The San Francisco call., 1906-12-31
THEME OF SERMON
IS NEW YEAR.
Rev. w. RAIDER Reviews
Interesting Features of
Mans Eventful Existence
LESSONS ON LIFE

In his sermon on 'sThe New Year
yesterday morning before a large con-
gregation in the Colonial Theater, Rev
William RAIDER presented some interest
ing thoughts about life-its hopes and
its disappointments. its past events and
it's future possibilities. He took for
his text. Forgetting the things which
are behind. press forward" His ser
mon in part was as follows:
Pausine for moment upon the threshold OF
the new year. the fascination and mystery OF
life appeal to in strange and IoreeIui nan Maa
nsted by the sun, as a dover that soon fades,
as tale that is told. In the apocalypse u
John it is likened to the sea. the ancient SYMBOL
e f5e mSsselS MYSTERY Of inf life. 0'oe' We 81.
we are Impressed. too. with the fact that
the stream Of life aows without interruption ts
rail-. but nothing can throw year from on III ,ts
sSs Ryse seurs ah That {, MR IS swift ss01s
..The moving finger writes. and having writ
moves on,
Nor all your piety nor wit h.,, lin.
Nor all your tears wash out word OF ~
The past is power in every present; From Tom
it draw from sources OF insplraaons; ns os
Sfsae amsS TSe past is Egypt and
and art. It speaks from every tattered battle.
dag. and crumbling ruin, and ancient page OF
There are some things which should be for
gotten They have no right to be remembered
They belong to oblivion % bsn Me Wben l9es gess
asked his disciples to follow him one. an
swered Let me rst 60 bury my N.Y. father; Il. ss6 6u'
Some Of you will bring over from last year. into
the new year-your dead. disappointments' dis-
Have YOU lost your friends? Did you bury
your precious dearl They are better or. You
cannot help them. Turn to the living The
1ood orr wi
Have you lost your wealth? Is 1t buried
under these acres Of ashes. which stretch oul
lost your money. why lose your manhood
when be is poor as when rich Leave the
corpses in the year 1906 Forget past error, error,
next time. The beginning Of new year IS tnt
occason for vain regrets. The reminiscent mu
sic Of the old year falls Ills upon aa - TsS a
in the sunset. grumbIe at the times and hna hna
the passing Of soufhWho does not Who doe
not seek for the tabled. fountain, of perpetua
Each period Of lfe has it's peculiar
ton The spring is the period of the planter
Sunrise Is growth, autumn harvest, and winter
with fits cold and SHOWS. shelters the burie'
| roots OF things II is hard for men TO learI
that there is but one spring, in the year. an. n
| There is but one middle life and old age
you have neglected to make the most Of you
can never make 1t up Therefore. most failures
| are at the beginning of life- Opportunities d
not often come back There is an irreparabl,
| past which contains the very fires OF hell
| find In this text a determination to press on
What is the object of this pressing on7 II W.
| are to judge this ideal by the merry motto o.
the new year, by the blowing of horns and thu
ringing Of bells. it would seem to be happiness
| A happy new year Is the word passing from
lip to lip. and would to God we could ring ou
| the ills of the flesh. all disease. the troubles
OF the mind. and rumors of wars. tn
conflicts between races. the clouds that fall witt
| thunder in them on the thrones OF the world
Would to God that we could ring out the falls
| and ring in the true-the Christ that is to be
Tennyson's vision is dream Of universal hap
| piness.
reaectiveiy." said Plato. Happiness is I
| eat drink and be merry" said Epicurus
IA appfses-.',- satd4zere. sis to ba hrsr<s-
They were all right, and neither Of then
1 has come to definition of happines
| as Pastor Wagner and Robert Louis Stevenson
We are to press forward looking at stand
| ard. and that standard is Jesus Christ. Lool
at him In his manhood, In his temptation, Il
his rejection, crucihed and buried. Look at hin
as prophet. priest and king, as the arbter o
nations, the preacher Of peace, the example o
righteousness