The St. Louis Republic., 1901-12-30
WORLD IS ADJUDGEO
ON NEW YEARS DAY.
Man Is Urged to Prepare for Ac-
counting Before Throne by
by Doctor Cromer.

TIE Reverend jeremiah cromer smoke
last evening at the Fountain Park Congre-
and the 18th verse. ..And let the beauty OF
the Lord our God be upon us; and establish
thou the work Of our hands upon us; yea,
He said. in sar.:
In book OF the Robbins 1t is thought
that on the first day of the new wear the
the world: and an men. without exce:tion.
give an account OF themselves There is
m.ore tnan mere fancy or conceit in this
Of the years earnest people demand q insise
on the throne. Indeed, many judgment days
come to the man who is living the ..strelii-
GUS ne. 1t is only the idle and careless
II duty has beer left undone, and II no
great purpose has filled cne's life. then
Wneraa Ml man snd not and at this time any books
Ihere Will be found enough in the out
side observance OF New Years Day TO en-
gage gage his su attention, = He viii! sit down to
btiity OF few friends. piav few games
and then go back to HIS old life again. But
.ne p purgoseim @ & man steps into hfs library
LOOKS info the faces OF his friends, to see
1niy Oily tne reminder Of hts past negligence
js.a JACK somewhere in the year was a kind
deed proposed but left undone. word Of
cheer IN time Of sorrow was to have been
given. but 1t was forgotten. Here are fei-
that they or ;fSs M1Sm hpe1naps he has prsyed
cniioren. but he has not said or done any-
thing to lead them TO Christ. And findine
thus thus. all about him the evidences OF past
away from the old year in sadness of spirit.
sipplng as bees do the bit OF sweet nectar
foom r. Snrth the snfSldns events. and then trying
He win sing his sad cong to the old
year-Auf Wtedersehen! For We shall meet
seoo Deaore & the throne Of God. The drifting
eShoinE wind lose thy voice. So be IT
We shall meet once more when from the
grave OF time thou comest again to front
eryo my SOU sa,,i, IN 1ndgmsnt. witness bear. To
strife forget thou not Auf Wiedersehen.
II was In some such strain that the psairn-
psalm. ''
with vision that stayed not at a single
year; but which swept within its reach the
whole OF time and the issues Of world
the God behind il all and 70 Wnom aunaa sSoS 10
as osn1 sh ssars .s. hs Msre but as day. His sense
ifs support in the abiding character of
God. For him as for us there was open the
one one way OF prayer He could yet cry. Let
and the work OF our hands, establish thou
It Ihss psalm IS attributed to Moses.
v.1s.,ns Mhssher ! he % had anything to do with its
Renee with the instability of men, and he
learned the futility.of all merely human ef-
torta Possibly 1t best Mts the sentiment Of
the psalm to put tts utterance near the
close OF his life work.
Forty years have passed since he started
from Egypt with q race Of slaves. And
they are IN heart slaves still. He himself
at one time called them rebels He looked
back over the years to recount the loss by
death OF Korah. Dothan ane Abiram. to-
gether with the countless th0usAnds who
lay sleeping In the desert. A new genera
tion has sprung up instead OF the old. but IN
many counts they seem no better than their
fathers. And Moses stands questioning God
as to the ful6llment Of his plans. He q
measuring the present with the past to
know II there has been any progress made
He seems IKE mariner out on 4 trackless
sea. not knowing II the years OF drifting
OF sailing have brought him. any nearer q
part. And at times the worlds movement
seems just like that II moves IN circle.
We 90 forward here only to tan back there.
Man grows more civlliSed only to ind out
new ways Of practising inhumanity to his
tealow-maf. -. s 8
Il once wua. There are NO such sper1ecutionD
now - were Ohce ptacttced under the eAnc-