Arizona republican., 1908-03-28

NdptiNt, IdS ilSIeneu lO HIS loke song and allowed herself to be led to ruin
 She is the more to be pitied. Her | helplessness is more absolute And ] that is the case of the world It has | listened to the love song. has allowed | its heart to be twined round and round, has yielded. become partak ker in the wrong, lost it's power to re- treat. Its helplessness is that of par alysis, for We have sinned
 The whole world lieth in the evil
 one. except those who are of God {: not simply the vile and disgustingly criminal. the Ioathsome. but even the beautiful world full of manifestations of Gods greatness and wisdom, the world that God made for his own en- joyment, to be the footstool of his feet. the world of men and women made in His likeness-the whole world apart from Christ Jesus. The
 world even of intelligence and refine
 ment of power and wealth, the whole
 world lieth in the evil one. That is
 what is so hard for us to believe. But
 we must believe it or shut our eyes
 to the evidence. Bacon was no less
 knaye, for being the father of mod
 ern science and philosophy. Byron
 was no less vile, for being a great
 poet. Napoleon was no less monster
 of selfishness, for being one of the
 great men of all time His world
 wide empire did not make Nero one
 whit less monster of all the bodily
 passions and appetites. These all are
 great witnesses to the fact that the
 evil one respects no mans person or
 position. History is strewn with
 wrecks of human pride and greatness.
 monuments to the universal devasta-
 tions of the evil one. The whole world
 lieth in the evil one.
 But let us not go too far afield in
 following Bacon and Byron. Napoleon
 and Nero. The whole world includes
 AriZona-AriZona with her rugged
 mountains. her sun-baked deserts, her
 fertile valleys. All her wealth of for
 ests, mines and fields. her cities. vil-
 lages and country. her sons and
 daughters of many races-Arizona.
 where we have made our homes. with
 whose interests we are identified. where we are prospering in health and fortune-Arizona Heth in the evil one. Our homes with the children whom God hath given Us. and whom We love as our own lives, our homes and chil- dren lie in the evil one. And our own lives and hearth with all our good qualities and noble aspirations, we ourselves lie in the evil one except ing so far as by faith in Christ. our great emancipator. we can say we know that we are of God.
 May the Holy Spirit do among us His appointed work of convincing the world of sin. 1 ask it not because l wish men to be terrified, but for the quickening of their zeal and the fam ing forth Of their love. One cannot appreciate the love of God if he be blind tO the reality of sin Gods gift of Christ and Christ's death on the cross were a mockery, if the world had not been ruined by sin. Jesus said to simon. of the woman who was sin ner: Her sins which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. but tG whom little is forgiven, the same lOveth little" We are sinners enough. but we do not realize it enough.
 - Now for the former of the facts: We are of God. This is for the Christian. There E a difference be- tween the Christian and the world or our religion is a lie. And that differ ence is just this: The world lieth in the evil one. but We are of God. In my discussion of this fact, I wish to say four things:
 GsD We are of God. means, first of all, I take it. We are born of God. over against the worlds lying in sin, we put the new birth. over against the death of sin. We put the life of God. God fights death with life. That is a good scientific principle. Con who come to this country find here nothing more nor less than a fresh supply of life with which to wage war upon the germs of disease. 1 The desert with its dry. crisp air. and it's constant sunshine teens with life giving properties. NoUrishing food, plenty of sleep, and light exercise do the rest. The only way to fight the disease is with life. If ones hold on life is too far gone. his coming here does him no good. God has injected His life into the world as the one spe- cific for sin. The power of the evil one is broken by the divine life work ing within the man. Christ came into this world of sin that we might have life more abundantly, He that hath the Son hath life" Tn Him was life. ! and the life was the light of men"
 But as many as have received Him. l 10 them He gave the right to become l of God. Even to them that l believe in His name, who were born | not of blood, nor of the will of the ! flesh. nor of the will of man. but of God" So you see how it is. Divine 1 fife is necessary to cope with the evil ! one. That life is in Christ. IL comes | to be ours by faith in Christ. and we l are of God, that is born of God. We | should therefore reckon ourselves to | De dead unto sin, but alive unto God | in Christ Jesus.
 (2nd) We are of God, means next, | We are heirs of God. If children then | heirs. heirs of God and joint heirs | with Jesus Christ" The life is eter- |