El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-18
SUNDAY SERVICES.
The Sad .Di .aster In the Buckner Or
phans' Home Referred To.

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| Rev. L. II. Millican of the Baptist
church prefaced his discourse yester-
day morning. with extended reference
| to the terri BILE fire which destroyed the
| Buckner Orphans home near Dallas
| Saturday morning. He read the dis
patch in the Morning Times giving an
| account Of the cremation Of those six
| teen little ones, and said he mad Fbeen
over the building himself with Mr.
| Buckner who took accession to remark
| his con tant anxiety because of the in
| flammable nature of that old wooden
structure. The girls building was fire.
| proof, while the boys was not, ana Mr..
| Buckner expressed the earnest hope
| that ere long he wOuld be able to sub
stitute a freproof building for the
present finder box. And now the fire
! bad come and destroyed the building
| with the lives of sixteen of the little
ones. Mr.. Millican said he had asked
| the city pastors to make reference to
| the sad event, ana to ask the people to
give what they could to help the home
| q its distress. He,would not take up
special collection then, but hoped that
| all charitably disposed persons would
| send what they could to Supt- Bucsner
| that the condition of things at Dallas
ght be alleviated at as early day
as possib BILE. 1t was true that the Buck
ner nome was under Baptist control:
but there was no attempt ever made
there at proselyting, and the institu
ton was entirely undenominational
The speaker then took as his text,
For We are the children of God in
Christ Jesus" Galatians III:2G. The
speaker said we often read of the at
tacks of infidels On the idea of future
punishments. They reason that no
human father would condemn his child
to everlasting punishment for an Of
Tense, and then they go off into senti-
ment. Sentiment is very good thing
in its way, but is something that may
be misused.
There is no such thing as the I'M
iversal fatherbood of God. Ii this were |
so, God would be the father of the bur- |
70 and other animals just as he is of
human kind, and the burro would be |
our brother in nature. We are the !
children of God by faith, and his chill
Gren are born of the spirit of God. He |
who is born of flesh is flesh, but he who
is born of the spirit is spirit. No be-
lever in Christ is condemned, but
every unbeliever is condemned. There
is human and divine side to salvation,
and Christ includes them both. He is
the only hope and way to this so great
and we who profess him are
partakers of the new birth and re-
generation. Then is our condemn alton
removed. The Lord is under no obi
cation to save man because of his
creative power But because of his
great love for man he sent his only be- 4;
rotten son that all might be redeemed. {
God is the father of the regenerated, {
y lille those remaining in sin are the
children of the devil.
ON THE SECOND ADVENT.
Rev. J. T. French preached to big !
louse at Trinity last night, on the sec I
md coming of Christ. He had a chart :
which illustrated his ideas The speak ;
r said there were four ages between t:
Adam and Christ, four guide posts in l
he experience of human kind. The ,
rst epoch was from Adam to Noah:
he second was from Noah to Abraham:
nd this was the time when the follow
RS of A braham were nOmaGS directed =
Y the voice of God in the darkness:
he third epoch was from Abraham to I
doses and the fourth was from Moses
o Christ. The Savior was the incar- :
alton of the word in the flesh. The y
bible says Christ is coming three times.
he first tire was in human form: the
econd was the coming of the Comfort
r, the Holy Spirit; the third Will be
hen he comes with his church to reign U
900 years. The Christian church was
rganized to preach the gospel of sal :
alton to ali the nations. Christ came "
5 the bread OF life to the Jews who
asst him out to the Gentles, and the .
alter accepted him. Christ is coming "a
,r his bride, the Cent? church, he -
i'll catch up the church in his arms,
nd carry Us up to glory; all christen-
ON will be enraptured. The Jews are :,
Ding to accept Christ when he comes Ia
gain, and we should be ready for he @
,meth as thief in the night. There
i'll be great tribulations for the Jews
1T this season of tribulatiOn will be tn
1t short for the elects sake and thel