Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
EXTEND WELCOME
TO DR.. REYNOLDS
Continued from First rasc9

cause must be the creation and before
| the Creator we must bow. It is a
| blessed thought that the Creator is a
person who thinks and speaks and
acts. 1t is a beautiful thought that
this Creator comes from an Olivet.
ut is a FOOLS creed that in this
| big world there is no God. God pity
the man who cannbt look up at the
| beginning Of the day and say, In the
| beginning, Cod We don't want Him
| dragged in as a second thought We
want Him in the beginning. In the
shadow, loi there is God. His hand
| has shaped man and His love has
| brought man into the world.
'All that we think about God in
| the beginning of this worlds history
we must think today at the beginning
of this new years history and the be-
ginning of the new years in this
church. Why not take these as a
motto and put them in the bedroom
and. as you get up, read them?
'Insthe beginning, God. That will
mean God is with you throughout the
whole world. 1t will mean you will
do no act that God will not approve.
1t will mean that no word will pass
your lips that will not be be pleasing
to Him. Any man who has any seri-
Gus thoughts at all wants to begin
the year Alright and so he makes his
new years resolutions. Some Of
them are kept and some are not. But
yet think it well to make them. The
oath Is pledge of virtue. If not, we
would not ask the president of the
! United States to take the oath Of
office, nor the couple at the altar to
make pledges.
''If we fail will that be an indica-
tion that we should not have made
resolutions? Certainly not. / tell
you where you fail at the beginning.
You have to begin with God. When
you make resolutions say, In the be-
ginning, Cod If you begin with God
you cannot fail. There is no other
way TO start. All your resolutions to
break off old habits will be like pie
crust unless you determine to begin
the new year with God.
Drifting Away.
"In our practice many of us weak
mortals are like the preacher. He
starts at a text all right, but he soon
gets away from it. 1t has been said
Every day is a new beginning 1t is
true in a sense. But there is one thing
that must always be the same. We
cannot make the most of ourselves
without God"
DR.. Reynolds NEXT told the story of
Jerry McAuley, who was converted,
after living a life of debauchery in
New York city, and started the
famous mission which bore his name.
He said that McAuley prayed to God
at the beginning of each hour to keep
him from temptation for that hour.
Christians should pray, the speaker
said, not only at the beginning of
each year, but at the beginning of
each day and at the beginning of each
hour.
In tho beginning, God. What
would that mean? 1t would mean the
foundation of all things. The world
is built on God. Some build on am
bition, I know a man in Western
city who for seventeen years wanted
to be United States senator, and for
years he laid his plans 10 that end.
He became governor, and at length
realized his ambition to be a senator.
a'If you could have heard the sigh
from most of the people OF Newark
yesterday, you would probably have
Iltdih iuflil cdN i AHuSI illtikt ilOI6
of my business this year The
greatest desire of people seems to be
money. So many people have q jolli-
fcation at the end of year and the
beginning of a new one, God pity the
man who begins the year with intoXi-
cation. Pleasure Is poor corner
stone upon which to build any year.
The building should be upon God, the
only solid foundation.
= 1--WE say in the beginning Of this
year, God. When we say In the
beginning Cod we have an added
pleasure. In our cosmogony We have
a new pleasure. We care not what
the atheist says. No other explana-
tion of sthe creation can better satisfy
our innate desire than, In the begin
ming, Cod Every day of this year
will need an explanation. Every day
has nut to crack. Every day has
problem. How are you going to solve
it if you do not start the year with
God?
The Meaning of Tears.
What is the meaning of your
tears? You can't understand. But
if we begin with God we can feel con-
fidence that some day we will under
stand. God pity the man who does
not start with God.
MY third question is. Where with
God?' In your work. Work occupies
more time than anything else in this
world but worship. Begin your busi
ness with God. 1t is not impractical
TO bring God into business. Some say
not into politics. If l could not take
God into business with me, l would
quit the business. If / could not take
God into politics, j would get out Of
politics. When I speak of business l
mean all kinds of work, social inter-
course.
"But finally, and it may be odd to
say it, should say God should be
taken into our religious activities. In
the beginning, Cod 1t is SO in re-
vivals. The beginning is not in the
hymnbook, in the choir nor in the
leader. Someone says, Let us pray"
as sort of afterthought. This church
must make the beginning when We