Arizona republican., 1908-12-14
Mesa Department w. H.H HoGLE Manager
DUTY OF THE CHURCH
 TO ITS NEW MEMBERS
Morning Sermon at Baptist Church by Rev. c. Sidney Maddox.

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk and not strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe Hebrews 5:12, 13.
 It is one thing to get a mule harm essed and another thing to get him hooked up and pulling. So it is one thing to get members into a church and another thing to get them to work. And why is it so hard to get the younger constituency to work? There is much in the blood and many may trace their sins back to some ancient ancestor or inherit it from their pa rents, but with all the laws and theo- ries of inheritance, the one great con- vincing fact stands out a bold witness above all else. Man is a part of that which he comes in contact. The en- vironment that the parent creates about a child does far more for him than all the blue blood that ever cOursed through a 'gartered' limb or circulated in a knighted breast. Nor do I mean to discredit good breeding, if there was as much care taken, by the fathers of today. about the pedi- grees of their grandchildren, as they do about the registration of Berkshire pigs and short horn cattle, the race would soon begin to improve But what we have we have to improve. Let us create about our young Chris tians an atmosphere of activity that will help them to feel the thrill of bat tie. A general wishing to get the greatest amount of service of raw militia distributed the companies among several regiments of regulars. So they took courage from their com rades. It is time for us to be teachers. Comrades of the newly enlisted They cry out their ineXperience, but are they getting the training of the example of active Christians about them. I be- lieve this is at the bottom of the trou- ble. Show me every member hard at his work and I will show you a church with new members coming in rapidly and anxious to help do the work In Dr. Porter's church at Oklahoma City, OhlGL, IL Wtto NOlhtl lul NO tAAN younger members at work A boy de- livering groceries begged for work to do on his work mornings. Our young people have just as much in them as anybody's young people. They are as good as the best and we need to give them Q chance.
 Will they ever have Q chance while Christians are so lax in their customs and lives? old Deacon Blank has al ways used by words and we ust look over him. old Sister Smithers, Mrs. Punctilio have always talked about every body in the church in general and each other in particular. yes? Women and men are not careful enough about what they say. I tell you some of the bywords that you use before your children is the next thing to "cus- sin"
 Asked by a newsbOy, on the streets of St Louis. one day for a chew replied to him, Do you use tobacco?' "Yesser. I chews, smokes. and cusses."
 Why was this the height of manhood to the "Newsy?" Because some older person had shaped, by his customs. the boys ideals. Think, my brother, what the result may be.
 By a concerted action we can do much God gives us unity in the church and then we will see His enc mics rapidly become his foot stool. Every member must do his best. If one of the members or organs of your body becomes sickly, the whole body is disOrdered. So with the church. The church is not able to pull the dead weight of so many bakers. The load is heavy and no room for some to ride on the Gospel Washington once sat on his horse and reviewed a battery of artillery as it filed by going rapidly to the front. The last gun carriage stuck in the mire. In vain they beat the horses, but the wheels were mired to deep.
 Washington dismounted and grasped the muddy wheels with bare hands i'm mediately a dozen strong hands were utilized in an effort, and a united ef- fort of men and horses and the wagon moved. The commander-in-ch chief set the example. Christ, our great high priest and commander-in-ch chief has shown us the way, will We unite in an effort for Cod?
 Behold, how, good and how pleasant for brethren to dwell together in unity!
 It is like the precious ointment upon the head that ran down upon the beard, Aaron's beard; that went down to the skirts of his garment, as the dew of Harmon, and as the dew that descend ed upon the Mountain of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing life for evermore.
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