South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-29
REV. B. D. BECK
MAKES ADDRESS
Pastor of Grace M. 6. Church
breaches Sermon on New
Years Resolutions.

The people of Grace ST. r. church
heard a New Years sermon Sunday
morning on the theme. New Men
FOR a New Year The pastor, Rev
b. u. Beck. said. God was appeal
ing TO peoples love for new things
when He gave the message. Behold
Z make all things now Everybody
has a peculiar interest i'm new
things Just now that interest is
shown in the New Year we are ap-
preaching. not or its novelty. but
for the new chance and opportunity
III affords. We hope and expect il
TO be better for all than the old year
just closing
All Things"
The all things which God is
making new are not the outside
world btu the characters instim-
tions and conditions under which
men live. The creation OF the outer
world was finished and pronounced
good Man was just begun when
he was created. Neither was he
good In fact he was so bad that
COD reDented that He ever mad
him But He continues His work
of creation. Now through His plan
of redemption. regeneration and
character building in Christ Jesus.
lie is making men new creatures.
As they become Christians their in
situations become Christian and the
conditions under which they live are
Christian So the way God is MAX
ing a new world is by making men
of new character and spirit.
No Outward Change.
That is the way we are to have
q new year il we are to have a new
year at an. There Will be no out
ward change The earth will move
on in its accustomed course. There
viii not be an unusual sound or
sight when we pass from the old
year into the new. Yet the sun may
rise on an entirely new world If
the men and women of it would rise
with new and holier purposes of
life with new and better programs
of service with faces Christward
and MAYNARD instead Of selfward
New Year resolutions are often
treated as jokes But they have
this to commend them The per
sons who made them at least de
sired 10 be better persons and do
better work The man who makes
no good resolution may be perfectly
satisfied with himself. That means
staEnation. There is no new year
for that man. The maker Of a NV
Year resolution needs 90 keep on
wanting TO be a better man and do
a better work six weeks and six
months after January first
Man Has Co-labOrcr.
Man has a co-laborer i'm Jesus
Christ He IS who IS making all
things new He is well able to make
new men of Us. We never cease To
wonder how He can make a new
creature out of a married and disfig-
ured man. He can cleanse and puri-
Is a vile character He can take
out the heart Of stone and give a
man a heart Of flesh. He can en-
able man TO break MP his evi!
habits and set him ina the way OF
good habits He can cause him 70
love good and hate evil Tie can
turn a wasted and harmful life into
"a channel of usefulness and bles-
sing To Go what saul of Tarsus
did TO put OFF the old man and put
on the new man i'm Christ Jesus
Will assure any man new year.
For those already disciples of Jesus
to go further with Him than ever
before viii make e. new yesr. As
result the homes will have "a new
spirit; the office or work shop viii
have finer atmosphere recrea-
tions viii be new because OF new
ideals and new likes ami dislikes
Everything o. "a spiritual character
about MS win be new because We
ourselves are new