El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-25
FIRST METHODIST.

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morning, from the text: ''Who bein
= in the form of God, thought It not rot
berry to be equal with God: But mad
himself of no reputation, and took upo
J himself the form of a servant, and wa
made in the likeness of man: and being
found in fashion as a man, he hum bleI
himself, and became Obadient unit
death, even the death of the cross.
Philippians 11:6-S. Ere beginning hi
discourse, the speaker stated that b.
had begun a series of visitations to For
Bliss to preach to the soldiers there
and proposed undertaking missionar.
work over the river as soon as tnancla
arrangements could he made with TIL
missionary board. Ell Paso with 1900
people had sixteen churches, while
Juarez had but the old parish churcl
and three scattered missions. Ther
taking up the morning sermon. Mr.
Hoffman called attention to the fac
that the devotion paid to images anC
crucifxes set up at the cross roads IL
Catholic countries suggested the fac
that there must be genuine lnterna
feelings to give efficacy to eXterna
forms of expression. otherwise these
| external forms were meaningless and
void. Christ was worshipped because
he was lowly, and placed himself sc
much below others: giving up his
princely estate in heaven with the
father and taking on himself the for %
of man that he might redeem fallen
mankind. In the case of Joseph, the
patriarch, it was not until
| after he had become prisoner and a
| sufferer for Righteousness that he was
raised to the highest pinnacle of fame.
| Not until Christ had been crucified
and his blood had been shed on the
cross did he rise to the exalted posi-
tiOn he has since occupied as the saw
ior of mankind. Moses did not reach
the pinnacle of his greatness until he
had suffered Affections with the people
of God instead of enjoying the pleasur-
es of sin, even for season. We must
pass through the vale of humiliation
before being exalted And in this con-
nection, the speaker referred to the
fact that ministers had been expelled
from their pulpits recently for preach
ing the doctrine of holiness and sancti-
fication: and said that the criticisers of
these preachers had rendered them
selves more liable to be censured than
the men whom they criticised People
are prosecuted more for non-conform-
ity than conformity. John Wesley
shocked a good many people by his
preaching of the doctrine of perfection.
The great trouble of the day is, the &C
ceptapce of the saying, BE good and
you'll be happy " How can man be
happy until his nature is changed by
regeneration? People who show them
selves able to rise above untoward con
ditions, show themselves possessed of
character that others do not have.
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH.
Rev. ]. T. French preached to
large congregation last evening from
the text, But was tempted in all points
like as we are, yet without SIM" He
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This refers to the temptations of
Christ. If we get any profit from
Christ's life it must be in practical
sense. Christ's life has strong invis-
able influence. Salvation never saves
from hell, for hell Is a result, result
of sin, and God does not save US from
results bat he does save US from sin aud
thus from hell. Being saved from sin,
death and hell are not in the question.
The temptations OF our Lord are all
parallel n your case and mine; and
remem Der, the devil will never get you
until the Lord wants you. The devil
never bOtherS a man until God wants
him, and then the devil tries to thwart
God in all the ways he can. The
speaker said he knew of no city where
the allurements to sin were so marked
as they are in FL Paso, allurements
that point out to young how they can
expect to be a man of God, begin now.
If you expect to shun the devil, do so
now. The desire for praise is Won
derful temptation. Even prize fighters
work rather TO secure the prize of
praise of men than anything else. The
devil is after every one in this town
through the medium of self praise and
the presentation of false views of life.
So we see that the devil tempts US as
bo n i'll Ofrr T ord through three
viz, through the body, in the way
of pleasure, through the intellect in
the way of praise, and through the
soul in the way of possession. The
last case is instanced by the DEVILS
taking Christ up into an high noun
tain and promising him all the king
doms of the world, if Christ would fall
down and worship him. Christ resisted
the prince of darkness, and the latter
then left him. The desire for riches
and possessions come from the soul.
So no wonder the Savior said it is
easier for a camel to go through the
eye of a needle than for a rich man to
enter into the kingdom of heaven. If
this is a figure, the reality is worse than
the figure. Resist the devil and he
will flee from you: that is, if you resist
and keep on resisting. And when we
have driven the evil one off, angels
will minister unto US. Mr.. French
here made fervent appeal to the
young in the congregation to take
start for God and enter the kingdom of
heaven. The speaker was sorry for
the young people of this town who
were thrown so often in the way of
temptation, and urged them to accept
Christ, and seek refuge in him from
the wiles and allurements of the devil.
AT THE Y. NJ, C. A.
Professor Warman made a very in
teresting address yesterday afternoon
on physical regeneration, before the
Y. M. Q. A, and the increased size OF
the audience showed that the professor
is something of d favorite here. He
took as his text, eff any man defle the
temple of God, him will God destroy. "
The speaker said that the human body
| is holier than any other substance or
place, the temples we worship in are
consecrated to God: while the temple
of the body is consecrated by God, do
not believe any man in this room would
stand idly by and see a church edifice
married or broker, because it is more or
less sacred. And yet you need not wait