Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-20
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SUNDAY SERMON

1t is better that the mind 3rapple
with an unpleasant truth than that the
senses be lulied into false security
by pleasing deception.
1t is possibly startling thought that
you will be due at the pearly' gates, or
the asbestos DOORS in much less time
than you have now lived upon earth,
but this is a proposition one should
look square in the face. and make such
preparations as will be best suited to
temperate or torrid zone as the case
may be.
THE wicked shall be turned into hell
with all the nations that forget God;
and if wickedness is a omponant part
of me-of my life and doings-that
bible text is of more consequence to
me than the country's foTeic.1 policy,
! or the price of potatoes in New York;
and whether we realize it or not, that
/ question of eternity is more of vital
issue to us all, than all the future about
politics OF possessions, or about how
the destiny of the country is to be
directed a hundred years hence.
When the grass waves over the
graves of the soldier who was slain as
he sought to slay, and the slayer who
also in his turn was slain, it will make
small difference to these who were foes,
but are now common supplaints before
the August judgment bar, whether the
earthly quarrel shall have been set
tied to crafty the folly of one ma
ton or the foolishness of the other, for
true values only, will be recongized
and the neutrality of that place will
be real, toward every such dispute as
whether Simon says thumbs up or
thumbs down.
"A salvation that does not begin to
take effect in time, by preventing peo-
pie from getting into the tar barrels
of sin, furnishes a very poor guarantee
of its power to cleanse the soul unto
/, salvation for eternity.
In the matter of sin and salvation, ar
ounce of sin preventative and resist
ance against temptation. is worth mucf
: more than a pound OF forgiveness ant
remission
: BLESSED is the man that enduretf
, temptation '-forgiveness of sin leave!
a clean page but blank one; but 7
resist evil and sin not, marks tall!
on the sheet to your credit.
The difference between evil word
| and kicking gun is that the gun will
| a violent recoil does damage at bot
! ends. while the greater havoc is d
| the muzzIe, but evil words kill more o
| the foolish gunners who fire ther
| than of the innocent victims OF thel
| attack.
| Find a person who habitually shoot
| evil words from the mouth in the at
| tempt to magnify every defect, or I'M
| imaginary fault of others, and yod hav
| found one who is spiritually dead q
1 dreadfully i'll with disease that IRE
| ouently becomes so chronic that nc
/ thing but most profound repentance
4 and deepest humiliation before God ca
Il effect a cure.
Il Good words are like flowing streal
i blessing and caressng from riVuiet
II river. and as waters flow. ana goo
II words go, both the giver and the rive
II grow stronger
II An arrow twanged from the Sosp
ii bow.
II A culver of truth left freely go,
Afar and afield true service filings
II Where war is waged for the king
III kings.
II An ensign ways where the arrow
ii ply.
II Soldiers of valor flee nor fly,
II The cause is right wherein they star
II And Christ the Lord is in comman