El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-02

has many a time bsttled back death
from the door step. Jaundice. apoplexy.
nervous troubles Of all kinds are
brought on by fear and anger. Worry
and fear corrode and sour the secre-
tions of the body. A good laugh is bet
ter than bottle of medicine. Jerome
K. Jerome says be went into q
London library to consult some medi-
cal works on certain symptoms be had.
He feared a dread disease. He SAID he
read the symptoms OF one hundred dis
eases aud concluded he had every dis
ease in the book but one-"House-
maids knee" Some people think they
are never so happy as when they are
miserable. They think they must be
gloomy or they are not themselves. A
colored woman brought two babies tn
the preacher to be baptised. He asked
their names. She said, 81 calls tits
one Cherubin" and this one tSera-
phim" After the baptism the preach
err asked: 'wby these nsmes?' BE
cause" she answered, "they do always
cry" So some people think they see
never cherubic or seraphic unless they
are crying. Cheer up and trust God.
| have not touched my care yet. Suppose
1 should die" Ireply, Well suppose
you do. There are lots OF things
worse than death. To the Christian
| 1t is entering a glorious banquet hall
It is entering the grandest society OF
the universe. Oh if you could say.
81 fear no evil"
OF course some sorrow will come to
some of you this year. But meet it In
God way. Sorrow parslyzes many. IL
makes some cynical, rebelious and Bit
ter But this is because such people
do not know how to meet sorrow.
''The fault" says Shakespeare sis not
in our stars but in ourselves that we
are underling-.'' Meet sorrow al the
plants and roses do the passing storm.
Bow to it; submit to it; tl-en shake
yourselves after the storm is gone and
rise once more, erect and fragrant.
Oh can you in Christian faith say, Il
fear no evil'?
Suppose you are to hear this year
Gods summons: Come home.' Still
answer back in exulting faith, 81 fear
no evil" Death is gate OF pearl
which swings inward. Death is not
destroying the wings but pluming
them for higher flight. Death is
setting the prisoner free. In the
city OF Damascus a long street ends
in a tunnel But the tunnel
once passed: you are In
lovely oriental garden OF fountains,
sunshine and color. This is the pic
ture of the Christians death. Oh my
friends, If we have nothing but what
this world can give us, we may be
made poor, unhappy. miserable. But
| If we believe in God, believe in heaven
and the joys awaitiug US on the shin
ing uplands of glory; if we believe that
ali the things sad in the New Tesla
ment are real we cannot be bank
rupt. If we believe that We are heirs
with Christ to all the glories of the
future and that Gods prOvidences ex
tend to everything in this life, even to
the mum bering Of the hairs Of our esd
then we have faith that will be
rich blessing to US all this year. Such
q trust child can have. A philOsoph
err can possess nothing better.
In your sad moments. your lonely
moments, your tempted moments this
year rise up and say, II fear no evil. 3"
When business Expresses you, and
life's cares gall you say again, 81 fear
no evil" Does the letter bring sad
news? Still say 81 fear no evil"