El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-18

pray. Better off spiritually. material
~, financially, What sh@ll 1 pra.
about, do you ssk? l answer, every
thing that touches yorr life. Pra.
about my daily bread aud physica
needs? Yes, Christ did. Pray abou
nv health? Yes, Pail did. In every
thing, let your reque-ts be M ade known
unto GOd.'' Tell him your failings
your plans, bow you desire their sue
&c S. Tell him about your finances
your need OF friend, the situation
YOU wait. Robert Burns used to cay
he had no ore, to when he could go in
confidence to pour out his heart. You
con 60 to Gid. Try it aud feel the
, swe ct relief tat will come.
Do not l beg you forget to ne THE
means with prayer. Do not discard
doctors medicines or 9th means
This is cruelty to.the psti6 1t; r-inful
against God ard against al 'od judge
ment. Paul took a rigs cian-St
Luke-with him On all bis Missionary
Journeys. l wish every doctor could
pray as well as prescribe. Yes use
the means and then pray. Let us
thank God all our prayers are not al
swered in cur way. Our poor and ig-
vie wisdom. Let us always be willioe
to say 'Thy will b. DONE" Whatever
you neglect-reglect rot to pray.
Unanswered yet, the prayer your lips
have pleaded
In &c ony of heat these msny years?
Does faith begin to fai? Is hope de-
parting?
And think you all in vain. those falling
tears?
Say rot the Father hath no. heard your
prayer;
You shall have your desire, sometime,
somewhere.
At Trinity.
Rcv. J. T. Frercn preached to good
hou> es ye,terday morning and evening.
In the morniug he preached strCng
sermon on the Christian faith in which
he characterized Spirituali-m as one of
the most dangerous forms of intideli,y
He was surprised aud shocked at The
spectacle of one of the most learned
and best speakers in town welcoming
the visiting spiritual SITS to Ell Paso.
Spiritualism deni-d the divinity of
Christ. It made him mortal, only a
little p rhaps out of.the ordinary, aud
pretended to have Intercourse with de-
part d spirits. The speaker had exa-
mined into the thing and could see no.
thing TO it de erving Of consideration.
I hat and tie so called Christian
and other kindred beliefs, all
throw the savior out of their category
ard left a man stranded on the deep
nowhere. Discard The Redeemer and
what have you got left to have your
hopes of eternal life on? Absolutely
nothing.
Spirltualism appeals only to ones
sense; it s allowing, not be-
cause of its in .rinsic value, but be-
cause Of the gli'tering generali'ies
pecu lar TO it. There is noting in
scripture to warrant belief in COM
with departed souls. II
there is any feature of spiritual .sm or
Christian scicuce that Strengthens
his name, by all means brinz
IT, out whe-e we can see it.
Some people think it is SIN TT
10 scuff at the Car sian
faith, to consider i Is beneath their
serious attention. But the fact that
the CHI i-tisn faith is the only live
faith remains, and will c'nt nue. not
withstanding the assaults of intidelity
and unbelief. The speaker explained
how the Christian faith was the basis
of all true science, of all true religion
of all real knowledge and enlighten-
INST.
In the evening Mr.. French spoke
from tie text, "The spirit and the
bride say Gomez This is the only L.
of its kind ever given: Let
him that is athirst, let him come and
dr. nix of the wa'er Of life freely. The
speaker referred at length to the bless
ipRs awaiting those who respond to
the invitation; a SO, upon the soul
a.isfyirg qualities of the blessings.
There is nothing like the Christian
faith to satisfy the longiugs OF the hui
man soul.
Mr.. French was sick all day, and
preached at night while IN grea, pain,
20 that he had to sit dowa at the close
of the service Mrs. SanbOrn, the
choir director, has very good choir,
but will be short tenor now that the
French horn which took that part, is
gone. Mr. Crump, however, remains
with his violin. Mrs. San born takes a
justifiable pride in her work.