El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

money making? Self-sacrifice is neces
sary for the support of the church; anG
IN this connection remember YOU have
a large contract on hand. Face the
future in manly way.
The widows nit was all she had :but
who among US docs as she did? We
are not entitled to talk about the
genuine self-sacrifce. Don't expect e
support your church on mhe~.l Give
in a way that will tell on your bank &C.
count. and cut off your luxuries. That
is better than church entertainments
Then, self-sscrifice is the ba=e 0f mis-.
sion support. People talk about
charity beginning at home. The
trouble about such charity is
that it. begins at home and stays there.
Some peopl" would rather go to the
dentists chair than to mission SER
vice. and the mere announcement, that
a collection will ba taken up for mis-
sions suffices to empty the pews.
The bishop was evidently in q cor
mood, and that he had Gpur-
pose in stirring up his congregation.
Past Feeling. d
Rev. II. w. Mo re, of &he Presbyter-
ian church preached last night from
the text, fBeinR past feeling" Eph.
IV:l9. He said ia part:
This ia one of the sad and IRENE nd
ously true sentences OF the bible. just
think. Of it. A. pan may willfully get
into that state when there IL scarcely
in him that responds to God;
s'past Feeling" A man may burn ur,
wear out bis mo al and spiritual ma
tuf e nt;l it is p>ra'yzed by sin. He
may re- st. the vtice of God, the plead
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er's pray ers, her tears, his CHILDHOOD
the sermons of thesanctuary.
he life and death of Jesus. Christ hAye
no more r-viving effect on him than
rhe suustiae has on corpse that lies
in the east window. How often We
meet with young people ~hn once loved
God, who used to read wit, e'r'mminX
eyes the life and death of } ~. no
prayed in faith, forgave becau our
Saviour fOrRave, who sacrificed their
pleasure for others, but, WHO finally
gave way to evil associations, drifted
from slang to rudeness, rude1ess to
till conscience ceased to
warn or even rebuke. Is not that a
young men here tonight are
linking of some dear old
mother or sister or father who taught
hem the way of life. But you little
oy little have drifted sway from
mother rs prayers, home memories life
Of praser,u until now none OF these things
move you. "Pass feeiing.''
Now you see the tremendous import
If this text; a man may get into such a
ts te of insensibility to moral and
ruths that he becomes MOI ally par
l'yzed or etherized. Show me young
nan who is prOfane, who is willfully
arel IS of others feelings, who subjects
Every thing to cynicism or skeptical
,iticism. Show me young girl who
boasts that she does not care what
people thi,k of her, who laughs at her
Mothers God. who sinks her genbleness
nd purity of heart and will show
ou one who will soon become "psst
ceiling" Dissipation aud cynicism
lave destroyed many mans capacity
or fash repentance and ovs for God.
80 God still calls to men, the holy
.host still pleads with men but some
men have destro. -. d the harp within
hem which responds to Gods plead
ngs: The voice o. such an one calling
nut for God is the Oldest voice in all
he world. Spa t feeling ''Past
ceiling"
This Isl what gives responsible
ty to life. Being lrrounded with the
ruth as in Jesus an ! knowing our duty
oward it and not doing it, it ia then
he heart becomes harder and harder.
Truth heard and not lived becomes by
Ind by lie. We get so that it ceases
% stir US. We are getting 'past
ceiling" Oh, men and women be-
ware! Why not yield to Christ and
ettle this question. Some of you are
GU were year ago-do not get 'past
ceiling" Why not step over the line
opight. Many of you are not far from
he kingdom big hated med
lind to your families, ard ju,t as kind
o your friends, why not be just as kind
o your Saviour. There is but step
you and jesus. Take it to-
hight. You men who tslk reverently
# Jesus Christ, who talk on spiritual
hings; who ad tnire the church. who
,elieve in prayer-you are not far
rom the kingdom of God. Just step.
Take it. 1t means salvation to you
,ere and heaven yonder. You cannot
ay God has not called you. He called
promised to meet in heaven. He called
7ou when you were sick and bad time
90 MEG itate. You said tbs n if you got
veil you would be q Christian. He
called you when you had that accident
which brought you SO close to eternity.
he called you when your darling child
lied. He calls you again tonight.
dee ed his voice and come home, come
home. While he is still calling, listen,
,h listen, before you get "past feel
ng" and you die Us did the young man
tho waited to repent on his death bed
who died saying My heart is as cold
,s that stove. The harvest is d st,
the sum ner is ended and 1 am net
saved" Why do YOU visit dear broth
er, oh why do you tarry 80 long.
Song Service.
The First Me,ho1ist church was
we'll filed last night on the oc-
,asion of the song service under Miss
II arr on's direction. The program
as advertised 10 Saturdays HERALD
was carried out. L. might have been a
little longer, for the quality was 80
GOO! that the audience enjoy.
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