Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-04

In the First Presbyterian Church.
In Broad street, yesterday the Rev.
DIR. Davis w. Lusk preached at the
his sermon was Iron Shoes for
Rough Roads" His text was from
Deuteronomy xxxiii., 20; THY shoes
shall be of iron and brass. and as thy
days so shall thy strength bel" The
sermon in part, follows:
THE first thing this text teaches Is
that we may have some rough roads
TO travel before we are through with
lifes journey. For this reason we Will
need iron shoes. Velvet slippers
would do If the way were to be all
flower strewn and beautiful. Nobody
wants iron shoes for a walk through
soft, green meadow; but the jour
ney of life does not lie always in that
direction. There are hills to climb;
there are rocks over which we are to
pick our way; there are rough roads,
and we need strong shoes.
"A friend says: I was looking at a
pair of shoes the other day, intended
to be used for athletic purposes, and
they were studded with iron spikes.
By the use OF them the athlete could
ping or sliding. When the foot went
down it would hold. They were in
tended for struggle, for effort, and
not for ease and rest and quiet
Life Has Its Winter.
Life may be painted as a holiday,
with bands of music and sweet-scent-
ed flowers, and balr1y air, beautiful
sunshine. landscapes and waterfalls.
with tinkling coW-bells and cattle
grazing-a regular dream of beauty
There is such a thing, but that very
landscape at another time will be
snow bound and frozen. The trees
will have lost their robes, and the
brook its song; 1t will be the howl
of the wind, and the dreariness of the
night. 1t Is strange we never see but
one part, and so forget there Is any
other. Life has its winter as we'll as
Its summer. There are rough roads
as well as smooth ones, and he who
finds this out and seeks to arrange
his life accordingly Is on the winning
side
"A great many young people make
the fatal mistake of imagining that
they can float on in butterfly fashion,
and no winter will frost their ambi-
tions. The sooner we find out that
there are rough roads and prepare for
them the better 1t will be. We will
need Iron shoes If we are to make the
most of life in this world.
Rough Roads Mean Iron Shoes.
you may rest assured of this, that
II your path is harder than the path
OF someone else, you have the privi-
lege of getting more help because you
are compelled to travel it. There is a
wonderful conjunction of earth's needs
and heavens grace. Days of struggle
mean channels for the finflowing of
divine grace. Night means the com
ing out of the stars. Sorrows mean
the opening up of a fountain. Rough
roads mean iron shoes. AS thy days,
so shall thy strength be!' 1t is pos
sible to transmute life's rough expert
ences into character 1t is possible
to get out more than we put in"
The preacher then went on to point
out that the commend to the Jews
was that they were to live a day at
time, that their strength would
be as their days. He continued.
This is great privilege. The
trouble begins when we stop to look
at the years like the fable of the pen
dulum of the clock. 1t began to figure
out how many times 1t would swing
each hour, how many hours in a day
how many days in a month, how
many months in year and figured il
all up until there was an immense
and despairing sum, and so it said
/ can never do It,, and stopped shor :.
Whereas the pendulum which begins
with the first of the year and keeps
on before very long gets to the end
Of the year. the whole amount of ticks