El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-04
SUNDAY SERMONS.
Preached at the Different Evangelical
Churches.

Churches.
Rev. A. Hoffman preached yesterday
morning in the First Methodist churC b
from the text, Him hath God exalted
with his right hand to be prince and
u Savior, for to give repentance to Is
rael and forgiveness of sins" Acts,
V:31. The speaker said in part, we
really know little OF princes in our day
and country, although we have 1mita-
lions Of them in the New York 400 The
spirit of our land is not favorable to an
aristocracy. The true prince
/ is the man who has risen
| because of his own worth. They
are first among men because they are
! possessed of some incentive that spurs
| them on to be of marked good to their
! fellow men. These men are very often
| of humble origin. Christ was of such
! but he bad within him what made him
| a prince and Savior. He was first
| and last. In the course of his remarks
! the speaker rather deprecated making
| so much of the saying LAY up some
thing for a rainy day" We can not
! tell when we may be called away, and
it may be just when we have got stores
! laid up for our supposed old age. Set
your affections on things that last
| forever.
In referring to temptations, Mr.. HOtf-
man said he went over to Juarez New
| I
local gambling for a letter, and he was
| somewhat surprised to notice mem
! Der of his church over there-a lady.
But she was doing nothing, however,
beyond watching the gaming. Then
the preacher said he looked the place
carefully over and was unable to see
that the better class of MeXicaps were
either there or in the saloons which
! infest the place. But he did see a
| IF a =
| were at home and not spending their
| time.in the gan bling bells. Piles of
money were exposed on those gaming
tables, $500 in one pile alone. And
what for? For the same reason that
you take bit of toasted cheese and
bait mouse trap with it. 1t was TO
attract the unwary, the avariclous, the
covetous, the greedy into engaging in
| the game. The speaker said he had
no desire at all for money comm g
through such channels, although he
often had need of the whereWlthal. Ii
a man is a Christian he will not want
money gained through gambling. He
regards first the kingdom of God and
| his righteousness. 1t IS better to have
the Lord Jesus Christ come into Our
hearts and give US heavenly gifts, gifts
of conservation to the service of our
Lord.
AT TRINITY CHURCH.
Rev. j. T. French preached stro L 9
sermon last night in Trinity to large
congregation from the text, The noun.
| tains shall bring peace to the people.
| Psalms LXXII:3. The speaker said in
part: the bible is compact with words
and phrases bearing the idea of peace.
The peace of the soul is to be honestly
found, not in descending to the lower
conditions of ones makeup, but in the
! Of IL %
highest quality of our nature brought
out in full development. When we
want peace we are prone to go to some
thing effeminate and delicate in nature.
Bat we secure the real pace through
power and strength, Christian peace is
attained through spiritual energy. The
ca ged bird never finds peace as be
beats his wings against The bars: but
let him fly out and it becomes peaceful
in being free. The idea of the mountain
suggests elevation, permanency, mag
nitude. These are three christian
characteristics. AS the mountains are
about Jerusalem, so is God about those
who love him. These three attributes
! convey the idea of peace and security.
| Men of conviction, of reason are those
who have left a name worth having in
this world. a man developes
christian character as he reaches up
| into the higher life, and loves his
neigh Dor as himself.
In app! ying the principles of the text
! to public life, the speaker said That
officers who control municipal affairs
are weak and have no stammina where
the law is not enforced. But where
officials are stalwart in intelligence
and morality you will find an excellent
: and effective police force, and where
citizens feel that they are secure in the
peaceful possession of their homes and
property. And so as nation we will
have peace when strong men are at the