El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-27
Presbyterian Church.


Last night at the Presbyterian
church Rev. J. G. McClintock d. ID.
Pastor of the First Presbyt q
church of Sioux City, Iowa preached
q fine discourse from Luke 24:2S-
ga oide with u.s." The following is an
abstract of the Sermon
Where is Christ's place, now, In
the world2 What field OF action ana
sphere of influences belong to religion
If the question had been asked Elder
Brewster and his Pilgrims, the answer
would have been: ''Chrlst's place IS
everywhere. In state, society, scnool
or church-work-day or holy-day, we
recognize him Lord of ALL
Men do not talk SO in this day In TINS
Bonded knees for Christ. The so call
ed Liberal League has for it's avowed
object the secularization of all the pub
lie Institutions of our land. One OF the
noted public men of ten years ago, who
has deservedly fallen into obscurlsy,
wrote in q leading magazine, that there
is no place in politics for the golden
rule or decsoeue. Business resents
Christ's influence. Its oft repeated
maxim is, business is business. It
insists that conscience has no
place in horse trade, or deal in town
lots. Christ is not invited to the gath
erine of modern fashionable society.
To talk fat commonplace or lying COM
pliment is allowable in the drawing
room, but to talk of Christ and the
triumphs of religion is unpardonable
rudeness. The schools of Amerl ca
were founded with religion as corner
stone: but the bible is ruled out of most
of them now. The home life of large
part of the nation has scant recogn1-
ton or welcome for Christ. How many
family affairs offer him morning and
evening sacrifice?
Where. then, is his place? LET him
have the church." is the answer OF the
world, ASK him to death beds and
funerals. AS for the rest OF life with
its activities and joys, religion 10 out
of place there"
But this is not the answer OF the
bible. Let this text, abide with US, -
ideal of the place of Christ and his re-
ligion in the life of man. If you follow
the footsteps of John as he walked
among men, you will be led as often to
the home as to the house OF worship.
He was with men in the every day en-
Payments and enjoyments, the COM
mon duties and trials of their lot. And
as he accepted the invitation OF the
two disciples at Emmaus to "Ablde
with u.s." so He is ready to enter into
the home of every sincere soul, into the
daily life of every true-bearted man
and woman, and "Abide" there, with
His sanctifying and helpful presence
The theme before US, then, is, religion
in everyday life-in the ordinary
duties and relations of men. Il
nionship of Jesus. This secular age
attempts to divorce religion from com
mon life. People say. "Let religion
have its place." but they conine it's !
place to the communion-table, the |
pray the funeral, A
wretchedly low ideal! Our Lord did
not limit the petition, Thy Will oe
done" to the Sabbath day. He meant
it for us in the store. the shops, the |
court house, and the home, on every
dav of the week. He says, ''Lo, am |
with YOU always;" 81 will not leave you |
alone" We have full right to claim |
these promises. But he conditions his
presence on our invitation and desire J
He would not intrude unasked into the
home of the disciples OF Emmaus, nor
will The in 5yours. You must open the
door to him.
2. What will the companionship OF
Christ in our daily life do for us?
There are guests to whom we love to
open the door-their coming brings
sunshine even to the, darkest day.
guests of December day, to chill and
irritate. How about the presence OF
the Christ? 1 answer, first, it is the
wellspring of happiness. l am we'll
aware that the other idea prevail
with many. Where there is no sym
pathy with Christ, no religious spirit,
his abiding would not be source of
skeptic, thrown for a while into the
home of devoted Christian, and i'll at
ease because he was out of tune with
the spirit of that home. But where
the bond of love and sympathy make
the bond of union, there is no happi-
ness greater than that which comes
through compau ionship OF friend with
friend.
Every day fellowship with Christ
brings victory over sin. We have all
felt the influence of the presence Of ,
one we respect aud love. over our con-
duct. A man of the world, much given
to profanity, was, for some days the
guest of minister, whom he greatly
respected. During oil this time he
brought his habit of profanity under
complete control. Regard for his
friend mastered the evil habit. How
much more will the consciousness of the
presence of Jesus enable one who real
" loves Him to bring undor subsection
everything offensive to the Heavenly
Guest! Suppose we try it this week
count Jesus present IN the home, In |
the office. in the store, just as He was
in the home of Mary and Martha.
Could we, in that Presence, give away
to temper, and let suger's fire blaze
hot? Would we idle our time, neglect
our duties, or find our pleasures in
things we know He does not approve?
Could we be guilty of tricks and sharp
practices that SAVIOR of the worlds dis
honest ways?
Further; the every day companion
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