El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-22
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BI5H0P'5 TEXT.
Audience Of More Than 1000
Hears the Distinguished
Churchman Speak.

An audience Of more than 1000 at
| tended the open air meeting held Non
day night at Cleveland square by
bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, Of the
Methodist Episcopal church When
bishop Hughes arose to speak there
was not a vacant seat in the rows OF
benches and many persons were seated
on the grass. The meeting was one or
the largest OF its kind that has been
held in FL Paso for many months.
Music for the occasion was furnished
by the 10th infantry band Following a
number of religious selections, IN Whlch
the audience Joined, bishop Hughes was
introduced by Rev Herman c. Porter,
Pastor OF the First NJ Z church OF III
Paso-
Brevity CT Life.
Bisho7 Hughes chose for the subject
of his address the 'BreFlly OF Lie ana
Its Unimportance." in the light OF
years, unless a life has been conse-
Grated TO a noble cause
Many Of US" he said, become
obsessed with our own Importance IN
our little sphere We can command and
our commands are obeyed We need
some one to tell us how transient we
are. In 100 years. nay, IN a dozen, we
are forgotten. Our death causes not
ripple, we are snuffed out and olners
Immediately fill the positions 10 Whlch
we thought ourselves Indispensable
"A score Of years ago the most pow
erfUl name in American politics name
that would bring men to blows, was
that Of James c. Blaine I remember
seeing him standing on the balcony OF
the courthouse at Delaware, Ohio. In
his hand he held a telegram. He slowly
read IL and then tore il TO bits There
was a rush and men Scram bled ana
fought to secure the little yellow
l. 81 "a
hand Of the great James G. Blaine
Blaine Forgotten.
But a few years later 7 attended a
huge banquet given TO William Nc
Kinley. The banquet was given by I
members Of the party OF Blaine and II
was held in Blaine's home state At
that banquet the praise was unstinted /
for the leaders Of the party But dur
ing IL all not once was the name OF
James G. Blaine mentioned I pondered |
this and thought, how soon are we |
forgotten
'I attended the funeral of Samuel /
Francis Smith. the man who wrote My /
County. It's Of Thee A year later. on {
the Fourth Of July, 7 stood at his grave {
The simple tombstone rose above IL. /
But. though the author Of Americas I
hymn had been dead but Z
year, there was not one to pause and !
even place a flower upon his grave He /
was forgotten
Gold Brings No Lasting Fame.
Therefore we must become aware 1
Of how small. how transitory we are, I
and we must look for a lasting depos- ]
tory Shall il be fame because OF
-iches2 ask you, who was the great
est man in point OF wealth in Greece
when Homer was wriCinE2 Who was
the richest man when Martin Luther 1
began his great crusader Nay, who (
was the richest man at the time OF the 4
signing Of the declaration of indie
pendence2 You do not know Who ever
ne was, his fame because Of his gold is I
dead
The social life offers even less last
ing fame than the market place Beau 4
3rUmmel IS now but q joke Whether
you poured at Mrs. Jones's tea viii be
IF little moment 20 years hence. The /
school and the nation offer scope for
service. but there is no Institution. no !
movement. no collection Of institutions /
p which is offered the scope for work,
Tor good, for undying fame as in the /
'hurch- It is permanent, IL is builded |
7or all time. Other Institutions are I
born. rise. decay. The church Will be
IN existance when we here are gone /
these hundreds of years The work Of
he church and the workers Of the |
shall endure"