El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-06
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
"Thou Shalt Love the Lord Thy
God -

God"
Sunday morning at the Presbyterian
CHURCH, the ptstor, Rev. Henry w.
Moore, preached on ''The Great Com
maudment." The text was: Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all
with all thy mind, and with all thy
strength: this is the first command
ment." Mark 1890. Part of the dis
course is here given:-[
Sarcastic people are never much
loved. They always have but few
friends. 1t does no. take much brains
TO hate. Hate and envy are the devil
fishes of character. No use going about
ready TO fight at the drop OF the nat.
But love is ALWAYS beautiful. 1t con-
auers the hardest heart. Love sings
songs at midnight. 1t beats scholar
ship. The wisest men, from Solomon
to Burke, have been the saddest with
out it. Herbert Spencer, after thirty
six years of tireless toll in writing his
philosophy, says. love is the crown OF
life. The Bible says that after the
mountains have decayed and the sun
has burned itself to an ash heap, love
child love, Gods love! No wonder the
angels of heaven sing of it and the
posts for ages have found no greater
theme for their song.
Tnis is how it happened. A young
bumptious lawyer, who was anxious 10
rattle and puzzle Jesus, came to him
one day win bold front and flung
haughtily a. Christ this question
ssWhlch is the greatest command
ment?' Jesus looked the young man
through sill he weakened and became
respectful ard then said: young
mar, sup pose you wish to know how
to make the most of life. II this is
true, l answer-you must love. Anu
the crowning commandment OF all the
comm andments is Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy MIND
and with all thy strength"
All, how good it is you are not Judge
of the world, or that 1 am not judge.
We would think we all ought to love
the Lord in just one way. But Christ :
ianity is temple with four doors. we
can enter it bv the heart. Lots DO
How many get most of their religion
through the affections,te side OF their
nature. They like tender hymns, pray
ers, sermons that appeal to the heart.
They ere restless under labOred reason
ing. John loved God with his heart;
he was all the time saying, love, love
another. Such people see in Christ,
not so much king, as a dear personal
friend and Saviour. The mind to them
does not play so much q part in their
lives, as the heart The hymns they
like are, blessed Saviour Thee l
love-, or Jesus lover Of my soul: J"
the true life of the world. Heart rules
the world after all.
Then. there are those who love God
with all their soul. Now, it is not
easy to show the difference between
the heart and soul here, but it exists.
The soul includes more than the heart.
The soul is what lives forever. Faith
in Jesus as Saviour, saves the soul
Now, he who loves Jesus with all the
the gospel. They enter In more by
the door of penitence. They lay more
emphasis on: s'God, be merciful to
me sinner" Not that he has not
heart too in his love, but he lays the
emphasis on penitence. Paul loved
God with all his soul. He loves to
cry out: "Now, being justified by
faith, we have peace with Cod
"There is therefore, no condemnation
Such lovers of God love TO sing: I'm
the cross of Christ glory" Or when
1 survey the wendrous cross on which
the Prince of Glory died" They see
Christ as Saviour. They say, HE
died for me-" "He was nailed there
for me-" And oh, what missionaries:
What glorious martyrs this love OF Coo
has made.
soul, lay emphasis on mind.
From this window they first see the
light. Such people love to study,
search out for themselves. After read
ing q chapter on the sovereignty OF
Cod they cry out: eff G I'D be for us
who can be against u.s." They read
science and hear Humboldt say, that
some of the stars are SO far away that
it took 2. O0O,0 900 years for the light to
reach the earth, travelling at the rate
of 592 DOC, 900 miles an hour. Such
people cry out: Chow great is God"
They love to hear the great ocean roll,
listen to the artillery of thunderstorms
crack in the heavens, and they are
moved to say: "Be still and know
that am Cod They love God with
heart and soul but lay most emphasis
on mind. They study history, hear
of the empires rise, and fail, see the
millions die and pass on and they cry
out in their souls: From everylast-
ing to severlas ting thou art God. They
hear God in every wind, study plant
life. They see how the lily sucks its
Wilderness from the mud, how the red
rose uutwists it's glory from the sun
shine. how the sun pulls the harvests
out of the planet. They trace every
thing to the cross. They see world
crying out for pardon world sin sick
aud lost He bless,s God for Jesus tn e
worlds Saviour. No one Is more rev.
erent in GCd's house than he.
Then there are others who love COO
with the strength. The mason, the
carpenter NAV do this. A mother
lived in a fat four stories nigh. Her
little son had to carry four buckets OF
coal up four flights of stairs every day.
Some one said to him one day, sis that
not very hard work for you? Oh sir"
he replied, mother says this is the
oil "