Arizona republican., 1908-06-01
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday morning, May 31st, the Rev. 7ohn Creighton preached on the sub act, Moral Power" taking as his text ne second verse of the fifteenth hapter of Exodus, The Lord is my trength and song, and he is become ny salvation: he is my God, and I will repare him an habitation; my fath- r's God. and I will eXalt him"
 Tt has been said that human history g made up of the biography of great nen, that God has so purposed that he souls of the race are nourished up- n the life and deeds of great men -acorded in history As we look at the Bible. we see that it is made up of the biographies of great men. Only three hapters are given to the creation of he world; yet, when it comes to the onsideration of the life and character f a man like Abraham, there are ten r twelve chapters given to it, and a whole book is given to Moses.
 Moses was one of the five greatest nen in history. He did great things Tor his own people. for the generation which, he lived for ifs particular ace. and for the whole world during he centuries since. He was a man of -reat physical power, executive power, intellectual power, and moral power.
 The man with moral power is the nan who steadies and moves the world upward. When we take up the study of the character of a man it is ! good thing to get hold of the secret f his power. his success; and think hat in our text We will find the se- ret of moral power. In this verse rom the song of Moses. after he had ed the children of Israel out of the bondage of Egypt and through the Red Sea, We find the key to his moral bower.
 Moses says in this verse. The Lord s my strength and song" When Moses says that Jehovah is the source f his moral power, it is simply an oppression of that great mans soul. md he wanted to put it into the mouths and into the hearts of the 'eOple. He wanted them to know Je- ovah as a personal God who created leaven and the earth. It was this 'ersonal God who was his strength. IL oOk a man of tremendous moral pow to stand before the king of Egypt nd accomplish the deliverance of his eople as Moses did, and only a man ghC got his power from God could do hat great work.
 Moses got his spirit of song from 'ehovah. He was not singing of his 'wn success in bringing the children Israel through the Red Sea. He meant that the music of his soul came lirect from Jehovah.
 Jehovah is becoming my salva- ion,' sings Moses, Jehovah is saving ne, my knowledge is of God, my study s of God, and my life is with God Jehovah every day is becoming a say ng power in my life and is lifting me ID towards him..
 Moses goes farther however, say ng, I will make for him an habitation. t was this ambition to build a dwell ing place for Jehovah that led Moses IT. the rugged heights of Sinai when 1e received not only the law of God put the very specifications for the tabernacle. From this tabernacle anne the synagogue. from the syna- yogue the temple, and from the temple ne NAuiCH' where dou meets ms peO- ple and where his people can meet him.
 Again Moses goes further and says. Jehovah is my fathers God. and I will exalt him Moses knew of Gods dealings with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, with all the people of the past md so he praises him and exalts him For what he has done for them. Be- eause Jehovah was the God of his athers, therefore, Moses says that he shall be exalted in the lives of the people because he, their leader. will aXalt him, Jehovah, the personal God"