Arizona republican., 1899-01-01

by sc danominat:ng them, for they aa cept and rather delight in the title. In their estimation life is no w0rtl | living. They d1 net all feel free to pU
 an end to it themselves. but in mlnner word and action they indicate that they arc heartily sick Of the s.- uggle, ant would gladly welcome the termination | of a jCyless, weary and mOnCtonOus eX
 istence, in which misery is their To. ant portion, and the rest of mankind seen tl-t them like children playing ann ne the grass and fallen stones of .. grave yard.
 It doss not occur to persons of thi:
 gloomy turn what a very narrow ant selfish interpretation they put upon thf
 work of the creator wfl9 9n they nurse
 their wees and, if I may s0 express it
 glClat over misfOrtuhes as a peculiar
 heritage Of their own. Is pain an insol-
 uble myst tery? Has it nc place in the
 divine economy? Has it no influence t
 soften and subdue, to develop symDa- thy? ThrCIgh it suffering humanity bs+ comes an object worth living for. eEe1
 were no other happiness possible, and
 in minissering to grief all about us t.27
 morbid sense Of sorrow will ma us cure and it's recompEnse.
 Contrast with the two views thus briefly outlined the meaning and melh- cd of life as gathered from th9 inspired word Not but that on its pages the op- tim;st and the pessimist may each ma his prototype; for scripture is. a record Of human nature as it is, as well as euide in all that it sh-uld be. Not every description of conduct is held up fc1- imitation; we must distinguish be- tween warning and examDle, between Illustration and pattern. NCr is every man to be our model of whom at one +ima or another it is said 'he pleased Cod" Until we reach, in order Of h S tcry. the Goldman, we do not find per fectiCn of character nCr a c~mplefe e model in any one individual, but are to choose those lineaments and traits that combine to produce a life well pleasing to God.
 Our text is an argument and encour- a agement for the due fulfllment CT ccH- men duties-cf husbands and wives, parents, children and se1vants-and as an expression Of the true Chr s ian phl- lC7soplny of life it is worthy to be mem oried for frequent reference.
 As we see here some of the ooInse's to cnei who values lifs at something like it's true worth, let them Ee cur as- for the year which, by God , grace, hes opened upon us, and l5t the second day or the last find us pr2ct S ing them.
 To love life and to reap the blessed results Of a right use Of this gift cf Him who put us here fir a purpose involv5 5 an effort of the will covering the whole field Of moral actions, personal and so- cfal. Manhctcid and wcmanhood em- ployed in worship and in charitable or common acts done lovingly and joy fully '.in His name" are the hign-st form Of Gods external glCry known to us.
 That it lies in Inc powcr of the hu- man will either to make O. urmaka any part of that glory may seem strange, but such is the fact. And this thought, if il does nothing more, mus help US to. realize the dignity and inn pCrtancs of life-tha5 every act of u1- cleanness is a, dcseccaticn cf what is holy, WCrsc than the destroying of temple; that anger, intemperance, gut tony, are not merely folly, but sin; that pride and envy are hindrances that may