Arizona republican., 1917-09-17

 stars in the flag indicate the mum
 Der of men given to the army or navy.
 Ruppert's son, Carl, joined the ambulance corps, registering from | the University of Arizona where he
 was a student. Another son of the
 deputy sheriff, Fred Ruppert, will | join the soldiers in training at Fort
 Riley in October. Y hope whose limpid waters never de- ceive, he erects the edifice of his hap l piness upon the changing quicksand 1 of human fortune. Unsuitable becomes | the hunger for gold, the thirst for i pleasure, the grasping desire for the I, glitter and pomp of the world. The ! modest house may be exchanged for i proud palace, the simple fare for sumptuous living, yet the soul remains
 empty, and the heart void. Without l aim or purpose the spirit flutters to
 and fro and finds no rest, no lasting | peace upon the dark and dangerous flood of life. He will never find true 1 happiness who can see no light beyond | this life on earth, who can not link | time with eternity. He who recognizes in this frail body of dust the ark, hold 1
 ng the imperishable spirit is lifted | above the flood of earthly toll and ! .ribulatiOH to him comes that heav- l anly messenger, immortal hope, and brings him the assurance of intending bliss The leaf of the olive tree is bitter, say our saSes, yet sent by God 1t is sweet" The trials of life, the sotrows and disappointments- what mortal man is exempt from them? They come unbidden, like the advanc- ,ng tide, rushing over our dearest possessions, destroying our most cher lshed hopes. How many have come here tonight to greet the new year, whose souls are filled with grief? For them tar past year has brought but
 loss and tears. They have seen how
 perishable is all earthly beauty. how
 frail is mortal strength, how weak all human enterprise. Who can stem the tide? Who can pass through it, and
 not be borne down among the rocks
 and rapids? In sickness and bereave ment, in the long list of afflictions which fall to our lot, where can any refuge be found? The waves of mis- fortune will break over us and sweep us far away, unless we can find foot lold above the flood to which our souls can flee. Such refuge there is in the thought of that Supreme Wis 1om guiding all things aright He NlSlIdllOIS, coming from Him our grief melts into glad hopefulness. Not the cruel raven, out the beautiful and kindly dove is the harbinger of the divine promise of consolation The bitter leaf of sad ness is changed into the sweet and healing oil of comfort. Therefore de- spair not, ye who are heavy laden Golden. the new year opens before you IS before the surviving patriarch. What the past has destroyed the fu- ture will replace. It need not be in
 one year, nor in one life. The one may be the stepping stone to the 2ther Gods purpose runs through many lives, and each one of us is but bridge of hope leading from one generation to the other What we nave sown in tears, they for whom we | lived will reap in joy and gratitude. | This is the glad message of hope waited to us through the breezes of ! this twilight hour.
 And so with this message of hope 1 comes to us also the divine assurance
 of strength and victory in the battle | of life. What is life? What is it's | value. what it's mission? These are questions which, with each succeeding | year, more vehemently demand reply l We live today while thousands who l lived with us are no more For what | purpose have we been spared? Every | day, every year that is granted to us
 is trust from one high We live for
 I duty, we have been spared for an
 obligation, we have been consecrated
 to most sacred task. Go forth from
 the ark. thou and all that belong to | thee, and conquer the earth." was the
 divine command to Noah Not to l dwell upon the ruins of the past, but
 to work in the living present, and to
 triumph over all difficulties, is the
 solemn bidding of this hour.
 | Work is the foremost duty and
 privilege of man. Of all creatures he
 alone has the power to free himself
 from the doom of chance, and to make
 himself independent of natures whims.
 He foresees the future and meets 1t
 with plans prepared. Whence comes
 10 him this power of kingship, this
 title of sovereignty? It is his heritage
 from on high, it is the divine power
 that works in and through him. Man
 is the instrument in the hand of God
 to mould the destiny of the earth Each man has special task assigned tc
 him. No matter how humble yOu
 sphere, how lowly your station, how , scant your means, if you fulfil your daily duties as a God-given task YOU are partaker of a divine purpose, ant divine power flows in to supply the l need of your human weakness H, 1 who cOnscientiously labors for tn, support of his dear ones, striving tt give back to mankind in the shape o / noble sons and daughters the bless ings he has received, is an anointet l ! priest; his table is the sacred altar 2 his house temple of the Most High But farther and wider must be tn sphere of his activity than his owl narrow house. The greater the gift e with which God has blessed us. tn greater must be our task for the ad n vancement of human welfare, for tn l victory of truth and love- This cal to duty appeals with greater force t Us as ISraelites The conservation t Q the priesthood of the Eternal lays upo | us greater obliga ton, not a greate J privilege The earth has not yet re Il | gained it's pristine fairness As ye e the floods of hatred the rolling tide of race prejudice and persecutio
 sweep over the lands. The ravens ( n religious intolerance still carry tn deadly poison from country to coun try. Our devotion to the holy caus n of Israel must like the dove brin again to the world the message T. brotherly love, and the triumph of hu !. man right and dignity over the ev ,I 1 powers of hatred and injustice E
 this your holy resolve tonight: To bt
 come, by your zeal for the sacre
 heritage of Israel true priests of hl
 manity. Then will this hour hold O,
 to us the emblem of victory, the syn