El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-16
; In The CHURCHES.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.


PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
''The Love of Christ Constral meth
U.s.
Sixteen persons united with the
Presbyterian church yesterday morn
ing, when the pastor, Rev. n: w.
Moore, preached from the text: 1.-The
love of Christ constraineth us."2 Cor.
5:14. After the sermon the LORD 9
Supper was administered. A part OF
the sermon issgiven below:
We each have but one life to live
only one. How shall we live 1t? We
shall never pass this way again. AS
we read of those who have made their
corner of the world 80 bright and
beautiful, do we not feel like praying,
"Oh, God, make my life rich In good
things" Every valuable life has back
of it some strong motive power which
has warmed it, inspired 1t. The most
insipid and uninteresting people
aim in life. A few days ago young
girl fred and filled with kindergarten
work told me her plans. l said, IL
like to meet people like you," Oh. the
pOwer.of people who believe something.
A college professor once said to .
Chinaman hacking away on q log,
"Well. John, what are you making?''
may be q bedstead. Oh do not live
so aimlessly. Have an object In life
Let it I'LL you, fire you.
Paul was writing to his Cortuth1en
friends. He told them one reason why
the Christian could bear patiently his
troubles was because when uthis body
died he would have q new body in
IL off ha
tality here to put on the robes of glory
yonder. They say, says Paul, we are
mad, fanatics, but 1t is the love OF
Christ that constrains US.
Suppose q boy is bound out to
farmer. He is subject TO hard treat
ment. His master and mistress, both,
are cruel to him. His fare is bad, his
presses all the boys yearninR. The
boys lower nature begins to control
him. He sulks and says, 81 will not
stand 1t. I will leave" Suppose
there Is one in the family who has been
interested in the boy. Her heart has
gone out to him. She believes In him.
She has his confidence aud love. She
SWilliam, know you have
been cruelty treated, but will you
not stay here for my sake?" The boy
sure of her love and confidence re-
mains. And day by day, under bad
treatment he works. What does he
care. How promptly, earnestly. faith
fully, he does everything knowing tat
Something akin to this did Paul mean
when he said, "The love of Christ con-
straineth u.s."
How this will help US in daily life!
Do you not know people who have but
few friends? who are constantly saying
harsh unkind biting things OF others?
No one naturally loves them. They
are Stunned, Why? They have In high
principles to live by-no lie
unattractive life. Then we see
others who are helpful, so strong,
80 inspiring to us. They are
rafnbOws to US in the storms OF life
angel wings that bear US up. 1t is
said, Ex-Secretary Bsyard, our late
ambassador to England, never wrote q
hope or cheer. A rich, beautifully
dressed woman said one night to DR..
Hughes of London: "Doctor, I have
not been able to repeat the Lord q
prayer for ten years. A woman came
between me and my husband s',, l can .Sc
loves you?" Eyes" she replied. "Do
you : know he died to
save you", lsaid he to the
woman. "Well, may be you cannot for
give her for her sake but may be you
can forgive her flor jesus sake."
Her face lit up, and she said" never
thought could forgive her, but feel
for Christ's sake I can" After ten
years of unspeakable misery that
woman entered into the peace of God.
Oh these testing times! Anybody can
be good at church or at q funeral.
Anybody can go down hill but it takes
legs to 60 up the hill. All ships in
the harbor are equally cafe but when
the storm comes outside then comes the
test.
In all Christian work let this be your
motive power. Sister Dora the cele-
brated London nurse said when the
bell az the head of her bed rang she
heard these words: "The Master is
come. Sister Dora, and calleth for thee"
How tender and beautiful this
love for Christ makes peoples
hearts. A young Sabbath-school teacher
went to his 8. 8. superintendent one
morning and said, "The doctor says
am going to die. 1 have been bleeding
at the lungs all morning. am going
back to my mother in New York State.
But can't bear to 60 for not one OF
my twelve girls in my Sabbath-scho0l
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