El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-22
PRICE BROS, GrOCers.
In The CHURCHES.

, other scripture scenes Will
impress this thought. The first scene
carries us to the land beyond the sea-:
We are sojourners In the village OF
hid behiud the horizon in the east. The
birds have not yet stirred the boughs
of the sage tree nor the olive, coming
forth to chirp their morning song. Inc
mantle of sleep still covers the earth,
and save for the night vigils every eye
is closed in gentle slumber. Hall
asleep, half awake, theafsithful shep-
herds watch their tender lambs on the
plains of Judea; when 10! athwart their
vision falls shaft of light extending
fcom earth, such light as they have
never seen before; aud angels gather
around them in the sky, aud tell them
the long promised lamb hath been Sc
psrated to the visible and spiritual
view of men, and they hasten away
singing that song of all songs. GLORY
to God in the highest, and on earth,
peace good will toward men"
Thirty years pass by. We are jour
neying In the same country. On the
bank of beautiful river we stand
with a mighty thrOng who await the
arrival of new prophet that has
arisen in the land. The scene is al
most a prototype of the family scene
connected with the paschal lamb
separation. Like the father in this
scene the prophet is now seen to
emerge from the wilderness in the dis
lance, and with head bent low and
step indicative of deep and anxious
thought he slowly approaches the anx-
ious throng. But now he has reached
the IDLY and climbing to rudely
constructed rostrum he speaks hour
alter hour to the eager listeners, words
not heard before and with a power
hitherto unknown. Like the mother
of our first picture he tells these chill
dren of men of the great enemy tnat
has brought the world into the bond
age OF sin; how COO Is
going to bring great
Calamity on all who are not
protected by God-appointed provi-
sion; that he, the Baptist, has been
sent to offer to ali that projections; and
then after urging him to accept and
be prepared against 1.-The wrath to
come" he walked down into the roll
ing river and immersed in its rushing
wave all who were willing publicly to
acknowledge this provision. 1t was at
this time that strange thing occur
red. On baptizing one OF the can
didates, the heavens were opened and
God spoke out from the gates jar
saying, "This is my beloved son in
whom 1 am we'll pleased" and
hulCdQ0OuSly tu0 dOly oplIlU, ooouh-
ing the visible form of dove, 90 that
all might see, descended from the cleft
skies, and for q moment restedupon this
disciples head. The audience stood
dumb-fOunded with amazement and
fear. The strange candidate walked
hastily away, as if driven by some
mighty power, into the very heart of
the desert. The prophet steals away
to his wilderness retreat still wrapped
in anxious perplexity, while the throng,
some in groups and cOuplets, some
alone, steal away and discuss the awful
scene.
Forty days pass by. The Baptist has
been preaching to another throng, and
baptizing them in the same river. And
at the close, this strange character
again appears. But now there seems
to be no sh adow of doubt on the face
of the prophet as he cries out enthu-
siastically, "Behold the lamb of God
that taketh away the sin of the world. :"
Never did the children OF an Israeli
tist family weigh with more anxiety
and curiosity the explanation of the
mother concerning the pasch 81 lam b.,
nor take more interest in this lamb
than did the children of men inter-
est themselves in this state
ment and this "1amb'' from
now on. From every nation and every
CLINE men came, thronging the high
WAYS and even climbing the trees that