Arizona republican., 1899-01-20
PINNEY & ROBINSON,

1 of his disciples turned and followed | Him. When Jesus saw them following
 He addressed them in the words of the text, What seek vel? They replied,
 Master, where dwellest thou?' and He
 said, Come and see. They followed
 Him that day and they continued to Follow Him. There were people in those days who had strange motives in
 seeking Christ. Some wanted to see a
 sign. They hoped they might see Him cast out a devil, and probably see what the evil spirit looked like Others
 wanted to see Him cure leper or per form some other wonder, and they were disappointed in their seeking.
 "A second class thought He was go- ing to establish kingdom and they
 sought Him in the nope that they
 might share in the spells. Men then
 were just as anxious as now to get of flee, and many followed Christ hoping to be prime minister or some other high official.
 Then there was a third class who
 sought Him because other people did. When the crowd cried Hosanna, they
 shouted themselves hCarse, and a few
 days later they were among the most enthusiastic in crying, Away with
 Him! Away with Him.' There were some who sought Jesus in the hope to entangle Him with the law, and in the
 end to put Him to death. Others had
 no higher motive than to share the loaves and fishes. They had heard
 their friends tell about His miracle in
 making the few loaves and fishes feed
 the multitude and they were anxious
 to be fed in that way, too, so they fol-
 lowed Him; but they did not get much.
 A few like the disciples mentioned
 before sought Him for what He is, and
 they were not disappointed. This was
 hundreds of years ago, but do you think
 human nature has changed much?
 People are very much the same today.
 Strange motives brought people
 here tonight. Some came to hear $he
 music. They heard Professor Towner sing, Paul and Silas.' last night and
 they thought perhaps he would sing it again tonight and they came to hear it.
 Now they are bored and wish they were out of here. They would leave if they could get out wfthou. being seen,
 but they can't, and I have them for once. 1 once knew man who hadn't been at religious service for over twenty years, and he thought it must be great sight to see several thousand empty chairs. So he went to the hall and as soon as the door was opened he rushed up to the platform to look at the empty chairs. Then he sat down on the front seat to see what would follow. I like them on the front seat Although he came to see the empty seats, he became interested, was con- verted and went away happy man.
 But there are some here who didn't n hn empty chairs, but the;r wives kept nag ging at them until they promised to come once. Well, I'm glad they think so much of their wives. And I suspect that scattered here and there through this room are men and women hunger ing and thirsting for righteousness, | and they'll not be disappointed in com ing tonight, and this brings me to the second part of my text, which is found in Isaiah 55:6: Seek ye the Lord. while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near How are we going to seek? Indifferently? God doesn't save the indifferent seeker; it ] is the earnest one that finds salvation. l I once said to a man, DO you want to be Christian?' and he replied, I have no objection. Do you suppose that man found Christ? Let us seek God as an invalid seeks health, or a miner -eeks gold, or a politician seeks fame. They're not asleep CT indifferent, and let us awake and seek God with the whole heart and see if we don't get into the kingdom of God. A man once said to me, I have been seeking Sod forty years, and haven't found Him yet I said I didn't believe him, for man never sought God for forty years, forty weeks or even forty min utes but He'd be found. He won't be found With head-seeking but must be sought with the whole heart. If I were to say to you that when I came in this afternoon I had a valuable diamond and when 1 left the room I did not nave it, as I had lost it in the room md would give $10,OOO to the one who returned it to me within twenty-four hours, how many would seek fer that stone. No one would hear another word of the sermon; the ministers would begin to look around, and the choir would cast eager glances at the floor, and every one in this house would be anxious to begin the search. l All the policemen in Phoenix couldn't ;lear the building I'd tell you to go home, perhaps your folks would get nervous. You'd say, Let them be nervous for a few hours and if I get that $10,000 I'll find a way to quiet ueiI nerves. Anu so you WOuI1 hunt, 1 not caring what was said about you. or hCw you looked, just so you got that reward
 NOW, my friends, isn't eternal life worth more than s1OOOO? Think how ve value natural life If we begin to ose in health we sacrifice everything regain it. But what is life in this | world worth. anyhow? Every city has ts hearse and it's cemetery, and life | is but a sort of perpetual funeral pro- eession. I want you to lift your