El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-21
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sBABIES AND CHURCHES.
Editor Ell Paso Herald:
I notice a letter in your paper sign
ed Humanitarian" with which he en-
closed an editorial cut from Mem
phis (TennD paper, on the subject or
the 5000 babies starving in Chicago, in
which the correspondent makes a plea
for some of the prosperous ministers
to preach upon the subject L would
like to ask the earnest inquirer If he
thinks that the prosperous ministers
of today could give an intelligent So
luton of the problem No man can
give an intelligent answer on the sub
ject unless thoroughly acquainted with
the prophecies of the Bible 1t is there
alone that we can get reliable infor-
nation as to the final outcome of the
situation.
The first thing I wish to say is that
we are in error in believing the
broad and pleasing statement thas
our nation IS a Christian nation. Christ
said. BY their fruits you shall know
them" and this nation will have TO
prove herself by her fruits short
while back I heard a leading physi-
clan say. in his address to an audience
of about 5000 people, that you may
wire Washington, D. c.. that your
horse or cow is seriously i'll and there
would be immediate aid sent, and at
your child is seriously I'll and the tele-
gram would receive absolutely no at
tention whatever. There are white
children here in FL Paso that can not
&c to school because Of the extreme
poverty of their parents, and l dare
say we can receive no aid whatever
from the government in sending them
TO school. yet If they were out of some
indian tribe. our nation would immedi-
Tc iSr 4
say mo. He is not a respecter of per
sens"
Again, in the ancient Kingdoms of
Europe and Asia from as far back as
history records to the present day we
have the claim of every nation that it
is heavenly born We have. recorded
In Daniel. that Nebuchadnezzar the king
of Babylon, thinking that his nation
was heavenly born. set up god in the
plains of Dura, and commanded all
people far and near. old and young.
great and small, to bow down and
worship the image which he had erect
ed. and because three of the children
of Israel refused to obey his com
mandment they were by order of the
chief executive, cast into the fiery fur
mace This image that was set up in
likeness of the invisible god which
they worshiped-
We have the same heathenism in our
land today The Lord commanded us
10 rest the seventh day of the week,
and Christ kept the comma ndments
and nowhere in all the Bible is there
even a hint of keeping any other day.
but in addition to this, he kept the
commandment OF the seventh day and
bids us take up our cross and daily
follow Him. and no person or nation
can claim themselves to be a Christian
unless a follower of Him. but accord
ing to the seventh chapter of Romans.
first to fourth verse, we find that
anyone claiming such is like the mar
ried woman with divorced husband.
Our nation says no. He will set up
a likeness to the rest of God. We will
make the rest on the first day Of the
week and by the over that we have
we will claim ourselves to be even
greater than Christ (for he did not
come to change the law of God but
to fulfil IT'D and compel the people by
the laws that we make to rest on the
first day of the week" Tell me,
which is the difference in the rest
image that our nation has made and
the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar
set I'D on the plains Of -Dura?
Do not ask the prosperous minis
ters'' for any Information that must be
had from the Bible because it seems
that most of them as well IS the ma
ton. follow the 9ib'e as far as ii
pleases them to do 80. heard i noted
evangelist less than three weeks ago.
in this city. stand and call every
Christian in that audience of about
$500 people to their feet on an oath
or vow that they would hereafter live
better Christians, and hundreds of Dco-
pie responded to the call and no doubt
that minister knew that he was re-
questing the people TO break a positive
command of our Saviour. Matt.
5:33-36.)
In addition to this we have in Sec
ond Timothy, S:1-5, a condition of an
existence of IS different sins that
would be tolerated in the churches.
The fifth verse states positively that
1t is a people having a form of godH-
ness" Therefore it is an undisputed
fact that it is in the churches. and
the apostle commands from such turn
away" Follow Christ but not socall-
ed Christian or Christian nation