Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-04

right trend and emphasis we must give
II right away. If there are old people
In the group Of our influence, all we
can do for them viii be In five or ten
| years. II there are children around us,
In 10 or 10 years they will no longer
be children, and they will be fashion.
Ing the story OF their own life. what
thy hand nndeth to do. do It with all
thy might" Passing all, passing ev-
erything. MS tale that is told"
My text, In referring TO the years, re-
minds me that In IL hours this year
will forever have gone away. Ninety
nino out Of the hundred years of this
century will have disappeared. We
have only one year Of the century left.
There ought to be something especial
ly suggestive In the last year Of CEN
tury. IL ought to be year Of un.
paralleled Industries, Of unbeard Of
conservation. Not person In any Of
our audIerces this day can remember
the flrst years Of this century. Not n
person In any OF our audiences today
will ever again see the last year of
century.
| Enu OI tue Oentufys
Through medical science tho worlds
longevity may be greatly improved in
the future. as It has been in the past,
| but 1t would not be well for the people
to live too long. Some Of them would
through their skill at acqulsitiyeness,
gather too much, and some multimil-
lionalres would become blllionaires and
trillionaires. and some would after
awhile pocket n hemisphere. No.
Death is useful In Its financial limita-
tions. and then all have enough sor-
rows and annoyaDces and sufferings
by the time they become nonagenari-
ans or centenarians to make 1t desira-
BILE to quit Besides that, 1t would not
be fair so long to keep so many good
old people out of heaven. So 1t Is well
arranged that those who stand by the
deathbed of the nineteenth century will
not be called to stand by the deathbed
Of the twentieth century.
Oh. crowd this last year with pray
ers, with hosannas, with kind words,
with helpfulness. Make the peroration
Of the century the climax of Christlike
deeds. Close up the ranks of God. and
during this remaining IL months
charge nightly against the host Of
Abaddon. Have no reserve corps. Let
swiftest gospel cavalry gallop, and
heaviest moral artillery roll. and
mightiest evangelistic batteries thun-
der on the scene. Let ministers OF the
gospel quit all controversy with each
other and In solid phalanx march out
for the worlds disinthrallment Let
printing presses. secular and religious,
make combined movement to instruct
and emancipate the world. On all the
hills let there be Elijahs praying for
"a great rain" and ON every contested
field Joshuas to see that final victory
is gained before the sun goes down.
and every mountain become transfig-
uration, and every Galilee n walking
place of him who can hush a tempest
Let us be Jealous Of every month, Of
every week, OF every day that passes
without something significant and
glorious wrought for God and this sin
cursed world, Let our churches be
thronged with devout assemblages
Let the chorals be more like grand
marches than requienis. Let this COM
ing year see the last wound of Trans
vaal and Philippine conflict. and the
earth quake With the grounding arms
Of the last regiment1eyer TO be mar
shaled, and the furnaces Of the fopn-
dries blaze with thei:fres that shall
turn the last swords into plowshares.
And may all those Whose lives shall
go out in this last yehr Of a century, as
many will, meet In the heavenly world
those who in the morning and MONDAY
Of this hundred years toiled and suf-
fered for the worlds salvation to tell
them how much has been accomplished
for the glory Of him whose march
through all the coming centuries the
Scriptures describe as going forth "con-
quering and to conquer" Oh, the
contrast between that uplifted spec
tacle of eternal triumph in the pres
ence of God and the Lamb and these
earthly sccnea, where I'VE spend our
| years as tale that Is told"