor had been without
reward and Peter could not see tho
use OF inboring amy more; yet he
obeyed the command OF his Master and
was rewarded.
20 It was with good ChrIstlans In
these days They found II hard to la
Dor for Jesus Christ although they
knew the rewards which He had In
store FOR them. Obedience WAS one OF
tho cardinal virtues both OF the moral
and civil Inv and was Imposed upon us
all, both great and small
Obedience In its religious sense meant
the daily and continuous performance
OF all tho sacred obligations put upon
w. by the church. at the command OF
Jesus Christ. We cannot put on our
religion only on sunday, one day out
OF seven, and then east II on, an one
coat as many people soem to Imagine.
We. and especially good Catholics.
should carry out our religion IN our
daily lives and We should be no better
ON sunday than we should be ON amy
other day. These daily religious duties
must be practicable. faithful. sincere,
because we cannot fool God Foi
Christ has said; III my man will fol-
low me let him deny himself. take up
his cross dally.p
All Of our daily actions should be
such as TO conform TO the obligations,
duties and commandments OF the
church, which are the law OF God.
We should not ana must not try 60 be
GOOD Christians once week, but we
should and must be good Christians
every day.
Y. NJ. g. A. Jubiice.
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock, the
hall Of the Fort Worth Young Mems
Christian association was well nlied,
the occaaion heinnr tho Ithtiac ,,,tn,,,.,