Arizona republican., 1909-04-26
CURE SICK HEADACHE.


 institution for the salvation of men. It is the masters only plan.
 Now turn to the thought of the church as to its work, considering its characteristics, its claim, and the compensation that comes to those who are part of it.
 The work of the church is first and last and always an unselfish work The church that has come to wrap the robes of lf-righteousness about itself is the church that will soon have so little influence that it will not be considered in any place it may be- The work that the church does for Christ is pre-eminently an unselfish work. If you would see it in the lives of men, think of Moses, of Abraham Lincoln, of Francis Will lard and a host of others. They who are working for Christ in the church are doing what is pleasing to him. Christ said that he was among men as one that served. There are multitudes of men and women who have caught the spirit of the master in the larger measure, and these are are they who have learned the secret of rendering unselfish service to mankind. If you are in the church of Christ and have a hope of heaven, take hold and help push the world Christward and heavenward.
 "The work of the church is a self denying work It is a work that costs something. When King David had sinned and was told to go and offer sacrifice for his wrong, he de- clared that he would not offer to the Lord that which cost him noth- ing. He would not accept the gift of the animals and wood for the sac rifice, but first paid for it and then offered it to his God. True service for God is service that costs us something I dare say that it is the only service that God looks upon as genuinely true One of the secrets of the church's weakness is that we are not willing to do the work of God if it costs Ills something. We give to the work of the Lord. if it does not cost too much: we attend upon divine services if it is not toc- great an ef- fort to get there. What would the world be if men had proceeded on that principal in regard to secular things? What is yours and mine today in the way of blessings that has not become ours as the result of tears, and treasure, and blood? What is there in the intellectual world worth paving that has not cost sac rifice2 There is nothing that is worth having that has not become ours at the cost of something. We are en- toying many of the blessings of our daily lives because of the sleepless nights and tireless labors of someone else. Even the Lord Jesus Christ gave himself that we might be- what we are.
 What about the claim of the church? Its work is the most i'm portant work that any one can do The Bible tells us that the work of the church comes first. We so often forget it. The work that is spiritual is as much more important than that which is temporal as the soul is more important than the body. If we are paying too much attention to the things of time and not enough to the things of eternity, we are as one who spends his life in accumu- lating a fortune to spend it for a tin whistle Another claim of the church of Christ is that it's motive tends to make it what it ought to be. To realize this, you have but to ask yourself what is the purpose of the church. It stands always for the good as against the evil; it opposes unrighteousness and exalts righteous ness. It encourages and helps every thing that tends to bring joy and peace. That is the motive of the church. Infidelity itself cannot deny