Arizona republican., 1909-06-14
THE TRUEST PURPOSE
 OF HUMAN LIFE
The Theme of Rev. MT. Campbell at
 the Presbyterian Church Yesterday

one for himself. One is the question
 Whence are all things?' The second
 is, What is the destiny of all things
 including man? Is man a creature of
 a day? Does death end all for him? <?
 The third question is, What may l
 consider the supreme purpose for
 which I am living?' The Westmin-
 ister fathers answered this last ques-
 tion well when they said, Mans chief
 end is to glorify God and enjoy him
 forever This answer is in perfect
 harmony with the word of God. This answer is comprehended in the words
 of our Master that we have chosen
 for our text, My meat is to do the
 will of him that sent me and to
 finish His work
 Let us take as our theme, then,
 Life's Truest Purpose and con
 slider the importance of having a
 definite purpose. what that purpose
 is, and how we may fulfill it.
 First, the importance of having a definite purpose. The man who is
 drifting day by day does not make much of a success in the world. A
 man who is purposeless is like a ship
 without a rudder. The one who does things is the man with q pur
 rose. Paul says for himself. This one thing I do.' How many are the individuals who have made ship Nrecks of their lives because they had no definite purpose! I know q man who Is in his eightyfifth year; he has made a blunder of his whole life because he has been without a tYia a farmer, drover. an agent. a grocer, a dry goods merchant, teacher, and 2 preacher Now he is ready tc die and he has accomplished nothing, all because of a purposeless life. Cal houn, Gs a boy, threw down his bali bat with the exclamation, T nus prepare for congress- He devoted himself to his self-assigned task with careful purpose and when time rolled on to congress he went. There are few things in life more valuable than the pressure of a purpose. It has a negative value, for it keeps one from drifting. and a boat always drifts down stream. it has a positive value, for it gives one something to which to aspire. We will be success ful. other things being equal. in pro portion as we have fiXedness of pur- pose
 What is the life purpose which should be yours and mine? God has given us ourselves, our opportunities, our time. our talents, and our am bitions. Why has he made us and us? Why is he keeping us day by day? It is not for a pur-
 
 dom. God has not bade us to live the aimless life of the brute. To the brute, to eat is to live. and to live is to eat. Man is made for higher. 3 loftier purpose. The Westminster fathers got it right, I dare say, when they said that mans chief end is to rlorify God and enjoy him forever. The Master stands before us as an example of this truth and he uttered his life purpose when he spoke the i words of our text. The man whc l lives for self is the one who lives | that he may be happy here; he dies, ! and that is the end of it. Augustine | las been dead for many years. and ! yet Augustine lives today because he | lived for the glory of God. If we | want to live on after We die, we ! must live for the glory of God. To | 'ulfin this purpose does not mean hat we are to be constantly giving | Expression to religious sentiments. It includes that, but does not consist of | t The apostle was glorifying God | IS truly when he was making tents Is when defending himself befOre ACIippa or reasoning before the wicked Felix. You and I are glori- yinG God when we are doing what .ver is right and important. You nay glorify God by practicing medi- inc. by building a house, by mining, There is no question about tEe truth if the statement that we can Glorify 1 Sod anywhere or everywhere. if our houghts are centered upon him. ike to speak this thought to those yho are laid aside on beds of pain. The greatest service is often render d by those who are thus kept from he larger activities of the world, and vho wonder whether they are of any se in the world. I am sure that rhen the books are opened and all hings are made plain, God will Sive IS to understand these things.
 1dIullldl NtMllldl SeiN Nilsi~ AiiC world is coming far from slorifyiag iud. Men are very busy for Ibem elves, it is true. Whether we are lorifv:nr God or not is a question hat VIC will have to answer and that uestio1 will be answered tD our only as we are acco.r- fishing lifes truest purpose.
 The joy that comes from the full illment of life's truest purpose is reatest when we are in the way of : Gods will. Paul ap reached his death joyfully because e knew he had been doing the will f his God. Stephen smiled up into he face of God as he was being toned to death; he knew what life's ruest purpose was. Count TOlstoy aid All that I have done, all that
 am doing. and all that I expect to O is owing to the Lord eJsus Christ [ you and I can say, My meat is to O the will of him that sent me- we