The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-28
Some Sts;ki~q TkoAqAta
From Houston ministers.
HE THAT HuMBLETH HIMSELF SHALL
BE EXALTED.

HE THAT HUMBLETH HIMSELF SHALL
BE EXALTED.
Preaching upon the subject OF pride In
Sacred Heart church. Rev. John +. Nicho-
son said:
"He that humblcth himself shan be OK
alted. and he that exnlteth himself shall be
hupibled.' luke XVIII, 18.l
The greatest aud most impuSte II truths
proclaimed By the Son 81 God ana savior
u men were proclaimed in the simplest IAN
guagc that tongue could utter. 50 simple
that no Que having eyes 10 sea ant ears 70
hear and a mind not bopelessly drlled and
rluEgiSh conid mistake their meaning. as
they promulgated truths Indispensable for
the eternal salvation Of hnman sous.
Such truths were the necessity OF BAPTISM
true faith and good works 90 nave . claliA
and title 70 the Kingdom that Will new
perish. The necessity Of confession and t2-
pentance for the unfortunate sinner WHO
has bllghted his soul with the iuui plasis
Of SIN; Ills own mysterious AMI JhlulnS
presence In the Blessed Sacrament iH Nie
hnal Judgment day; the necessity " nDiy
humility and the danger and disaster uf
yauitiug pride as we are taught Ia fhe
simple, bot instructive parable az hle
pharisee and the publican IN tais JAS :
Pride is the Wee opposed to humility. X
is an undue and lmmodcratt love OF eur own
excellence and Accomplishments, real er
imaginary, claiming them as wholly htAons'
Ing to ourselves whereas, ~ TRUTH "a y
come from God and belong to Him. Pride
is thersfote rohbing Sod Of Wnat btsQhss
TO Him. What wonder then tdAt lie gives
grace TO the humble ana resists the rrosd
what wonder that lie eNsits the humble and
humbes the exalted Truly does Milton call
pride the origin "of death aud dl oul
woe" From pride, says Tobias, AL
perdltion took its beginning dy, liz
Pride made Lucifer raise the haJtlE cry "
revolt In heaven, sayiue, u VIII not serve
His pride urged him 20 make himself lkc
Co God. and when he fonnd he could, not con
dreT them. but was hurled over hca' ch &
hattlements, be thought that ~ lcast cn
earth or in he'll he could reieu supreme
"Better," be said, TO reign m hcll than
serve 10 heaven" The saying Is terrible
and satanic. but Is a truc Picture 81 the
dreadful desperation ami the dFmonlac 90
fusion that movers over the blind Yoturles
Pride luGIcts an injury on our fcIlowmcu
Like the pharisee lu the gospel the proud
man thinks himself bcttor than everyone
else. and In his foolish pride dcspises those
who are often much better than aimSelf
il makes men disregard law and disresPeoi
authority, himself being the only law aud
authority he recognizes, Il is me fruitful
point OF ambition. vain glory, presumption
living and hypocrisy. God has reserved rs
punishment principally for the next NE,
but there are terrible examples Of its pun
iShmeut va this. AmoEst others, AnttOolu~,
the prosecutor ~ the seven heroic Mae
cRhees and their mother Us lasting exam
pie Whom a weak woman andhcr seven Sons
had wounded and hunOlcd his pride by
defyinC his threats and Rejecting all his
promises and batteries, he ragged with fury
and determined 20 wipe a whole people from
their home and country, Int in tho midst
OF All his Wanting aud HIS fury hc became
so afflicted. haunted aud disease -strir ken
that even his dearest friends could not ap
proach him. thus the ban ghiy tyralt VIII.
thought in his pride that he could ulc rs.
waves and reach the stars died with $40
other company than the worms md th,
dogs Pharaoh and Nehuchad. cz2dr
David and Ezechias arr striking example.
Of the earthly punishment Of pride hrfor,
the blessed advent ~ our Savior ln oui
own day there are many proud hearts hum
blod and many proud necks benz that tn,
world knows nothing Of.
Pride Is torment in itself EVERY
proud man is an abomlnatiou 10 the Lorp
tProrerhs xvi ~ and pride Is hateful 4,
God ana man" Eccesiagtcs X, ~
The proud man Is wrctched, becauS,
where he seeks esteem he will meet bl
contempt, because he Is ever tormcntc,