Arizona republican., 1917-10-29
TWENTY-TH|RD
 PSALM |S TEXT.

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 The First Christian church is lay ing large plans to secure one thousand in Bible school on Sunday school uay, Novem5er I, and 362 was the attendance of this Bible school yes terday morning. Dr. Buchanan left last fight for the international con- Vention of the Churches of Christ, at Kansas City, Mo, and will be aDsen, for aoout TWO weeks; but hIs loyal workers believe it is possible to put tnls one thousand in Bible school and have no doubt but what their aim Will be reached. After communion and song service and special musie by Prof E. F. Burley, Dr. Buchanan spoke upon The Ioid is My Shek nerd. After reading from the 27tf4 Psalm, he took the subject matter O. his sermon from the 23rd Psalm, and said in part:
 T am going to bring to you a few thoughts 1 have gleaned from tn: 23Id Psalm Someone has said it is the children's Psalm Who of us have children in the home and can not say to them, will you quote the -sId Psalm And what child is there n our homes that cannot do it. l. is the children's Psalm. The first 0i, of Scripture that we want them |, treasure in their minds is that God is their shepherd'-and so they mem oriZe this Psalm. So familiar to us is this Psalm and it has been since our childhood days.
 It is not only the children's Psalm or passage of Scripture, it is the Psalm of the sickroom. How many of we ministers have gone into the sickroon, and when the time came we would say, Don't you want us to read something that will cheer you ln this sickroom? What is your faVorite passage Of Scripture? Then would come the answer: Read the 23rd Psalm How we love to read that 23rd Psalm-and also the 27th Psalm. When you are discouraged read these two Psalms and let our souls 4i1l themselves and fly out toward God in praises of thanksgiving, knowing that Ee cares for Us.
 Tt is not only the Psalm of the sickroom, but it is the Psalm Of the death chamber. How many of us have not walked through that silent chamber. and how many of us have luTuSC lO l16Se WOluS anu have cheered our hearts when we came to them? Through the valley of the shadow of death he will lead me'-.how our hearts have been strengthened The last words my father said to me were: Yes, my son. God will lead me through the valley 1 that is all 1 cannot understand, the valley of the shadow of death, and l am sure he will lead me out into the sunlight of eternal day It is I the Psalm of the death chamber.
 "The 23rd Psalm is also the Psalm of old age Going with Brother Hove in Baltimore I went to visit a home in which there was an old woman some S2 years of age, and as we en- tered the room there she sat with her Bible in her lap waiting for the Master to call her home. Her Bible was in very large print and was opened at the 23rd Psalm. She said, This book is all that I have now. We asked her. But your daughter is ! answered: She is so good, but this Bible feeds my soul more than my daughter can feed my soul And | through those dimmed eyes she looked down upon these beautiful words: 1 The Lord is my shepherd, and she said, He has been leading me foi about go years
 Friends, let us think on this Psalm for a few moments this morning. How l beautiful it is to be led by the hand i of God. Let us stop and think. The l Lord is my shepherd. I-notice these pronouns all through this Psalm-I- W. s. Buchanan-shall not want, il l permit the Lord to guide me, if i i permit the Lord to be my shepherd and lead me in and out of the sheep ] fold.
 Someone has said that it is very strange to compare the Lord to a shepherd-but it is not strange. 4 i shepherd cares for his sheep night and day. Night and day he is caring for them, watching over them, looking i after them. When one falls over a precipice, he reaches down and takes that sheep out and cares for it. Ii one comes in bruised and hurt ther the Shepherd takes oil and sees to it that the sheep gets well. And SC our Heavenly Father is our Shepherd Do we realize that God is our Shep herd? Do we realize that he should guide us day by day? Do we r,Liaze that he watches over us? If God watches and cares for the sparrow
 then how much more will ne Ioot after us becdGse within e4ch If Us there is an eternal soul-.ln e,elna being, and the sparrow has not Will not our Heavenly Father watch us and cale Us IT .'e .h.t he vii and care for us more than he vii
 will; therefore, he is car shepher
 II he $ our snephe l, the shepherd sees that his flock always has plenty of grass food, water-so the shep-
 herd leads us. I shall mot want.
 What the trouble is, many of us ar,
 not taking the Lord as our shepherd
 We are not letting him lead Us, bu
 we are guiding ourselves.
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 plenty now to keep me until old age.
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 things If man lays up his wcaltl
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 it. II IS spt to fade away from -lri and if it ts not, when he cool,.. !, death how miserable he shall feel |,
 think that he has held this ,ncncl
 unto himself and not sent it out |
 help cJliers-to bless God. You wh,