The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-03
Galn,age
.0er1nOn
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Ta1Tnase, d. d.

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. lin this ser
mon the preacher brings to all, and es
pecially to those who are striving fol
the worlds betterment, New Years
message Of hope and encouragement
The text is Ecclesiastes ri, 4, "He that
observeth the wind shall not SOW"
What change there is In our way
of keeping the holidays from that Of
olden times! The old fashioned New
Years and the old fashioned Christmas
and the old fashioned Thanksgiving
day were as different from their sue.
cessors as the poke bonnets and hoop,
skirts and powdered eurls Of colonial
days were different from the master
pieces OF the milliners and dressmakers
and hairdressers OF modern times. We
talk OF the triumph Of the locomotive
and the telegraph In annihilating dis
lance, butsI am not sure that they have
not done more to separate the members
Of families. The greeting that now
comes by wire from a son on the other
side OF the world In former times was
brought by the son himself. who sell
dom went more than days coach ride
from the old homestead. Then fathers
and mothers, brothers and sisters, cous-
ins and grandchildren could all gather
under the same roof. Then presents
aid ,.rst In az, n, ar, f7,, ~, L., -, ,a~
and sent days ahead across the CONT
nents or seas In order to arrive at their
destination In time for the annual holi-
days. But each brother and sister, each
child and parent, could deliver the
Christmas gifts with a smile and seal
the holiday good wishes with a loving
kiss. a$4~
Some Of us can remember the good
old times when New Years day was d
day OF hospitality, dedicated to the re-
neWal Of old acquaintanceships by d
custom now almost fallen into desue-
tude. That was the ancient custom of
the Dutch settlers OF New York and
the modern custom of our own fathers
and mothers and older brothers and sis
tiers OF making and receiving c,,lls Oh
the first dny Of the new year. The
good spirit OF the new year seemed to
say to I'LL fathers and husbands aud
brothers and sons: go forth and find
out how many friends you hive In the
world. Go forth and renew your old
acquaintance. Go forth ind encour-
age each home for the coming struggle
OF the new year. Then wives and
mothers and daughters In the early
eighties kept open house. Then New
Year's day I'D New York and Brooklyn
brought such scenes as were Witnessed
200 years ago. when the daughters of
the Netherlands welcomed their friends
70 the ancient mansions on the Battery
OF New Amsterdam. Every dining
room was filled with tempting viands.
Every where on every street went the
men folks calling, Happy New Year,
Thus iii many troubled horne eame
courage and love and faith In God and
man on account OF those friendly New
Year salutations.
A New Years greeting IN the sermon
Of this morning. With the same kind
" spirit In which friends used to come
to my mothers home and wish her
'.Happy New Year" and with tender
"reminiscences Of the past and cheerful
Wishes for the future make the day d
Joyous and hopeful one, come to you
this New Year Sabbath day. But In
stead Of wishing you d Happy New
Year, In the brusqHe, happy-go-lucky
way In which friend used to salute.
friend upon the street am going, as
your pastor, to lave q heart to heart
talk with yeu. am going TO have
vou tlrst tell all your troubles and FEARS,
md then shall say: e friend, for the
past twelye months you have been
looking on the dark side Of life. You
have been INDUCING too much Ii
gioomy anticipations and anxieties. You
10 not seem to be willing to enter the
battle of 1908 with brave heart and q
cheerful countenance. What Ii the
nntter1 Then yon will point out To-
mo all the dark clouds that are hang.
NJ upon the edge Of your horizon, and
ron viii toll me why this New Year' s
lay Ii To you blue Sunday. Then
shall try, b. the help Of God, to sent
IL those dark clouds and change yollr
new year timidities Of tloubt into new
rear certainties of gospel hope.
HoYs Fer the Diseo.rnsed.
Why art thou cast down, q my soul,
md why nrt chou disquieted within
ne7r First, ron answer, because 4
have been defeated 90 often LII the
struggie Of life that my backbone Ii
rome. hare been like d sea captain
who has been wrecked again and
leAin until at last he feels that every
storm means fonndered
hip. an like i merchant who has
been caught III three Or four great pam
q and agnin and again, through no
eaylt III blu own. has had his fortune
fwept sway He Ii tInid about max
NJ new venture. I'm like i mother
Fh0 has buried four Or flve Of her ba-
10 and has only one Ieft Each time
~ baby coughs 81 catches cold or has
fever the mother Il aimoet beside
aefseif with fsar lest slle might lose
ser only remaining child. II d wen
snough Tor some people With bright
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