Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-14
A Sermonette

selves. prove your W seIveS--Or
know ye not as to your own selves
that Jesus Christ is In you? X. v.
SHOW me thy faith apart from thy
works. and !. by my works. will show
thee my faith" Faith apart from
works is vain-James 2, IS r, v.
What is Religion? Religion Is
mainly and chiefly the guiding OF our
cause amid adverse winds and cur
rents OF temptation by the sunlight
OF duty and the compass Of, divine
truth. the bearing up manfully. wise.
ly, c~ourageously. for the honor Of Je.
sus. our great leader In the conflict
Of life"
Coleriage says: The beginning and
the end OF religion Ia the end OF the
moral nature. And no finer definition
OF the true office OF religion Is Ia
bring out the whole nature OF man In
harmonious activity. w. T.. c.
With these facts remembered. Is It
not time for us TO feel and deplorc
our evils, and find time to amend
themg For: He that lacks time to
mour lacks time to mend. Eternity
mourns that 'Tis an III cure for life's
Ills. TO have no time TO feel them
Think OF her who. at one time. was
a queen Of sin, browning the shame
less brow with diadem OF t%resses, tied
with pearls. She. at least, felt her
life's Ills. and, now most meek, the
proud. pale. Bonded face. the folded
palms, the knees touching the pave
ment, penitcnt and contrite, she laved
her Saviour's feet with her tears, and
wiped them with those tangled tress.
cs, which once were tied with pearls.
and were her diadem.
One OF the pastoral duties Is 10 en-
deavor TO unite his people that they
may work together In happy unity.
A house-golng pastor makes a church.
going people. and, often. Is far more
beneficial 10 them than to call them
up once or twice a week. to be sailed.
For. as a shepherd. he loves and cares
for his flock. The pastor has a sol
emn. often indeed. a critical place to
iii. For. among his people there are
the considerable and the lnconsiderate,
the charitable and The nncharitable.
How easy then. 1t Is for the preacher.
in the pulpit, Internationally to Of
fend one or more OF his hearers!
The people in the pews. therefore.
ought to remember the great Teacher
who spoke az never mar spake:
whose aim was TO win the people
with lessons sweet with loving sym
patty; and yet, He failed to win them
except 4 few poor, ignorant. super.
stitious peasants, perhaps Of the Els
senists. And. was II not his own PEG.
pie that rejected him?
A good course to follow In religion,
a. well. indeed. as In all matters Is
never 10 speak or think evil OF any
one. and v 10 impute q wronf
motive to any who may have spoken
or done you a wrong. for you cannot
possibly know a persons motive I'm
less he makes 1t known. And as we
are supposed. Christians and Jews, 70
be a brotherhood according to the
model OF Jesus. which IN a model In.
tended for the strengthening OF our
faith In, and love for, one another,
and the building Of character.
We shall also say that, notwith-
atanding all that has been and may
be said OF this brotherhood's doctrine,
they, primarily, are intended and
their aim In intended, to promote the
purest moral principles and welfare
Of the people In truth and justice, so.
bernesH and chastity. fortified by the
golden rule as proclaimed by Confu.
cius and affirmed as a correct, gen.
uine truth, by the pure and holy one
the Galilean Jesus. And II his
principles, united with The curriculum
Of our public schools go TO work TO
gether and do the work great good
must ensue for each OF these ~organiza
tions Il Indispensable to the cohe-
and enc of the nation.
Hence. our motto should be--For the
Church and the Schoolhouse
We, the people. are the nation and
10 grow into a better nation than we
are. we need to build better characters.
morally. socially and politically: and
TO become fitted for useful lives In
commercial, mercantile and mechani
cal lines. We must be adequately In.
strucsed for and along these lines
In saying this we do nor exclude the
other noble lines OF the sciences and
the artists, for all noble things are
religious and we are also rightly In.
ciuded In the a~ggregative classes OF
nature. as may be understood By rec.
ollecting whence we are, what we