Arizona republican., 1899-04-09

1--WE. ittt e. H. iiS''' ~ ll' . >
Ii3e tha same phase 10 d=actihe their
intention Of locating a little farther On:
and these. ia turn. reaching their ne"
! homes. still ind men going West
/ When at length one stands on the
sho-c o. The blue Pacific, he hears Ike
expressions on The lips CT Voya8ers 30
! the setting sun.
Where is the west? Does it dwell on
! the shores OF the yellow MISSISSIPPI?
/ Has il made itself q nest in the mac
/ ccasible crags Of the R0ckies? Does it
/ hide Itself in some mystic island Of the
/ great sea? The west is always farther
/ on. And where is the east? Just as
far from us as the west. And the dis
lance between east and west is the dis
/ lance Cod can remove our transSres-
/ si0ns from us-th0se transg- eSsions
whose recollection smitas the heart As
with . scorpions sting, which overcast
/ life a with a pail which Kill all self
respect. and make enc feel as though
he were 10 more worthy The love al IN"
good aad pure Bat when God for
gives, thencefoY'Hard The sinful soul
may stand up redeemed. free to lock-
the archanSels in the race without i
blush.
That no living thing ever absolutely
RECEIVERS from vital injury IS a fact
DOlIG OltC ny Sc4GI00. W ny - -
VeyOr blazes a young tree to mark 4
pain or boundary hne, ne KNOWS 11N5 tll III. = =
grow as the tree may, live so long as it
may, the mark Of she axe vii forever
remain in its heart. The ineIace25le
traces of the wound can even be &c
tected in the bark by Z skilful woods
man generations after. There would
be but one way entirely to remove the
injuFy-by making the tree over again.
TIE soul is more Susceptible 70 II
jury imam any material lnlng' a41u' ONCE
injured, no earthly power can restore
IL 70 health. forgiveness Oh SIN re-
CURES that the spiritual nature, deep
~ wounded by SIN, be Il-G9 over new
and whole. That can be dons on.y Dy
Him who created the soul. Small won
der the Jews found fault when Ghrls1
said to the tparalytic: Son, thy sins
be forgiven thee The miracle OF
Il 2ling was no. 50 great in their eyes
~ the miracle OF forgiveness, and they
We're night when they said: N~le DuJ
God can forgive sims.
But let Us go one round higher on
this golden ladder of inspired thought.
AS 4 father pi5ieth his children, SO
the Lord pitia-h them that fear linn.
That God IS our fathe- we nave known
from infancy. Yet It was not always
50, in the earliest timc5 men dW3I5
largely Cn the might and power and
wrath CT God. As TIE time went on
and the lisht OF truth became mo
clear, We find the ps2Gnist comparing
Him 10 = father: and when Jesus came
he said, call him Our Father and
made it possible for US to enter into
the full relationship Of children.
Rising unusually early che winter
morning. the desire came TO ms to
watch the sun rise, and I climbed to
The curola OF ny home and stood in the
chill air waiting. The earth was Gov
cred with q mantle Of snow: the t-aV-
ems were dark above; in tna far east q
streak CT gray announced the coming
day. The Ii2iat br0adeDcd and deep
enad to a faint flush. then 10 red, final
y burning with d fiery hue IS deep rs
bleed. Upward shot the glorious
beams. transforming the clouds into
long bill0ws and ridges Of crimson
fame still hiSha ascendod the rays
Of light until above my head the clouds
were all aiame. Yet onward sped the
Isn't till the very west was agICW and
t'he whole heaven abllZe with crimson.
1t looked as though a mighty king had
flung his crimson mantle ever the
world. Then. in silent majesty. rose
the sun: the night had ended. the day
had comet
So with the coming CT tle Son of
Gcd into 5he world. came in it's fuIness
the truth OF Gods fatherbccd. Grad
ually On the d8rEeuad minds OF men
had diawned the splendors of the most
splendid truth-that GCd is CIR loving
father, and that enough Christ we
have become his children. This is the
greatest thought ever SPOKEN t., tne
world, and it Was 50 uttered that eVerV