Arizona republican., 1919-07-07
LARGER GROWTH SERMON THEME
 REV. MR. WALES

Ek-E EstHEG Ehstt1ES
 The New Growing Out of the Old" was the subject of the sacramental sermon delivered yesterday morning at the Central Methodist Episcopal church by the pastor, Rev. J, A. Wailes. The following is a synopsis of the remarks of Mir. Wailes:
 And as they were eating Jesus took bread and blessed and brake it, and | gave it to the disciples and said, take, eat; this is my body" Matthew 18th | chapter and 18th verse.
 While they were eating the new grew out of the old. It was the be- ginning Of months: the first month of the year, new date to them as the Passover was to Israel, Exodus 12:2 i That is always the story of the prog l ress of the Christian life: the new and larger is always growing out of the old and smaller. One family, that of Abra- ham is blessed that all families may be blessed. One nation, Israel is chosen Of God that all nations may be chosen. A sign and seal, circumcision is given to males that in Christ Jesus there should be neither male nor female. but all one in him.
 The Passover was for the first-born in Israel that all might partake of the great Passover. Christ. The scope of Christianity is ever enlarging and growing upward, wonder lamb. here a human body; then sanctification or spirit through this hunan-divine sacri- l flee 1 Peter 1:2, Enlarge the place of thy tent; lengthen thy cords; strength cn thy stakes We can never go back to our yesterdays, but must constant ly move forward. The rarrow present must be merged into the larger future and nothing but infinity can satisfy the soul made in the image of God.
 Men and church organizations may stand still but the Kingdom of God constantly progresses: they may rot on the shoals of yesterday. and many an old ark is on the mud-flats of stag nation but the Church of Jesus Christ is ever moving toward the ideal which it is possible to actualize through Him in the present world.
 Speak to the people that they go forward" said God to Moses and no amount of praying can take the place of that, though prayer is essential anu proper at the proper time and place.
 Greater things than these shall ye do," said Christ to his people and he
 expects the greater things to grow out of the past. It was "as they were eating" the larger opened before them and the blessing of Christ was given
 In the actual doing lies the road to the larger and better. The greater quiet ly emerges from the smaller and the words of Christ are verified when he
 said, If any shall do his will he shah know of the doctrine"
 ic f11t% ,od fn
 is transmitted to spirit; water Is
 turned to wine, wine into blood and the
 blood into eternal life
 When the larger comes the smaller
 drops away without legislation. We can never again lay emphasis upon the little things. "When I was a child, I spake as a child: but when I became a man I put away childish things"
 You can measure a man by what he says and does. The gossip is always an ignorant, empty person. He who
 stresses modes and forms has not grown to maturity
 Many incidental things in the Jew ish church disappeared. The bitter
 herbs, the unleavened bread, blood the travelling dress and eating at mid night disappeared from the new and
 larger Passover. The Seventh day :, feet washing and other small things passed away, not by legislation, but the l, larger and essential submerged th' }, smaller and unessential
 c Except a corn of wheat fall into f the ground and die, it abideth alone 't The outer and unessential drops ava, e that the inner life may grow and mul g tipfy.
 d The great lesson of the Eucharist ii
 the body of the Lamb of God becom y ing bread to give and sustain life. 4 d body broken-that being broken smal d enough for us to feed upon, we ma, n take, eat and live forever. X. Such was his love, that he submit IS ted to being broken as he broke up tn IS eternal name, q AM" into I am-th ,r door-the shepherd, the way. the trutl l. the bread-the water of life, that W n might comprehend him.
 His work is done Our work is t ;e eat and assimilate him. He died i n vain if we fail to receive him. l. May we feed upon him by faith i Ie our hearts and be thankful, thereb t. growing in grace and in the knowl
 edge of our Lord and Savior Jesu
 Christ" until we attain unto the stat
 ure of perfect men and women i l. Christ Jesus-Amen.