El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-30
REVIVAL SERVICES
The Opera House paCked-Rev.
Mr.. French On Kingdom nd
ChurCh"-More Badges For the

Choir.
choir in the opera house last night
Under the direction of Rev. Millican ii
started up "Joy to the world, the Lord
has come" A stream OF people was
pouring into the building from each
entrance so that by the time for taking
the collection, the parquet and dress
circle were literally packed with eager
| listeners, who seemed never to gro "
tired of the soul stirring songs and sat
through the sermon and the long after
meeting without the least manifesto
tion of Impotence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Trigg sang the offer
tory. after which j. T. French, sp-
point for intervening, took for his text
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock
will build my church, and the gates of
hell shall not prevail against it. "
Matt. 1918.
He spoke with much fluency,i 10 part as
follows: This word church has caused
a great deal Of trouble. It has severed
friends, torn homes asupder. and
brought on civil strife, revolution, al
bloodshed. There is difference
H".-HH" the cnuroh Of God and the
kingdom of God. The kinguon. .. w.
means the reign OF Christ.
Fret, In the home. Christ first
taught the true relation between bus
band and wife and the true idea of
home. LIE. US take our bearing.
What sre you doing to build up the
kingdom in the home? Do you gather
your children at ght for family pray
ers? The children on our streets after
dark are as thick as bugs under an
read regularly in the home? You can
not re ad it in the public schools any
more. Unless the bible is read in the
home We are doomed to pagsnism.
Second, in the city. Here the speak
err described an ideal city with come
reference to the heavenly city, and ap
pealed to the Christians to be courage
Gus in their endeavor TO get Christ in
the heart of the populace, then will the
kingdom of God come In Ell Psso.
Third, in the state, where all legisla
tion and policy should be wise and bene
ficieut; where the law of God will be
read and It's principles incorporated
and carried out.
Fourth, in the human race. The
ignorant, the vile, the cynical, the
pe,tifogger, and skeptic, will sueer at
this and say l am visionary, but,
friends, there will come time some
eousness and peace shall reign among
the nations. Hope oD, work on, Jesus
is coming.
Here the speaker referred to the
conversation of some OF the leading
business men and most worldly men of
Ell Paso, who declare that the revival
services are gradually breaking into
Ell Paso's fallow-ground, and are sure,
sooner or later, TO bring big results.
"This," said be, sis province of
the church which Christ established.
1t spends itself, that the kingdom of
God may come. But there are those
who talk of the big church. This
takes in all of the evil men of the race.
True it is that many are the gates of
Ell Paso hells and they swing on oiled
hinges every hour of the day incessaut-
ly."
Here vivid picture of some of E.
Paso's wickedness was brought
out
But listen to the shall not OF the
text The gates of hell shall not pre-
vail against it, In England's great
moral battle that led to civil revolu-
ton, Oliver Cromwell said, What we
need is conscientious soldiers Thai
Is what the church needs today. Not
more soldiers so much as better SOL
diers.
She is going to ask with her fresh
breath, What have you done as
churches and soldiers Of the cross TO
establish the kingdom of God, in your
homes, in your cities, in your state
and in your nation? WHAT ia the way
OF righteous living? What In electing
conscier t,ous men as office holders?
What to purify your city and bring
about peace among the nations?
What?'''
The Invitation hymn was sung, fol-
lowed by a duet by Mrs. Pitt and Miss
Emma Hoffman, then by q solo, Over
the ltne," by Mrs. Pitt, during all of
which time the deepest solemnity pos
s1ble seemed to hold the audience. |
Between fifty and a hundred per-
sons, one after another, accepted the
various propositions to live better, to
accept Christ AS q personal savior, and
to unite with some of the churches of
the city.
The subject for tonight will be
Facing tho Problem" Services IS
usual through the week at Trinity
church.