El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-19
PRESBYTERIAN Church.

Yesterday morning at the Presbyte-
riau church. the pastor, Rev. 81. w.
Moore, preached from the words:
Heaven and earth shall pass away.
but my words shall not pass away"
Part OF the discourse is given below:
We have out one little life to live
only one. How can we best live it with
the energies and powers at our COM
mand? Shall we live for the transient
or the permanent? AS we walk through
autumn woods we are enraptured at
the flaming foliage of maple and oak
and the beauty of the asters and gold
enrol nodding on the hillside. But in
few weeks every leaf has fallen sere
and dead and every tree Is as bare as
harp 'ings, and on everything is writ
ten: Passing away. Passing away -
Here is some one you love-those eyes,
those hands, that deac face you
love with all your heart; death
comes into the bedroom one night
and in few days that body has
changed-psssed away. So the vast
empires have come and gone, and
cities, too. that once were filled with
crowded millions, that laughed and
cried and had their worries as you do.
Gods word is indestructible. The
civil and military powers have leagued
for its destruction, though the fires OF
persecution have been lighted to con-
sumo it, tho wit aud ridicule dip their
arrows in gall and poison to stab it to
the heart, yet as some tall rock in the
sea that has withstood the tempests of
ten thousand years stands--so it stands
serene, powerful confident. Read"
says Locke, 1.-The Holy Scriptures, es-
pecislly the New Testament. II has
God as its author, salvation as the end,
and truth without any mixture of error
fAr fta - nh tho uitalitu
Of Cbrist's words! When will
his doctrine of sin be done away with
by other systems-not until you change
the whole constitution of man. We
are ali sinners; our sin is the same tale
at every sunset aud the same tragedy
we begin at every sunrise. Who of Us
does not need to cry out, Lord
remember US when thou contest
into thy kingdom See about
you the ravages of sin---Oh the woes
and heartaches of the world, Still you
men live under u sense of failure. We
all need the pity of God. What ia so
sweet 20 US as Gods forgiving love.
What a restfulness in the words,
Though your sins be as scarlet they
shall be as snow, tho they be red like
crimson they shall be like wool :" The
what gives relief. Then when will men
cease to pray?
How natural to cry out, ''Oh, my
God, help me-" When a mother has a
sick babe, or Il father is driven, haras-
sed and CALLED in his distress, what
else is there TO do but pray? "Do you
ever pray, my friend?" said an army
chaplain TO a dying soldier" Eyes,
chaplain, sometimes. L guess we Gil
prayed last night before that battle. "
Yes. every body prsys at one
time in faith or in fear, in hope or dis
pair. Then, take Christ's doctrine
of Providence---"The very hairs of
your head are numbered" What
comfort: THE Lord reigneth." He
fixes every sunset and sunrise, guides
every planet, watches over every bee
that buzzes in the sunshine. He never
vscates his throne. Dry your tears
and go forth TO labor in the thought,
The Lord doeth all things well. Lie
down In the arms of an omuipoteIce
like that aud rest. Then when will
Christ, doctrine of Heaven cease to
live--not until you change the whole
nature OF man. In sickness how it
lights up the eye, rekindles
hope, takes the sting out of dis
case and death. meet me in Heaven
mother" says the dying daughter.
"Come, George, and bring all the
children with you to Heaven" says
01
the station" said dying Cardinal Man
ming. With what joys we people it.
Sometimes we almost see the flash of
the gates and hear the heavenly music
roll out and down the skies to fill our
souls, Then Christ's doctrine of the
resurrection of the body, what a com
fort that in yoDder land our loved ones
shall have bodies that we shall re-
cognize. Bless God for the assurance
Of seeing the old smiles. the dear face
now glorious and clasping hands
in pure love. When / call
out, will words like these, so vitalizing
die? Christ says they shall out last
the spheres and rule in Heaven when
the heavens decay and the earth is
consumed.
Here, then is Truth. Here is the
Permanent. oh, why not place your
feet on the rock of the ages? What
comfort TO the sufferer-svsry promise