El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-04
The PITY Of God.

lLkt L lily VI UOu.
Rev H. w. Moore of the Presby.
terrain church. Preached vest rday
morning from the lex: ''Lord remem-
kingdom.' The.follOwing is a part OF
the sermoni 81 ~...-.:-
There is nSehing as much needed in
the church b and ndiv dual life today as
a conviction of sin-why is it so m any
churches are cold and 10, less? Why
is it that SO many G ris ians do such
gross, unwOrldly, inconsistent things
that you cao hardly believe. they have
aver vowed to be. followers of the
meek, unsel6-h, pure Jesus Chris, !?
WHY'S it people come to church, are
touched for the moment by the music
and sermon and Vt go out to live the
same sinful ise2GsBecause they ave
not bad true conviction of sin: be-
cause they do not raalize that, '.all
have s1nned and come short of the
glory of God" They are depending in
| the filthy rays of their own righteous
ness and do not look at the cross with
| the world. "He died for me, - thrilling
their very beng. -Un'ess m n feel the
| need of a physician they will not send
| for one. Unless we feel The need of
Christ we will nefcome to Christ. The
| way to change the water in toe well is
not to whi'ewash the pump. The
fountain head of Christian life is re-
pentance, is to cry out, 'Lord remeu-
Der me-"
Too many are try ing to enter the
Christian lie their own way a,d not
in God q way. God does not want US
to tell him how good we are, but how
sinful we are If men roud have saw
ed hemselves, Jesus Christ uev, r
| would have c)me to earth and suffered
and died Once get ANXIOUS for Christ
arr the anxious Savior is close by.
This cry: "Lord, remember me when
thou CONTEST into thy kingdom'' is the
worlds heart cry. All men come
/ do not be ieve there ev- was an in
| fdel but what has prayed for the pity
of God. Matthew Arnold's favorit e
| hymn which he sang as heartily in Dr.
McC!aren's clu~ch the Sabbath be-
| for, e d ed, VS. wlen survey tt e
/ wopd, Gus cross on which tie prince of
glory died." Hume he infidel used t,
go to hear DR.. john Brown prs ach
Wien approached for it he said, "Well
THAT man breaches as tho Jesus Christ
was at his elbows." Anne ia Barr says
give me the old Posrel of Jesus and
linn cruc fled. Most men live under a
lsense of failure Foolish courses h We
been chosen, courage and devotion
have be- en- diverted into wrong char
lnels. How many homes have skele-
Ito in the closet. What TRACE dies are
enacted in millions of lives. Now in
Ibe urnidst of tt is vast unwearie
breaking of The surge on the shoe OF
lexpe' fence how cheerful to know wher
We cry, Lord RENE mber me- Coo
vt pity replies that "a mott err may for
let her sucking child but will not
forget thee It is under the o ty o
God that men feel a sc Sc of guilt ant
in. sorrow for sin br, ak the chains o
evil habit. The people need faith and
Christian ty IS little meaning for tn
masses Of q en-. 1t is the cross OF par
don, the pity OF G I'D that brings tn
soul unutterabe relief and rising GU
OF tears of peni' Ell tal sorrow men com
forth with u W hope.
How much we e human sympa' by
! Ia sickne 81 the fe lings of infancy com
back to us and we are all childre
again. Tim we want mother t
smooth the pillow a. d mirister to nu
nelpiessoess. Clara Barton in Cub
] | ministering to the holloweyed, gauu
+ b ue Tipped. Cuban is divipely beaut
full. A note throbbiug with sympath
Sc Mt yon when ILL., You krow how
! SETS all the bells of appreciation RIM
y ng through your sad heart. Huns
8 Ivmpathy. How much more we n. {
ioo s sympathy when we look at t.
ross and tt en- review our little, sells
f i consistent lives. Let the world kpo
. T.! Jesus died for sinr ers and ev
since his cross has been the sign OF II