Arizona republican., 1906-10-23

baby boy should die, but their mother filled with faith in God, made a little ark of bullrushes and placed her treas ure into it, placing it in the river where the kings daughters came to bathe There she watched until she was called to exchange the place of mother to nurse, and bring up the little life that she had committed to God. Blessed re- course for a parents heart to have the same God still to whom We may con fide the lives that are dearer than our own, and the tasks that are too hard for us. Beloved, have you covered the heads of our dear ones with the shel- tering wing of a covenant God?
 '2-Faith for our individual choice" By faith Moses when he was come to years. refused to be called the son of PharaOh's daughter. choosing rather to suffer afflicJiOn with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. There comes the time when mothers prayers cannot
 be ubstituted for our own responsi- bility. Then we must act and choose for ourselves. Moses had the benefit of mothers teaching as well as a mothers faith, and when the crisis hour came he was true to the convic- tions instilled into his youthful mind. and he stepped out and assumed for himself the full responsibility of faith. There is a choosing, there is a refus- ing. There is a yes. there is a no. Have you spoken the decisive word Have you said yes to God without re- serve? Have you said no to the world and self and sin?
 '3-Faith separating from the world and making good it's choice.
 By faith he forsook Egypt not fearing the wrath of the king, for he persevered as seeing Him who is iu- visible The time came when the will must become the deed and the choice must be translated into action God may put you to the test, but He will 1 help you like Moses to persevere as seeing Him who is invisible" Just as 1 Pharaoh offered his compromises, so the evil one is constantly trying to compromise, and to lead Gods children into questionable things and even into sin. If he is unable to get us, he theB comes for our children; and we begi.' ! to lower the standard of Christian life ! for the young and consent to a license ! that We would not claim for ourselves. ] Then if he cannot get us he wants our business, our investments our money. He says to not a few. you can have |. the Sunday, but I must have the six !. days of the week" And so millions JOddy are compromising with the devil. What We need most today in the church is what Dr. Chalmers used to call an 100" and 100" religion. that is the broad Scotch for out and out"
 4-Faith appropriating the blood of Christ. By faith they kept the pass over and the sprinkling Of blood lest He that destroyed the frst-born should touch them" All our choices. separa- tiOns and sacrifices are vain until we come to Calvary and reach the sprin- kled blood. What would Jesus do'' is not so much the question until we know and understand What Jesus has done and accept it for our saliva tion. This alone gives us acceptance with God. Never let us get away from the blood.
 5-Faith stepping out and going for ward on the word of God.
 By faith they passed through the Red sea as on dry land, which the Egyptians assayed to do were drown ed.' Behind them were the pursuing foe; before them the trackIess flood. There was no way of escape but the word came. "GO forward" They be- lieved the word and acted as if it were true. and God made it so. So faith must not only accept, but it must act.