El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-23

rep.n The brotherhood of man is a!
deep as the root of hum anity itself, ant
whenever we enter business transac-
ton, or any engagement regardless o.
the effect it is going to have on oul
comm mon brother, we do wrong. But
Lot doubtless thought, "Bu5iness is
business. The old gentleman is able
to look after himself. All 1 can do is
to look after number one. The offer
is made. II l wait for ceremony, or to
be courteous or unselfsh, l may lose
the deal: so here goes. lis good for
me if for 10 one else" In the second
place the choice was made regardless
of the association he would De plunged
into. Our contest reads, 1.-The men of
Sodom we're wicked and sinners before
the Lord exceedingly. Ezekiel says,
| This is the iniquity of Sodom. pride,
fulluess of bread, and abundance of
idleness (R. ", prosperous easel,
neither did she strengthen the hand of
the poor and needy" Selhshness
never does.
Now some of the noblest efforts of
the nineteenth century is ON the part
of good men who have moved their
families into the very slums of cities
with view of gradually revolution
izing these districts for good. Every
man and woman ought to have courage
enough to take the fallen and weak by
the hand to out lift him up, bat who
goes among them with Lots sordid mo-
tive of sharing with them their pros
porous ease jeopardizes his very SOULS
among them and be ye SEPARATE" but
Lot pitched his tents as far as Sodom.
Now let US notice the results.
In II. Peter Ii we read that his soul
was vexed by the inhabitants of SOdom.
Selfshness is not the last stage of sin.
Many here tonight are selfish to the
core, who could not be led into other
evils. But the devil will lead this far
that he may vex your soul and destroy
that Lot never had a good day among
these people.
But soon foreign kings captured the
cities of This plain land Lot like old dog
Tray was victim of his evil sssocis-
ton. But for A braham resculug him
he would have spend the rest of mis-
days q captive in foreign lands.
Still his return was followed by
worse results. God would destroy the
Lot, he found the hospitality of his own
home torn from his grasp. Evil men
sought to overpower him and entice
even the angels in his home to do
when he exerted all the power
he had to prevent this these evil doors,
his friends turned against him. Let
US stand between our friends and
may sing, "I'll bear the cross. endure
the pain. supported by thy word"
But Lots choice sealed the doom of
a part of his family. His daughters had
the men of SodOm. and now
they laughed at the old man when he
then to fee from the city and
escape Coos wrath. Many a man, for
the sake of prosperous ease throws such
an environment around his family rs TO
insure the loss of their souls.
But this is not all. Though Lot and |
his wife and two daughters escaped, he
lost his goods and his wife. Even a
mother is not i'm perviOus to the thrusts |
Of wicked association. God told this |
woman not to hesitate or to look back
On Sodom. But her treasures were
there and her heart went back, and |
God smote her for disobedience.
Many men in greed for gain have
formed associations that have cost
them the loss OF pure sweet wife.
and though they wiring their hands and
swear osths of vengeance, yet they
stand as helpless as got beside the pill
ar of salt.
Yet another result-Lot lost his
liberty. He begged to go to Zoat,
put soon became ''sfraid'' to dwell
there and now the once valiant, rich
man who dared stand up against the
powerful Abraham, is criuging
coward, riding from the face of men.
Conscience makes towards of US all"
And at last, left in his mountain
retreat, his only children two daughters
,ring disgrace on him and them as
black as hell itself and which is per-
by two nations Infamous for
ID cir iniquity.
o friends, God sets before all of us |
The choice between selfishness and un-
'elfishness, truth and Christianity, err
'or and unbelief.
Lots wrong choice led him to Sod |
om and temporal grief, yours may |
cad you to hell and eternal torment.
The way is open-choose you this |