The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-30
Looking Backward" Dr.
 Stuart's Topic Yesterday

Preceding pr. Stuart's sermon at the First Methodist church yesterday morn
 ing, Mir and Mrs. J. D. Stentz sang a duet which was very impressive, and Judge Hugh A. Locke made 8 three minute speech on the centenary move ment of the Methorist church, through which the church will raise $3O, 900 for foreign missions.
 You say it is a big task" said Judge Locke, 'but it ia no bigger task than mis- sions deserve, for missions have become a. necessity
 pr. Stuart took as basis for his ser mon the subject, Looking Backward, D wherein Ee told the story of Paul and Silas. scourged and imprisoned. and of the physical sufferings they endured, yet they sang 8 song and converted the jailer and were liberated. He entrusted their attitude to the man of today and placed Paul in the class of heroes for his Christian fortitude and wonderful op- timism for the futures bread of the gos- pei of Jesus Christ
 Have you ever been in jail?'' said Dr Stuart. q expect half of you ought to go to jail. to sing to those that are there: those who are more unfortunate than you are. for they are ignorant and not being
 
 ference is, we know how to sin; we don't commit the sins we would get caught in like they do. -s
 'Paufs letter didn't complain; it did not contain anything of a complaining nature. He said that whatever happened would be for the furtheranceof the gos- pei Paul was one of those heroes who did not bother about something he could not fix; he didn't cry. over something that had a1readxr hoan hvok ap Some people hobble because they have kicked themselves lame. Paul forgot the past and pressed to the future The greatest year of the world has just passed l doubt if we will ever see an- other year like it.
 Some of you will read the history of all of it, l won't Many of you want to go over there and see the holes. There are lots of hole hunters. There are peo- pie who would tear the rag of of cancer to see into it. l don't want to see grue- some things when there are so many flowers around me.
 The fellow who stays on the base never gets anywhere--it is the man who runs back and forth until he catches the other fellow who gets somewhere It pays to go back to your childhood back to your courtship days--if you don't take your wife with you, and get the
 
 gre your lessons. Go back there and :, get them. But don't stick to the things you can't remedy. Forget them. Forget l means get before'-you have got to get before-you must pass something-don'' always be meeting them. Make excur- sions to the old home place, but don'i | sit down there. Light the torch of mem ories.
 If you court girl and she won't have rck Ixw~F F<~t~ &t,~&<< ,sx plenty more. If you are courted by a l man and he breaks the bargain be glad you did not tie up to the rascal. you have proffted by the escape. Just place your self where God wants you to be-don'' | live at the cemetery Don't stake every ! thing on life-eternity is so much longer and so much more necessary that Goo needs that life over there to make eter- nifty what it should be.
 My mothers grave has no monument over 1t, but if you could tear open mS heart you would discover one have beer building on for her ever since I was g l little boy.
 Don't be a grave worshiper. Qui worrying over things you can help. Don whine over your ~failures-jump up on tor l of them and crow like a game rooster | Studying about your failures depresse' and weakens you. Don't worry over you losses-profit by the experience. It's toi that makes success.
 l "The best retreat of sorrow is the poo | of despair. For Gods sake, save u' from despair. In faith bury your dead Don't finger in the shadows but turI your face to the light. Turn to th' front with your knowledge of past fall ures and look for success.
 Let us press forward to our higl calling through Jesus Christi