The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
A NEW YEAR SERMON
m. MCQUEEN SPEAKS ON LESSON
 OF THE HOUR.
fsk ~s.tt.rs are Admonished to be strong md Eourngeous on the Thres-
 hold of New

All Comforter yesterday morning the rec tor, Rev. Stewart Mcqueen. preached m earnest sermon on the New rear. Choosing as his text. Thou art the same. and thy years shall not fail Psalm iii-27.
 to God Himself, Sod. the Creator and Preserver of the universe and all that therein Is. He affirms that God Is un- ehangeable and eternal. Moreover, ne is the living God without 'variaoieness naither shadow of turning Time does not affect Him. Labor does not weary or exhaust Him. He is changeless al- ao, in his attributes and His being. He IS never greater nor less in either re- seect, at one time than at another. He may bring a million worlds into exis- fefice, but His being is not therepy din1infshed nor His attributes lessened, one iota. Yes, He is infinite and eter- nal. He Is not imprisoned in tune or sn space, He is above all, and tn all, and through all. He laid the founda- tinn of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Ills hands. They snaii uerish, but He shall endure. They shah all wax old as doth garment and as vesture shall they be changed, but of God, the psalmist cries Tn tri- umphant certainty, Thou art the same, ana Thy years shall not fan.
 JAS with God. so with His Kingdom, srhy Kingdom is an everlasting King dom and Thy dominion endureth fhroughout all ages The throne of His Kingdom has for it's habitation, justice and judgment and love. he Who sits thereon possesses all power in heaven and in earth. And evil also shall finally perish out of the universe and His enemies be destroyed For as the Apostle, St. Paul, says, He must reign till He hath put all enemies un- der Ills feet What contrast be- tween His Kingdom and the kingdoms of the world. They rise and fall ike fha waves of the troublous sea, or iflxa the trees of the decaying forest. Moi Sven the strongest can endure, or has eridured--indefinitely. At last. they 70 like a shadow. and are withered therefore, like their maker, they are subject to the laws of decay and death f<uf above and beyond-different in de- gree and in kind--is the Kingdom of Cod. which shall endure forever.
 Further. As God Himself IS un- able. AS God Is eternal so is His Word eternaI It abides. for 1t is truth ana truth ig of God, for God is truth. H's word is like Him, for it takes its na- t,.ra and it's character from linn. he "a i,nnountable and enduring ana Ho must he, and is, His word the 'as- aatIYfs of time have made no impressioF s,r.,r, fl just as they have left no im- nFees upon the nature and essence or fsna Who snake the Word. His Word fe eternaIiy true. It cannot be broken rv destroyed. It shall continue to nVc forever and ever. Man, with all ms z1orv and wealth, and power, shall pass @seav. but Gods Word shall abide, Tnc gs~hs of the sun shall vanish and melt frsto darkness but the light of God s Word shall shine everlastingly Ine rslwhtv waters of the bottomless and xs1vsterious ocean shall cease to now &rr up, and disappear, but the WaterS' word shall remain unconsumed, une%- hMusted and exhaustless. Heaven anu earth shall pass away, but Gods word shall not pass away.
 ssFhau art the same and the years ehaIf not fail. I" This statement applies 10 God, the Creator. but its very op- annita applies to man, His creature lrcv aIasi he is not the same: he is not unchangeable. and his years do faff that is. they come to an end. They A1lp away speedily and noiselessly' Their passing scarcely makes any lm- uression until the result is noted In f11e form growing feebler, the eye dim sser' inc vital forces weaker, in word, the body disintegrating for the tomb. Tha aun rises and sets, the night fol- fogvn the day, we do our little tasks, or leave them undone, the hand of deatn KvavVs the curtain round us, the eyes ase closed, the lips are sealed. and we gre wone,--with our neglected oppor- funfties. blasted hopes. wretched fall urea.--buried out of sight and memory Flow the words of the Burial OmHe should come home to us today,-the naoinning of New Year--which re- minds us so forcibly of the passing of fks years, and our passing with them so the darkness and the silence of the grave
 aMan, that is born of woman hath hut d Short time to live, and is full of misery He cometh up and is cut down Aifka a flower; he heeth as 1t were a zhadow and never continueth in one
 "" How truly and earnestly each
 ,s should make his own the thought
 De poet;
 e one who stands upon a mountain # peak,
 Id sees the path his weary feet
 have traced,
 x '>yith seep'ning shadows overlaced,
 find some further height he yet
 faust seek.
 aghast, footsore strangely weak.
 hold the years in swift procession
 haste.
 own the past whose record unef-
 sometime all it's sin and sorrow
 peak.
 . stlll the farther height. my pill
 rim feet
 et climb to gain the longed for
 oon of rest,