The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-01-13

am now ready to be offered up. and the
time OF my departure 10 ct band. &
have fought the good fight. ! have kept
the faith. lIeDceforth there Is laid up
for me q crown Of Righteousness which
the Lord, the righteous Judge. will give
me-" Or compare it with the Christian
deathbcd that SOU witnessed In your.
own household. Oh, my friends. this
world is a false god! II viii consume
you with the blaze in which il accepts
Jour sacrifice. while the righteous
shall be held IL everlasting renieiu-
brance, and WHEN the thrones have
fallen and the monuments have rune
bled and the wsrld has persisted they
shall banquet with the corqnerors Of
earth and the bierarchs Of Heaven.
This is a good day in which to besinA
new style Of measurement. How old
art thou? You see the Christian way
Of measuring life and the worldly way
Of measuring il. ! leave il TO you to
say which is the wisest and best way.
The wheel of time has turned very
s"''oJ' -
OLD year mas gone. y nsw year mas
come. For what you and ! have been
launched upon ii God only knows. Now
let me ask you MI, have you made my
preparation for the future? You hive
mace preparation LOT 'aihe' 10y acar
brother; ave you mace any prepare.
'loA ior e,ern''ys 9 yoh "onder .ha1
Wntn that man on me nuuson riseI, ~
Indignation ore up ihe tract "nlcn
was handed 10 MN ana Just one WoFu
landed on ms coa' s~leese-.ne Test %
'he TRACK ps'ng p''cheu ."'o 'nc l..ei
'hat one "o'u aio''seu "is ou, l,"'s
.na. o"e Moiu' - ions' - o.oau' N
n'gh' so ueep ETERNITY! us1nE
woman IN ner 'ast moments sn'u' oun
y oacM. nhey W. "na. ~ ~
wan'. ii,.e' sne sa'u' sau
DacS! un, IL canno. NC ca'ieu 1acA.
we h'igh! lose cur lo,'unes NV W
mem oack' we "'gn. 'ose our healen
ana perhaps recover u, WE m,gn, 10Y I
cur GOOD name aho ge9 'nat oacA' pus
lime gone u gone loresfs.
Some Of you during Inc past year
made preparation lot esernl,y' AM ~
makes no d'fference 70 YOU really ~
10 the matter Of salety. Wnetner you
60 orgo soire .Mne.nsi
TINS year or inc mex year. no'n wv.
:eet on Inc rock lhe waves may dasn
round you. loo "a say: 9 Gu.
refuge . ~s'rength-'a very present
he'p. aoh are on '"e rock' aHu Wv
may DEFY all earth ana nell 10 over
throw you. congratulate you. give
you great Joy. IL is Il happy new year
10 you.
! can see no sorrow at al in the fact
that our years are going. You hear
some people say: Il wish | could go"
back again 10 boyhood." would not
want to go back again to boybood. !
sn afraid might make . worse life
out Of 1t than | have nude. You c9ulds
rot afford to 60 back TO boyhood II it
were possible. You might do q great
deal worse than you have done. The
past is gone! Look out fer the future!
10 oil Christians 1t Is a time Of glad
ness. | am glad the years are going
You are coming on nearer home. j.ck
your ~cuuntenance light up with the
thought. Nearer home!
Now, when one can sooner get 10 tbs
center Of things, is he not to be ~ccngra.-
ulated? Who wants to be always 10 the
freshman class? We study God In this
world by the Biblical photograph Of
Him: but We all know we can In Ave.
minutes Of interview with a friend get
a more accurate idea Of Him than we
can by studying Him 80 years through
pictures or words. The little child that
died al six months Of age knows NOR.
Of God than all Andover and all FRINGE.
ten aud all New brunswick.
Does moi our common sense tcnch w
that II Is better TO be at the center than,