Arizona republican., 1899-02-19

motto is simply for man in regard to
 sex. Character is q greater tning than | gender. A mothers heart and influ- enCe Rt home is unutterable and ins7ti- mable, it's height and depth, length
 and breadth have never been sounded.
 God pity the boy or girl Whc has no
 mother, or worse than nOne-for there
 are such; it was well said by the good Matthew Henry, 'fThe worst orphans are those who have wicked parents alive" Like produces like, and 2ll in fiuence good or lad makes an eternal | imprint on thought and character.
 Are you only a weak woman? So was
 Florence Nightingale and Elizabeth
 Fry and Dorothea Dix, and so are
 thousands of noble women whose names the wcrld has never heard. "Re strong in your determination to bless the world in your loving labors where ever yCu may be-
 My brother, are you afflicted with some physical disability? So was Will liam II. Prescott, gr0ping on in semi blindness. amid stern difficulties which would have crushed a man less reso- lute; till at last he won through his tOric pages worldwide fame and influ- ence. Some Of the worlds greate5i orators, also. made Wretched failures
 
 mosthenes, Beaconsfield Bismarck and Webster are cases of weakness becom- ing strength. and success arising out of failure. Therefore, be strong and show that you are 2 man who can ever come your difficulties.
 TRUE SOURCE OF STRENGTH AND
 ITS FAR ACHING EFFECTS.
 We are to make the most of this life y1 T GI CrI, h.o- 4 that were the end, incidentally gooG as it is, but chiefly because it all is to have it's effect in a larger, higher sphere, in the life beyond. God has designed us fer better things than this world can give; it's hOnors and distinc- tions are temporal and fade away. Our little systems have their day: They nave their day and cease to be: They are but broken lights of Thee, And thou o Lord, art more than they.
 Let us not make shipwreaks of the life that now is and of that life which is to come. Duty tc god ana duty to cur neighbOrs demands that we be strong and show that We are men, re- membering that Christ made himself Of no reputation and took upon him l the form of a servant" This was the | secret of that holy and wonderful life | Of Nazareth: T am among you as enc that serVeth.''
 This is the way of duty and of op- portunity, and the true road u | strength. Service for others makes a | life divine; 9 strong Ch-ist-like ex- ample we may always cultivate and re- feet showing forth the image and | praise of him who hath called us out If darkness into his marvellous light. And as ycu commune with him your face will shine and your heart be glad IS it changes more and more into the Masters likeness, glorious at first, but more glorious as 1t proceeds toward the perfect day.
 Washington and Lincoln recognized md constantly declared their de 2endence upon the same source Of 3tIer5tl1 that King David recognized; hey kCp1 the charge of the Lord their Sod to walk in his ways.
 The bravest and the best are in the Of the hosts of Cod Forget ng those things that are behind and eaching forth unto those things which Ire befc5e. let Us press t-ward the mark for the prize Of the high calling # Gcd in Christ Jesus. Looking to Jim for pardon, peace, light and power. ct us so frJm glory unto glory, until vc come at last to dwell forevermore T the presence of the king of kings.