Arizona republican., 1909-10-18

are losing their power in the world. II ever there was a book that had power it is the Bible; If ever there has been a book that has had to fight its way into the hearts and lives of men. 1t is the Word of Almighty God. In spite of this. it has grown. After the Dark Ages 1t emerged with a brighter ra- diauce than ever. God has kept it. Voltaire wrote that within a hundred years the Bible would be forgottsn' but Voltaire himself is all but forgot ten, and from the very room in whicn he penned that statement hundreds or copies of the Bible have gone forth to the world. If book runs through eight or ten editions. 1t is considered a wonderful work. but what or the Bible, with it's hundreds of editions and millions on millions of copies Blackstone Is on record as saying that che Bible has always been part or the common law of England. Huxley said that the Bible has always been the magma charta of the poor. An en- voy was sent by his people to learn the secret of Americas greatness. He tells of how he sought that secret through many channels, but did not find it until he entered the churches, and there he discovered that in the words of the Christ lay the secret or America's greatness and freedom.
 Turn to the next thought, Christ, the cornerstone Is there any fault to be found in him? Is the church that is builded upon him and his teachings likely to fall? Nay, verify. l think hot aAf the enemies of our Lord will claim that ever there has been a time when the Nazarene has been so influential as today. Christ is largely ruling the intellectual world today. Scarcely question is discussed or principle enun- | ciated without taking into considera- | tion the Man of GaIilee. If Christ and ! his Word were destroyed, how many books it would render useless! All our | books of poetry. oratory and art, and many of our books of science, would i be absolutely worthless Men want to know about Christ in this age of the world They listen eagerly to the old, old story. Men have not lost faith In the eternal verities. Christ has not lost his influence. He is today the universal Christ, and that is the se- cret of why men want to hear about him. He cannot be confined to any century or generation.
 "The seal-the text tells us there was a seal Matthew Henry says there are two notices on this seal The first one is, The Lord Knoweth Them That Are His and the second Let Every One That Knoweth Jesus Christ Depart From -Iniquity. God knows them that are his with all the purpose and all the power of his in finity As Timothy read this letter he must have felt encouraged that tho Lord knew the souls that were his Perhaps. after all. his life had not beer in vain Gods word to his children is Wait. just wait We may not ses the fruit of our labors, but God know: all about #. He knows who are hi' if v'e are working with him.
 Depart from iniquity. Did you evel look into the Bible to see to what ex
 tent God exhorts us to be careful abou
 our lives? The success of the churcl depends on how we live. God sees us
 he knows what we are doing; let u
 depart from evil. Do it for the sak'
 of your influence. That you can no
 compute AS the perfume of a flower
 il permeates the far ends of the earth
 Oh, when we look into Gods face am
 learn what we have done and wha we have not done. what will be tn
 testimony concerning our lives?"