El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08

Texts THAT they all may be one, as
thsu. Father, art in me and 1 in thee.
that they also may be one in usi that
the world may believe that thou hast
sent me- OHM 1871.
IRON this text it Is evident that
X Christ desired his followers to
L maintain in this life that spirit Of
unity and love that would reflect to the
world the unity and love which existed
between the father and son
I cannot believe that the followers
Of Christ. in their present divided con-
ditiOn. are manifesting TO the World
the spirit which Christ INTENDED lhey
should Nor do I believe the church
viii ever accomplish its mission, nor
command the respect II SnOulQr until
the party spirit has been cruclIled ana
the followers OF Christ take their stand
upon the high plain OF Christian love
and fellowship TO which Christ pointed
them when he prayed that 'tney ali
might be one"
the evils Of denominauOnalism and the
benefits Of organic uuiOns nor ever TO
attempt to show in how many thlngs we
must agree in order to be able to work
and worship together tremendously,
but merely to note the agreement al
ready existing between the greater
part OF the evangelical churches; with
the hope thai such knowledge viii
stimulate a desire for an even closer
fellowship and 2 more perfect union
All Believe In God.
In the first place we all believe IN
God. We are not among those VINO
DENY the presence Of God In the uni
verse We do not believe, as some
claim, that the heavens above US and
The earth beneath US are the result OF
mere chance We are one in our &C
ceptance Of that statement OF holy
writ which declares that: In the be-
ginning God created the heavens and
We not only agree in our belief Of
the existence Of God, but We agree
also as 20 the various attributes OF MS
nature and character.
we believe God is all powerful We
would scorn TO believe that a world
like this one upon which we nVe, 70
So nothing of the tens Of thousands Of
others, could have been brought into
existence by a being possessed only OF
limited power. Hence, beholding the
wonderful works Of God we are al
one in ascribing unto him unlimited
power
limited power but we ascribe unto him
unlimited wisdom as well We look
out upon the great system Of worlds
and see them moving about IN their
respective orbits, some moving IN one
direction, some in another, some appar-
entity crossing the pathway or It's
neighborinE planet, yet never coll1ding,
never interfering, but each completing
its orbit with such marked regularity
that our astronomers are able to tell
years in advance just when an eclipse
will occur. This wonderful regularity
in the movement Of the planets has led
us to the common belief that the being
who controls them is a being Of unlim-
tied wisdom as well as Of power
Nature Teaches Power of God.
We not only ascribe unto God unlim-
tied power and wisdom, but We ascribe
unto him the attributes Of love- mercy
and compassion Our belief, however,
in these attributes OF the Deity isn't
based upon the same evidence that our
belief in his power and wisdom is based
upon. Nature has taught Us the power
and wisdom Of God. but il doesn't teach
US the love, mercy and compassion OF
God
There are, 7 admit. some things in
nature that would seem to indicate that
God was possessed Of these attributes,
but other things seem TO contradict it
The warm sunshine and gentle showers
Of the spring time nurture into life the
tiny seeds which the farmer sows; and
as he sees the plants expanding and