Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-02-13


the bank of the levee and seems to die
in the endeavor, but other drops OF
water follow the first, these make way
for yet others, the current sets in that
direction, and soon the swift, on-rush-
ing flood tears away the embankment
and the raging waters carry wide
spread devastation I'm their path, even
as did the waters of our own Salt river
last week. The first little rill was the
key which opened the door for the
floods to follow. Two brothers, so the
story goes, outlaws, founded a little
village to which they welcomed the
refugees and exiles from the surround
ing tribes. They proposed to enclose
1t with a wall, but when one brother
had built his portion the other in de-
rision leaped over the lowly parapet
and was stricken dead by the hand OF
fratricldal hate But that village was
the beginning of mighty Rome and the
little earth mound was a prophecy of
the Eternal City. A farmer in Seneca
county. n. Y. passing by his wheat
field, noted two or three heads of
wheat in a cluster which seemed to be
larger and better filled than the rest.
He rubbed them out i'm his hands,
sowed the seed the next year and q
man might count steadily for millions
OF years and not be able to number the
grains of Clawson wheat which in a
few years sprahg from heads of grain
which a man could hold between his
thumb and finger. You all can repeat
the shortest verse in the bible. It has
but two words: Jesus wepti" But in
those two words how much there is of
more than human sympathy and OF
love which is divine. In distant land,
thousands of miles from their home,
two strangers were sitting at the gam
ing table fQrgetful of duty. of friends.
of God. Some unwonted sound DIS
turbs them. 1t is the voice of one
singing The melody speaks to them
of home, of mother, of purity. They
listen to the words:
zone swee.ly solemn thought
Comes to me Ger and Ger,
I'm nearer my home today
Than l have been before"
The younger of the two bursts into |
tears. The eyes of the elder grew dim |
Arm in arm they go forth together
go to live a new life, to pledge to each |
other aid and sympathy in battling !
with temptation, to do good and to
distribute rather than to waste their
substance and prey upon their fellow
men; to live to worship God rather
than to worship mammon. 1t is a
little thing. the singing of hymn, but
1t may be made the means of saving
a soul.
"a flower given by one we love.
Is priced far more than sparkling
gems;
A smile, a look a gentle word,
Outweighs the costliest diadems.
Then why should we those trides call
Which make the sum of life. the all II
That man doth live for here below.
And make him joy or sorrow know"
The gospel of our Lord is a great
sospel-great in it's comprehensiveness,
great in its Observation-Disclosures, but it
S also great in it's minuteness and
great in its simplicity not the silly sim
0licity of childishness, but the glorious
of childlikeness. a lily not
ced by it's Maker. Christ condemned II
l fruitless fig tree. God cares for the
;parrows. Let US remember that what
We do must be done quickly and that
God may not give us great things to
10. We can do all things through
Christ. mot by might or by power, but
ny spirit saith the Lord" Waiting to
10 some great thing, we may lose the
of doing anything. Relig-
Gus life begins with the duty nearest
o US. He who would ascend a lad
Ter must begin with the lowest round.
There is no other way to gain the top
Do you recall the celebrated reply of
NJ. Angelo to a friend who visited his
studio after several days absence, and
inquired whether he had been idle. He
Indicated the slight change made in his
work. But these are trifles. Yes but
rifles make up perfection. If we but
axe care of the moments, the hours
will take care of themselves. If VIC
out fill the hours with little kindly
leeds the years will be rich in memo
les of faithful service of the Master
f we improve every opportunity to
give, if it be only a cup of cold water
% weary earth travellers, We shall hear
1t last the welcome: 'Inasmuch as we
nave done 1t unto one of the least of
hese my brethren, We have done it I'M
o me-" One of the thincst things in
he world is sunshine; one of the light
st things is a sunbeam. But what
would we do without them?
In world where sorrow ne'er will
be known,
Where are found the needy. and the
sad and lone;
How much joy and comfort you can
all bestow.
f you scatter sunshine everywhere you
slightest actions often meet the sorest
needs,
FOR the world wants daily little kind
ly deeds!'
Yes, this is the. need of the world