El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-11

mating. unseen and pOwerless He who
/ offers this as a reason fer not attend
ING NAV be Justified. but woe unto -he
1 organization of which It can be truly
| said. 1t will be more tolerable for
SOdoam and Gomorrah' than for such a
! church.
0verworked Weather Excuse.
Now let Us consider some of the
J things people try to pawn of as reasons
but which really viii not stand the test
Of truth. We begin at she most com
monty used one. the poor old weather
excuse which has been used and misused
l'until like the Gibeonites, It = tattered
and torn to shreds- It's either too hot
or too cold. too wet OF too div. Once in
great while 1t may be storming enough
10 prevent us from going put that IS
very seldom the case. And If so, were II
Monday we would manage 70 ret TO
work regardless of the weather. Wen
20 through fire and water Tor money
( but viii allow the least inconvenience
70 keep us from suffering hardships like
a good soldier Of Jesus Christ.
Another favorite with some who could
/ dance til morning. Is. Its too far TO
the church and it lust wears me out ev-
ery time l try. No wonder. If you'd
save that energy seifishlv wasted in
the devils ballroom where Won have
travelled literally miles and miles on the
night before the regular Sunday service,
YOU wouldn't get tired so quickly. Too
Tar. Not in this dsv Of paved walks
and streets. with autos and street cars
IN abundance That old excuse Is out
of date now. my friend. Did YOU know
that there are people IN heather lands
who have been known TO walk from 80
TO 100 miles 10 hear the same gospel
preached
Did YOU ever hear lazy people quote
scripture as an excuse Tor not going 10
church. Saying that the Sabbath is a
day Of rest Just a. though attending
church was Ike having bricks or making
boilers all day long. OF course. Sunday
Is a dav of rest; but sleeping isn't the
only way 10 rest For instance. I can
rest nv ewes after close Of work BY look
ing OFF at some distant view. And so
our souls are rested and inspired bv
coming together for part of the Sabbath
and worshipping God and getting dis
tant vision of the glory world and of the
real meaning of life. Not only so. but
It has been proven essential to spiritual
life. this weekly communion with God:
or else well become so absorbed in the
things of this life that we win forget
there Is a God.
A Tightwad Excuse.
A much used one among tightwads II
the financial excuse. They can't afford
TO pay the preacher and Ii they 90 they'll
be embarrassed. Or sometimes after
services when a collection has been taken
You can hear a couple Of them discuss
ing matters and you'll hear one OF them
say, Why ! thought salvation was free.
but 1t sure don't look like It to hear
that preacher beg for money! OF
course collection fs
be willing to pay the freight on it. at
least.
But some people are such miserable
misers and spOnges until they can't see
the real help they are deriving from the
influence of the church whether they
are Christians or not. They nav taxes
to build good roads, TO keep up public
hospitals, homes for the poor. insane
asylums. iails, etc. but when it comes to
helping on the very Institution that God
has made to prevent the cause and pro-
vide a remedy for the conditions that
make these institutions: poor houses.
asylums, iails and hospitals. necessary.
they can't or wont see the need and /
will DENY themselves the JOY of saliva |
ton rather than shoulder their part of !
the responsibility financially.
Then some say they are too poor to |
dress well enough. That others viii |
make fun Of their clothes if thev come. 1
The trouble with them Is that they are 1
too proud to be dressed IN plain clothes !
and can't stand to see others dress bet !
ter If you can't come together and |
worship God in plain clothes, YOU can't !
DO any better in fine ones. because God |
doesn't want your fine clothes but your
heart L have heard that in some of the
irst churches people who do not dress
IN the latest fashions are snubbed. God /
pity the poor, proud, ignorant, high |
toned folks who haven't any more sense
than to think that God wants to look
at pretty dresses on Sunday. regardless
Of the lives of those who wear them.
\ wife saws. Il would come. but nv
husband won't come with me Wen.
now, which Il better, two vacant pews