El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-23
THE UNJUST STEWARD.

| THE UNJUST STEWARD.
Presiding Elder Ellington preached
Sunday morning, from the parable O
the unjust steward, as recorded by LUX,
in the 10th chapter of his gospel. Th,
speaker explained there was differ
ence among commentators as tt
whether this steward was guilty O
wrong dOings or MT. Some sa d he
had been raising his bills on his Lord.
customers, and was now reducing them
| to more nearly their riRhtful amounts
We are ali stewards in Gods vineyard
| intrusted with certsio things TO
! Gods purpose. The Jewish people
were pc uliar ipeop'e of God
| through whom his designs in the
word were carr led out. The Jews LEFT
high state of civilization and went
out into the wilderness, and afterward
entered land flowing with milk and
honey as the poetic description hath it.
Our pilgrim forefathers left England
early in the 18th century and iournird
10 The wilderness of the New England
shore. But the land, the United
States, has come to be the garden spot
of the world. Tue United States is to-
day the most wealthy nation the
world has ever seen.
Now what are we dOingo Among
tie things which the pr. acher cite1
that peopl in this count y were doing,
was the nations drink bill amour ing
to $l0O, 100000 per year, more money
than was spsnt for tue whole of l fe's
neces> aries. God demands that we
>p nd our means honestly, justly and
right. AS to the Use of tob Geo it.
might be all right were il not for the
fact tina. thu money thus expended was
taken cut of channels where It woul
do god to others, and is exp nde
purely on self. Each ten cen tia.
you smoke up in gar if given to
some charitable cause woulI be prnduc
tive OF an immense amount of good, and
yoUd of las ing spiritual ben.fit to t1e
douor. Mon y.invested in thu church
IS invested a vast deal bitter than +
invested in gems, lands and other prop
erty. A mas tirs5 money is due to
the church of God. The speaker thea
referred to the necessity of taking care
Of supernatural preachers, and cit-d
one case of minister n med
Stevens who had spent ts. nty years il
pioneer m inister's work on the frontier
and was now worn out. 1t was the
duty of the churcn to care for 20 at man
until he died. The average Methodist
preacher s salary had been about $500
a year, and in ST ven's time, thu regu-
lar pay was $50 per year: and anyth NJ
over that figure had to be turu Ell into
ey goes flu Their than that of any other
denomination.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. A. Hoffman preached Sunday
evening from Mark VI:34, He was
moved with compassion towards the
for they were as sheep having no shep-
herds" Christ was able to adapt him
self to lowly conditions and underst cd
the deepest problems of human nature;
and then he could rise as we above
his conditions. In the cour-e OF his :
marks the pastor said the main diff
culties OF the missionary were intend
ing against ignorance and cup1dity OF
the natives with whom he has TO zeal.
Christ showed the greatest feature of
character in that the wiles aud deceits
Of mankind never disguised him. Christ
taught the true attitude OF prayer 10 his
The genuine prayer com s
rom the heart. InRersoll owes his
best conception Of God TO Chri-t and |
christian character. Christ preac ed
% the inward life, rather than on the |
ceremonies. The he Art is
made powerful by the pro ence OF the |
holy spirit. We have direct access to |
GOD, aod men cannot be saved by other |
ne q g -siOns, but only by the |
power of grace of Jesus Christ shed |
abroad in the human hesrt.
AS to the power aud effect OF Gods |
word, the speaker showed that the |
anime was not felt in India as it was |
before the advent of Christianity. The |
speaker held that there must be u
change in the conditions under which |
he Evangelical church was working |
before there could be any pronounced |
success, and Gods work done. He |
held there should be an ama1gam alton, |
consolid alton of forces, q reduction |
n the number OF churches were less
lumber would do. We have suffered |
rom too much organization. There |
. too much top heayiness 20 intend |
With. The first and foremost thing Is |
o save souls We need Christ preach
ID from the pew as we'll as from the |
pulpit.
PURE RELIGION
Rector Martin preached Sunday in
St. Cleme ats church fir IN the tex.
Pure r-ligtOn and undefi ed hef re- |
God the father, - James l: part of 9th |
'erse. the speake~ laid, in part, To
ecu e this, tr.ere must be knowledge,
| m .n tn be religious must know Col,
Jesus Christ whom he has sent. My |
iuty to Col is to believe in him w,th |
/ ! my mind. Th-n there must be |
owe. The heart and mind must be
pound with cords of love; my du v to-
Yards God is t. love him wi IN al nv
leart Thirdly tn. re must be the lif, |
If rYio- which follows e-~artly |
oon the life of love. If We love him
We shall endeavor to keep his COM
NV duty to wards God j.
o serve him al the days of my lf,.
The man Christ Jesus was b>lnd to the !
father and so must We be. for !
t is ly through Cnriat that We have
.cce-s to the father. Let us walk in .
he lght of Cod. com dine ats |
ooking unto Jesus the author and |
inisher of our faith.
Beloved, wha1 desperately real |
hing religion is when loo ed at Alright,
viii you not try to rea ize t? s"me-
lines fee from remarks l have ard
b at thu only concap, o. soma neop 9
lave of the church # religion is thai
I is sort of an anneX to sOciety wi h :