Arizona republican., 1917-05-28

! tldH cnurch yesterday moinlng when
 Rev Buchanan spoke to them upon
 Laid On The Altar" His text was
 taken from the first verse of the 18th chapter of the Roman letter: q be- | seech you therefore, brethren, by the
 mercies of God. to present your bodies q living sacrifice. holy, acceptable to God which is your spiritual service
 We nave met today, first, in memory of Him who laid his life upon the al
 tar of service for humanity at large. m Ills name we have come to worship our God in the beauty of holiness. Be- cause Jesus came into the world and 1 taught us how to suffer and taught
 IS how to love. we are here this morn 1 inS ln memory of those who laid their | lives upon the altar of our country and given their lives that the union of this country might be kept ever sacred
 We have to die to live-This is the central law of life: he who woud-live. 1 must first die. Because the seed of the flower has died we have the beauty Of the death: because Christ laid his life | npon the cross, We are worshipping in peace and harmony. We must burn to l give light. If the candle does not burn there will be no light in the room if the coal is not consumed in the powerhouse. or the great water wheel is not used, we will have no light in our churches or upon our | streets
 Some years ago a man sent ques- ! ton to the platform and it read some hing like this: "AIr. Buchanan. how "an serve God and be a true Chris tan when l have to remain in the powerhonse each Sunday night show cling coal t. make the light for our eity? And l answered it in these words You can serve your God as
 much in the powerhouse on Sunday night. shoveling coal that the city may he lighted. that the churches may be lighted where men may preach the Gospel of Christ, and where others .nny walk afe'v upon the streets, the same as l can worshipping my God by standing in the pulpit and preaching sermon For I believe all true ser vice that is in the interest of human- ity. and all true service is in the inter- est Of humanity. is worshipping God. The man who is holding the blow han dle in the field and tlling the ground to the best of his ability is a worship per of God, if he does it in the name of Jesus Christ. It is so very essen tial that we have wheat and corn, and It is very essential that men plant the seed that the harvest may be gath cred and So beloved if it were not for all of this kind of service. many could not have part in Worshipping God
 We must give our lives that others may be blessed This world honors the man who is filled with unselfish- ness. As the poet has said: My life Is not my own but Christ's who gave it, and he bestOws it upon all the race: love it for His sake and thus I save it; l hold it close. but only to expend it; accept it. Lord, for others. through thy grace"
 Anciertly, man brought a lamb and presented it to God, laid it on the altar to be consumed bv Gods fire In like manner we are to present our bodies. But note when the man brought the lamb to Gods altar as a sacrifice to the living God he didn't take away the lamb but he let it be consumed that, God might be honored i Neither did you men. when you were called to lay your lives upon your country's altar take your lives back; but you said, Let me be consumed, let me be destroyed that my coun- try and that my God and that my feI- ioWmen may be blessed" And so be- cause you laid your lives upon the al- tar of your country we rejoice today in 1 that we can come into this house and worship our God in the beauty of holi- ness.
 The first and highest thing in life is not to be a worker, a preacher, saver of souls. the very first thing is to present ones self to God-to lay ones self on the altar, Gods altar ! first then our country's altar. You can't save souls until you yourself are saved. You cant save your country until you yourself give your life to l your country. The only way we can l help humanity is to give that which is given unto us. Carnegie is not bless l ing to this country, beloved with his | millions; he has caused more young | men to want to be grafters than any 1 other man.
 It is easier to talk and work for ! Christ and work for Christ and ones l country than to give ourselves as a complete offering. It is easier to come l to church on Sunday and sing praises unto God than it is to give Him our | lives in subjection. It is easier to at tend patriotic meeting and show your patriotism by shouting yourself hoarse than to offer your life and all to your country's service. It is not | the man that shouts that is serving his country; 1t is not the man or wom- an that comes in and prays and then leaves the house of God to revel in the avenues of sin. to revel in the grasp of Satan.-that is not what God wants,
 that is not the call of God. The call
 of God is to give your life that it may | be consumed for others sake.
 "A living sacrifice"-this is some
 thing really given and cannot be taken
 back. We cannot be Gods today and
 our own tomorrow. We cannot offer
 ourselves to our country and not shed our blood in service. We are enjoying life today because another. has suf-
 fered for us. Another has been laid | upon the altar of service for our sake enjoy life today because back ir
 the state of Indiana my father ano
 mother laid their lives upon the altal
 or service; because my mothers life | burned l am here today preaching the
 Gospel of Jesus. Let us not think it is
 the man who blows the trumpet who
 fights the battles-or the man who
 stands in the pulpit most does the
 greatest work. Not that
 We are enjoying the liberty and in
 dependence of our country today be-
 cause Columbus suffered prosecutions
 starvation and the storms of the un-
 tanned Atlantic because our Pilgrim
 fathers were willing to present theil
 bodies a living sacrifice and be laft
 upon the altar for another's sake
 These men sought neither gold no
 fame, but a place, a country. wher,
 they could offer unto God their bodie.
 living sacrifices They sought neithe
 honor nor fame, but place to serve
 Upon thse foundations rests the fab
 rlc of our great republic, upon thes
 principles depends the career of ou