The Arizona copper camp., 1919-11-15

against flesh and blood, but agalnSC
principalities, against powers, against
the rulers of the darkness of this
world against spiritual wickedness
in high places. Wherefore take
unto you the whole armour of God,
that We may be able to Withstand i'll
the evil day, and having done all, to,
stand Stand therefore, having your
loins girt about with truth, and hav-
ing on the breastplate of righteous
ness; and your feet shod with the
preparation of the gospel of peace;
| above all taking the shield of faith,
wherewith ye shall be able to quench
all the fiery darts of the wicked. And
take the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the word
| of God"
Psalms 46:S-11. "Come, behold the
| works of the Lord, what desolations
he hath made in the earth. He maketh
wars to cease unto the end of the
| earth; he breaketh the bow, and cut
teth the spear in sunder; he burn-
eth the chariot in the fire. Be still,
and know that am God; will be ex-
alted in the earth. The Lord of
hosts is with us; the God of Jacob
is our refuge"
sThe Sermon
"In the book of 2 Timothy 2, third
and fourth verses we read: Thou
therefore endure hardness, as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that
warreth entangleth himself with the
affairs of this life; that he may please
him who hath chosen him to be =
soldier From / Timothy 6:12: Fight
the good fight of faith, lay hold on
eternal life, whereunto thou art also
called, and hast professed good pro-
fession before many witnesses 1 Cor
inthians 1857: But thanks be to God,
which giveth us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ Romans 8:37:
Nay, in all these things we are more
than conquerors through him that
loved u.s. And in Revelations 2:10,
the latter part: BE thou faithful unto
death, and l will give thee crown
of life.'
II have selected these passages be-
cause they bear ON the life that we
are living here in this world-a life
OF warfare. 1t is that way with every
one and will continue to be so while
this world stands as it is. In the first
place, l would notice the principles
declared in the preamble of the con-
stitution of the American Legion, and
my Interpretation of it is, Right
against wrong God is on the side
of right He always has been, and
always will be- He could not be on
any other side; and if God is on that
side, that side is going to win, for ii
| God be for us who can be against
us?' l doubt not this was the con-
ISOLATION with which our young men
that God was on our side. be-
lieve we are perfectly justified in
reaching that conclusion and con.
tinuing to comfort our hearts with
that conclusion that we were on tho
right side because of that for which
we stood. l want to deliver this mes
sage for the benefit of the soldiers
especially because we do want to en-
courage and do all that we can for
the soldiers, and for all Others, of
course, but somehow 1 can't help
feeling special interest in the sol
diers for what they have done, and
when 1 have an opportunity / try to
take advantage of it to thank them
for what they have done for us.
81 want to notice some of the
things that they have done, and then
I want to notice some of the things
that are yet to be done by them, and
by us all; because all the battles
have not yet been fought, by any
means. The soldiers responded most
nobly to the call of their country,