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Show FIGURES IN HISTORY HELD MlfLES John Quincy Adams and Benjamin Franklin Referred Re-ferred to by Pastor, Special to The Tribune. OCDEX, Dec. ul. Because we do not know what, day we should be at our best each day should be the transformation of time into real value. ai-eordlng to the Rev. John tidwani Carver, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, who delivered a sermon this evening on "The Xew Year," He point e-:li to John Quincy Adams and Benjamin Franklin as exam-pies exam-pies of lives that have attained the greatest great-est result a in advanced years. In part, he said: The great work of each life if to trn Deform time into chji racter and usefulness. That indeed lias been tiie entire problem and achievement. We know that the advances made by civilization have come as men have invented and developer! means and methods for changing time into force and knowledge. AH the great steps that mark progress tell this. Mechanical powers, like the lever, the inclined plane, the wedge, the pulley pul-ley and the wheel, these primitive steps that meant so muoh. were only contrivances for the making of time into achievement by doing in a little time what would have taken hours unaided and to do by a numhev of efforts ef-forts what could not be done in one piay of energy. Printing- and, in fact, the alphabet were great steps which saved time, and. what is more to the point, made time into knowledge. Clark has observed that when we wind our watch we are only storing it with energy to be used by it through the day. There were many plants given as Christmas presents this year. They were able to be made so rich a profusion pro-fusion of blossoms because some one had learned how to force them at the proper day so they would be at then-best then-best on December 20. The length usually given to their growth was overcome by making a little time mean much. If we knew the value of the year to come wo would force many of its days. For some of us it will be the last year and for others the last year of full powers. We know not what day we Should be at our best, and , so let each day be the t ran s forma - tion of time into real value. Some of the great men of our land have made. ' the late years wonderful because they i did not realize their powers til! then j and beca u se each year we live we multiply our abilities not alone be-; be-; cause we have more ability, but be cause we belter value time. John Quincy Adams was 64 when , be entered congress, and the next sev enteen years of his life were the best. I Benjamin Franklin was 10 when h went as American ambassador to France. "He was when lie was a , . member of the constitutional conven-j conven-j tion and was one of the best minds I in the great meeting. Time must be made Into worth if we are to either ' grow or enjoy life. |