The Yale expositor., 1902-01-10
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
THE NEW YEAR, WITH ALL ITS
GLORIOUS POSSIBILITIES.
Great Events That the World WIN see
In the Coming Twelve Months-AdVice
aud encouragement for Those in
Trouble.

Trouble.
Copyright. isos. Louis Kiopsch. n. "
Washington. Jan. 5.-ln this. DR..
TalmageB first discourse for the new
year, ne speaks words OF encourage
ment 10 all the timid and doubling.
The text Is Exodus xii, ., This
month shall be unto you the beginning
OF months: IL shall be the first month
OF the year TO YOU"
The last month OF the old year has
passed out OF sight. and the first
month OF the new year has arrived.
Tho midnight gate last Wednesday
opened. and January entered. The
present year will. think. be one OF
the greatest years OF all time. II Will
abound with blessing and disaster. Ma
tionai and international controversies
OF momentous import will be settled.
Year OF coronation and dethronement.
year that will settle Cuban and Porto
Rican and Philippine and South AZ
rlcan and Chinese destinies. The tam
est year for many n decade past has
dug its millions OF graves and reared
its millions OF marriage affairs.
We can expect greater events In
this year than ever before, for the
worlds population has so vastly in
creased there are so many more than
I'm any other year TO laugh and weep
and triumph and perish. Would 90 God
that before the now opening year has
closed the earth might cease 90 tremblc
with the last cannunadc and the
heavens cease 20 be lighted mp with
any more connagrations OF homestcads
and tho foundries that make swords be
turned into blacksmith shops for max
Ing plUwshares.
The front door % n stupondous year
has opened. Before many Of you there
will be twelve months OF opportunity
for making the world better or worse.
happier or more miserable. Let ms
pray that II may be a year that will
indicate the speedy redemption Of the
hemisphere Would 90 God that this
might be the year in which the three
great instruments now chiefly used FOR
secular purposes might be put 90 their
mightiest use ia the worlds evangcli-
Zation-the telegraph. the telephone.
the phonograph Electricity has such
potent tongue. such strong arm. such
swift wing. such lightning foot. that
Il occurs 20 me that Il may be the angel
that St. John saw and heard In apoc-
alyptic vision when he started back
and cried out, Il saw another angel
flying In the midst Of heaven having
the everlasting gospel 90 preach unto
them that dwell on the earth and 20
every nation and kindred and tongue
and people" They were tongues %
FIRE that sat on the heads OF the dis
ciples az the Pentccost. and why not
the world called 90 God by tongue OF
electric fire? Prepare your batteries.
and make ready 90 put upon the wires
the worldwide message OF "whomso-
ever will.
Furthermore. notice that January
has been honored with the nativity OF
some OF the greatest among the na-
lions. Edmund Burke was born this
month. the marvel and glory OF the
legal world. Fonelon OF the religious
world: Benjamin Franklin OF the phil
osophic world: William II. prescott OF
the historic world Sir John Moore OF
the military world: Robert Burns OF the
poetic world: Polycnrp Of the martyr
world: Peter the Great OF the kingly
world: Chrysostom OF the sacred rhct-
oric world; Daniel Webster OF the
statesman world.
tn this month az Hampton court.
1904. a new translation OF the Holy
Bible was ordered. King James ap-
pointed commission OF fifty-four men,
afterward reduced 10 forty-scyen.
Those men presented the world with a
R.ble that held mighty sway among
the nations for more than $50 years
the revision OF the Bible thirty years
ago being founded on that revision
which began under King James OF 1904
The old translation. made more than
two and half centuries ago. sustained
the martyrs IN the fire. illumined the
homestcads OF many generations. was
the book that was read aloud at the
embarkation of the forefathers from
Delft Haven. cheored the weary voy-
ayers on the Maynowcr. comforted
them in the wilds of america. was the
book on which the first American con-
gress. as well as the last. took the oath
and with which all the presidents oi
/ the United States have solemnlzed
their entrance into Office. is the book
| that has advanced the worlds c!viliza-
ton as no other influence ever could
and which now lies on the table OF
more homes than any book that was
ever printed since Johann Gutenbern
borrowed money OF Martin Brother and
/ John Faust 10 complete the art oi
printing. What January In tho
worlds history-the January that gave
the ages book like that,
According 60 my text. This month
shall be unto you the beginning OF
months n shall be- the frst month OF
the year 90 YOU" Through II make
preparation for the other eleven
months. What you are in January
you will probably be I'm all the other