El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-03

Hottest theme that ever commanded
human consideration is the central
| truth of the years study. Man Is re-
lated to God by the very nature "
both beings. The present character o.
this relationship is more lmpor ldII
( than the Mexican question, the SlS!e
of business, the affairs of the non
days, and the problem of getting aiO4iS
with other people. If God bulked larger
In our thinking, the things that as
turbed us in life would bulk smaller
Texas, for Instance.
If we may shake ourselves loose
from the things near and small ana
( take a fearless look at the task OF
organizing human life along the best
lines, we approximate somewhat the
/ genius OF TINS Old Testament history.
Away back there Gods task was 10
develop a people qualified to lead the
world into its highest life. AS we look
over the record it seems, to Judge by
/ our little two inch standards that the
/ underIaklng was full of slumps ana
/ blunders and imperfections
But, be it remem bered. states are not
made by machinery. Take Texas for
/ instance. All that the civilization Of
( the OLD world acquired through labor
Gus centuries is following the Texas
pioneers within a few decades. Where
/ the bison rOamed, within the memory
of living men, the COLLEGE bovs now
( play 1ooIpall. The dug out and sod
/ mousse are being SupDlanted nv modern
! homes of convenience and refinement,
/ such as the poor of the old world
; never aspire TO. The old cow town is
/ becoming metropolis. ANY one with
/ the vision and the spirit OF patience
! can see this wonder being wrought be-
! fore his eyes. Shall we view with less
discernment the making Of this old
Hebrew natiOn2
After God, The Nan.
! For Il months we have been study
] ing. long stretch of history, most of
! 1t IN the terms Of few men. God
first; then man; both are indispensable
to the story. These are the two es-
( sential factors of all history. We may
J supplement the old catechism state
ment, that THE chief end of man is
God, by saying reverently, that the
! chief end of God is man
After considering Adam and Eve and
{ their sons, with a family problem as
] modern as anything in todav's news
papers we studied that great adven-
man who dared to follow his CLEAN.
| All ages are richer for his simple 10y
atty to his vision. Then Isaac 8 mere
! cipher connecting two numerals; and
( Jacob, a crooked stick whom il took
( long years and hard experience to
I straighten. If God could do what he
did with old Jacob, perhaps we are not
wholly unavailable material
Like many a man, Jacob came to his
! real greatness through his children.
3 The most notable fact about him is
/ that he was the father of Joseph.
/ There is comfort for parents in the
thought that, although we may not be
liable to hold the torch high, we may at
( least be able to pass it on to the son
whose arm we have strengthened.
Moses Mad and Meek
/ Quite as today explains yesterday,
! and as tomorrow is needed to make
| clear the meaning of today, so it took
/ Sinai and NebO TO enable US to per
/ ceive the unique significance of the
} schooling of Moses, son Of a slave,
/ protege of a princess. For the great
/ work of delivering the Jews ne was
! trained, and he used his peculiar equip
ment for its highest purpose.
I The loss of his temper is the first
mature act of Moses of which we read
and we cannot help loving him for 1t.
! Hot with Indignation over an injustice,
/ he risked his all to serve the OPP
pressed God send US more men who
dare blaze forth in behalf of truth and
/ Justice and patriotism. in sublime scorn
| Of consequences. That deed drove
Moses to the wilderness, where he got
( 4 discipline which the palaces Of Egypt
Z could not give He learned how to be
meek, and how to wait 1t IS simply
impossible to help men without being
patient
The Good Times Coming.
All the men and events of this his
tory which the Sunday schools have
/ been studying looked forward TO a
Promised Land, wherein the Chosen
PeoDIe" should find their mission Now
we are learning them, the Jordan
crossed, their patience rewarded, the
( land apportiOned, and their national
life assured. The hand of God in II
I all is as clear to us who read now as
Z ever was the pillar Of cloud by day OF
of fire by night. God guides the life
of men and of nations into steadily
lettering conditions. In his scheme OF
things, good times are always coming,
Now the Sunday schools drop the
Old Testament course, and take up a
years study in the life of Jesus. We
/ contemplate him Of whom all the Old
Testament was but a prefiguration
and preparation. The year should be
even richer and more vital than this
u months of studies now ending.