El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-18
FEW HYP0GRITE5
IN THE CHURCH
John Brown breaches tC
Methodists on Ancient
Sin of Excuses.

The more 7 work in and study the
church, the more am convinced that
there are practically a very few hy-
pocrites in the church. said John FL
ward Brown Wednesday night at the
tabernacle. There are a world Of
! failures there. but OF those who start
out cold bIoodedly and maliciously 10
deceive, there are not many
I wednesday night was Methodist
might and the Methodist bodies Of the
city met at the Central Baptist church
and marched 10 the tabernacle in a
large delegation, the following bodies
being represented First, Orchard
Park and Houchen settlement Netho-
/ dist Episcopal and Asbury. East FL
/ Paso, Efde Eddington institute. High
land Park, Lydia Patterson institute.
/ and Trinity Methodist Episcopal
/ South.
/ A nursery is in full operation at the
I Central Baptist church each evening.
] where mothers may bring their small
I children and leave them with Gssur-
I ance OF the best OF care, while the
I parent goes TO the service Mr. Brown
/ overheard woman say that she 1elt
I she could not 80 10 the tabernacle
AAa-H HAaAsaa AHsa--asN VA A-HA -shN Ha-H-aNHaH
and he said he wanted il widely
known that none need stay away on
/ that account II the good women are
willing 10 take care OF the babies. the
least you can do he told his audi
euce, lis TO furnish the babies" There
Z were six babies in the nursery Al the
T last session
Other Churches Tonight.
Tonight viii be Presbyterian and
I Christian church night. Rev. c. i.
u fNrraraHHanH id NLaMmaEMn-r chr
reason Of sickness or absence Of va
rious other pastors IL looked as if he
would have 10 father the whole dele
cation tonight AID he described some
OF his experiences in revival cam
palgns 20 prove that he could do 81.
Thursday morning Mr.. Brown gave
his morning talk on who is the
Light Of the WorldgT Airs. +. 3
slower had her business women s
luncheon from IL 10 2 This after
noon Mr.. Slower viii meet the boys
and girls at the tabernacle AT
o'clock. Ar. Browns subject tonight
VIII be, The Biggest Fool i'm Fl
Paso." Friday morning at 10 o'clock
ne viii speak at the tabernacle on
The Heavenly Vision" Mrs Slower
viii have her luncheon for business
women Friday from II to al. the
First Presbyterian church, An ap-
preciated number wednesday night
was Mrs. Stoyer's singing Of From
Every stormy wind That Blows,
with accompaniment by the choir.
Excuse Making, Old Sin.
Dir. Browns text. which he said
was applicable 70 the present crowd
and this city, is found in Luke xiv. is:
And they all with one consent be-
gan 10 make excuse The sin Of eX-
cuse making, he said, was one Of the
oldest, COmmOnest and blacklist Of old
sins. When God demanded an ac-
counting from the occupants Of the
Garden Of Eden, the man said FIX
cuse me, please, there is the respon-
sihle one. the woman thou -aVest
me-" The woman said. Il beg you
VIII excuse me and see the serpent. as
he is the guilty one
You remember how a certain man
made great feast and sent his SER
wants out TO tell the invited guests 20
come on, that all things were now
! ready One Of the men they went TO
said Tell your master I'd love to
come to his feast; there's nothing in
I the world I'd like better, but I've
Z Just bought a yoke Of oxen and /
have 10 start breaking them That
] reminds me of a time / preached on
this line un in New Mexico. one 1T
{ tie sister heard me and went home
and looked no the parable and then
3 Up that parable and II never said
word about those oxen baking
3 She caught me redhandedi
Says Same Old Lies Serve.
However much we have adv9ueed
/ in the matter of OK carts ana ?, Oh.
we haven't advanced much I'm the
matter Of lies. The same Old lies are
doing duty these days that served
: centuries ago. And now. just as then,
the table is spread, all things are
ready and the door IS open. I'm rot
asking YOU TO a funeral; I'm invit Tx
YOU TO a feast, II you don't want to
! come. saw so. Some Of these days
I you're going 70 ask TO he excused once
! too often and God will excuse you
what is q hypOcrite2 Some men
think that If YOU take the VOWS Of
the church. holy and sacred as they
I are. and don't keep them all all the
time you're n hypOcrite. Tn not
Z throwing off on the lodge. but here
/ IS q lodge which has vows 20 times
] stronger. il possible. than the church
I How many Of YOU lodge members
/ could conFcieutiously stand up and
saw that you had kept All your vows
/ faithfully The feet Is man o.
I woman who falls short Of his IDEALS
I who falls to kaon the letter m an bis
vows. is not "a - nocrite. A hvporrite
I rs tho one who alfrerately enrcrs the
] church ana Ure- it rs q mack a1i
0'o7i- To- h7-a deei~ns and of these
the Gro v0rv few
} You can just put II down that II