The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-01
NEW HAVEN .0RNING JOU.

about his relation to Jesus Christ ana
the kingdom of righteousnessf
Our excuses are hippant as they are
ready, but God Is God and truth ID
truth, the soul that sinneth 1t snail
die God hath highly exalted him. ana
given him name which is above every
name, that at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow of things in heaven
and things on the earth and things uh-
der the earth. What will you DO WIN
Jesus who ia called Christ? The years
are passing; 1t is time we began 10 DC
In earnest In regard to our salVatIoii'
in regard to the service we are renoer-
Ing the world, in regard to the influence
we are exerting on the thought anu
life of community. A dying year al
ways puts to us some blunt pressing
question-it is It's ancient, sacred PRIV
ilege, Listen! What is 1t old year
How much of your possible Ire 10
probably passed? What have you done
with the years? What is the measure Oh
your present power? What are your
purposes for the future?' Verify, these
are plain questions, old year, II thou
vert not dying we would not give thee
the right to probe us thus what an
swers have we to make?
Hear again an old TRUTH Life is
not a matter Of getting decentiy
through so many years, of doing SO
much work, of gathering so much prop
erty, of having 80 much pleasure; IL IS
a process OF character building. what
has modern thinking to say to US about
character? That it Is made up OF
multitude of elements, that 1T is the
result of multitude of influences that
back of all Is the mans own choice
and that it tends to permanence' one
of the strongest appeals that comes to
us is the appeal to growth, to continu-
Gus advancement In wisdom III
strength, in comamnd Of our resources
and ability to serve with ease and ell
1 cheney. There are mountains OF knowl-
edge to be climbed, there are far lands
and deep mines to be explored, there
are rich stores of experience TO be
gathered. there are dangers TO be raced
and difficulties to be overcome. there
are nerve and faith and courage ana
hope and skill to be developed, there
are ministries to be rendered-the poor
to be relieved, the sorrowing to be COM
forted. the discouraged to be inspired,
the ignorant to be taught, the weak
and faulty to be lifted up and set with
their faces toward God. Did Jesus say
that the fields were white In Fills day
They are equally white to-day ana
vastly larger and more difficult be-
cause of the greater complexity or Ire.
What earnest soul Is not often over
whelmed by the consciousness OF what
there Is to be acquired and what there
is to be done in this world Of ours?
But we are busy for the most part In
gathering what we cannot take with
us. and what IL we could take It, would
only handicap us in the larger life.
Gods constant, strenuous exhoItatlon
is to lay up for ourselves treasure IN
the heavens, but, alas! we are content
to scrape together some paltry pile or
paltrier possessions, and when we leave
that we have nothing waiting us on
which to draw. How much have we
gained on our capital? BY how much
have we increased our heavenly re-
sources during this last twelvemonth?
Are these old and homely questions?
We may not answer them, but we can
not escape them they will repeat them
selves and they will make themselves
heard.
I'VE have many experiences 10 look
hack upon undreana~a or YSnen we be
gan the year--disappointment sor-
rows, struggles defeats yes and joys
and victories and revelations which
have been the glad foretaste Of heaven
We have walked in some strange, un-
expected paths-paths leading some to
the marriage altar and some to the Gem
etery, some to loss and some to gain.
New duties have been thrust upon us,
new relations have been assumed;
invitations and entreaties and warn
ings have sought to woo us to better
life. And we have had opportunities to
show brothers heart, to help some
body on to higher ground to be patient
and peaceful and gentle and let the
world see a bit of the Christ-llfe in US
How many opportunities we have had;
How many times we have failed! EDbw
boundless has been our Fathers pa
thence! The time calls us to review;
1t also calls us to repentance and
new start. We haven't much time left
I'm which to make good the defects and
neglects and denials Of the past. Many
beloved faces are missed from these
peWs; kindly eyes hat once looked up
into mine are closed. The record or
these men and women is made up, and
they have gone to face the results.
1--WE little longer wait, but how little
4 none can know Do we know any more
than we did year ago? How much
stronger are we, how much holier?
What is that in thy hand, good grain
or grain widowed and bighted, or
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