The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-01-12
Pure Ideals Would Eliminate Divorce By Rev. HERBERT MCCONNELL Pastor of Sixth Memorial Church.
 Grand Rapids, Mich.

TEXT-And the Lord said unto Moses. | ''wherefore thou criest unto me? Speak to the children of Israel that they go l forward"
 In the Christian life there is little promised that is easy. Men are con tinually being put to the test. Often men are placed in hard places. where the burden is found to be heavy. Moses was now carrying heavy bur den. He had led the children of Israel from bondage to freedom. Now 1t looked as though they would be taken back to bondage again. The. thought of this was weighing heavily on Moses, and he cried unto God. The answer was: Speak thou unto the children of Israel that they go for ward" Because of the passing years the words have not lost their mean ing. But in Q larger sense they are being applied today. atgii. -a-=
 The message of God to men, Is For ward" It would be a shame for the present generation to be in the same degree of enlightenment as the gener- ation that has just passed. We today have the accumulated thought which has led to the degree of enlighten- ment As we have found 90 much the responsibility is laid upon us to move forward so that we by our lives will not retard the march of ctvtl1za- ton. The Christian should ever have his or her face forward ready to march at any and all times.
 We are placed into such beautiful world one would think 1t would be hard for the children of men not to think of God. But we are forced to believe that there are many people who think very little of him who has given so much for us to enjoy. The great, broad fields bearing their preci- ous fruits, the precious stones found in the bowels of the earth, the great forests furnishing the timbers fol, our great buildings and ships. the great mountain peaks.
 All these things should remind us of God and his goodness and cause us to think much of him. The beauty of the sunrise and the glory of the set ting thereof, the beauty of the stars, the songs of the birds, the lightning flash, all reveal to us the greatness of God How strange that men can pass on with so little thought of God, who has been so kind and good.
 The question we hear often is, How much will you give?" By that ques- i ton we mean how much will I get We are very anxious about how much we will get. Ought it not be how much can I give? In this way see 1 how much we can help the world on- ward. Suppose that the Apostle Paul had asked how much he was to have received for each journey he under took. Would we have the privilege Of reading of the church at Ph1l1pp1, | Corinth and many other placesf Martin Luther had asked how much he was to receive for the work he 1 was doing would we be honoring him today? The fact is this, that the men and women who accomplished most for the world have been most unsel fish. They have put themselves into the great work and their influence has lived.
 Too many people are not familiar
 with the Bible. This will apply tc
 both those who belong to ouI
 churches and those who have not yet
 identified themselves with the church
 There is a great lack in our knowl
 edge of the Bible. If the Bible is oul
 guide through this life. surely we
 ought to become familiar with tha'
 which we depend upon. MT. Mood.
 used to say, Took out in nature ant
 see the hand of Good. Look into ths
 Bible and see God face to face" Sem<
 time ought to be given each day tt reading the Bible, not that we ough to see how much we can cover at , , glance, but how much we can under : stand of it's contents.
 We are reminded every day how i'm portant it is to live pure.' If the pur' , life was the ideal, how much wrong
 doing would be corrected. If the cou
 pIe standing at the marriage alta
 would have the pure life as their idea
 would it not lessen the number of al vorces? Would we not have bette
 homes? Would there not be fewe children to care for in the homes O charity? If the pure life was tn
 ideal would we not have better SC ciety? How our churches would b
 filled with devoted men and wome
 who are anxious to worship God
 men and women who would be an1 ious to take a class in the Sunda
 school and faithfully each Sunda stand before their classes teachin
 the things of purity and God! Reali,
 ing that the greatest of all things ar t the things which can be given for tn
 sake of those who are here by ou s side, the opportunity for labor is grea
 and the field is wide.