El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-08

despIse men for giving their second
best 1T must be the best we have got
II must be lamb without blemish." We
VIII give 1t BY putting il on the altar
and burning il up. Its blood shows its
death Without IL is dead we have not
given it Without the shedding OF
9Iood these is no pleasing the great
Goo- and He viii not forgive US unless
We, shed blood. Down deep It was
right What does It mean today?
Language Of City.
we don't talk today on the language
OF the herdsmen- What, in the language
or the city can we say? Can we not
say; NO man lives for himself No
one has a right to be selfish. The best
selves for the sake OF their city They
give their very best. even though that
best brings on absolute exhaustion and
sometimes death. It is better to be
giving Of ones best. there is no good
ness That is what the old version
meant put in present day language.
Take another word = regeneration.
What do We mean by it, II means moth
ing to rs percent OF FL Paso's people
How can we put il in present day Ian
guagef Il seems to me something like
this: We are all conscious Of two ma
lures In Us There are two natures in
US all. One is lower and one higher.
Sometimes we are the prey Of one.
sometimes the prey Of the other IN
less we allow the better one 10 be mas
are so remade that the lower one is
mastered and the higher one is chief,
we know we are falling Isn't that re-
generation?
used to say. and we used TO repeat:
Thou shalt worship the Lord, thy God,
with all thy soul, with all thy heart,
with all thy life" That does not, sonie-
how, appeal to US altogether. What do
We mean by it,
FORGET Better Natures
We all, at times. forget our better
natures. We all forget the real good
that is within US, and then comes a
time when we want rebuilding; when
you are run down physically, the doc
tor advises you to get away and get a
rest, and you get away and be quiet.
physical again.
Spiritually. it is the same We look
at little things, and forget the universe.
We take little measures. and forget
tells US, Gods in His heaven The
spiritual doctor would say, What you
want is to be still for a time: get-a
change" See the universe and the
power behind it After we are still and
quiet, we forget the petty worries and
view
We need a day when we forget the
III and strengthen again our spiritual
natures We need to worship.
II you take all our religious phrases,
I am certain you viii find the meaning
deep down behind them. II you will
read Richard LeGalliene's Religion OF
a Literary Man." you viii find an at
tempt by a literary man to describe
these great dogmas in terms OF the
present. We are just the same men
as We were in the sixteenth century.
Just the same as those who founded
the Christian faith. with the same long
ings and the same feelings. Unfortu-
nately, we have kept the old words.
Recognize Unknown.
Let US recognize the unknown be-
hind The old artists in the middle cen
turtles we're very fond of painting
saints They said, "a saint is different
from most people. and the influence OF
a saint is different How can we make
it look different a good man always
makes it better around him. the bad
man never does" You remember what
they did. They painted a halo around
the head, TO express that feeling.
I believe the work Of our life Is
painting 4 halo around everything, to
see in everything God, to feel every
where God, to feel the divinity OF ev-
erything; as it were. to create a halo
around everything That is the end of
10 make me feel my home has
God in 1t. my office has God in it. my
neighbor Is divine, by city is holy To
see in everything the best. the divine.
When we do that, think that what we
sometimes think is irrehgion will pass
away.