The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-13
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! lie. Jesus prayed often aud much we
/ nave tried TO pray without ccaslug. Ha
/ WAS sincerity personidCl. tfc believed
| Nnat re said with His whole heart, and
! slid what he believed regardless Of conse-
/ quenccs n Is not hard 30 expose the weak
| nesses ana ma of ones enemies, hut Jesus
! rchuked HIS best friends and exposed their
/ errors. Johu Nih II 3aN He never nat
/ tered. Disguised or concealed. His words
! 70 Pllntc ftlv describe tine whole tenor and
/ spiTt OF HIS tie, TO this end WAS horn.
| md fer this cause came I into tho world
] tn1t should hcur witness 10 the truth -"
| He simply and constantly sets fourth the
! truth IN ~ limpid purity. Such was His
| moral nttlt'ide throughout Sincerity WINS
! tho mginsprin- NJ His whole thought and
! notion We have cndenvored 10 he ain
! core we~haye preached the Gospel clearly
I ana ~ lts tullness, regardless Of consc-
| qnences' though we knew that n would hc
| or our personal peril
JESUS scoRNED POPULARITY.
The master was slmpn lty itself in life
and doctrine. We have tried 10 follow. lie
vas, though drnihed md conscious OF His
character and power, the humblest Of char.
acters. Again and again He urged silence
upon HIS actions that would have nadc
him popular He scorned anything which
| wcula gorlfy self We have ondeavOrcd
70 imbibe this spirit aud escape pride THE
Lord was wholly unselhsh. lie left glory
md happiness TO come 10 n life Of main
aud sorrow. to serve His enemies He lGvcd
and served and died for those who hated
Him. The people would make Him king
but He was lnsulted and hicd AWAY 10 Him.
self, that lie might serve mon the better
Hc left His Fathers inhnite nnd perfect
home and cnme to he q wnnderor on the
earth, without even place to rest which
He could call His own.
Foxes had their rest ana the birds their
nest
In the deserts q Galllee:
Thy couch was the sod. oh thou Son Of God.
In the deserts ~ GBlllce"
He might have been rich. but He was
very poor He had TO borrow n coin for an
Illustration he had no money 10 pay his
taxes lie had but one suit Of clothes A.
the time Of His death Though poor he
never eeged save once when ne asked
drink ~ a samaritan woman. Though the
world regarded Him n pnlper TIe was rich
IN heart and gave Ike king as when He
turned the wNtcr into wine, fed the 1000
and hnoV, accomplishing His doctrine: at IS
more blessed 10 give than 10 receive" This
we have preached aud ttlCd to practice
We have denled ourselves and served
others. The pastor has given $500 the past
year to the local work. 20 say nothing ~
missionary offerings. ] thank God that the
great body Of the congregation nro con
luhutofs 10 the work -mIuy of them very
lihcrai, bringing their gifts AK tokens ~
love and regarding II sweet privilege To
give There may he few that are not
able 10 give. There may ho a few that are
able IN give, but don't care to: who nre not
Interested enough IN the love 1T Cod and
| the salvation ~ souls to care whether the
Gospel n preached or not: whether the
church Is open frequently for services or
closed forever; Who prefer 70 sncnd all
their money on their own bodies rather
than IN their own and others souls. Jesus
was most tender and loving except with
some hypocritts. This We have tried 30
I've, and We rejoice TINT this spirit can he
found In such large measure IN the hearts
Of SO many ~ this church lie gnye TITS
lfe IN going about doing good We have
esnndeayored to follow The pastor hns made
500 calls aud scores nnd hundreds have
been made by others.
RECORD OF PREACHING.
The Lord snid; "Go preach the GOSPEL
70 every creature" This we have Jealous.
ly done The pastor has preached i26 ser,
mons from this pulpit, twenty at the Com
mon Street mission. seventeen at Alvin
and twenty-one ut Denton. a total Of 1874. |
resulting In 100 acccssions here and twonty
four at Denton, a total Of lS4 acccSsions. I,
an average az one accession Tor each SER
mon Tie year has passed. II has been a
EIeat year The Lord has wonderfully /
work has prospered in every way and
not ono has fallen by The hand OF death /
Win gratitude in our hearts Tor these |
dressings and victories, anu a PRAYER FOR /
forgiveness Tor shortcomings and strength |
10 accomplish greater things this YEAR lei
us With a deeper faith IN God, move for
gs.,tt ~ H'Ne''N' ''AiNNNNN AVA you huu hiS
Now friends, with a clearer knowledge
Of ourselves, and a deeper knowledge Of
God, and sweeter communion with Kim
IN jesus, let us move forward to the great.
est victory for God and His righteous.
ness which tho church has ever achieved
Hear my prediction Within the next twelve
months God win add to this church 500
souls nc least, But every one must do
something. Every member must be true
60 God ana therefore consistent DON'T |
speak eloquently OF the needs Of the field
hnl then lay down your part OF the work
ana withdraw your pledge
Two things are indispensable In eniarg-
Ing the Lords work -consecrated energy
and money, and mother can be pcked
from The bushes ana weeds on, Tor
larger hearts and "A deeper cdnsecrationt
4 wealthy old gentleman who WIS a mem.
Der OF n congregation so which once
minlstered asked Ia he excused from pay
ing his pledge Tor the support OF t6a
work when he would he absent a Sunday
As though ms soul VAS tine only one that
would need snvlng, or the only one that
he was interested In We were avara
that his little soul needed saving hut
there were others. May God have mercy
upon and spare the little souls which
there, and bless them n possible win
larger Visions 81 the Christ work more
cpnsecrated spirits and sweeter aud more
loving lives. Let every member bn re-
called IN the uniform Of God ana nova
forward al the word " our King
CALrPH OF RAGpAp.
You may remember that old tale about
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