El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-18
At the First Methodist.

Rev. j. G.. Hall del vered very elc'
quent sermon at the evening servlc'
las. nicht on the text Jno Kills
"Much people of the Jews therefore
knew that he was there and they came
not for Jesus sake only but that they
might sce Lac" rus also, whom he had
raised firm the dead" II.
Thew came for to hear and zee fer
themselv S.
Now, W. all Judge people by their
looks, for If man wears his hat on
the back o. his head. We say he is bad ,
and Just g.. for ii e straws show which
way the wi DIS blows.
Harmouy is the strength Of ali insti-
tusions, surely 20 with the church of
our God
There wss nothing Jess was not
willing to sa.ri6ce for US, and why
should we TO: be willing to give up
and sacrifice for Him? There are two
classes of people to be saved, and can
we find star that will guide US to Je-
sus and if could Onlv held up the cross
of Jesus, so high that it would bring Us
all togrther in strep gth and harmony.
Oh! that we might say that Jesus Is
our most holy, and thai we will sing
for his sake, or that the people might
sav. T will pour oil on the troubled wa
tars. for Jesus sake, | will accent de-
feat for Jesus sake. Let us find our
place and ho'd it for Jesus sake. For
His sake T will take my place 10 this
church and let Him be the one mgr
ard only thought of the people.
Pray.
Rev. 81. w. Moore pastor of the
church preached yester-
day morning from the text: in every
thing by prayer aud suprlica' ion slet
pn,,r ronna-tl he made known Into
Cod Phil 4:6. Part of the sermon was
follows:
A soldier lay wounded in hospital
at Charleston after that desperate but
friutless attack by the Union forces
upon Fort Wagner. do you ever pray
nv friend? asked an army chaplain,
.'Some lines chaplain" he replied. II
prayed last saturday night in that tight
at Wagner 1 think every body pray ed
time or another, in fifth, or fear, hope
or despair. What IS more natural
then to look Godwsrd in the hard
times of lie, or to sing our thanks
81 wing to God in the happy times More
thing are wrought by prayer than the
world dreams Of" says Tenyson. God
meant us TO pray. Nothing is.more RAJ
urai. He who does not prsyi~ most I'M
tursl. God never planted such a power
FULL instinct in the human heart to
10 mock us He expects ia to use 1t.
You NAV ask me some hard que tions
On this subject, which 1 may not be
able to answer to your satisfact on.
But there remains the great fact that
God has given splendid victories to
those who do pray. See Abraham by |
PRAYER holding back the arm Of God on
behalf OF guilty Sodom. 1 put on the
witness stand Elijah, who was man
Of like nature to US, and yet he by
PRAYER held back the rain for tire
years and six months. He prayed
again, and the showers came tumbllng
down. Peter prayed, and the church
PRAYED, and though Peter was guarded
by sixteen sold 'ers, and the Jail doors
and windows locked. still he was de-
liverei. Paul and S!las prayed, when
in the inner prison and God sent an
on the march to set them
Tree General Gordon spent hours IN
praye-. Was he weak? Storewall
Jackeon pra, ed. Was he weak! Wash
iugton and Lincoln prayed. Were
Scntland in the arms OF his faith.
The fact remains undisputed that |
Jesus prayed. If Hs nesded to pay, |
how much more do we. He prayed be- |
fore every important event in his life
One account says: He went out into
a mountain to pray, and continue1 all
night in prayer to Go1.'' He died
praying. bring you thousacd moth
ers. who have prayed tn il children |
ba ok to God, though they were a thou
sand miles from home. How many
times has hopeless sickness been hurl-
ed back by prayer.
I urge YOU to pray If you have
stopped begin again. Do not let any
difficult questions you cannot under.
stand, keep you from prayer. God
wants you to pray. Know this we'll, II
you do not pray, you lose much. NO
one who has prayed. can deny that
PRAYER il a power and a comfort. In
every way you will be better off, If GU