Arizona republican., 1917-10-01

Come, go with me to Sunday School" What you givin us? You don't go to Sunday School" Yes I do.' Since when?" Last Sunday; come On." No" Then the infidel got him by the coat. Too poorly dressed" said the man. No you are not Finally he got Hur- ley to go. Hurley was soon led to Christ. Hurley led 41 men to Christ and the infidel who first got Hurley to go to Sunday School was the forty first man that Hurley led to Christ. Hurley said, referring to the infidel: All I have in Christ owe to that man and 1 must get him." And he did get him.
 A woman had prayed twelve years that God would make her a missionary. One day 1t seemed to her that the Lord said to her: Sophie, where were you born?" Tn Germany" Where are
 l now?" Tn America" Are you not already a foreign missionary Who lives on the floor above you?" "A Swedish family And below you?''
 ..>--- ....---. And in the rear of the buli..ng?" Italians and Chinese
 Have you ever spoken to them of my Son? Do you think l will send you thousands of miles away to the heath en when there are heather all around you in whom you take so little interest as to never speak to them about their souls?'
 Bishop Lambuth went as a mission ary when a young man, to Africa. He travelled 5000 miles on foot. He is something of a surgeon, and while he .'' --n 800" miles he performed 400 operations. He operated on an African ,.... inc cnleI was greatly pleased. tall I latn hl-ip nff1 fn help. He made an appointment with Lambuth that he must return after so many moons Lambuth came to Amer ica. Time drew near when he must meet the chief. He told the authorities he must go. Lambuth went back to the heart of Africa and met the appoint ment he had with the chief The chief said: Here is one man l can trust"
 In that region of Africa they send messages by beating the stumps of trees they have cut down. These mes sages can be heard two miles in the woods and ten miles along rivers. They have invented a kind of telegraphic signalling and so can send messages. One time Lambuth was out in the woods and had little food. He went 32 miles on two bananas. That chiefs ter ritory reached 125 miles. They had cdlleQ LdInDulH by lilc oi loChSh Benga. That chief learned that Lam butlI was in danger of starving to death in the woods, and he had his men send tie signals all through his 125 miles of territory and this was the message he sent: "Benga, Benga is in the woods without food Soon, Lambuth says, T met a man at the crossing of a trail and he had food for me. I walked on and another man was i at the crossing of the trails and he had food for me-" And four times that day he found food and was saved. All over that 125 miles of jungle, the African hearts had responded to the need Of Benga Benga. What a thrilling story i that is, When we minister unto peo- ! ple in the spirit of Jesus they resopnd.
 Then let us remember that we have
 an efficient God. He knows, He loves. i He cares. He can stoop and can lift and can save.
 In the south of England are the
 ruins of an old Norman castle Over the gateway is the old crest and motto of the family A hand is reaching down | to a hand that is reaching up. The 1 hand that is reaching down is thorn
 pierced and we recognize it as the hand that was nailed on Calvary. Below
 this representation are the words, l God wills and l GOV
 We are laborers together with God God wills and we can.
 Not long ago a few men gathered to 1 consider an important campaign for
 certain institutions of the church. The question under discussion was the raising of about a million dollars for an institution. Business uncertainty. financial confusion. and the war had all been mentioned. At last a plain bus mess man arose to speak. He closed
 his remarks with these worls, If it is for Christ and the church and the wei
 fare of the world it is in order and in 1 order now That is always in order. | This ended the discussion. The con- 1 clusion to this incident is this: If 1t l is for Christi it can be done. If 1t IS | for Christi it can be done now. IT It is for Christ" it is always in order This is in the test we put to our task today, If it is for Christ 1t can be
 done and we will do it.