El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-22
Church to be Paid for.

| The Baptj SITS are making strong ef
forts to pay for their church edificc
and the past ", Rev. w. O. Millicap
| preached yes erday morning al ap
prOpria:e sermon from the text: "Y ct
now be strong, Oh Zerub rabel, saith
| the Lord; and be strong oh Joshua, son
of Josedech. the h gh priest; and be
sirong ell ye people OF the land, saith
the Lord, and work: for [ am with you
saith he Lord of hosts" Haggai II Il.
The speaker said, if we ia ks the III pie
for exampl, we learn that the hous e
of God must be the most excellent of
all houses. Some PEOPLE are prone to
think tt at anything is good enough for
the hou- Of I'd: but at the same time
they take cd heed for their own
personal d ~elliug houses. The speaker
referred at lie lgth to the deco; alton of
the temple, the vastness of mag nifi-
ce1ce di~ played jhere-a magniGc ,nce
that cost 800 talents of gold, or about
one mil ion of our dollars. The
great temple WIS the best
known house in the patton. Just as the
Christian church should be the best
known house in our communities. l.
was the glory of God, and the pride of
Israel. We should give God the best
house we can build for him. The
speaker next spoke of service in the
temple, including the trained choirs
and Tie joyous ness of the nation that
expressed itself in the celebration of
tbs service. Why should Christ an
communities nowadays be dilatory in
re airing structures to the name of the
most high. Some say, it is rot time
yet, say they have the money. Ii a
man is criminal il failing to provide
for the maintenance Of his family, he
is more criminal in ia ling to provide
for the family OF God. Excuses will
not go Judgment comes on a people
for failure to contribute as they should
in support of the cause of the master.
The Jews had CONNIE need the house of
God, and they were visited with the
hama Ct God.
Now you have dOre well in building
this house of worship in which we now
are, but there is debt hanging over
this church, and all you are now doing
is to pay the interest on that deb.
without doing anything to reduce the
principal. 1t is mount bent on Us to
work among all those who may be in
terested to raise means to pay this
debt. Then speaking of the blessing
Of the church to the comm unity. Mr..
Millican said, there would be thou
sand evils in Ell Paso that are rot pre-
sent here noE because Of the present of
the churches. Were there no churches
IN this town, you would not want to
remain here after SIX months. More
over, minister should be paid ras-
pectabl e sa'a-y if he is to 90 respectable
work Be strong ali of We people
saith the Lord, a1d where are the
people who are more beue fitted
by the gospel than the poor.
The speaker referred to the pride
Ia ken by the Jewish nation in their |
gre at t. mp.e. They said it is our
house. Aud how certainly as much as
they ought we to take pride in our
houses of worship, our earthly spiritual |
Rome. Get enthusiast C about con-
5-ibuting, and work hard. Be strong
in your work with other people in
securing their active interest in this
.hiug. Don't act as though you thought
It would fail. Be strong in your faith
Know that the plan will go through
The speaker closed by detailing the
,ucce IS Of his work in Dallas in lifting
/ church debt. There were two addi-
ions to the church by baptism at the
,lOse Of the service.
The pastor in 10th services appealed
o the people to help him bui d up the
.hoir Several instrumeutslists had
their services. and all who
;culd sirg or take some part ought to
axe hold. A violin and horn were in
he choir yesterday, and an effort is be-
ng made to add another violin or
more, a clarinet from bone and flute
md cOrnet.