El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-15
THE HOUR To
BUILD A SAT-.
CLEAN CITY
Rev. J. J. Bullen Quotes
Prophet of Old to Provoke
People to Zeal and Effort
THINGS NEEDED TO
BETTER THE CITY

In his sermon at the Houston Square
Baptist church Sunday night in en-
phasizing what is necessary IF FL
Paso would be a city worth while,
said Il am not to speak tonight OF
the prophet who has risen in the
midst of US provoking the people OF
FL PasO to zeal and effort and lnsplr-
ing us with confidence that the hour
has come for US TO build Sa1e ana
clean city. I wish rather to speak OF
the four things presented by the
prophet Of old. and which viii make
FL PasO the city that it ought 70 be
Mr.. Bullen spoke In part as IollOWS-
The discouraged body OF eNues,
who had returned 10 Jerusalem, were
inspired by the presence OF the prophet
Zechariah who came 10 the city IN the
second year of Darius He spoke en-
cOuragingly to the people and quiet
ened their fears. He provoked them
TO zeal and effort He created conf
dence in their leaders. Thus en-
cOuraged and inspired the mark Of
the brief space Of two years he
struggle over. the city and temple re-
stored almost to completion, the
prophet exhorts the people to practice
the virtues and 70 perform the duties
Of good citizens and to promote the
highest form of civic life. Then he
holds before them picture OF the
kind of a city that shall be theirs
which such a city rests.
ssrhe Hour Has Come
4 am not 10 speak tonight about
the prophet who has risen In the midst
Of US. provoking the people Of FL
PasO to zeal and effort, and inspiring
US with confidence that the hour has
come for US to arise and build a safe
and clean city and of the ruins caused
by a lax, if not corrupt, administra-
ton of the affairs of the city: I wish,
rather, 70 speak Of the four things
presented by the prophet Of old. and
which viii make FL PasO to be the
city that it ought TO be.
Must Be City OF Truth.
IF this would be q city worth while
it must be city of truth. The
prophet said: Jerusalem shall be
called a city of truth This should
be- the character Of the cities of the
that I can hear a multitude Of voices
crying out: That is ideal and not
practical But is is practical,
of God working upon is to take this
ideal and make II real 1t is a sad
comment on what we call modern
civilization that our cities are the
and unrighteousness Of the most mon
strous kind. Deception, dishonesty
and fraud have become a part of the
fabric Of our civic life, until every
department OF II pears the marks OF
the corruptionists hand
QuOtes DepeW.
@Chauncey Depew says: Practical
politics are permeated with the idea
that success is largely dependent upon
pretending that you do not want what
YOU are seeking. and that you are
friendly to the aspirant whom you are
Men of the purest character. who
would scorn to be untruthful or dis
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oerfor pliticians because Of their skill
n untruthfulness and dishonesty.
ssSuDDosinC a preacher had said that.
how he would have been Jumped upon!
Rut these are the sober morals Of a
successful politician and business man;
md If any man in the United States can
ct light in on the dishonesty ard
Corruption Of political life, Depew is
ne Remember. citizens OF FL Paso.
vben politics are corrupt nothing is
ale. The home. the school business.
,ocietv and even the church are not
5afe. for everything IN the community
'eeIs the poison that flows from
.orr11nt political ring that holds q
.ffv in its clutches And we have
~ need to go outside of our own city
n see its blighting and deadening in
1ueDce at work. But for FL PasO to
- a citv of truth, the deceitful and
memorable methods that men make
1se of in order to gain an advantage
,ver the other fellows in trade must
ease.
Il know your methods are applaud /
"A as sshrewd business, and called {
successful finance but it leaves be-
find il the trail Of the serpent. There I
INST be truth in business and in every j
,t6er relation Of life. It was Chau- I
.er who said: Truth is the highest 1
hing that man may keep So. while ]
on live. tell the truth and shame the {
Old Men and Women.
s'If FL PasO would be o city worth 4
While old men and women shall be /
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