Arizona republican., 1908-08-17
AT TER GODS OWN HEART
 HE WHO Is IN TIME
Subject of Morning Discourse by
 Pastor of Baptist Church of Mesa.

"Out of Tune" was the subject of
 morning discourse by Rev. c. Sid lney Maddox, pastor of the Baptist church here yesterday. A large and Iattentive congregation assembled to hear the sermon, the church being well filled.
 Psalm 51: Have mercy upon me, IOh, God according to Thy loving kindness; according unto the multi Itude of Thy tender mercies blot out
 my transgressions. For I acknow- ledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me"
 David has come to himself; he sees himself as God sees him, and also as Nathan, Bathsheba, Ithe wid- owed and seduced wife of Uriah, the Hittite condemned him. Nathan's parable like a two-edged sword cuts deep, his condemning finger pointing directly at the king on the throne, and the direct statement. Thou art the man." leaves no doubt in David's mind that he is condemned by both God and the prophet. But as a Man after Gods own heart" his repentant conscience brings him | Have mercy upon me, Oh, God, ac cording to Thy loving kindness; ac- cording to the multitude of Thy ten der mercies, blot out my transgres- sions" For acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever be- fore me"
 David knew when he was out of harmony with God, but old King Saul, like the most of us, he only cursed and swore. God declared David to be after his own heart because he went before God and con- fesed openly his sin. The violin though made by the greatest master on earth has to be tuned. Human lives are constantly getting out of harmony with their fellow men and with their Creator, and need tuning again, that the music of life may be in perfect acord.
 | Once a great music hall was pack ed to its fullest capacity to hear a
 great orchestra, the audience was silent and every man strained to catch the first glimpse of the ar l tist. The curtain raised gracefully and the applause was deafening, but at the first burst of music the dir
 ector's baton rapped for silence and the curtain dropped. No one had noticed the discord, but the master has discovered that a violin was out of tune. The ear of God distin- guishes discord in your life; will you keep in tune with Gods harp cord?
 | It is the individual christian that keeps the Church of Jesus Christ out ! of tune, the sin in the individual man. Each man is guilty of his own personal sin, and create within me a clean heart" should be every mans prayer A huge organ was installed | in a great auditorium and a master was to give a recital, but on his first time to touch the keys of the instru ment he discovered a discord. Run ming along the keyboard, he at last located it in a certain octave the texact note. and after thorough and scientific investigation, it was dis covered that a wire supporting some tapestry was vibrating with this one note. After removing the wire, the sweet tones came once more from ! the instrument that had been in tune with a rusty wire. So many llllhSo Nlbldlt Nlll lHtll llltSt hflg that they sing Hot Times" and Told Hundred" with the same ac- lcompanyment. Where is a man that will tune with God and stay that way?
 Change the dream of me and mine To the truth of thee and thine" We dream too much of self and life of leisure and do not put any Itrustin the realities of Gods grace. God can cure discord. God is an Xious to take your old, dirty, filthy life and wash it white as snow, and make you a new creature. In Him can we trust as with all con- fidence. "The eternal and unchang- able God of our salvation"
 Neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor power, nor things present nor things to come, nor height, nor depth. nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God. which is in Christ Jesus, Our Lord, and Christ says, Come and partake of this life freely"