Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-01
THE NEW YEAR.

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A Ser1xsSn Appropriate to the Occasion by
Rev. DR.. Conn., at the First Presbyterian
Chunfzl.
Tbs Rev. DR.. Conn, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, preached an interest
ing sermon last night on New Year, basing
his remarks on Revelation xxi, VI: Behold,
I have made all things new" Following
is an abstract of the sermon: New things
are not always better than the old, and yet
we most always associated better ideas
with the new; the old was the worn, the
decayed; the new was fresh and young and
beautiful. III perfect world the new
could never mean the better; it would only
mean the recent; that which ever is must |
be incorruptible and satisfying.
IN the Bible the new was the good, the |
new way, the new commandment, the new |,
Jerusalem, the new heaven aud earth, the |
supper and the wine. When he said, be- !
hold make all things new, they must be
better, brighter and holier, whatever came
out new from the hand of God must be |
good. We were now on the eve of the last
Sabbath, it will soon be over and gone;
that, also will soon be old; while we speak
of its freshness it was already decaying.
There was a new Jerusalem that did not
| fade or grow old; that was eternal in its
beauty and freshness.
All the long strife OF revelation. Gull
minated in one long glory forever; the
Evangelist, like Noah on Ararat, was repre-
scented gazing on renovated world. So it
might be in the final baptism of fire; I
saw a new heaven and new earth.
God had nowhere said he would abandon
the world; that be would leave it to disso-
luton. 1t passes away to come from the
furnace purified. Like the body. it passed
away to come forth glorifed. The seas
nnirrored the immensely of God; the dew
drops, the oak, the rose, the daisy, the hys-
sop, shall testify that whatever of beauty or
perfume they had, was owing to the living
glory of God. In that day of revelation
the sun shall have no spot, the cloud no
sky, the day no clouds, the earth no grave.
In the new order of things all evil would
be gone. There would be no pain. It was
only the very young that could smile at the
word pain. The flesh shall throb with
agony no more. The head shall suffer no
more pain. He had said, behold, make
all things new. In this new creation
there would be no more sorrow,
there would be no pain of arrangement,
no pain of parting or separation, no tor
| turing doubts, no vexations. The tears
which our first parents shed in quitting
, their aboriginal bowers anG the tears
which have since been shed shall be wiped
; away and death too would be one of the
old things of this new kingdom; God tells
us that the king of terrors shall be tram
pied forever in the dust; death and all It's
shadows shall cease; this was one of the
greatest promises of the new world
the one gigantic evil shall pass
away; no serpent can scale
the brilliant battlements across the river
1 to this new paradise. The great source of
i SORROW, sin, shall no longer exist The
. essence of bliss will consist in the presence
Q and everlasting enjoyment of God; it may
: be this earth that waits for his redemp-
: ton; it may be that Ia shall transfer the
|, pavilion of his heavenly glories to the
: ransomed and regenerated earth
the place was of little moment; the amaz
0 ing fact was, that God would dwell
D amongst US. The reverend speaker here
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| for a closer communion with God.
3 How inspiring it was that on the grea!
{ New Years day, all shall see the King in
{ his beauty; new heaven and earth; these
J were the new things of the spiritual world;
{ all this was irrevcrsible; no ruin, no de-
! cay; no return of sin and death; all was
new and everlasting.
The congregation were exhorted against
J To hoca IN 6r1
gences. and to escape condemnation by re-
sisting temptation. An eloquent and
graphic picture was drawn of the beauty
and glory of the new kingdom as fore
Swallowed in Revelation, and the felicities
of an eternity of glory we're contrasted
with the ain, sorrow and death of earthly
existence. He exhorted his hearers to let
hope and faith shine before them and each
day they would find increased power and
strength.
If the new year of Christ was desired, it
could only be sought through the atone
} ment; redemption, begun at Bethlehem
, and finished on Calvary; it was no new
life to write 1888; this was like writing in
. sand; for life more reliable, purer, con-
/ sistent, satisfying and holy, the foot must
, be planted on the atonement.
| We who had reached the close of an
, other year had abundant cause for graft
, tude; let US be thankful for the benefits
which have made our cups overflow.
| The speaker closed with an earnest plea
| for all to look forward to the painless home
where there shall be no more pain, nor
sorrow and death; home where God has
made all things new.
, Week OF Prayer.
The following dates and topics are suggested
| hv tha Exo A1Jiop.a.