El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-23
Rev. w. o. Millican.

At the First Baptist church yester-
day morning, the pastor, Rev. W. O..
Millicsn, had for his text, Jer. ks.
s'Then l said l will not make mention
of him, nor speak any more in his
name, but his word was in my heart as
a burning fire, shut up in my bones,
and 1 was weary with forbearing, and
| could not stay"
Humanity at it's best is frail and i'm
perfect, nor does God remove this en-
tirely from his people. Doubtless he
has purpose in allowing it to remain.
The clOud-mountains give variety to
the sky ans break the mOnotony, Per-
haps God leaves US weak that we may
be able to appreciate all the more his
strength. Jeremiah had tried to be
faithful in the duties assigned to him
by the Father. But he met with i'm
prisonment and apparent defeat, and
now he rebelled against God. He de-
termined to quit. Many the Christian
today who tries to set up quitting
station along his journey. He knows
that he has trusted Jesus. And he has
tried to be faithful and obedient. But
in an evil hour he fell and though he
rose aga'n and climbed higher than
ever, it ended in y worse relapse. This
time he fell into the very Slime of sin,
and now angry and mad at himself,
and sick at heart he determines to
quit, and if he prays at all he prays to
ole. But does he quit? Give him
time. and we shall see. Another thing
that brings the Christian to the would
ent defeat in his effort to
get bis fellow to do right.
Conscious of his duty in this regard, he
has poured out his very soul in an
effort to bring the ungodly relative or
friend to God and the right, and now
as he reviews the situation, he meets
with cold Indifference and sometimes
with ridicule and arrangement. Hi
courage fails him: he declares that
solves to make no more mention of
Jesus. nor speak any more in his name.
But does he quit? Give him time and
we shall see. Here are two noble
women who love each other as only
women friends can. They have
quarrel and resolve to'quit each others
association. But do they quit? Give
them time and you shall Sc them in
each others arms, laughing their tears
away and forgetting their estrange-
ment. They loved and could not stay
away from each other. Sometimes an
awful moment comes in the life of hus-
band and wife, when they each feel
that it is no use to i've togetb err longer,
and that they must quit. But do they
quit? Give them time. And now il
The angels will permit, draw
back the curtaiD and take one look into
the family room. The little ones are
tucked snugly in bed. and the angels
have touched their eyes to sleep.
Look you, with her head pillowed on
his bosom. the wife feasts her eyes
upon the husbands face, and as she
reads the very pages of his soul,
through her tears, she cries out: 81
could not give you up, could II" And
then his tremb bling soul responds, NOR
Why this return? They loved. And
love would not let them quit.
Now look at jeremiah. He de-
clares that he would try no more. But
it was declaration of passion born of
human infirmity. But principle is
stronger than passion. and God had
put within Jeremiah principle that
touch of the divine word. So that
this word became a burning and con
Stunning fire within. It made him weary
in his delay, and he declares, 81 could
not stay" and L declare to you my
friends when once God has planted in
you the new life of love you can no
more abandon him entirely than could
this woman her friend, this wife her
usband, prophet his Lord. A child of
God may stop in sinful rebellion for a
while, but God preserves spark deep
down in the soul and will one day kin
die is anew, by the power of his word
From the day when David heard the
word of Nathan, "Thou art the man."
ringing through the corridors of the
royal palace. His heart was hot with
in" and soon we hear of a broken
heart and contrite spirit" Have you
sinned? Despair not. Give God word
place in your time and mind, and it
will bring you back to him. The young
convert, the parent, and the minister
alike have seasons of encouragement,
and sometime resolve to quit. But the
word of God becomes "a burning fire
shut up in their bones," and they be-
come "weary with forbearing." ''They
cannot stay