Show B 9 0 0 0 A NEW YEAN SERMON 0 0 by 0 REV JAMES M GRAY D DD D s 0 0 ia A ND iio now lord what wait A I 1 toi foi V psalm 39 7 twelvemonth has ha gone tind we are yet in tile the land of the living if we give this verious consIder consideration ution ate 0 must agard it ai aa remarkable iome I ome orne think lath hath the strangest wonder of human nl ni story but la Is not life stranger when vv we e reflect upon our frame ond the shocks of life it mast endure must we riot not exclaim anith ith young I 1 strange that a harp of thousand strings should keep in tune tuna so BO long I 1 Is it to be wondered at if like david danid we me too should put the question what walt wait I 1 for the mystery of being here Is ie not profounder pro founder than the nis mastery tery of strying here let us ask god cod the question the psalmist felt he could not trust his own on 1 inclusions conclusions und so BO lie ho said lord what wait I 1 for it may be you are waiting to be lindved god la Is not willing that tiny any should perish but that all should cuine come to repentance and live 1 0 how con can I 1 give thee up how shrill shall I 1 leave thee judah ile hold him weeping Ne over the holy city 1 0 jerusalem how often would I 1 have gathered thy children together as a hen her brood under her ning and ie would hotl lie ile la Is so pleading with some of you today to KO go I 1 tack lick no farther than the past I 1 ear lias has there been no ser aerman trion no DO invitation 0 or r warning no supplication or exhorts tion that has appealed to sour our intelli gince or boned your emotions pleading with you to accept christ ilane hae you lost no friend or neighbor by death during that period rave have you had no escape from bodily peril or no nines illness to lealnd you of the uncertainty of life cull can ou conscientiously mu au that in till all aliee respects god has left you alone it may be you are waiting to bear fruit you are by the grace of god already saved let us suppose but for what purpose tere you saved since god cod lovo you with a love tant pass eth knowle knowledge oge and sine since to deport nod and be with mith christ were far better than to remain here why did be not call you to himself at your conversion why are you here Ini instead teaI of enjoying your redeemers pres present enro there must be some rf reason ason ye te have not chosen me said christ but I 1 have chosen you and ordained you that ye should go and bring forth fruit and that nour fruit should remain may it be to give sou ou another opportunity to glorify ills his father by blaring fruit that you are still here it rony may be you gure are waiting to be perfected I 1 ought to explain this because cause there la Is a sense in which every title tine Is perfected tile the moment lie he accepts chilst ns ills senior lie ile Is per perfected Acted in that he bo Is both ju justified rifled and his sin la is put oa ana und and by the holy spirit he is bet for god fortier the nw tesi Is 18 try atry iler on oil notice pauls cods ds tit in hla his pastle to the co lossl nus for example hat then do i mean by saeng ve up may be to ie I e perfetta td in v ve e menn mean the of a tate state of aness abit heaman no f ft r it if a christian evl toi e as old a as a mould he not still aquire to r rorup us our arelin ts us its NN e forim abo p bibo ho q u us A e ingv ant m in n tant in the fence of n P kipeni ripeness s for the mide cocivi in the lie lives of st P ine DIP tit ah if it a ermin crown of elora had been fw B vouchsafed to them even bobor eky passed into the unseen arid and so may it lie be alth ith some of ym though now boar piu ning sour Us ging ond and your growing days ire fire over yet the quiet but potent rays of chine arrine are arc u maturity lu in your experience erper lenie so no that lour chirl christian adan life itte never will have ibave I 1 been so attractive us aa in vic tle hour that you depart hence we till nil do fade ast an a leaf but th the e fall of you e glory cronn crowned ned owe ones Is to be illumined by the grandeur grandt grand fur ur of an autumnal juuel I 1 god bless you aged brethren bretl nen god bless iou ou young und and old rich and poor saint and sinner I 1 may 3 ou lav have a happy new year lu the highest find and tru truest lat sense nappy happy la Is the people hose cod Is the loid I 1 act accept ept him serne him wait tor for him it Is only as we stand in fit suh auth relationship to him that afat after r the psalm ista question and now lord billat hat illat ault I 1 for we can cond confidently dently apply the consolation in hla his words that tollow follow my hope la Is in thee |