The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-21
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Al Trinity church Rev Henry J. Brown
preached on the subject Of bearing false
testimony.
we are not forbidden TO Tear witness, nor
10 rear II against another person. nor 70
pear 1t against one who is our neighhor.
nut we are forbidden To bear witness
tnht Is false, and the word witness is not
~ ne 'onsiuered only In legal sense. hut
Includes all that we may say or on, an.
olner. Hence the lesson Intended TO he
.' 95rNe!ea Is that we keep our tongues
IRON evil-speaking. lying and slandrring "
re or she is guilty who is tale.bearer,
VINO carries around from house to house
" "aA snin g, even though 1t be true. that
,hVs'e unklnd Feelings or Injuries another's
chathcter The familiar word gossip
nay lH wen describe such an one. Gossip Is
nv ''iIs in r1,on, and II the commandmcnt,
men II iorhids all language Of an unkind
ana uncharitable nature viz: repeating
S motis that DO people harm. imputlng bad
,y,e,ctiye, defamation And IL # tor forbids
s,dnderlng then 1t forbds taking
ngdDnst people, whether truly ~ untrllv.
unless there be some positive necessity for
speaking II forbids backblting or dis
pparaelng them or doing anything except
Nom nom pnblc duty. to make their lives less
HAPPY tann they might have been 4 good
reputation Is of incalculable value vet n
may De- and often Is. injured beyond relief
~ me IDLE tongue and false witness Of Tho
FOR SUNDAY LAW OBSERVANCE.
Rev. John Z. Green. pastor If NcKna
street Methodist church, delivered q scr
mon yesterday morning en- "Char3cter
building" Before beginning his sermon he
read letter to his congregation from rhe
! kctall Merchants and Groccrs' association.
| saying that they were making an effort
to have the Sunday law enforced and
desired the pastors of the churches to use
! their influence In aid Of the movement
FOR one particular reason-that the men
VINO dispense the market products on Sun.
/ day need rest.
The pastor addressed his people In rorot.
ence TO the matter, asking them as far
/ as possible to refrain from Sunday marker
Ing and buying of any unnecessary articles
| on Sunday.
He then took his text from Colossians Iv
given 2'''' extracts fr0" his remarks are
The raw materials out OF which Christian
character Is made are herein mention cd
or marked ana here also are pointcd ont
the process, and l may say the actual
machine, by which the essential materials
are ormed INTO the splendid fabrtc-the
/ moral structure But while God has placed
within easy reach the materials out Of
Whicn good character Is made and even
heaven is built within us, we must needs
nave the power Of discrimination to dis.
| tinguish between these materials and those
out OF which hell itself Is bullded. Tho
apostle SAYS: Let every man Jake heed
studied this text It seemed 70 90 d,sc A
to me, ms 1t were, a mine of gold silver
and precious stones, and right close TO
these rich resources I imagined could
soc the process-the inward machinery Of
our hatnrc by which these good things arc
appropriated and utilized In the upuildlne
Of true manhood and womanhood | would
from this text speak Of the material and
the manner Of character building, which
l may say is the whole duty Of man Let
me say this Is not the work NJ n few
days or even number of years but Is
indeed the task of lifetime, The task
Is not accomplished by chlld's play and
certainly not 10y FOOLS frolic Great care
and palnstakiug and sound sense arc abso
; lutely necessary To the construction Of this
, building OF Coda house not nude with
hands,
: The listed materials to which call at
! tenti6n are; Whatsoever things arc true
whatsoever things are honorahlc-just- pure
-loIely-are good report II they be cal
cuated TO promote virtue the good of man
kind. and are thus praiseworthy. The
, process by which they are transmitted int
3 character is a mental process Paul says
Think on these thlngs they are TO he
cnrricd by the thoughts Into the affections
through the mind 10 tho heart--and ther
complexion to the charactcr-for as a mar
t t2 n his heart n- 50 c he Is PpSE
thoughts will necessarily become noble
lust rs man who will entertGn owl
THOUGHTS VIII be doicd In his life, wicked
in his actions. In Romans I, % the apost'
; tells Of those who did not like to retair
God in their mind-who were given owe
to rep"obacy-heing filed with unriGhteous
ness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness
righteousness, etc"
The pastor urged his people to give them
? selves over TO pure and right thinking 7,
abstain from those things that tend 20 draw
! men away from Godliness and closed w!tl
the exhcrtation 10 become the children NJ
God and live close to the One who give,
them all life and the blessings OF NE.