Arizona republican., 1910-01-24
.A LOFTY IDEAL
 FOR CHRISTIANS
The Theme of Rev. Henry Martyr
 Campbell Yesterday Morning.

Rev. Henry Martyr Campbell, pas-
 tor of the First Presbyterian church.
 yesterday morning preached about | ''The Mind of Christ" using as his
 text the fifth verse of the second | chapter of Philippians, Let this mind
 be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus The following quotations from
 the sermon give an outline of the i thoughts presented:
 Last Sabbath morning we spoke on | the theme. Make Jesus King / We cannot crown Him King without know ing something about His work, so we shall speak this morning of The Mind of Christ that we may be better able to crown Him King over our lives and hearts.
 When Paul wrote the words of our text he was prisoner at Rome. not knowing whether he was to be | set at liberty or to lose his life. Ye, he so far forgot himself as to write this letter to the Philippians and fills it with expression after expression l that indicates that he is more con- cerned for. their welfare than his own It is letter of joy. There is no note of Encouragement in it. Would you know the secret of it? Listen, For me to live Is Christ If you would not only know the secret of his ability to live thus. but would make this ability your own. you will find il in the words of our text, Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus
 Let us take as our theme then, The Mind 1f Christ and consider in this connection Christ's matchlessly high ideal. His great purpose in life, and His method of. accomplishing that purpose.
 We are told to be like Christ in thought. word and deed. to be possessed of His mind and, His spirit The Master. Himself. says. I am the vine. ye are the branches I am the light of the world: ye are the light of the world We are the sons of God. Christ gave His life and we are called to give our lives. Be ye holy, for l, the Lord your God. am holy A lofty ideal. You can not live up to it. you say. It might dis courage you just as the child looks upon the perfect copy :n his book and becomes discouraged; but. an un- reachabie. an unattainable ideal is al- together necessary in order that we may make the best of ourselves. physi- cally. morally and spiritually. It is essential that we have before us an ideal that is lofty. Cromwell thought so, for he said. When l cease to grow better I shall soon cease to be good Coleridse put it, Unless above himself he can erect himself, how poor a thing is man. You have heard of the brown-tree artist who once painted little brown tree ard il was SO near his ideal that he could never paint another picture without in it somewhere putting that little brown tree. He never grew more. because he had reached his ideal. thank God that there is in the Old Book the description of a man whose life and character were so absolutely perfect that We can look UT and mp and never reach that ideal. You must have that ideal or you are not going to make the most of yourself.
 What was Christ here for? What did He come to do? What was His ruling passion: know that you a,e summing up the answer ,n the words. TO save men He tells i. in His own words. The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost I am sure that we will recog- nize that as a grand purpose. Then it is worth while to ask ourselves what the Master thought about sal vation. He taught that it was worth the winning at any price. He tells us Il l. IL AE &I.- man who sold all that he had tha: he might buy the pearl of great price, and in many. many other words and parables. What is man profited if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul? If we are living a life that is forgctful of the life that is to be, if we are needless of this great salvation. we are living as fools in this world. without a question. II is as unseemly for a man to put the things of eternity away from hin. as it would be for a grown man to spend his time spinning a trp. pr rolling a hoop, or playing marbles. God help us to know what Christ thinks about salvation as to it's i'm portance above everything else and. if you recognize His authority. act accordingly He said again that we should seek it first. I believe that we have no right to he concerned about the affairs of our business life until we have thought aboat the things of God. Do l hear some one saying. Just wait for a few score years. or until I have been successful in business. or until l have amassed fortune; then I will give attention