El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-07
Confession f the Hebrew Children.

Rector Martin preached last nigh,
| in St. Clements from the text:
Be it known unto thee, o King, thai
we will not serve thy gods, nor wor.
ship the golden image thou hast set
up. Dan. III: 10. In introducing his
subject the rector referred to the well
nigh universal custom of using at the
services during Lent the Benedicite
instead of the TIE Deum. The Bene-
dicite is found in the apocrypha and is
there entitled, ''The song of three
child en-" Instead of ''praise Him az d
magnify him forever" as in the Prayer
Book version, the wording is 'praise
and exalt him above all forever'' and
as the conclusion the three Hebrews
are called on to praise God because He
had delivered them from death, from
the furnace and the burning flame.
This song like the psalms of David has
for centuries been in Christian wor-
ship.
The scene is brought before US, q
scene of power, wealth, and assembled
multitudes. 10 the great plain of Dura
five miles from Babylon, a statue of
pure gold has been erected by the great
king NebucbadpeZZRr. L. is 80 feet
high and 9 feet in breadth. Its cost
must have amounted to millions, in
criptions having been discovered
showing that like colossal statutes
were valued at what in our money
would equal a hundred millions OF
dollars. To the dedication of this i'm
40 e people were assem- bled from all
parts of the kingdom. All were COM
the thres Hebrew children.
When their disobedience was made
known to the king they were appre-
hended, but their answer to his threat
of an awful death shows that they had
no fear of death, that they trusted in
God for deliveraDce and that they
would abide by their principles at all
hazards, and would not worship the
image the king had set up.
Brought face to face with what they
knew to be sin, these men we're able
to say no, We do well to initiate their
| conduct. We can learn from them how
to act when temptation assails. Christ
has taught us also to say mo" wher
tempted, "Get thee hence Satan.' He
has also taught US not to fear death
There are many things worse thar
death. If we could only see through
| the veil. which separates us from the
| life beyond the grave we would esteem
death one of our blessings.
We should initiate their trust il
God impart ng mercies, Their faith
was strong, ours should be stronger
Jesus has taught us to trust implicitly
| in the love of Gcd. He has told US
that none can pluck us out of his hands
| they that abide in him dwell safe'y.
We learn finally. to be firm n our ad
herence to principle. We must de
| what we know to be right in the face
o. loss of every sort even life itself
A young man had told the speak,,
| that he d left his position and ac
cepted a. other causing him loss o
sa airy because his EN- ployer had bidder
| him give short weight and scan
measure 10 customers. The course
was defended on the ground that THEN
competitors did the same. This young
man saw that principle was at stake
and had the grace to refuse to be q
party to the commission of sin.
! My brother learned to say No.
! learned to be brave. There is only
one thing in the world that you need
i hte afraid of. Is it the less of property
No, the treasures of harm will far more
than compensate for all earthly losses
Is it the death of loved ones? No, you
will get them all back again in bless