Arizona republican., 1917-08-20

for a thousand years, it was not easy to avoid contentious which arose over this and that doctrine, and hence sects began to multiply. The steps of refor- nation were not long ones. One pre- pared for the next.
 Luther said: The army of the Lord must have the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God The Puri- tan said: The Sword of the Spirit does not need the help Of the sword of Caesar Wesley said The Sword of the Spirit must be used by soldiers who are full of the Hoy Spirit and faith Campbell said: The army of the Lord must use this sword as one man.
 Let Holy Spirit Lead
 'The church has lost her power be- cause of her divided condition, and therefore the world has not learned the love of God and still remains unclean Before the world can be saved, the church and its members must yield to the leadership of the holy spirit.
 Because of the church's divided 1 condition, the word became skeptical and Germany became the hot-bed of skepticism, and this teaching has spread to every nation on the globe. The German teachers have absolutely ruined the universities and colleges of America. Send your boys to Chicago university, Harvard college, Yale col lege-and nearly all of our state in- stitutions-and they return them to you laughing atheists
 But what else can we expect, when the church in Germany has one voice, in England another voice, in France another voice, and in America still another? Beloved did Christ think of His church as an English church, French church, a German church or an American church? Never! Christs church is a universal church, founded upon the one foundation--ove. Be- cause Christ loved, He would not re- sent the man who spat in His face, nor the soldiers who placed Him upon the cross. His prayer was: Father forgive them, they know not what they do.' Beloved, the man who is mad at me needs my prayers and not the blow of my fist.
 All Pray for Victory
 Tn Germany today, prayers are go- ing up, asking for the destruction of her enemies. The same thing is hap pening in England. Ihese are Protest ant nations. In Austria, which is a Roman Catholic country, prayers are being offered for the destruction of the Catholics in Italy, France and Belgium Could such a thing be, if the eyes of the people of these nations were turned to the cross?
 What am trying to get you to see is this: The thing that is wrong with the world is, she is looking wrong, she is thinking wrong. and therefore she is going wrong. The work of the church-and it cannot be done only by a united effort-is to get the men of all nations looking Christward, think ing thoughts of peace and love, and in this way we will start the old world back to God.
 How is the world to be delivered from it's awful wrongs? And she shall bring forth a Son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for it is He that shall save His people from their sins. For the grace of God hath appeared bring ing salvation to all men, instructing us. to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live 'soberly and righteously and godly in this present world. The world has but one way of escaping her sin, and that is through Jesus Christ. Baptized in Blood
 "When Christ came to lay the foun- dation of His church here on earth, the then known world was in war. War. war, was the sound on every handi The earth was baptized in human blood! After Jesus had taught His lessons of love, and revealed the great Father heart to humanity at large, and had given His life as an offering for sin, He ascended unto the Father And when He had passed beyond the cloud curtain, two angels looked into the faces of the astonished apostles and said: This Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye beheld Him gSine into osheaven.' Beloved, this is the grea. hope of the church.
 For two thousand years, we have I made a mess of handling the Lord s work. In our littleness. selfishness and sinfulness, we have failed in our work. And it is said that in the last days grievous times shall come, fo1 men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money. boastful, naughty, railers, diso- bedient to parents, unthankful, unholy without natural affection, implacable l slanderers, without self-cOntrOl, fierce 1 no lovers of good, traitors, headstrong puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather l than lovers of God; holding form o1 l godliness, but having denied the power l thereof
 Will Rule the Earth Now while these things are going on. in an hour that ye think not the | n