Arizona republican., 1899-05-14
of his high government among men, the Books of History. Then we have the
 BOOKS OF DESTINY.


 the Books of History.
 Then we have the
 BOOKS OF DESTINY.
 They are frequently referred to n the Bible We are told there is the Book of Life, in which our names are to be written. Would you not like to be able to turn to that Book of Life today-to creep up into heaven, just for a minute, up to the recording an ge.'s desk, and turn ever to the letter that begins your name, and slip your hand along and see if your name is written in the Book of Life?
 The Book of Destiny, why is it called the Book of Life? Because religion is pre- eminentIy the rehgilin of life. Ritschl, the great German theolOgian, says the great trouble with the mod ern church is that it does not magnify life as it shCuld-that we do not preach the beatitudes as we ought to preach them I am sure we do not practice them as we should. Could we begin as a community to live the life of the beatitudes, there would be such a change come over our land as would surPass the power of tongue to describe CT Of thought to grasp.
 Now friends, that is just what re- ligion means. It means life. Instead of it we have substituted a creed, an altar, legends and traditions. It means life, and that is the one thing we find most hard to understand and to real iZe; and yet 1 pray you to try to get more and mere into sympathy with our Lords thought and make his re- ligiCn to be our fife. and you will never regret it, for tha5 life means peace. 1t means transcendent happiness.
 AUTHENTICITY
 We sometimes debate whether a book is authentic, but when God prints His memoirs and when he reveals His history, and shows us the Book of Life, there will be no disDuting, no question of the genuineness of those three volumes.
 There was a man the other day that went into a shop with an old manu- script to sell. He said it was an old enc certainty it was papyrus-and it was very old and yellow. There was an old man present who looked very much like the manuscript-he was musty and he was yellow; and while he noticed the scholars were in ecsta- cies oyer the cid book, this expert just took the manuscript in his hand, rub bed it between his fingers, held it up to the light, and then said: Ut won't do, gentlemen, the paper is modern All the arguments of the rascal went for naught; they counted for nothing.
 1 tell you, when Gods books are published there will be nc doubt about them. The eternities will have left their water mark Cn those pages, and you can tell where they came from.
 With what expectancy do we look for the coming of those new books? When Gladstone wrote a book it used to be announced in advance All the scho1- ars and booksellers sent in their or ders, the whole edition seemed bought up before it was printed. Do you know that you and 1 may have just as much expectancy and feel as profound an interest when the day comes and the Book of Remembrance shall be published, and the Eclok of / History and the Book of Life?
 And do you knew the interest will center in a monosyllable? For while We look to see our whole lives tram scribed, and all our doings written down, tc' see Gods favored comment, there is one word, and if that enc word is not presented in Gods books, we will be overwhelmed with confusion. That one word is Yes" Let me ex- plain myself by telling you a brief story.
 $250,000 FOR A MONOSYLLABLE.
 We had a famous lawyer in this country, William M. Evarts. He was regarded as especially competent in giving legal decisions, and his opinion was very highly valued. Now the story is told of a rich corporation that had just become involved in a legal struggle, and they sent their attorney to MT. Evarts, saying: If you will give us your opinion in this case we will give you a check for $250, 900. Our case is thus and thus; the law, I think, is thus; now have I the right inter- pretatiOn, and shall 1 win the case on that interpretation? ?" MT Evarts bowed his head and thought seriously for few moments, and then he simply said Yes That was all The attor- ney thanked him, and the next day MT. Eyarts received the check. Two hun dred and fifty thousand dollars for a mCnosyllable. But never forget what was back of that monosyllable There was embedded in it all the vast learn ing of thought and experience. It meant everything.
 o, my readers, the Book of Life and Destiny is open. There is more in volved there than $250,0 The Lord III heaven is appealing to you to make the most Cf your life, to let come into it the light and the beauty of heaven, to let all that is great and noble stir in your soul It brings upon you fan answer. Happy the man who will say yes, for ''his name shall be written in the Lambs Book of Life and the glory Of the Lord be his f0rever'