Arizona republican., 1919-06-09

 church of Christ was made by Thomas Campbell, his son Alexander, and Bar ton ". Stone all Presbyterian minis ters
 They saw the wrong of the different divisions among the Presbyterian church and did their best to remedy such wrong, but were compelled after much prayer and labor to call all who desired to see the church as Jesus or ganized it, restored, to come aside and this was the beginning of the great movement of the people known as disciples of Christ. It was not organ izing or establishing another division, but an attempt to restore the church that was organized on the day of Pen tecost 1886 years ago today.
 Beloved, we, too may say, For this came I into the world"-For something, something central, imperial, a some thing undone and not to be done by others, a something that constitutes at once the justification of our labors, were we born. We came for some thing. We are either pretentious in terlopers of we are sent from God to do given work. We are either a ne- cessity of a nuisance.
 i When we stop and study our Bibles we learn at once the importance of 1 Christian unity. l. Christ prayed that his followers should always be united. | ,. That the world might believe in l Christ and be saved
 | Beloved, fifteen hundred and sixty one years work of a divided church proves to any sane person that the world is hopelessly lost unless God d's l followers get together on Christ, the great head of the church.
 One has said, The division of Christendom is more than economic waste it is more than social ipeffi- cheney, it is more than loss to broth erhood-it is black and damning sin. It has hindered the church in the past, it makes futil the present endeavor, it blocks the way of the tomorrows. Dis unity, with it's thronging scandals, cru Icifies the Son of God afresh and puts Christ to an open shame"
 G. Morgan Campbell says, Do you lget any comfort out of the division in the church of God? I hope you don t, I hope you have never said that it is part of the Divine plan that Christen- dom should be split into a thousand fragments. ] tell you it isn't. He who prayed the great microscopy prayer
 which took hold of Heaven in my be-
 half and your behalf for all time, said
 Father, I will that they may be one
 that the world may know that Thou
 hast sent Me. We are not one, and
 that is why the world doesn't know
 that God sent Jesus"
 G. H. Combs says, This disunity
 would be pure comedy if it were not already tragedy. Think of the city oi
 Pittsburg, Pa, for example, with its
 police and fire protective and educa
 tional systems organized along the line of our denominational therapeutics
 d Presbyterian policeman on this cor
 ner, a Methodist on that, an Epis
 copal on that, a democratic fire sta tion here, a republican there, a socia
 list there, an allopathic ward schoo
 here, a homeopathic there, an osteo
 pathic there, all working independent ly, none working together, a .huddl i of dislocations, a pyramid of ineffec iencies. And to Complete the picture
 think of an apologist for those condi , tions saying, Well, variety, you know , is the way of God. We are not all o i one mind We cannot be expected | , think the same way. We can't a
 agree on pedagogical rules, nor on tn
 way drunken men should be locke
 up
 f Many say uniformity is not possible !. Men differ much in the powers of thei
 mind, in their education, and in tn
 circumstances in which they live; an |, therefore you cannot make them thin :. and feel alike; and the attempt to : so is as unwise as if you tried to caus : all the trees of the earth to produo . leaves of the same size, blossoms ( . the same hue and fruit of the sam : lflavor. But listen, it is not uniform U ity that God wants, we are not plead q ing for uniformity but much upo Christ the creed and the Bible tf guide.
 n Every plant, flower, and tree ha z freedom to unfold itself according it's own nature, and yet the landscaI e is one. Every Christian has the free 2 dom to unfold himself according to h II own gifts, and yet the church renal one in Christ Jesus.
 ' Basis of Union d All christians without the sacrifi( y of any truth or conscience can uni v upon Christ the creed. The Bible u d one guide, and the name Christian. 2 The Christian world cannot uni 't upon a human creed, or a human guit B, nor a human name. The church
 divine and should be proud to fit in
 the divine plan.
 l. The World War 1T The world war was won for u IS allies because their great armies we it united as one under one great con
 mander- -in-c chief. Just so if the wor m is saved from sin and the awful pi If falls of Satan, the army of God mu le be united, under one great commal It der chief.
 .e Christians, may our one passion d Phoenix be to so live and work al Id pray for a united church. IS As we turn our faces toward u ,e crucified, yet living Christ. we beho ,d his face and how sad-Listen; H Ny voice is filled with the anguish of lv breaking heart.
 ar My brothers, it has been long, lol F. years since died for you and all ma
 kind, but many have not heard n ot story, my gospel has not yet be- os preached to every creature. My pc ,1 pie are divided and cannot carry e ~ erywhere my word. Bid them be or ', Go, go to them in passion and tea l H. and loving words, beseeching the that they be united, that the wor ie may know that the Father hath SC ie Me. And as ye go with my word,
 with my spirit, wearing not only n name-having no other creed but II l,- and no guide but my word, and livil I'll my life" Christians what shall ' answer him? 70, Master we will n Iu fail Thee"
 l- A CUCKOO IN MACEDONIA