The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-09
Ff 1m itousfon Ministers.

CHARACTER BUILDINGS" Henry ].
Brown. Trinity church.--God had place
TO be flled and work to be done and select
ed aud empowered Solomon for that pur-
pose. Soomon's work was the building OF
temple for the worship OF God We are
builders, every hour we are laying founda-
lions, rearing the walls, setting up the col
umns and pushing to completion structure
that shall last forever. That structure Is
our character. II is important that we
realize this as our own personal work In
our own hands under our control and that
we alone are responsible for the results
and underlying all good character and es-
sentisi to It is the ever present fact Of in
dividual obligation. As God gave solomon
the plans and specifications OF the house In
Jerusalem so He has given us model and
written out the specifications after which
we are to build That model is Jesus, the
Christ is placed before us as the complete
measure Of the perfect man. His character
Is like glorious and majestic temple. It's
proportions are fair and It's structure good
~. Its columns are strength and beauty,
It's ornaments symmetry aud grace It's IN
nermost shrine Is illuminated with sheklnhl
glory. NO character obscures It's splenlof:
no defect, no staiu, mars lis purity. Ana
when our work under Christ Is done our
being shall be radiant with the divine pres
ence, We shall be transformed into the Ike
ness of Christ Men shall see Christ In our
works bear Christ in our words and recog-
nZe His presence and power In every fea-
ture Of our character and we shall be wit.
nesses OF the matchless glory and beauty Of
Jesus Christ This transformation Is effect
ed By the use of His word as a lamp unto
our feet his spirit as our guide 20 truth.
T. 5egas IN 9aPs ,aj snd y IN
sacrament OF the altar. All he supernat-
ural forces are at our command. asd. If we
will, we may do fully and faithfully our
stand before men and angels complete in
Christ God hath chosen each Of us to
build up such character Let us be brave
f iife 90 It Work at it now 'nH all through
ITO YOUNG MEN" Rev. Robert y vii
son Liberty Avenue BAPTIST church
Young men are the future hope Of our coun.
try. fear sometimes that they think we
nre bundle Of advice Yes, full Of advice
easily given, but a great deal harder TO
take. Let me assure you Of the good nd
vice In MY text Proverbs x. 1917: III
show you the net of the WICKED it Is the
part Of wisdom In you to shun g." Who
would dare set q net In the sight Of any
blrdf Let Us be rs wise as the bird n
] sec Wiclednsss and sin are cruel masters
wig should be encircled In their chains?
MY sou, II sinners entice thee, consent
thon not Yielding 10 enticement means
perhaps. yielding a hundred times. Being
enticed once, starting the young man down.
ward, has Oiled our jails and pententiarles
with criminals for the past centares, We
are SO arStous to get our young men to be
strong In the Lord and the power of Ills
might on. that they would be athletes,
morally and spiritually. Don't forget the
fect that there are deceivers everywhere.
You can't associate with Gece!yers and
come out as pure as you were before. Even
evil communications win corrupt good man
ners rs well as good liurals. DO not be
u lengue with the devil II Is dangerous
Form no partnership business with him.
The devil is not n friend to good morals,
nor has he ever sought the Happiness OF
any young man Those who lurk priyily
after the innocent without n cause are
wicked and should he stunned. Many a
wandering hoy has been onticed into the
saloon. gambling hall, aud been deceived
or wreckiug human happiness Young man,
shun all Of this. The glitter Of gold has
caused many to go astray. Be not con
trolled by money or even disqualification,
Let not friend use you TO your own de-
struction and everlasting ruin, man In
this state once said 10 a gentleman; what
use have ] with friend II ! can't make
him serve my aims. ends and purposesY'
What use has the evil one with a young
man II he can't use him IN the fnrthcrnnce
Of sim wickedness and Vice? II is ensy 10
60 down hill, with all breaks of but hard
10 climb the hill NJ fame, honor or re.
nown. He'll Is the level to which the teem-
ing millions are tending who are reckless
aud careless, hut heaven Is the elevation 10
which the righteous are going II Is
m homer 10 any one TO he thoronghly plous,
religious and spiritually minded. why not
he masters Of &ourselvest Why yield 10
your passion and appetizer The brute can
DO that and that seems To make him more
of brute. But men made after Gods
image should be more Ike his Maker aud
his Savior
THE BLESSED EUCHsRIsr AMI
HOLY COMMUNION j. /, Nicholson. sa
cred Heart church. when God looked upon
man, the masterpiece OF earthly creations
lie loved this masterpiece more than al
the rest because 1t was so near the summit,
of perfection. Oniy little more low thar
the angels Then God made soiemr
sgreentept with man that upon certain con
ditlons he would never descend from hi,
exalted place in creations roll of honor
that when his allotted time was over, he
would pass, without entering, the gaplus
saws OF Death, from the broad boundles.
earth to that gurden OF pmest spirttua
deiight specially planned by the hand OF
80. Po' man Voiateu that sacred con
tract and human nature became degraded
u'sgrsced and fallen. Gods image ON tn,
hpman soul was defaced beyond recogni
tlon by the scars and wounds of sin ye
600 oid not wipe out this eyesore from
MS beautiful creation, Instead of DESTROY
ing the broken image He repaired IL. lii
stead OF wiping cnt fallen nature He up
lifted and ennobied It by uniting IL witt
Himself. The Son of God, equal 10 Hu
Father in all things" came down from
heaven 10 walk the earth as man, and 8,
the nature that was fallen was raised anC
rescued; the nature that was lost wa
saved, Though human nature was redeemed
IN the stupendous mystery of the dyinI
Goldman, each individual was vet 10 b.
sanctined. and although God with ali All
power can not unite each man with Him
self. inasmuch IS each individual can no
be Gcd, although that Is what many arr
aspiring TO now, and the more ignoran
and deprayed they are the more they aspir
10 1t; their motto is no Gud but then,
selves; but since God can not unite maj
with Himself then he unites Himself witt
man, and so we have the adorable myster,
OF the Blessed Eucharist, God giving Him
self to man under the form of bread, on
common food. What Is particularly re
markable about this mystery Is the sim
plicity OF the words with which Il was IN
Btituted. Out Savior knew the shortcom
,ngs ana limitations OF little earthly minds
MI In tfoyt Wit 81.