Show EARNEST FAITH OUR GREAT NEED Should Set Aside All Al But the Means of Its Victory UPLIFTED ROD OF MOSES Rev Hc Finds linds t Subject fo CO or Though In Incident With Israel Irael I In Desert ert S A largo large congregation gathered a at Phillips Phillips' COIre Congregational tonal church chulch yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- morning when the thc pastor Re Rev P. P I A A. preached on Some Lessons from an time Old ld Incident The subject of oC the sermon was as tho ho incident recorded In Exodus 1 th chapter of tho Ito battle batte between Israel and and the uplifted rod and arm mm of ot Moses After dwelling upon the beginnings s of Jewish nationalism in the tho desert and the thc value of oC the disciplining experiences cx- cx which wore were calculated to develop their thel faith In God the thc speaker speak speak- er CL passed to lo the consideration of or the lesson lesbon furnished b by tho the leader on the thc hill hi over o against the thc battlefield holdIn holding hold hold- lug ing In aloft his staff In an au appeal to the God of oC Isrel Israel It I was vas ant that lint the thc first firt battle batte battie bat bat- bat bat- tie tle te Israel fought should be he with wih those of Its Is own Olvil blood for th the tribesmen were of E Esau au That Thai Is characteristic of or nil all al worthy worth life The first and most essential and anel significant victory is that a man achieves over O his own low Jow self Supernatural Dies HIes Allay A The Tile seeming supernatural element II In II this tills old story dies lies awa away under close and ind sympathetic stud study Moses did not jo so to the thc hitop hIlltop because il it f was other oIlier han ban the tho lie usual place Itce chosen choen by men menor menor or Cor or worship and prayer m el In that thai time tic Etc did not nol bear Icar tho the rod Iod there a as a hut but to lo uj It II a banner pf pt for Cor an appeal to lo God on thi mo ono hand and anel to lo he bo n a standard of cn- cn on Oh the Ihu other The rod and ind the group grou on Oil the tho hilltop hilop sym sym- for or the age are the he essentials of The Tue rod that Moses bore bOIt had hael no miraculous power powel continued the God only had and has that thaL I I t spoke to lo Israel o of experience Every Everyman man nan who lives so s-o that ho is worth finds experience furnishing him ho the rod of oC God Goel The supreme foundation for every evely Ifo ife is In Its Is tc ln s and proofs o or Goe Jod ol in experience Lifes Life's only knowl- knowl dge lre of oC comes here herc Tho The is from Crom rota Gods God's side side The test I s from Crom room our own as we wc reach up UI to toward toward to- to ward rard him And so 50 as out of oC our own comes the thc undeniable cor- cor Rude of oC knowledge Moses came to lo lift UI ip Ill his rod the ho appeal and tho the sureness sure sure- ness less 0 experience Then the second essential of or that cone cehe and anel our Is the thc prayer on m II In the outstretched arms lifted toward award heaven i t r The Time roll rod uplifted was a prayer the aching arms an amen This poor POOl life of or ours needs prayer prayer- everywhere For prayer is tot not an aim exercise exorcise It is an interplay of oC human tuman and divine The God to whoso whose ather heart hear the thc soul lifts up its Is cr cry peaks speaks just as ns surel surely In answer Well TelI Vei ml might ht Tennyson say ay in his fashion More ore thin things are arc wrought by prayer hou Thou men do elo dream Therefore lot let thy voice oice rise like a afountain afountain ato to fountain u n tat n I g h t L and nl d day a With Wih PIH CI The life that makes mals hiTs if Its steps a prayer Is I that hat which comes to sit on tho the ivory throne of or finest Inest achieve achieve- ment melt And ArnI with wih the thc prayer there was wa an accord of or faith Faith In prayer faith In God Goel faith aih In themselves and their destiny The great groat lath lack of oC our time is a vigorous faith a strenuous faIth We re Wedo redo do ho not nol lack Jack repetition of credos but bul we do 10 lack lives of o It It Talking a few Cew hours agone with ono one of the great hearts and 1111 thinkers of our et city of oC the worlds world's religions and the variant values of oC them he ho uttered tho ho conviction com ct n that the tho great lack Jacl of or Christianity is bole belief In its Is beliefs Paradoxical As ts It may teem eem it t Is true Mo Moses Momes es doubtless CS was not a a dignified l figure l-e l upholding the time rOll rod buttressed IJ by Hur and ane Aaron for 01 support support but but butas as 08 Franklin with wih his kite kie and key brou brought hl down cown the vital lal spark park of the cloud so Moses Io es In his cOlt confidence lence his I prayer and Ull his faith drew down the spark for lot which he looked A I faith that Is earnest enough to set aside all al but bul the means of Its Us victor victory and achievement Is what wo we lack They laughed at nt the tho babbling apostles at Pentecost at the lie Christians Christans In Rome nome at the ans in En England England Eng Eng- land at the Salvation Sal aton army alny In Chris Chris- Aye Ae but the living faith In them has swept formatively and ly across the age Speaks Duly to tu the 10 11 hire Ilace Yonder without Plymouth overlooking overlooking over over- looking the boy hoy Clarl Clarks Clark's i island Burial hall hal and Plymouth Is tho the great Faith monument time tho Pilgrims rio dc- s have reared to lo nolo tho ho vital timing thing In the life and anel service that have made maele a n new w civilization and a aneW anew new heW program for mankind mankind faith mankind strenuous faith And as In iii faith alth and pra prayer er and anti the confidence of oC that group stands on the de desert ert lull hill hi it I speaks duty to all al the race meo in alt all ni the years t us Ug is as v we Wt struggle le toward perfect bovo manhood as al we wo cuddle the therace therace race to our heart seeking to lift It up living live O J out nut loving Christ In there Is the enthroned Christ lifting lfting forever fore ol the time Cross bidding us toll tol on In trust and anel pra prayer er knowing that If IC I we lye fall all fal In the time conflict through deaths death's gathering mists there thero shall come flashIng CashIns flash flash- Cash Cash- Ing Ins the glory of oC the crown unfading unfading- the crown of oC true life true life true Jle-true Irue vIctory |