The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
Brief Account Of Sermons
 Preached m Local Churches
Dr. Stuart On Taking
 Stock of Your Time

50 teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom, was the lesson text which Dr. George R. Stuart yesterday morning preached splendid sermon, his subject being, Taking Stock of Time and It's Use.'
 The lower floor of the church was well filled, regardless of the very indictment weather pr. stuart took an inventory of life for his hearers, and in his inn pi essive. plain spoken manner, made his discourse very effective.
 "I have buried more people in the last quarter than in any other three months during my life, and 1 believe that mora | members of this church have died in this period than ever before in the his- tory of the church." said Dr. Stuart 'I do not tell you this to make yoc feel depressed, or to frighten you. lTs in order that you may stop and think and feel grateful that you are alive Some people do not give a thought to eternitv-they are stirring and splutter- | ing around like old hen making a | nest-never taking stock of time. Oh ''Af+N N'''N' be fools People do not plan their lives they do not know one day what they will do the next. They have not, consid- 1 cred the going of their days
 GREATEST THING IS TIME | If you die tonight what would your wife do tomorrow? The greatest thing that you nave to deal with is time. II | of he d of time and turn them into golden deeds what a difference The golden sands oi your life are running out. Man, man be careful
 "Oh, the amount of time squandei and waste. Some people fit their time away in idle gossip, 'wow-wowlng' t' people they meet-and nearly always th' person who has to listen is the busies person in town l am not fool abou old fashioned things-and while am no l a switch engine, I carry light botf | before and behind-and I do know tha 1 some of the old-fashioned things are bet l ter for us.
 | "A man told me recently that he hao dcne about as much business as any oi the rest of his competitors and was drunf half of the time. But he did not stol
  he was doing little business and stay ing drunk What is a little business tt | a wife at home when she has debauchet husband? What is money in home Una has a debauched son?
 "An officer was apologizing for bent late to his general, when the genera looked at him sharply and said; ' calcu late every one-thousandth fraction Of minute. sir, was the generals reply and right he was, for when you go t' shooting it is well to do that. WeilinS ton did that and when he saw the i'm 1 of the French general stretching ou UT til he calculated that it had gone to far, he threw 40,000 men into the nm and in 40 minutes did the work Una defeated the great French general. 1 SEASONS ARE PASSING
 "Count your time. God has marked tn days, and another night has come. Tn seasons are only Gods announcement to you Spring comes with its buds ant flowers and the shooting forth or th leaves, which simply means, spring l here Summer brings her golden trult l-summer is here The leaves in the fal llool, as if God has touched every one 0 tbem-fall is here This snow and lc and cold is just an announcement tha winter is here It is just God throwing his powers into things. The seasons ar passing and he is warning you.
 DO you hear the call of your statio as the conductor on the train or tim masses through? Young man, where d YOU want to get off?' He answers; "A an education;' but the conductor says You have been asleep, we have passe iyour station Young woman, where q YOU want to go?' and she answers, to
 equipment for life'-but the conducto says. why, you are 20 years Of age an
 you-~have been asleep, you have don nothing-we have passed your station.
 '.From the ages of { to 10 you shout he subject to your parents. From " 25 YOU should determine whether to b
 educated or not-for if you do not pre- nare for a character you will spend an
 souander all of your days. l am preach ing this to you as I always do, Tor
 point-not for you to agree with me--fo
 I would hate to be a preacher that every
 one agreed with. If you are not pre-
 pared to do something, you are in tn
 row of nothingness.
 MAP OUT YOUR WORK
 9arom the age of 9 to 50-if you hay
 nos got lifetime job. have not decide
 upon your work, mapped out your plai you had better take hold and tiX you'
 self for your life work. Get settled o
 something and stick to it. From 30 . a is your accommodating period. Sas
 something From 60 to SO should be l time for taking it 2 little easier. for yo should have rowed the boat in such ! manner as to be pretty close to shore | this time, and it is time that you begi to kinder rest on your oars and whis, . into shore.
 Apply your hearts unto wisdom Pr
 pare don't fail to make your preparatto dollars come and go. but educate ] stays with you through eternity Keep little of your stuff in your own nam your children wil nurse you more q
 tertively and with a great deal mo tenderness if you give them to unde e stand that the day of 'codieils' is E order
 s Arc you ready for tue day of vol f death9 Ready to live or die. today? ;. the face of all Gods warning and u
 history of the philosophy of the world : are you readys Then if you are nc
 you are fool. God help you to thir wisely oh the sweetness of old age
 you have rightly lived Count yonr da' and figure them up-take stock for |
 new year.