Arizona republican., 1911-08-14
UNION SERVICES
 AT CITY HALL PLAZA
i SERMON BY REV. JAMES E CRUTCHFIELD.
"The Light of the World" to Whict
 Every Follower Contributes.

The union meeting which was held
 at the city hall plaza yesterday even ing was attended by a large number of people from all churches in the city. The meeting was addressed by
 the Rev. J. E. Crutchfield presiding elder of the Methodist Church South of Arizona. MT. Crutchfield preached
 from the text "Ye are the light of the
 world" found in Matthew 5: 14. His sermon in part is as follows:
 Jesus sums up and illustrates the l relation the church must hold to the
 world when he says: ''Ye are the light of the world" Matt g. fl, indicating thus that there is a pail of blindness
 and darkness here that needs dispel- l ling, and which, like the shadows of night, blots out distinctions and out
 lines. nulifies beauty, covers acts of
 sin and shame that the light would not tolerate, and confuses judgment until
 close discrimination and distinctions
 are impossible.
 'To a company of faithful followers representing the living church. he made this very significant and porten- tous statement, and to us assembled here in the light of the setting sun,
 think I can hear him saying it again. | O, Jesus. Help us to reveil the way of truth and light unto this poor world lying in darkness and wickedness. Men of every avOcation have real
 ized a devine call in their particular line of work and have sought to re- veal to their fellow men the secret intrusted to them. Artists and arti- sans, scientists and seers alike strug-
 gle to throw light upon the perplex- ing problems of the world.
 Jesus was the greatest Seer this
 world ever saw. He saw more in the
 sky. the mountain. the earth, sea and
 cloud than ever artist could discern
 He was d truer philosopher than Soc
 rates or Confucius and saw that the
 real influence that was to enlighten
 the world was to be not system of
 philosophy, though a correct body of
 truth is valuable. Nor was it to be
 found in a wise set of laws. though
 these are necessary to the happiness of the people. Nor would a complete
 knowledge of all the phenomena of the universe be the consummation of human desire. but Jesus knew that it would require more. He passes by the lawyers, the scribes, students, philos- ophers and even the great moralists and to an obscure company possessed of his spirit of love and self safrifice, says, Ye are the Light of the World. But how shall we accomplish this?
 We are his witnesses. Our personal lives are a testimony that must count for or against him whether we will or no. If you will ask any man whom he considers the finest character that he knows, ninety nine times out of hundred he will name some christian man or woman of his acquaintance. This is the work of the church to teach men to realize upon the vast fortunes that rest within themselves. Its chief business is to develop charac- ter in men. Woodrow Wilson has wisely said: "The business of the church is not to pity men, but to challenge them to assert in themselves those things that will render them in dependent of pity. No man who has recovered the integrity of his soul IS any longer the object of pity, but he has the richest and completest inheri- tance that it is possible to conceive The church owes it to the world to produce character eXemplifying all the virtues from humility to God fearing boldness.
 we are soldiers and must enforce his principles to the end of the world. When a ':1estion arises between right and wrong we must stand up and be counted on the side of right. When