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

am in love, and my sweetheart is
liberty, and | am happy indeed.
would rather fight for such blessings
for my country and feed on roots,
than keep aloof, though wallowing in
the luxuries Of Solomon" This is
This is what we need in our
churches. Every member needs to
fall in love with the church. A poor
man recently spoke to me about spend
ing $500 on his wife's summer vacation.
1 t was doubtless very hard on him to
do this, but he felt his wife needed the
trip, and love knows no limitations
short of ones very best. Paul says,
1--WE are married to better Christ. -
The proper love for him should make
US as Jealous for his cause as we are for
lists in the individual there is scarcely
a legitimate desire that he cannot real
ize, on the other hand he can do little
or nothing without it,.
The world knew nothing of the sou
inspiring hymns and poems of Isaac
Watts until he became so intensely in
terested in them that he would forget
the necessity of physical sustenance
and let his breakfast sit by his side uu
touched all day long: nor of the famous
fash-light pictures in London alleys
Odpll DlChOhS doo Shut hllu5Cll oc o
prisoner for whole months at q time,
being "hsunted, possessed. spir-
it-driven by the plots and
characters in his stories so
he could scarcely sleep or rest. Hum
phry Davy had little chance to rise in
the world, but his love for chemistry
was so active that in an old attic over
his masters shop during his few spare
hours he made old buckets and bottles
and kettles serve him as stepping
stones to fame. Oh! there is much of
can't" Sim too timid," I'm too
poor" 81 have no time" among our
church people, when the real disease
is, have no zeal: l don't care. Let q
Christian fall deeply in love with his
church and its needs and he will not
only find himself doing more to help it,
but he will inspire others to do likewise:
Your zeal hath provoked very many"
says Paul. The world appreciates
man with heart burning with pur-
pose to succeed. Let him persevere and
the people will hear him, they must
contagious as smallpox or yellow fever,
it spreads like wild fire. The zeal of
the Achaian churches in making con-
tribution provoked very many in
the Macedonian churches to give out
of their deep poverty.
Say what you will, men.are men, ga
mans a man for all that, and one man
may be led to noble act purely from
the example of his brother, and the
zeal of few will set the heart of the
masses on fire. 1t is said that Raph-
ael's enthusiasm inspired every artist
in Italy, and that Gladstone's
intense earnestness and en-
thusiasm was a perpetual inspi-
ration to his associates. When the
Maid Of Orleans .unfurled her banner
and consecrated her sword to the
cause of her people she sent thrill of
enthusiasm through every man in the
French army. Says Bulwer Nothing
is SO contagious as enthusiasm - This
churchsis confronted just with two
serious problems, Independent existence
and building improvement. There
is but one thing that will
solve the problem and lead you
tn victory, and that is burning
zeal on the part of q few that shall
press the needs of church on the hearts
of the mass until their hearts shall
burn with a zeal that will cause them
to come up to the full measure of their
ability. May God lead you to speedy
success.