Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-11
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SERMON TEXT

In spite of the heat the Bible school
of the First Christian church had .
good attendance and was opened by
music from the regular tWcive-picce
orchestra. The adult department was
particularly well attended tnele be-
ing III in the loyal men and women $
class alone. After Bible school and
communion Rev. Mr.. Buchanan TOOK as
his text Revelation 20. And for my
names sake hast labored. and hast
not tainted.
10 iabor means hard woril-it does
mot mean the speaking of Il word; ii
uoes 40. inea4. wolh-theie is "a
create. meaning in that word labor.
1t means vi olodS actIoil dong Things
with all our might. You have seen
people in the Bible school singing
song-people taking hoid of song
that had rythm and beauty in it. and
drag the song to death and ruin its
beauty and power Simply saying you
will let somebody else do the praying
and the singing. And tor the ch9rcn
~ SD, lOd should have seen ~
years ago; we we've mighty and great
fellows doing things \ es, you were;
but who are you today? Ii does not
matter so much now what father was
back in Indiana, but the question IS
Who are you, sir?' What are YOU
doing for the world? What are YOU
doing to help humanity? What al
you doing TO make the world move
1o4 ,sa4u ..lste.,u OF backward! LABOR
ing and not faintng-that is the idea.
Wnen we work for Christ we should
work with all our might; if any mas
ter is to be served badly, let it not
ne our Master who is in heaven. /
wish | had the power, the sympathy
in my voice, that l could make you
leel those words. Why are you here
this morning? Because you are in tie
nduit of coming 10 chui oh. You are
mere because you have been taught
from infancy that you are to go to
ably one day in the week.
But, beloved, are we laboring for o..
Master? DO we realize that our Lorl
is to be served-our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ? Do we realize that the
people that are not in Jesus Christ
are lost?
when we work for Christ we
should employ every particle OF our
steam power; we should drive the
engine at high pressure; we have no
force that can be allowed to escape.
Labor implies not merely strong
effort, but a continuance of it; man
! can work hard for a few days but it
/ is the continually dropping of the
! Working by fits and starts will never
accomplish anything. Churches are
! not built in d day; the world is not
redeemed in a day; character is not
Quilt in day. The habit to do
things for the Lord is not born in d
day. But We labor day by day, week
/ by week, year by year, that we may
/ become like our Master.
IF we are to accomplish great
! things we must pull together; and we
i must pull on Monday the same as we
the things of this world entice us
away 10 do the bidding of Satan in
stead of the bidding of our Lord Let
us see to it that we stand four-sq square.
We have four classes of people in
the world. Those who labor not and
faint not is the first class We have
a large number in our churches who
labor not and they never faint They
love to become wall flowers to be
looked upon. They sit down in the
end of the pew and never move to let
anyone in or out. Do you know the
reason Judas betrayed Christ? Do
you know the reason Judas hanged
himself? Because he remained too
far from Jesus. He was looking after
the money instead of souls. Let us
stop and think Who are we and
what are we doing? We are called
to LABOR and to toll for the Master.
Then there are those that labor
and faint. We have some that 90
fine work, but they have the wrong
motive These Christians start out
we'll; they work fine for a while, but
by and by they begin to lag. When
fyou go to them and ask what TIE
trouble is they begin: / have decided
to leave the work for | am sure that
I am not appreciated as l ought TO be;
l am getting tired and | am going tC
stop. Beloved, let us not grow weary
in well doing.
why am | saying all these things
Because we are coming into the hot
days-and let us remember that we
can worship God in the days of july
md August as well as we car in De-
cember and February We can get