El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-19
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. w. O. MilliCan Preached to a
Full House.

Full mouse.
Rev. w. o. Millican preached to q
full house a. the First Baptist church
Sunday night. Mrs. Maggi and the
voluntary choir did good work, and
every body seemed to enjoy the whole
service.
The pastor had for text the words
of Jesus found in Matt. GIG, LET your
light 80 snins before men that they
may see your good works and glorlfy
your Father which is in Heaven" He
spoke in part as follows:
In every lump of coal or meter of gas
there is latent light. Touch 1t with
Q real fame and it becomes real light,
In every individual there is latent
spiritual light; touch it with the
divine light anG it becomes d1v1nely
real. Where may we find that
kindling flame? Read the first chap
ter of John and you will find these
words: SIN him was light and that
life was the light of men," That Is
what the evangelist records concern
ing 1.-THE orIy begotten son. which is In
the bosom of the father"
"Tbe light of the world is Jesus"
The Christ life is the fount OF the
Christ light Do y GU ask to get this
latent light generated into real active
light? How to become a Christian?
Put yourself in touch with the Christ
life Take Christ as yours: let his life
become YOUR life, live as he commands,
and you will find new life within and
q new light without.
But until you do this. the light that
is within you is darkness. And says
our Lord. IF the light til at is in thee
be darkness. how great is that dark
nessI" A young man stood up in an
evangelical meeting and thrilled the
audience with fear and indignation be-
fore he uttered word. Why? the
awful darkness that he had brought
around many men and boys of the com-
muni,y, and they knew not what
climax his daring might not reach in a
protrsc,ed meeting. But 1.-The words
brought a sweet glad Joy to their
hearts. For he rose to tell the story
life within had been touched with the
divine fire, and now how he had come
home to do what he could to drive
away some of the darkness by the use
of this Christ-light within.
Here is young Christian woman
who has been reared by the COOLEST of
parents. o how beautifully that faith
er and that mother have walked be-
lore and trained her first in the ways of
God and the church. How tender the
scene, with head on fathers bosom
and arms twined about on mothers
neck, she promised to be true to her
church duties as she was to them.
The keeper of a great lighthouse
was Boosting of the power of his
lanterns, the light of which could be
seen out st sea, when visitor asked
him this question: "Suppose one of
your lights were to go out?" The very
thought seemed to fill the keeper with
sorrow. go OUT" said he, "burn
diunS TrnnOssihlaf3 than mint
ing toward the ocean he added:
"Why, sir, out yonder where all is
dark, there are hundreds of vessels
passing to and fro. Should one of
these lights: but burn dimly, in six
months from now 1 would have q letter
perhaps from India, or America, or
some plaza of which I had never
heard, saying on q certain night the
light at Gala is burnt low, the watch
''sir. sometimes when 1 look
out on the dark sea lashing
herself in awful fury feel that the
eye. of the whole world are on me.
Go out? Burn dim? Never! Never!
"A'l praise to the man of such care
aud appreciation. But what should be
our feeling and care when we think of
as Christian ghthouse-keepers! I tell
you. brother, the eyes of the whole
world are on the Christian. Let his
light burn low and one day there will
come letter from the shores of eter-
nifty, saying on certain occasion, a
certain Christian was neglectful at his
post, his light burned dim, and soul
tossed on the angry sea OF this dark
world went down to the depths of eter-
nal ruin"
Oh, how terrible the thought! How
1t should stir us up to closer vigilence
and pobler actions! How it should
cause Us to cry out with this noble
man, "Go out? Burn dim? Never!
Never Never"'
Here is husband and wife. both
Christians. They used to be active in
their church life. But they have
come to new community, where the
does not shine Is they
think it ought: and instead OF placing
away the darkness they put their
church letters in the trunk, cover up
the light until they are helping much
more to increase the darkness than to
drive it awav. 0 brother, sister, take
off the bushel; get out the old church
letter; rub up the lamp, and let the
light shine for Jesus. If you do not,
some of W will be like the old
Methodist brother was when his wife
informed him that the rats had
eaten up his church letter. These
we're his words. "My God! there goes
all my religion" Look out that all
the religion you have is notEcouched in
. rusty church letter, and that the rats
do not eat that up.
Hear met regardless of whether
these things are right or wrong, the
man or woman who loves cards, the
dance. the saloon drink, or even his
club-honse or business better than he