The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-02
AT ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH
INTERESTING SERVICES CONDUCTED
YESTERDAY MORNING.
Father Tobin Tells His CoIored Cenare
ostior TO Love the Bibe--An Appeal
for a Study Of the Holy Word

Mass was said vest erdav morning at st.
NIcbotas church. corner Of Chenevert and
Lamar. AZ 10 o'clock The pastor sn'
nounced tbe mass would be for the heneht
ot the congregation II heiug the hrst
Sunday Of the month most Of the people
took holy communion. In his sermon
Father Tobin spoke on the Bible and ex-
horted the people to cherish II as the token
Of Gods love. The Bible Is the word Of
God 1t Is great consoing factor In
mans life. II is solace for the human
heart and a guiding star for the human
race. 1t tells Of the ups and downs Of the
noblest of Gods creatures and the vagaries
of his human passions. There Is nothing
better than the word of God; there is
nothing truer: there is nothing wiser.
III we want wisdom 1t Is In the Bible that
we eau ind It: II we are looking for com
fort there is no other book SO well ntted
10 AFFORD 1t to US, The Bible tells us the
truth, because 1t expresses the word of
Guu; II is a source of consolation because
It tells us of the great solicitude of God
for the welfare Of the human race. Truly,
We ought to love the Bible. for the mind
Of God inspired it; His Holy Spirit dictated
the wisdom therein; His chosen servants
have written 1t and have handed IL down
Us. God is our father. our brother, our
lover and the Bible is the testament OF
Love the Bible then and keep It as the
apple of your eye.
In the Bible VIC can fud all the different
phases Of the human heart and IN no other
book VIII We find them more perfectly re-
corded, because no other author knows the
ways of the human heart as well as God
who looks into the depths thereof. In
moments Of trial We can find 10 the Bible
source OF strength; in times OF despair
We can hud therein everything to en-
courage and all us with hope, and even when
suffering the remorse OF sinful life we
can turn to the Bible and find on its holy
pages way to repentance. Never has
any other book been written which 50
clearly mirrors the reflections Of the huma n
being and which shows to us so clearly the
wages Of sin and the rewards Of virtue.
From the Bible you viii get wisdom from a
true master, and you will learn, too, that
the only true life TO lead is the one your
Creator points out.
In the Bible you will hnd truths that are
very old, but you will find also truths that
are consolinGly new. The human heart mas
heen the same since the DAYS of Adam
and II We want 10 know the causes of its
wanderings, its sorrows, its joys, we must
nave recourse TO that everlasting book In
which Is recorded the ways Of things hu.
man Ny dear brethren. do not ignore the
tioy Book, do not laugh at It, Keep IL
sacredly and deyoutly. Do not read It In
ence. Do not read II out OF mere curiosity.
because a thing 50 sacred should not he
treated In a hippant way Hold IL In raw
erent regard and God Will reward You for
the respect shown 10 His holy word
II we love Jesus we ought surely love
the. Bible. because all through the sacred
text we ind foreshadowtng of the spirit
ot Jesus All the sorrows and trials Of the
CHOSEN servants OF God ss recorded in the
Bible foreshadows the sorrows and trials
OF Jesus; all the wisdom and kno-vIedre
but the reflection Of His great mind In
Job we ind the patience Of Jesus fore
ShHdoWed to certain degree: in Isaiah and
y ysllI.n the woes ana sorrows which were
me portion NJ Jesus on earth: In the Psalms
OF David r resemblance Of the true heart
eunesS which Jesus so admirable mani
IeSted Again 1t Is In tka Billie that We
muu me record " all His works II tells
US OF ms great heart. great mind preat
SOUL how His generous heart feit tee,Ir
1ne sunerings Of humanity. how His lumi-
nous mind opened up new realms az
InogSht how He hresthed ont His great
spirit unon the cross where he was nailed
= Ilcum ar mans unjust hatred. In thc
history NJ the human race tho Nrurn ~
desus stands alone. lust as In tho realms
! 81 literature His holy word~-thc Ribje.-
n,hhnu UNIQUE. For no other great man
apored and sorrowed go pstIenfIv taiioS
50 miserahlv. won SO eioriousIv dIsS sa
Christ ''uN''' rs Jesus
II Truly, my brethren, II We regard the
holy Bible with true Christiop rore-o, on
The wisdom Of Its sacred nsgcs III, s,'raJg
eng us TO Jesus Our holy church does MT
wish ~ make the Bible sealed booI,. gbo
u continually striving 10 incuicate into The
deSI N OF her children the lessons Of wis
r. ana morality found therein. Rut re.
member, as Christ came Tor tha fam ~ Ia
tne rlsc OF many. 50. too. NAV the RIM
| ne Tor the fall and rise Of many w. piu y
cbri.+ were doomed who mlslnternretsd
iIttst' 50 too' many NAV he doomed Nh "a
nlsinterpret the sacred word M a. no !,
upon themselves to follow false $500 49, u