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Show SAYS YEARS SHOULD TEACH MEN WISDOM The Rev Dr Davies Urges Progress in Soul Development For his New Year s sermon at the First Presbyter an church yesterday morning t e Rev Dr Davies took the text Dajs should spealc and a multitude of jears should teach wisdom H s theme was He aid In part History w tnesses tho pathet o and the passionate long ngs of the man race to be f ee At last t Is found that freedom apa t from aw Is but the d earn of a dreamer who dreams that he dreams a mere ch mera among the 1 v ng a reality on y among the dead Modern h nklng rules out chance Science shows as-a as-a physical universe he d In closest gr p by the powers of adhesion co hes on and gravltat on In the word of bus ness sjstem spe s progress A I v tal forces a e compelled to ow n the act on of I ght heat and mo s ture Thus mank nd f nds that obed ence to- the law s of his be ng make for progress In fact this law of progress Is written within h s very constitut on When we cease to grow we be n to d e Egypt forgot to grow bhe herse f became a m mmy Ch na 1 ke wise burled herself by he same fa 1 ure Man Is the upward look n The human age of gold s never in the past This is seen n the -variety of our poss b ties and the durabl ty of our ma ur ty Age shou d not abate ardor It may s acken the pace of the foot but never the progress of u e soul There are certain factors in human progress The f rst Is that of the In ward states condi ons and posses s ons of the Ind vldual Natura y ab ty cannot be bought or con ferred But it is to p ogress through experience that we make spec a ref erence. Some are ever learn ng but never coming to a knowledge of the truth Time is a teacher History is God s Judgment day Days shou d speak n no uncerta n Bound As we s and at the thresho d of an other year rest ng for a moment In retrospect we should I sten to t e dedarat on of the changes wrought by t me Change and decay in a around we see One of the pathetic observations Is just th s the dura b ty of possession? and the pass ng of the possessors We are but stran ge s and p lgrims here Thy dog s a keep watch fo another and thy steed by a stranger be reined, Ot e s wi 1 I e n our home read our books and own our lands |