The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-30
Dr. Edmonds Speaks on \ New Year Resolutions

New Years Resolutions was the sub-
 ject of Dr. II. M. Edmonds of the Inde-
 pendent Presbyterian church sermon at the Lyric last night, speaking to large andience.
 Forgiveness of past sins, willingness to make a fresh start and an honest en- dsavor to walk as in the company of God. were the requisites laid down as essential
 to the beginning of a clean slate for the
 coming year.
 pr. Edmonds spoke of the divine for
 giveness, that has no limit using the in-
 cident of the woman at the feast whose | tears, at the feet of Jesus, caused un- favorable comment from the Pharisees.
 she loved much because she was forgiv- en much" Also the thief on the cross, whose plea for remembrance when the Christ should come into This 1xingdom," and the readiness of the great forgive- ! ness, This day shalt thou be with me iii paradise
 Jesus, as men saw him walk the earth,
 mirrored in his life, God and his love-" said Mir. Edmonds, in part. What we know of God, we know through Jesuss who represented Him. If he so freely forgave every truly repentent sinner that sought forgiveness, then God must of necessity pc or the same fn1nu, to IOTENS.
 With the slate wiped clean, white
 and clean page lies before you; it's up to
 you what shall be written thereon, in
 the year just coming. If you will do right in this business called living, yQ1
 can do with Gods help.
 You dream dreams; well, you can achieve in measure the thing hoped for; this new time This New Year, is yours to do what you will with. net if you should start out living the Chris
 tian life, you have only to live one day at Q time and you can have grace
 and strength for that and the next and
 the next as they come to you.
 Have you little intellectual difficulties.
 a doubting mind? That Is no new thing either others have had the same; you
 may consider yourself very poor and
 unpromising material out of which to
 grow Christian character. Most of us are but God. seeing beneath the sur face, appraises you differently: he sees in you the very thing that can be of
 use in the building up of his kingdom. Heed the call, obey. begin now.
 Start the year 1919 with a new deter imitation to live right. to be clean and decent and true and honest in every one of life's relationships; let the spirit of God enter into you and have his way with you then will the New Year be q good and glad year and you enter into the inner circle of Gods elect. "It rests with you, to make this New Year what you will"
 Announcement was made of the beEin-
 ming on next Wednesday night at o'clock at the temple, of mid-weely conferences, when civic matters, church interests and prayer will be the weekly programme; speeches to be made by diff ferent members of the men s and women s organizations MT. Henry s. Badham, president of the Brotherhood, will speak at the initial meeting, his subject will be. "rhe New World
 Much interest is being evinced at the inauguration of these midweelS cof1- ference meetings and friends of the church and the public generally are in- yited.
 At the morning service al the Temple E1nanu-El pr. Edfnonds used as his subject: "The End of the Road" Taking
 his text from the 18th chapter, book or Acts 'If one aims high he comes nearer reaching perfection" said the speaker Low aim is a disgrace far greater than failure. The greatest men in the world are those not given wonderful gifts only but the determination to do something worth while Sometimes they fail time and again before success comes and even then they have not achieved the goal
 set, but they aimed so much higher than
 we did that they seem to have reached perfection.
 I've must first have the determination to do and then make ourselves carry on. The strongest word in our language
 is must If John had said: I may see
 Rome.' or T might see Rome, he prooa- bly, would never have reached there but
 he said: I must and he did go and do
 wonderful work.
 r Let us determine that we must make tCortinued on Page Etshtl