Show S ARGUES SARGUES S FOR OPTIMISM Dr WM W M Paden Talks on the Old and New ew Dr W Yo M 01 Pa en of the First Pres church spoke yesterday on the subject Nothing New AU All Things New He took d tie his texts the following The thing that hath bath been It I is that which hleb shall han be slid And that which is done Is i that which shall be done and there Is no KO KOUf thInK thing under the sun Is 10 th thOre re any anything timing thing whereof It a be SKid said See this it Ia nw flew Eec Ix 10 And he that sat t upon the throne saW said Behold I make malce aU all thIn new for the former things are passed awa away Re Rev 1 l Or Dr Paden sePt The Kt we have chosen ar are emphatic of two views of life The one that the thing that bath bt been n Is that which shall hall be that nothing I is new rh other t declares that former timings things have passed away that all things are The one fI i on the certain ig e Uton of the same old order of lf things the theother theother other with equal emphasis that n nw w things wilt will be made mad to ha halpen The rhe Theone one suggests the uniformity of nature e the theother u naV ft other he Its certai I variations the one speaks peeks of law th the ther of liberty The Theone one antI and fatalism end the other sug Ul geMs slid and insists insist on freedom and Optimism S The differing spirit of the two writers 18 i a 1 00 illustration o of the storied max im d not by thin things s but butI by rt t the vew which h l lh they h take fas of Rt t things I For r the author of the h R RI wrote during the troy which preceded I the dawn the author of e wrote during the equally times which I succeeded th the dawn Roth Both were r wrestling with the Prince of Darkness end and the theat bat at of f the abyss Y t while the on onO writes of life as vanity and vexation of spirit the other writes of it all CS If It were I an d joy while the one fills his hook with mi miseries tin th other keeps keel his b ok book rl ringIng ns with glories orl s Beason for the Difference Whet luIt th difference Was as it not this A new thing thinA had bad occurred a new thing which had m made de endless endle s new things sen The world had bad not changed but something had bad happened which h had I changed Johns attitude e toward It God and mankind had not chAnged but some something me thing had kad hap happened nd which had changed th the mind and heart of the writer Vh t I th this wee was he tells us me In his overture to the I IGo Go Gospel pel The word was made flesh and dwelt arn among n us and Wt we b beheld held the glory lory tuU of and t truth The coming o of h christ tf had given St hi John the h vantage of R a nw view point It Is not necessary to deny that time the le less writer caught glimpses gUmp of truth from his view point We V cannot den deity the pertinence nce of his illustration drawn from the observed uniformity of the laws of nature The sun and the sun goeth down and to his place where he arose AU All the rivers run Tun runt to t the seit afU yet the thC sea a is 15 not full and the place from rom whence the rivers come thither th they y return 8 again aln So as 88 he heu suggests u e we may expect the recurrence n or of former things thing in the cour cou of human lito There Thre are many timings quite t a certain as sunrise and sunset Other OtherWise Wise wIFe what would bt be good for forAs forAs As a matter maUEr of nf fart fact much or of our faith and hope hopt is based on the uniformity of law It is a comfort to know that there is 18 something we ve can count on in and human hIman nature Not ot to be able to count en the fidelity of ones onos friends would he be as bad as usability to count on the dependability of the sun fun or the sea seam m It Is one of oC our human comforts we know men inca and Women 1 whose truth goodness and love we can eC trust and rely relyn i in n the COnstancy nCY of the law or of gravitation tion S 5 Yet there Is a difference between the workings the laws of oC nature and tl thereof human nature Som Some l I know would have UK eta believe that both are without variable nese es o of o of Thia i im not of either you the blUt huffy of variableness R ont one of nt the 01 primary lA laws IrS Otherwise there would be no pro gree rhe fhe higher the order of life ite th the greaser the of oC variation the greater the probability that som something thing rw new will break forth The blase la und JOi the faithless g thus Uk like S but not nol Ja jaded d dt delights Had and With Without without out tile the assurance ot of faith commonly out on th te worM word wH Jt f yell eyes They The think it Is old and worn out racy see feel and do nothing new t nd ISO so try to them that there la Is nothing new to be seen een felt or dO dOVi done doneS S Vi View w of the The Tho ca will AJ also O deny that oUr souls are any freer Creer than the Such men would have us that w we Are fated tu repeat the sins ot of our l or pre to reproduce the common ego e of our special environment As Ai they would have It we are mere run by the stream ot of or nt at befit beat mer mci staves on th tha tr admill at 01 stances As is such ing new or Of Or our noth In log now nov the aun Of If 2 I g when sarlo rl Ule mit l lD tJ 1 Q Qt t them All 11 or l ile U i t zid JId A n ff tail 1 m micro sm h I b fn I 1 J emotional H lb which th the soul seems to h have yc retained its power to suf i for while It has lost Its power Dower tv te She give Jt itself lr S STo I IT T To him him th the thing that b J Is t at which shell be Pad nJ b both ar b bad d To him thero 18 no new thing under the sun un or orif Jf if there I isO It tB is wor worse e than the thed d and yet et there are aIe those thoc who are farther from time kIngdom of heaven than oine of the c I miserabLe bl sinners For as Professor Prof Is essentially n a rt religious disease In the form to 10 whICh decent men and women ar are liable It consists In nothing but a religious tie de demand mand to which there comes no normal re re reply Too much and too little active responsibility q leat Ii utmost ImoE SR as often lS too much does to the edge dge of the elope at te bottom bottum of 01 which lie pessimIsm nd tile the nIghtmare I view o of life Iff Jn In many Cps s pessimism is only a Chr ss forth form 0 of liO of sin S I Argument for Optimism Ov Over r against all this assertion that there Is nothing ne new tinder the sun or It if I Wf we h have e nothing to do with It Ita Or it Is as ls bad V or crt worse rt than tr the old l i against a s a all blaze lack c of faith aj or In God or mon maim over ali au fatalistiC denials or of divine or human and power to or do o n now things s and anil andover ov over r against aU all surrEna r to evIl as the dominant note ot of hK has been and will bt be over against all aJi thIs we set thew the wards overheard by St John Johnon Johnon on Patmos he that sat sat uJ nyon on the said Behold I make all s new i Yes Yes lie Iw who sits It upon the throne of t the e S universe i is free and able to imitate to LO dUj dO new d 1 ender the sun and he wh whO i will look with his heart to Christ n amy lj b be behold i hold his glo glory aye and of It ItHe Ho He who ho may breaK loose old tt rs make new beginnings do n new w thin things un under Under S der the sun Paul accepted thi thIs ChrIst power and became a new man in a anew S new world Wherefore writes he to the Corinthians it If Any man is m in Christ there Is a new creation the oM old things f are l passed awa away behold they are ure be become bej come new nev As one suggests the New T Testament tc teaches that time Ole life of In Christ ChristIs Is iA a new thing Which hl h must f a I Ining ning and which must be du tiny iY by J day R Repent pEnt Is the message Change I you minds be begin ln anew get you ou a new heart R a It new spirit I It demands nf new W thIngs It neW I things it inspires new things It kno knocks ks at the door coor of our hearts with the b best t new things as a gift No o man mami who is or who Is willing to be a m med neeti succumb to oM old sin For the of I IChrist Christ offers Us ne new beginnings I |