Arizona republican., 1922-04-17

portant fact in the world? Isn't it all
or nothing?
II this universe. this starry firma-
ment of which our little solar system
is an infinitesimal part--if this uni
verse is the body Of God, then does
not the being and spirit of God
permeate the whole? Does not the
being and spirit of God ultimately
control the whole? And just as in a
human body group OF hostile baciili
may gain entrance into the blood
only to find themselves Immediately
opposed by a vast army created with
in the body for the destruction of
the hostile baciili, so In this world
OF God we may get off on the wrong
path now and then. we may follow
false guides, we may start off on the
wrong principles, only to find that
there is something in the character
and being Of the universe that or
ganizes invisible forces against us
and eventually beats US back.
The being of God Is the most inn
portant fact in the world. And the
Guide who told us about that did not
give as a system by which to live.
He did not give us a lot of bricks
out of which to build the structure
of society. He gave us certain liv-
trust with absolute certainty; that as
we build our lives and the life of
humanity on those principles we
come into the harmony and peace of
God: and, as we take other paths
We drive ourselves into the blind
pockets Of strife and destruction and
death.
He told us that we live IN coos
universe: that the universe is so
made as to help and not thwart our
best ideals; that love, not strife, is
the father of life; that CO. operation,
not competition, is the law of life;
that men are not fighting animals
bound to go on destroying themselves,
but children of the one God and
Father of them all: that they are
brothers, because they are so much
alike; that they have common values;
that if we will only act on those COM
mon values We will find that we are
all alike; that human values, not
cotton, not oil, not coal, but human
values, are the supreme values OF
life: that service, not self Is the
meaning of life.
We know he is right, because when
We take the opposite paths we come
into our pockets OF death and de-
struction. And today there are more
people than ever before who are look
ing to Christ as the guide. More peo-
pie than ever before who believe that
Christ was some word--some final
word, for the chaos of life today.
There are more men and women than
ever before who are putting service
above self, human values above ma
terial values: more men and women
than ever before who believe that we
l,oN ~
upon the life Of God if we are going
to come into the peace and harmony
that should be the position OF hu-
manity.
A hundred years ago Leasing said:
'F'or eighteen hundred years we have
tried the Christian religion but we
have yet to try the religion OF Jesus
Christ"
In our personal lives he is the guide.
A guide says: This Is the way"
Jesus says 81 am the way" And he
has been through it before. No bur-
den that we are called upon to carry
but that he carried. No path which
we may take but he knows the end.
And he is not some narrow guide
who demands perfection before one
can rise up to call him Master but
one who again and again puts his
hand on the shoulder of some stumb-
ling follower and says: Courage,
Brother. courage. He IL not a
guide who demands of us that we
fall down and worship him. He
rather demands OK us that we rise,
stand on our feet and work for His
cause. He furnishes us the one
thing which every man needs, some
Cause-a Cause that lifts man or
woman above himself, Cause so big
that an individual life counts as moth
ing over against the cause. He
teaches that God does want Just TO
save our souls: He teaches us that
God wants to use us--to use US in
His purposes; to use us in our. own
spheres for the reorganization of this
human society OF ours in a cleaner,