El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-21
Tee Many Christians Lack Sincerity
Easily Told They Spots Character;
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above all concerns of life or safety,
was what led the followers Of Moham-
! med to sweep onward in an irresist-
! lille conquest of a large part of the
( known world. If we feared God more,
/ We would fear dying less.
Why the Korean Pastor Resigned.
A man from Korea told me this story
! q few days ago, as we were talking of
/ the SOcaQed Conspiracy trial" of
/ Korean Christians by the Japanese. As
! is well known, the Japanese tortured
/ the prisoners most fiendishly, in order
! to get them to confess that the charges
! Of a Christian conspiracy against the
/ japanese government were true. Wild
! with the agonies of torture, some Of
( the men said yes to anything they
were asked The sentiment of civil
iZatiOn forced Japan to hberate 119 of
the Christian men against whom these
] preposterous charges had been con-
cOcted.
Among those freed, after more than
q year IN prison, was the pastor of the
Sven Chun church He arrived home
on Saturday. On Sunday he resigned
his pulpit. His explanation was sim
pie; 4 lied. 7 said that which was
not so, and I am therefore not fit to
be a minister of the Gospel" Friends
demonstrated that the Untruth had
been spoken in the agony of unendur-
able torture He sturdily maintained
ms position. Il could have died
though the trouble was that they
not have lied. Jesus died for the truth.
Paul would not have lied I thereby
denied my Lord, and I cannot stay in
the pulpit" And the resignation was
accepted, a thrilling example to this
church everywhere.
The Sparrow and the Saint.
Some truths are so bedrocked that
they suffice for sage and children
They OutlaSt all PHILOSOPHERS. Like the
love of a mother which can never be
outgrOwn, they serve from infancy to
the grave. They are always the truth
for the time"
Such was the message of Jesus con-
corning the care of God: Are not five
sparrOws sold for two pence? and not
one OF them IS forgotten in the sight
of God. But the very hairs of your
head are all numbered. Fear not: We
are Of more value than many spar
rows. Gods power is only equalled
by his love His majesty is matched
by his fatherhOOd. His loving kind
ness IS made effective by his almighti-
ness.
The objectionable Sin.
IN TINS compact talk to the thrOng-
ing crowds Jesus uttered sentence
which has troubled thousands of SEN
sItIVe saints: Unto him that BIAS
phemeth against the Holy Spirit it
snail not be forgiven" Probably this
point viii create more discussion in
the Sunday school classes than all the
rest of the lesson. Have committed
the objectionable sim cry worried
SplflLSg
Nobody who is worrying about If
has committed the objectionable sin.
The very spiritual sOlicitude itself is
pEOO1 of life The spiritually dead who
give no reaction to the concerns Of the
Scul-they are the ones who should
be affrighted, if it were possible to
interest them at all.
over in Japan noticed, especially |
az the not sulphur springs Of Kusatsu, /
that the lepers were marked with !
polka dots, blackened by the sulphur /
races and legs and arms all showed /
these strange marks. Inquiry revealed /
that the doomed ones had burnt them /
selves with the mOksa plant, in an eff 4
fort to secure sensation. It was the /
deadness of their flesh that they /
dreaded. Any sign of life, even pain, !
would be welcome. So it is with the 1
spiritually dead. They have lost their
teel Of life. No concern about their
present or future state affects them. (
Ihey are almost dead in soul, even S
the Iepers gradually become dead in
body. To be alert to the state Of ones
spirit is the first sign of the presence
Of Gods spirit in the heart.