El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-06
HUNDRED PERSONS GIVE HANDS
To EVANGELIST JOHN {. BROWN
Volunteer to Guide Converts Along the saWdust Trail
to Salvation; 'HighbroW Can Bit Hell as Hard as
the LoWbrow Preacher Says; Call on AL to
Get Vision Of God, Like Isaiah.

GET Tow many are willlngto say with
llIsaiah. Here an 7. send me- How
many official members OF churches
and teachers OF Sunday schools VIII
come up here. take me By the hand
and say. Brother Brown, I've let the
standard down. need TO raise 70
again and get on higher ground ?" IN
these words. evangelist Brown issued
his first call on Friday night 70 his
congregation iu the union tabernacle,
and a hundred men and women came
down 10 the front. while the choir
sang an old hymn They are TO be the
vanguard. the church people to lead
sawdust TRAN - Christ and salvation.
said the preacher
Text from Isaiah VI.
After the usual song service. and
the taking OF the collection, Rev. J. u.
Langstou led IN prayer and 1fr- and
Mrs =. r. slower sang q duet. he
Did Not Die IN Vain" The text was
from the sixth chapter OF Isaiah
I'm the beginning OF the chapter he
says. In the year king uzziah died
I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne
he was in the temple when this vision
came. and people are more likely TO
get a true vision OF the Lord IN the
Il they were visiting hahituauy places
that are a thousand miles away This
vision OF the Lord with the train o.
angels and serphlru made profound
impression on the receptive mind Of
the prophet Isiah would have passed
the board o. trustees OF any church in
FL Paso. and would be counted a good
man in the cream OF earth's best re-
ligious circles, but when be got q VI
sion Of GOD In HIS purity, the old SOL
der and preacher broke out in des-
peration, Woe Is me, Tor 7 am undone.
because 7 am a man OF unclean lips.
for mine eyes have seen the Lord Of
Hosts
Get Vislon OF God.
THAT WAS the secret OF Isaiah's
abasement The reason SO many peo-
pie are satisfied with themselves As
because they have never had vision
OF God, OF anyone greater than them
selves. Isaiah had heard OF God. had
studied. God, had lived right. but now
he saw Him and, IN q lash. all his
goodness faded away and he abhorrad
himself The world sim has its great
crowd Of people who have heard of
God bit he Is Ear away dim shadow
and their own pictures are so much
closer that they fail 70 read them
selves az true value. Even highly
cultivated and educated people fail to
see Cod. and. therefore. with no vision
brow standard
The high brow can hit he'll Just
as hard as the low brow. It's not
your head God wants. but your heart.
Isaiah set out on q system Of cleans
ing ano II you VIII follow I'D the
program he set for himself you VIII
find that it VIII cleanse any man or
woman Of this day.
self Righteousness ELIMINATED.
40 the old prophet wasn't bad.
but he was seeing himself IN the light
Of Gods purity and be had all the
self righteousness knocked out OF him
The SELF righteous nan is always the
one who knows least about God. Ask
him. Then the old man with q vision
confessed The whole affair looks
Ike New Testament way OF coming
through By way OF the Methodist al
tar. Anf way. Il shows Cod has a.
ways been true 70 Himself What
happened ueZtl Why. he was cleaused.
There was a good deal OF j. IL Job
when he first started out, but. YOU re-
member, before the devil was through
win ululs and when JOB got q vision
OF God. he dropped his ego overheard
and remarked. empharically, = am as
no account as they make en- 1t
makes a great deal Of difference how
Big you are L yod have anything
worm while 20 compare yourself with.
or course, j YOU stand up by a back
slider nEpocrl-e or rake, you VII
loom fairly bright and you VII ret
that disease called big head and 70
looking Tor a number eleven hat But
brother, the man who stands uD be-
side Jesus Christ VII fail On his own
estimation, and in falling viii really
besln 70 become great The nearer
we get % God the mors we talk Of
his glory and the farther We drift-
the mora we talk OF ourselves
scamdalmonEer G Curse.
Two steps axe necessary % get
rlsht with God First repentance,