El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-29
Baptist Church.

Baptist Church.
| Rev w. o. Millican preached in the
Baptist church yesterday morning from
the text, Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done on earth as it is in
heaven" Matt. WHO. After announc,
| ing the necessity for a special mission
contribution during the month of Sep
TENDER he spoke in part as follows: The
kingdom here referred to is not as the
Jews supposed an earthly political or
ganization. Christ coming to the world
was not with view to receiving cor
ruptible crown such as earthly mon
archs wear, nor to exercising dominion
over men through any political organ
ization, but that through his teaching,
through rthe holy spirit who would
come after him and through his follow
ers he might establish reign of right
eousnessn the hearts of men.
The text has to do.first, with the ex-
tent of this reign. 1t is at once mar
row and broad. It must be set first of
all in the individual heart. The heart
is government within govern
ment." just as each state in the United
States may choose its own government
and make it in harmony with or against
the union, SO the heart may choose
Christ as king and be governed by his
be governed by his laws. The mission
of Christ was to get the heart to choose
him as king. Many persons try 70 con-
tribute Outwardly to the cause of
Christ, when he really has no place in
their heart. When move for the
secession of states was put on foot, the
first thing each state in the union had
to do was to determine which side it
would take. 1t could not well be both
for ND ho mi I,
the individual in this conflict between
the powers of righteousness and evil.
The first thing to do is to determine
who shall reign within, Jesus or Satan.
One of Napoleon's soldiers when badly
wounded was heard to say when his
surgeon was probing near his heart,
'Cut little deeper and you will find
the emperor No wonder Napoleon's
soldiers could fight. Their leader was
enthroned within. HIS will was abso-
lutte law in their hearts. A lady watch
ing beside dying soldier asked, my
dear sir, should this be death are you
prepared to meet your God?" Laying
his hand upon his heart, eyes, dear
lady, am ready; for this has long been
his kingdom DO you 'mean,' said
she, "that Jesus reigns and rules with
in?" EYES," came from his voice
sweet and low, as with smile he pass
ed over the river. Let Christ be en-
throned in the heart and men will be
ready to do and die for him. With
such soldiers we can. extend this do
to the extent that Jesus wants
it to go. Commencing with the heart
he will have it stablished and develop
ed in every institution, organization
and government in all the earth-Christ
and the bible know no such terms as
home and foreign mission. Missions |
in the eyes of Jesus embraces one |
grand whole, and that is the whole |
the nations" "Every
creature" SIN earth as it is in
heaven"
The text has to do in the second place
with a special feature of our RESPONSE
oility to missions. We often limit our |
interest in missions to paying into the
mission treasury. But here we are
to pray for missions. Not
,nly are we to pay for the missions,
put we are to pray for the mission
,ause, we are to prav for the uni
yersal reign of Righteousness in the
hearts of men. o, how hard this will
De to most OF us. Weshrink from much
made by our workers, that we pray for
Aviation of certain individuals
Ind certain communities, fall
IN listless and faithless
hearts. 1t sometimes seems almost ab-
'urd that such requests should be
made. But here Jesus makes re-
quest that you pray daily that his king
lom may come and his will be done on
Earth as it is in heaven. 1t is hard
hing for us to do? Does it seem in
credible that even in the course of Gen.
,uries this old sin-cursed rebelliuos
world should change its coat of arms
Ind enthrone Jesus as king? 1t is
enough that Christ command US to pay
or it. Let us desire il. Let US be-
ieve it. After all, not so hard as
when Jesus gave the command. What
hope was there then? Only a little
,and Of followers, as leaven in the
yreat lump of heather philosophy,
superstition and idolatry. But
hey prayed and the leaven began to
work until shortly the thousands were
making room for Jesus. Hard for
Paul when first he placed his foot in
europe and found himself fast in the
tocks. But even then he prayed and
he citadel of the human heart was
haken, the walls of sin and ignorance
broken down, and the heather babe
Christ come in. Hard a short time
go when Japan issued a decree, $50
ong as the sun shall warm the earth,
ct no Christian be so bold as to come
o Japan. and let all know that
hOuld the Christian God violate this
ommand, he shall pay for it with his
lead." But the Christians prayed on,
md in q, little morea than two GEN.
uries Commodore Perry unfurled Old
ilory, and spreading it over the cap