El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-01
AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

| Rev. Morrison Preached yesterday
morning in the Christian church from
the text, For God hath not given us
the spirit of fear, but of power and OF
| love and of sound mindn' III Timothy
| IL the speaker said in part: Tim d.
ty Is an evil to oneself. We need that
boldness that makes US strike out for
the Lord Jesus Christ. Don'ts halt and
| shrink wni e the tide comes in, and rs
| it recedes find we have lost our Oppor-
tunities. There is becoming boldness
that we should strive for. Don't be
afraid of yourself. We want more
boldness in the name of Christ, such
holiness as came over the church in
| the early day. Let the spirit OF bold
ness, of love and of a sound mind come
over us. This is illustrated In David 8
| boldness before GOiiah. Let any
Christian 60 forth boldly in the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ and he Is bound
| TO attract attention.
There Is lack of knowledge of what
F.! is TO be done in church work. Every
one ought to have religious paper,
| for there is lack of study In the word
of God. Pray We that ye may speak
boldly in Gods word. 1t takes boldne$s
to acknowledge Christ. Behold and
| come out on the right side.
AT TRINITY CHURCH.
Rev. J. L. French spoke TO crowded
I mouse laSU nlSut. lTOIu GdO UCAo,
blessed are the poor in spirit, for
theirs is the kingdom OF heaven" Mat
thew V:3. The preacher said in part:
| In this multitude which followed the
Savior TO the mountain were many poor
people, many who were distressed and
had no comforter, and the sermon was
full of the beatitudes suitable to the
crowd. TIE speaker then went on to
say, in the DEVELOPMENT OF his theme,
fa1
results, the supernatural law must give
certain results. A man may be poor
in spirit as to things of this world, but
in the things not of this world he may
be even richer than he IS poorer In this
worlds POSSESSIONS. Poverty in spirit
is the fruit of the law. Jesus was the
greatest scientist ever on earth The
decisions of courts in all times are pre-
served IS criteria. AS presidents and
for reference. So are the laws Of the
Old Testament preserved. and they
work contrlte spirit in the hearts of
all searchers Of the law at all times
Poverty in spirit is also the gem OF
the gospel, and the ending of the law
in Malachi is the beginning OF the Cos
pei in Matthew.
The triumph of the law makes man
the poorer; but the triumph OF the
gospel makes man rich in the treas
ures of the spirit. Hence blessed are
they VITO triumph over the law. Poor
people are more religious as general
thing than rich Poop e, who are prone
to chase after the baubles aud the van
tiles of this world. Lay not up for
yourselves treasures on earth where
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and steal. But
rather lay up treasures in heaven, and
be richer than all the mIlliOnaires OF
this world Be rich in everlasting
principles and spiritual power and
grace.
AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. q. w. Moore preached yester-
day morning, from the text, 'Brethren
tue time is Short" 1 Cor. VII:29.
Whether man steals s. or the time in
which busy man can make SO Is
matter of Indifference. 1t is theft in
both cases. To take unnecessarily five
minutes of busy mans me is almost
a crime. So far as loss of property is
concerned, it is as bad as picking ones
pocket or paying him in counterfeit
money. Punctuality ought 10 be made
matter of conscience as we'll as mat
ter of courtesy. Thousands of men fail
in life from being unpunctual Time
| is money. Some people have no idea
as to its value To promise to meet an
engagement at o'clock and then to
come plodding along at $40 or 3:l5 is
enough to make mao whose time is
precious weep.
| A man ought to keep an engagement
| f he has to go in his shirt sic ayes, If by
| putting on his coat he would be five mi o.
utes late. Admiral Nelson said, Il owe
nv success in life in being fifteen min
| utes ahead of time Carlisle groaned
| when some one took One-half hour of
his time. the men who have been
| miserS of the minutes have been the
| worl IS benefactOrs. Paul in the text
says, Let nothing so take up your time
mere that you will forget all about
eternal things for the time is short
1t is noteworthy thai our civilization
has advanced'in nothing so much as the
telegraph, telephone-all have been in
| vented to save time Why should not
he shortnes, of time affect our human
relations? Make US tender, ready to
| nelp one another, anxious to do our
best work now? If God has given YOU
d home to bless, little feet to guide into
the eternal way, mission to perform,
DO it row, for now is the only tune.
| Jeremy Taylor used to say, The liv-
ing ought to knock often at the gates
of the grave" And true it is at the
grave the great questions, death, eter-
nity, moral RESPONSE bility to God come
surgipg through the mind wi b voice
beyond a trum pets peal, and at the
-upulcher one is taught the great les
lson "the time is short" eternity is al
he elbow, and every living being j:
travelling quickly to meet his God
| Heads up. Though our earthly pill
grimage may be ending, it brings US t
the home beautiful where our reason
shall be stilled, Imagination Gained
my stories explained to heaven where
dwell the pure in heart, and where ou
dear ones are waiting to greet US at thu
gates.
ST CLEMENTS CHURCH.
The assistant mi mi lister, Rev E II. ]
Andrews, pre- iched yesterday mornin!
from the teXt-'Jesus of NaZaretl
pa-s-th by" dealing with the story o
blind Bartimous. He said eighteen
lcantnries had rnlled into thu grave. hn