El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-05
THE KINGSHIP OF JESUS.

day morning in Trinity from the text
land he (Pilate) saith behold youi
king The speaker said in part. these
! words were full of meaning, and more
fully expressed the feelings of the PEG
| pie then than any language heretofore
used. PLATE said. behold your king.
| He was a king indeed. It is interest
| ing in this connection to note that
| every earthly king has had q throue
prepared for him But here was a
genuine king, the king of the kings,
who was Il man of SORROWS and &C
quainted with griefs and who had not
where to lay his head, much less a
worldly throne prepared for him.
The thrones of this world have
crumbled because founded on wrong
convictions. The foundation of Christ'S
throne is his sufferlngs, and on this
throne he is to reign forever in the
hearts OF men. His throne is the
throne of grace, and is for every
man. The man of Gallllee Is
on that throne today. Jesus aGoned for
us when he suffered in the years OF his
ministry. If you have d heartache to
day, the Savior will relieve you. Christ
maze his throne for every BODY by his
ability to have compassion on men. He
can have this compassion by partaking
hold him as he claims our homage and
our loyalty. Do IS God reign in your
hearts today? Behold him as he subdues
the Kingdoms of the earth No earChly
king has conquered all. But the king
of kings is conquering all by going 10
to the hearts OF men, through the one
Co rdlnal force Of his character, viz,
his sufferings for human kind. Behold
him as ne sets forth the pattern OF this
kingdom. You who follow him, follow
him after the pattern of his shame and
suffering. He has indisputabiy proven
his right to the kingdom of the earth
If he was king while paying the price
of your redemption. is he not king to-
day: His love and his king-hip are
in the emblems OF the sup
per which are before you today, and
REV. MIR. MOORE's RETURN.
Rev. Il, w. Moore, the Presbyterian
pastor, preached tn a packed house
Yesterday morning, the occasion being
Jhe first sermon since his return from
California. Mr.. Moore preached from
the text AS the heart panteth after
the water brooks, so panteth my soul
after thee, on God" Psalms ALII:I.
Every one lives four lives; first, the
life the world sees: second, the life
your best friend sees: third, the life you
5 e yourself; and fourthly tue life God
Sc 5 There is buried life in each
one OF as from which comes our real
heart cries, whore the unseen battles
against doubt and sin. and where the
heart has JUDI ee: that can not be eX-
pres SCI in words. In this buried life
n most men IS hunger and tn rst for
God. n this text somebody is in
trouble. His soul Is passing through
famine He longs for God SO has
the world always yearned for vision
OF God. Moses, Job. David. Philip, al
Franklin in his arctic expeditions met
an Indian who kent continually saying,
Il am now an Cd man and yet Il have
never seen Goa This is human cry
after all. When sorrow and death
come to stagger reason and paralyze
effort, how natural it is to cry, Hath
Goa fore Ottea to be kiud?' Some pass
through the trials OF life and come out
cynics. sour to all the world. Others
come out of trouble crushed, and like
the lark with both wings broken, walk
amid tlinty ways and among the brus a.
wood, over which it used to soar and
make music. Others come out of sui
fering to live a charmed life. Though
he delay me, yet will [ believe liz hun
has been their faith. and waiting God 5
they have seen the light
break and all things be come clear.
Even unbelievers have had their thirst
for God, and from the buried life of
Hume, Huxle, Matthew Arnold, men
who wrote syste ms of philosophy suber-
sive to Christianity, have come heart
cries TO God.
Inddelity says. we can not know God:
but the church says we can. The light
has come, the long silence has been
broken, aud low tenaciouely GOES the
church cling to the divinity of Que
Lord. Yes, Jesus is the exhibition of
the father. Here is where the earGh'=
heartaches are soothed. Burdens fall