Arizona republican., 1908-12-14

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THE BURNING BUSH
 A VISION OF GOD
Sunday Morning Sermon of Rev. Camp
 bell of the First Presbyterian Church.


 bell of the First Presbyterian Church. Following is an abstract from the sermon of Rev. Henry Martyr Camp bell. delivered Sunday morning. The text chosen was the third and fourth verses of the third chapter of Exodus, And Moses said. I will now turn
 aside and see this great sight, why the
 bush is not burnt And when the
 Lord saw that he turned unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Noses And he said, Here am T."
 Significant day for the children of Israel; significant day for the Egyp- tians and certainly a significant day for Moses. How distinctly Gods provi- dences are over the characters and lives of men. Moses but a little while ago had fled from Egypt for fear of his life and this day, as he kept the
 flock of Jethro, his father-in-la he led the sheep to the back side of the desert and there met God at the burn ing bush The words of our text mark a turning-p point in the life of Moses. So we day by day ought to be anxious to go past the turning points in our lives, onward and upward. Let us as Chris tians be busy about the things that are spiritual and worth while.
 When God saw that Moses turned aside He spoke to him. For what does that turning aside stand? It was turning aside from the material to the spiritual. That is the first step that the church needs to take. That a worldwide revival has not come upon the church is not due to sinfulness in the world. to the worlds disregard of God. to the fact that mems hearts are hard, but it is due. I verily believe, to the worldly mindedness of the people in it. Men are not praying enough, are not taking time to be holy. We are busy with the things that are not worth while, but, even among the things that are worth while. We must choose, for our capacity is limited. where shall I lay the emphasis in my life? Don't we place the emphasis too much on things that are not worth while? If we live only for the life that now is we will regret it. God pity the man who has been giving moments to the service of God and years to the building of a house on the sand! What is a man advantged if he gain the whole world and lose his own soule
 God called. Moses, Moses. You and I are not going to see God unless we take pains to turn aside. The implica- tion in our text is that Moses would never have heard the voice of God if he had not turned aside God is not speaking to us because our minds and hearts are so intently fixed upon the things of this life that we can not hear him. What the church needs today is something that will come in and SO neutralize the worldly sounds that are in our ears that we can hear God when l he calls. All the after life of Moses ! shows that he heard God In witness | of this fact, behold him crying to God | at the Red Sea, and God hears him. | When We turn aside to hear God, God | will hear us. If we crowded to hear | the word of God as the people of Corea | crowd the churches there we would | that for which We have so | long been praying-the showers of | blessings.
 And Moses answered, Here am T. | If hundred men in this city would | thus lay themselves on Gods altar. | what a blessing would come to Phoe- | nix. We would witness the salvation | of a multitude of souls. Nothing will | bring us, lay ourselves on Gods altar | more quickly than a conception of tha | fact that men are constantly being lost. | As one forgets the roar of Niagara | when he leaves the Falls. so we forget | that the souls of men are dying, unless | it is constantly brought to our minds. I have no doubt as to the final triumph | of the church. but let us not forget . that men are being lost today. God . help us to march on to the performance of our duty. May no soul be wrecked because of the darkness of our lives"