The record-union., 1894-01-15
GREATEST OF GREAT YEARS.
The Responsibility of Progress 1t En-
tails on the Nation.
City Consciousness Born in Sacra-
mento-She Cannot stop Now in
improvements March.

In his sermon yesterday morning, Mr..
Horner of the Unitarian Society spoke
of the greatness of the years in which
Buddha and Jesus were born-years IN
which the unfolding religious life OF
humanity took on new variation
and was forever after to be broader
and deeper and more humane; OF the
year in which Columbus discovered
the New World-great in that 1t revealed
to humanity unknown possibilities OF
national expansion; of the year in which
the Declaration of Independence was
read from the old State House in Phiia-
delphia announcing the inalienable rights
of man; of the greatness of the year that
marked the close of the war of the re-
bellion and secured those rights to every
man in America. But greater than all
these great years was the year in which
mans consciousness of his greatness en-
abled him to bring together for conparl-
son his greatest achievement IN mechanics
and arts, in science, politics and religion,
and stand them before the world and ask
the world TO come and see.
AS the tide of the ocean retreats from
the coral island, leaving the work OF these
millions Of insects to blaze in the tropical
sun and show forth its beauty, so the
financial depression has left the achieve
ments of the Column bian year to stand out
in bold relief where all the world can see
the glory or the mind and industry OF
man. Confused by the abundance OF
mans great achievements this past year.
we shall have 10 wait for time 10 dlsasso-
ciate the one from the other and arrange
them in order. But the one thing that
marks the year AS great in different
IN q
consciousness before it came that 1t was
to be great, and from it the race was to
start upon a new era OF prosperity, bound
together in closer bonds or unity than
ever before.
Coming nearer home, the speaker said,
1893 will ever be memorable year III the
history OF Sacramento Before L came TO
Sacramento [ wrote to the Board OF Trade
for information, receiving nothing IN re-
ply. Had l written to any other city on
the coast | would have been flooded with
literature setting forth the advantages Of
that city. From sacramento a friend
sent me an old paper III which the city
and county had been written OF several
years ago.
But '93 will be remembered in the fu-
ture here as the year OF the great Capitol
scare, by which the city's sel1-conscious-
ness was brought TO life and new order
of progress inaugurated. a year IN
which the people took politics out of the
hands Of the bosses and elected their own
chosen officers regardless of party or
race. 1t will be remem bered as the year
in which new streets were laid and old
awnings came down. revealing the shah
biness that compels repair.
Now what OF the responsible 1t has
entailed 1t means that in nothing must
the nation, the race or the city 1ail of
what the past year has revealed as possi-
ble-to be made permanent.
a man sometimes surpasses himself by
doing some good deed that he had not
thought himself capable of before. Not
even after he is conscious that something
new has come TO life in him and he can
not afford 10 let it die. So the year 1898
has been the birth year of international
brotherhood, religion, art and science. 1t
has been the birth year OF city conscious
ness in sacramento. HE that putteth
his hand to the plow and looketh back is
not worthy OF the kingdom OF Heaven"