El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-01

r who give testimony on the earth, tn
| spirit, and the water and the blood
and these three agree in the same ties
, | timony," John V. S. The speak said il
part. There is a oneness of the testi
mOny of these witnesses, and to tn
unity of the people of God with re
| ference to the fundamental truths a
? set forth in his word. The holy spiri
bears testimony to Jesus Christ AM
not to himself. And here the speake
deprecated the fashion some have re
fering to the holy spirit as merely al
influence, an cit, " instead of He. The
spirit is personality, not a condition
In the old testament the prOphesie
and promises unfold with reference t.
the coming of Christ: and as they I'M
fold, they become clearer. This is the
age of the spirit, such as has nevel
been seen before. The spirit is {
comforter: as when everything seem:
broken up and the clouds are very
dark. the holy spirit comes and lifts u
up above the transitory things OF life
If we grieve the spirit of God he leaves
stubborness and self willfull-
ness In that condition we
are the more easily deceived and lee
astray by the tempter. The nearer we
get to God, the more clearly we see oul
own imperfections and shortcomings
Where there is no gospel preached
people are not concerned about theil
souls; they build up only for the earth
and try to perpetuate their memory
among men. But where the gospel o.
salvation is proclaimed you will FIND
men and women inquiring the way tC
eternal life. We are all in the keeping
of God. We must lean constantly Oh
| the strong arm of the almighty. 1t was
wonderful at times how God leads US.
| The Baptist church has now a good
quartet choir composed of Miss Hattie
Robinson, soprano; Miss Cobler, alte;
q. 2. Putnam, tenor; Stanley Bevan,
bass; Mrs. McGuinness, organist.
The quartet sang an anthem yester-
| day called 1.-THE Prodigal Son." which
| pleased the pastor very much, and he
remarked his pleasure as the choir sat
down.
There was no service in the evening,
owing to the pastors illness.
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Rev. Morrison preached last night,
from the text, I'VE pray you in Christ's
stead, be ye reconciled to God. " II Cor.
V:20. The speaker gave an exposition
of the chapter, and said in the way of
comment, that ministers are prone to
strive too much after the intellectual
and think too much of sermoniZing and
tend toward hOwery expression. Then
further in the course of his remarks
Mr.. Morrison spoke of how many walk
ed by faith instead of light and had to
feel their way along. We ourselves are
far from Christ and are to be reconciled
to God: so man has need of a reconcil-
iation. He is naturally condemned for
ever, so a mediator is needed. The
eyes of the Lord go to and fro through
all the lands, and see everything that is
going on. The preacher closed his
discourse with a strong appeal to the
unconverted in his audience to become
Christians.
AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. H. w. Moore preached to a
packed house, as usual, yesterday
you will be chiefest shall be servant of
ALL" Mark X:44. The theme was
true greatness cOutists in service.
The Jews were constantly dreaming
of temporal kingdom, with Jerusalem
as its splendid capital, and Jesus the
Messiah as the royal ruler. Jesus dis
PEELED their dreams by telling them
that his kingdom was to be a spiritual,
not a temporal one. Service. self
sacrifice was to be the stamp of nobili-
ty. Service was to be the way to true
greatness in the kingdom. Before
Jesus day the great man was the
pyramid builder. the man of military
proves. the wealthy man. Christ
changed the hero worship of the world
and said that service was hereafter to
be the badge of true greatness.
Jesus words were revolutionary.
This idea of service has
given the world her Livingstones,
her Towards, her Judsons, her great
est painters, reformers, philantrophists,
statesmen, missionaries. This idea,
lived out, has transformed the world;
and today we erect our monuments as a
people only to the memory of those
who unselhshly have served the people.
Horace Mann said BE ashamed to die
until you have won some victory for
humanity" II was Jesus the servant,
Paul the servant, Mary the servant who
have captured the hearts OF the world.
These words of Jesus are creative
words. They make a man feel his
power, woman her true worth. They
eXalt the lowest places of trust and
responsibility: for they tell US we all
can be great because we all can serve.
Who was it that founded the Y. M. @.
A. which has redeemed thousands of
young men from the lions paw? 1t
was George Williams the clerk. Who
was it who was the angel of the battle
fields of the Crimea? 1t was Florence
Nightingale, the nurse. Who was it
who sent forth from his school some of
the noblest men England ever produc-
ed? 1t was DR.. Arnold, of Rugby the
teacher, but school teacher who made
his school desk his throne.
The life of service is the only true
life. When the great Hannibal died,
his faithful followers wrote over his
grave, these words, "He will be missed
IN battle" May this be said of you
and me when we are gone, missed in
the home, missed in the church, missed
in the community. Let us build our
monuments in the hearts of men, and
we will still be loved after the stars
have looked down upon our graves for
a hundred years.
AT the evening service, Christian
Endeavor day was celebrated, the 10th
anniversary of the founding of the So
ciety. The sermon was on the causes
of the sOciety's wonderful growth;
these causes being enthusiasm, conse-
Grafton, international fellowship.
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