Arizona republican., 1908-12-07
IN THE WAY
 OF THE UNBEL|EVER
The Sermon Yesterday Evening of Rev. Mr. Campbell of the Presbyterian Church.

Last night the pastor. Rev. Henry M. Campbell of the Presbyterian church, preached on the theme Difficulties of unbelief." using as text part of the sixty eighth verse of the sixth chapter of John, Lord, to whom shall We go?
 The following quotations from the dis course give an outline of the thoughts brought out.
 Lord, to whom shall We gO?' A serious dilemma. Give up your faith in God, and the Bible. and Christ, and the Holy Spirit, and life, and Immor- talty and where are you? Those thoughts are suggested to us by this simple little question asked as It was. "Unbelief has never accomplished anything good in the world, in the strict sense of the word The word is negative. It is a very easy thing to tear down but 1t is not so easy to build Iup. Give me a hatchet and in a few moments I can render worthless Ra- phaers matchless painting of the trans | figuration. with my knife in mo- ment I can destroy the rose which 1t | took God a whole year, perhaps. to make. It is easy for a man to turn his back and say, 'I will have nothing to do with it.
 'Unbelief does not relate us in neu- tral way to God. We must lake a stand. We must decide whether we believe or not You are for or against God. I'll not cease to believe as l do till you give me something better. Un- belief is unable to give us anything better than we have.
 "Unbelief does away with the word of God It is easier to believe the Bible than not to believe it. If you believe in a man. you must believe that God made him. Can you believe that my coat had a maker but that the old world did not?
 "Unbelief does away with a here after. I continue to say, Until you can give me something better. I shall be- lieve in this truth In every day life you do not give up one thing that IS good and useful till you have some thing better to take its place. It Is as easy to believe in the relation. of the soul to God as to believe in the rela tion of man to the monkey. Material ism says that when we are dead, we are dead ;but there is longing in us for life after death: who put it there? It is easier to believe than to doubt.
 "Unbelief at its worst says there is no God. O, the inconsistency of the man who dares to look up into the heaven and say. There is no God The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God" Here is a rose. You can't look on its beauty and not get a vision of Him who is back of it. We think our world is large. but wonder in the sky is a comet Scientists tell us the diameter of it's head is 347,000 miles; behind it is a tail one hundred thirty two millions of miles in length. Yet little man dares to stand and say, It Is lall -
 God help us to stop doubting. Down deep in our heart of hearts we know 1t is easier to believe than to doubt. Get a vision of God from his book Lord, to whom shall we gO?' Belief is the best thing I know. I am not going to give up what I have till I get some thing better"
 There was a large attendance at the morning service. There were thirty five accessions. seven of the new mem bers entering by profession of faith and baptism.