Arizona republican., 1908-04-13
THE CHURCHES
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So, at the beginning of the Christian Epoch We see Christ as the determina- tive influence in life. the light of men. purifying the peoples living within the bounds of the Roman Empire. disci- plining the hordes coming down out of the forests of Europe. making for the humaner type of life. But He does not thus exhaust himself His light continues to shine, making the cOndi- tiOns in which modern science has been able to do its important work and quickening the hearts of men for the moral task, which today is gaining on the imagination of the race, and absorbing its highest energies, and still, His sword bathed in Z, heaven, flashes in the van of civilization
 Christ and the Present Hour.
 In the face Of the facts to which ref erence has already been made it seems absurd that anyone should hint that while Christ has been the light of men. He cannot continue to be Yet such is the word that is frequently heard in some quarters. His scepter is to pass from His. We are told. We see no signs of the diminishing of his
 
 just begun the noble task of bringing his principles to apply in our everyday lifeH Christianity exhausted, It has scarcely been tried as vet. And the fact is that the most potent force in our life today is the regal personality of Christ. His spell is upon us as iJ has been upon no preceding genera tiOn. We see Him in the company of the ancient worthies, and the surpass- ing majesty of his presence is at once manifest. We see Him walking down the aisles Of time, touching with free ing power the souls of men every where, and we do not wonder at the increase Of his kingdom. Today we see Him among the princes of frade; we see Him walking with a divine grace amidst the sufferings of India, the bar barities of Africa. flooding the isles of the sea with his light: and we know that he is indeed a King among kings. and that of his kingdom there shall b. no end. His power waning It has never been more real. He is with us as the sky above, as the atmosphere about us. We cannot escape Him. He has come to be the unavoidable Christ. We take up our chief poets and there we meet Him. We visit the great galleries, and it is Christ that looks down upon us with infinite peace and goodwill. We turn from the gal leries but the customs of the people, of the boys and girls. remind us of Him. Our very calendars will not let us forget Him. Our babes come with gleeful prattle into our homes and we cannot avoid thinking of Bethlehem. We dig our graves for our loved ones and He is there as the Comforting Presence. and we hear his voice: Let not your hearts be troubledf'
 Yes. He is with us still, and with us in kingly power. He is now after nineteen hundred years, still. the greatest source of the highest that we have. He. and not another. still shames us out of our sinfulness. He still leads us into peace. He still hur- nations. For all who will he still gives light and peace. An, yes. John, fine old mystic. he knew, Jesus is the pre- eminent Christ No other name may be written alongside of His. The world has given Him the unique place in its love and worship. And that place is His by reason. of the light he has brought to this world in which we live
 Is He pre-eminent in your life. my brother. my sister? If not, why nOt?. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.