Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-07


 The poor upon the rich. and the rich upon the poor.
 If this side of the warfare is care fully followed out, it is surprising to note the points of contact existing in any community, And if our duties are performed in true Christian sin cerity to one another. And our oOli- ga tion9 to God fulfilled. This life truly would be communion of saints. Again, life is a battle with misfor,- une. Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward" The great strong oak is only strengthened by the dread full storms that beat against it. So is sometimes necessary fnr human | ity to pass through the' great p,issort- unes of life. in order 10 knON tac J length and breadth and heigh, Of the love of God. And the awsul seas Of sorrow which at times pass over God $ children should be m saas of t.ilg ing them nearer to Him who Is :.hi to bear all the ills of h,n;1a lie
 The well trained aollie will aiwaY depend on h's captain and taoueh i.s night be dark and stOr,uv and thc enemy close at hand lt s uficient for him if he hears his captains voice. He is willing 10 obey his so'l- msnds.
 Out of the darkne ss ahi night Of sorrow comes the voice cf Jesus bid ling all weary souls cast their bur dens upon him and he will give them rest. Obedience to tac voice of the Great Captain k the secret of the Christian life.
 The Christian life has to be one continuous battle with sin. The si.Is which Iurk within the secret cham bers of the human heart as well as all the sins which come to tempt us from without The man .who~ strug gies to withstand> his besetting sins -ffnds that he must fight a daily bat tie with the enemy. St. Paul who knew from a wonderful life of exeprienee in inc world of men, believed with all ais heart that this is the greater war fore in which a mortal man can be engaged. For again and again he urges the church to put on the whole armor Of God. Fight the good fight of faith. lay hold on eternal life"
 As long as the children of Israel were willing tO resist the surround ing heathen nations and to keep them selves free to worship the true and living God. they were successful as nation.
 While David was busily engaged I in resisting the wicked attacks of Saul, or while h. was engaged in that memorable battle with Goliath, he continued to be a man after Gods | own heart. But just as soon as he stayed out of the battle and began ] tu live in idleness around Jerusalem, v was tempted to commit the great | sin of his life.
 Horoditus speaking of the warlike ic characteristics of the Spartans saI0 | that while they were fighting their enemies they were safe, but. as sOon as war was over and peace came. then came also destruction. The greatest tiIHe of danger for the Chris | tian Is when he fancies that the enc mics Of God are all conquered. That there Is no danger, no couse of anxi- ety at such time ne will lay aside the breastplate of righteousness and l lead 8 life of incidence which leads t0 sin.
 Life however is not only battIe, lie is also a series of defeats and vic tories. Whether we fight for bread, or against misfortune. or against our sins. there are times when We may expect to fail.
 The business man expects to meet | with losses as a result of mistakes which he will make from time to time. The greatest soldiers of the world have developed their great ca paeity for leadership by the mistakes which they made in their early career. Frederick the Great lost battle after battle We are told and campaiGn after campaign, before he gained wisdom and power enough to make Prussia q mighty kingdom. It has been said that there have been times in the his
 tory of nations when defeat was ol more value than a great victory. Pit the great statesman, We are told
 thought the star of England was lost in the fierce light of the sun of Aus terlitz. and rolled up the map Of
 Europe iudespair
 What is true in the experiences oi nations, is also true in the experienced fuf individuals We who are trying 10 follow in the footsteps of om blessed Lord must always bear in
 miud that there shall be times in our lives when we will miserably fail ir
 the discharge of our dnty, and the bat . tie will be amost lost But let us remember that if We are true to our
 selves and 10 the great cause fol . which so many noble men and wOmer si have fought and died We shall by these mistakes be enabled to discover cur weak points, and fit ourselves, tC
 march triUnphantly on into the battle
 cCnGuer'ng and to conquer
 Fight the good fight of faith. lal ? held on eternal life"
 We admire the man who in tle
 strife of nations volunteers to defend
 his country and lay down his life il necessary to protect the homes ol thousands and while the physical courage of such a one calls out admir-
 stion from every noble heart. yet tho
 n1an or woman who is wiling to iden
 tify himself or herself with the churcf Of Christ and live according to it's pre- cepts regardless of the jeers of tne world Is displaying courage of an in
 finitely higher order.
 There Nare scores of people today , who are like Nicodemus Of old afraid of public opinion. If it were possible ! they would fain come to Jesus secret . ly by night. If they dad the assur
 ancs that they could thus unknown Co [ the world, fight the good fight oi
 faith and lay hold on eternal life.
 The warfare against sin is not to
 be maintained in tais way, we must ] nanfully come to the front and in } humble obedience to the commands of tIr0 xsucr ..f EIaar-as, rr.ar..h ~afr, -