Show j ALIGHT OF YEARS j I IS ALL TOO RAPID Time Speeds Along at Alarming Alarm Alarm- ing Rate and People 1 Dont Don't Prepare i i i REV B. B YOUNGS YOUNG'S SERMON TalkS On 01 CIo o e of or 1500 1906 anil auth nUl Tells What lat Mu In lie Bu J In II lie Iho t. ext Tho rho U Ilov Young In lii tiu tJ pul pulpit Jul- Jul Pl pit at nl tho lie First Methodist Episcopal church yesterday preached for the tho ie sermon ser ser- mon lUOC of or the New Year ear A Meditation for fOI the lie Close of oC the lie Year Ills Ils text lext was Remember how short my time Is Psalm SP St f. f 17 Ii In part parl he lie spoke pole as follows follow fol fol- oh- oh lows low There aro arc times limes In 11 life Ifo when wo we feel I it I necessary to lo admonish a xi friend or 01 x a L loved one There aro are so 0 many contingencies con con- In life that lint we do 10 not hesi Late lalo to administer warnings Such admonitions ad ad- monitions may call cl our attention to un unpleasant un- un pleasant facts However this is n no LI proof of or a merciless heart Admonition 1 Is often expressed sec In love love A warning messa message e J is the word worl of solicitude e ant and 1 anxiety t Law aw admonishes hut but law is i S Snot not not vindictive lct e or cruel Tho state stat searches out the criminal and hunts S down the transgressor bu but lit it is gu guided guidet t cd I Iby b. b by the lie protective principle an and the tho 0 spirit which has In view the welfare C of dC r society Tho Thio cannot exist ir In t criminality Society must be bo protected I. I Admonition Iu in 11 flub Dible Biblical admonition Is always thc Ii C revelation of Gods God's Interest In us There here C Care are threatening s In tho the Bible Biblo and stern ri warnings s but lut back hack of all al Is the lie anxious S cart 1 of oi 01 the heavenly hea father Discipline C I ID the expression of kindly interest It I 1 t stands for wis wisdom om The manifestation he of authority does docs not mean the absence absence ab ab- sence of love love Again and again in the Bible our at at- at tenton Is 13 called caled to Important facts I. I Sometimes wo o do not like Jko to dwell wel upon upun ri thorn them Certain things rare are re repellent t lous to lo us us Some things have an nn ugly look 1001 and there is Js a natural t tendency ant n n among among- rand r- r u us to avoid them lien lint But because lecause a n thing thIng Is stern or unpleasant and solely fo for r that reason to lo turn awa away from it is I not the exhibition of oC the tho highest wis wis- dom thom The Thc wise vise man will wil not hesItate a at a n fact simply because it i Is ug ugly I It I t Is IR best anywhere to face the tho facts calm calm- I ly and considerately In the turmoil of or tho the present thor there C is a possibility of losing losing sl sight hl of mat mut tOrs of gravest moment I think th the i Psalmist must mURl have o ha hind had some sue such i thought in mind when he lie called calel upon a himself to lo think on the lie brevity o of ot t time I think there arc some seine things s in ii a American life to today ay which ten tend t lo to blind men lo to the true Issues of oC Material successes have blurred the theIs C Is vision vIson on of or men Ease and excess and ami an Li luxury have havo affected judgment Tb The C rugge rugged American spirit which perhaps S WAS was endangered b by great difficulties S and grave gra c can dangers ers In the past seems t to 0 be leaving leaving us In part at least We 10 have has C been taking in from c everywhere everywhere- no not t tonly only Immigrants but theories and fad fads fals S of or ever every description 1 We e have o ha bee been n taking In faster taster tean tan our powers a of or if assimilation You know what the that ton Urt t 4 A I rat n 4 In fl 1 I pc ii 1 er unless unhos 5 IV We Yc c stron l t Simple life 1 H nr a AO r S 'S SI I It the thie other thaI da day mar man y a 9 nl fV r 1 met et O n of of- ofner's lr ners ner's book In lit his S with wit a a ym answer Ii he heP tid In iii er to J my query P M ho Carried carried It Jt around nunc with him an and 5 sn sal vcr he fount found anyone too loo L lie sat at down and rend read them a n chap chap- oUS Life Lite Think oilS of or the Simple Lie a of S to date o-date theatrical man as a missionary mis 1 in Oi nrY of or t the c Simple We c work worl I Some s mc things s too tea much We rc rC s SOW ROW w to too 0 uch of one kind of ot grain grain 1 Wo We 0 11 rid ride 0 lobbies hobbles to tho the death That Is not a. a an Irish Irish bull buH either cither When hen I read rend of a aI aman I man au lecturing lecturing oh on The Simple Life t to 0 the iC elite elie In the lie banquet hall ball haJ of or thi tho 0 Astoria Waldorf-Astoria m my feelings get gel a Jar jai Tile Tho quick get spirit Is In tho 10 ni air and ond men mon and ant women are tumbling over ore r each cell other In the lie mad mud scramble fo for fOl I. I wealth Certain Important facts ar arc C V forgotten or Then the g spirit of sensation oton sm laj is rampant rampant The public tires pros 5 Woks with It I. I Appetite is satisfied but lut t I f n st be Ic spurred and driven and It I I Is 5 being done one at a n tremendous ous cost cost- cost That Tha t which has bias novelty and Is startling I Is 8 wanted In literature In art arl an and some seine tunes In theology There Is an Intense e craving for or satisfaction along the time lines line Jnes S of the sensuous You can cn see whole C families trotting trolling off ocr to lo the Sunda Sunday night theatre Is not the thc Intellectual I hl higher her than then the carnal caral would It I no not t 1 be Infinitely better beter for parents to bu buy buya a n twenty five twenty cent celt edition of or Robinson I-i I Crusoe or Alice Alee In Von Wonderland erlund an and andrea ii rea read to to their boys and rather than thai ix to lo take lake them on al the Iho Sabbath evening t to toco tosco 0 seo co that which has not om- om thing for forthe the lie heart or 0 for the brain Some moth moth- ers eis are more anxIous for tor daughters to develop grace of oC movement and symmetry SI sym metry of form arm orm than keenness of or intel intel- intellect lect or culture of heart heart Forget AVIth Uh Inline m. m But some sorno one says if It m my text lext ha had tho ho smallpox Ui m my sermon is in lii no dan dan- aner an- an ager ger er of or catching It I. I But Dut 1 my icy aim Is IR to lo call attention to the case ease in the turmoil tur tur- molt moil moi and euphemism or of the present with wih which we forget We Ve tr try Iry to get et Ly awny oren often front from time the hard stern facts of oC lre life It I is easy to to tor forget et And Aud iid often oten because we havo have forgotten simply we wesa sa say the tho fact does not exl exist t More Mere for- for fact or principle You ma may forget forgot the lie Ten cn Commandments Command- Command ments but It is Js a fact tnt that thai thc they ar aro ar in the con constItutIon of man and nature nevertheless You may inny Cor forget eL Be Re tiro suro your our sin will 1 find you out but bu silently yet sui ully oly the forces of or life Ute arc are working hard toward the thie uncover uncover- big ing InS of your YOU sin The Tho Nemesis Is ii on oum 01 the tle truck track of every overy transgressor You may mayor or forget et about God nn and destiny but lut God iu Is II and unconsciously destiny Is belli being fixed A man may target forgot ot to pay his bills but it t It r 3 n a t iUd ti f fur mm bis I. I lio honesty is the IC best best policy i Mother roli knew this title principle and you know knew knew it when you OU trudged oft off to school for the thie the first time lime TIme The picture fixed unalterably In memory that ln day aye and the picture which has bias lived lvell In mind during all ot these years Is In mothers mother's expressive ex ox- face her lovely but flashing fashing eye her upraised finger and that one word Remember And when you cut cutaway away from froni borne In nn answer to that larger impulse which comes Into the tho soul ou of or every young mail mat the lie word wOld that smote moto over every bell bel In fn time the tower of ot the heart was Son SOI remember remember You can see that strong face across the years und and tona today you ou can almost hear the this ring of fathers father's voice olee as aN In tho the strong cadence n of fear fea and of love ho lie says ber j It I Is so easy to forget Promises are arc ares so 39 s soon obliterated from memory Do you IOU wonder that God God- Iterated It n then lien reiterated It I Year car liU I I 1 think standing at almost the lie close of the year eur that wo we are aro 10 Impressed coso with the lie rapIdity of or Us its Is flight It I ought to tobe tobe tobe be so 80 with ever every one of ot us This Is a atme time for serious thought thought With Ih the flight of ot years more mOIo and amid more la Is this tills thou thought ht impressed upon tM us that thUit UHl Mies Iles It I seems e mE to have electric It seems but yesterday j-esterday a since we wo stood In a u position similar to lo this we occupy today Can It be that one more year hn has h hen been r n add ridded added to lt life It I is IN too true truo The I fl ht or the tho e years veers ls l's has SU suggested reflections to tho the of all al ages Es Es- and artists have hove been e p pools pt t ell mO moved to t catch ant Its Ia spirit and ami ant n inor- inor I Ite po pa The fig figI I I a te It I In Iii and poetry 1 no F- F o lre re of or the old oll man mn with sith wih time the theIS t 1 I IS s In picture and po po poetry tr- tr as S well wel as ass s I h 3 Is s the thc man with the lice hoe hot Ho lie le I Ifor is 18 cra drawn n f for or us ut with strong outline In n man Ja many dif dlf J j f forent Corent parts of the Bible Paul nn and J James ames und mid Peter ter have seen him isaiah Isaian on and a nd Moses know him and amid ll Da David is 11 a acquainted with him rue Tho rh author of t this his text wants us to see ec the lie man mn wih the lie scythe or 01 the lie angel with wih the tho hour hour- gloss glass g lass Did you OU ever cr an nn Inventory In o of oC f life Think for fOI a moment SUppO Suppose C wo we consider seventy years ear as a the the actual l life ife period Take Tae from the time seventy ly y years la e ears rs five years of or Irresponsible In InfancY fanes a and nd the time f figure ule drops down to sixty sixty- f five ive f e. From Fro sixty five subtract one one- ole ole- t third hird spout In iii sleep an and the tIme figure drops d down own to three forty years eals or 01 a I little n more than Cv five hundred and sixteen Ill hit ll- ll hitS lie le he months lImit Hut suppose the lie average l lr life ife to lo be he fifty years arM then actual life Jre Is lh lt r reduced educed to sonic somo thirty years or three h hundred and sixty short swiftly pasIng pas pas- t ing Ing ug mOi months th Docs Does not the lie mere lucre In Inventory Ih- Ih of oC prove pro its Is brevity It I is IR h Ik a a shuttle or 0 11 like a tale tole thai lint is told loid or 01 like u a shepherds shepherd's tent I mix hi Ia With tho tu of oC lie Iho rapidity rapid rapid- I ity of the lie rl flight ht I have not nol lived hived as though I believed this to lo bo be 10 true truc so soave h have ave not nol taken take advant advantage o of or time Iho s as rM the they bier have come caine to mo inc It 11 I Is Isa a a good oot thing sometimes to look wIthIn with wIth- wih- wih in and auth to look at tho ho post Wo We VI shall soon be begin ln on nix a new nw page We c pray as wo we begin tho the work of the lie New Year that lint we mo may oll a avoid many of oil time the errors of oC the past We Yo arc ure conscious of mis- mis of or somo failures Vc We e can oln s sr sro o lImn many barren places in iii the year ar almost t past past Wo We e were werl careless or Indifferent In thin the tw presence of if things or ox events of moment It I Is not a very good oo record There arc are somo sonio things 8 wo would will will- In leg I blot wilIn wil- wil out ovit Wo We VI cannot make eras eras- tIm ures In the book of time lime however and i iso so the lie spirit of humiliation possesses us lo today ay because this year has bias In it places so barron harreii when It II ought to have have- been so fruitful fi ul My ty line lime Is short short therefore I should be dominated by a great purpose hint Has haM In Year Mount Meant f This YC year What has It I meant lo to p pyou you ou Il It I has lias L been en made mado up or of strange I 9 You have hind had hal somo seine successes and auth 11 sour failures You have da days s so sr full ful of or goo good cheer cheol and auth comfort an and I you have ha e heard the sinister moaning In ir x tho the storm und and anc th t has been leen the pre pm- sage of disaster But Bul after all al the lie year bias counted something ou for character sure surely You ought ought to be nobler more mor Christ Christ like more moro like tho the great reat Idea Mel I now than a x year ago Do you OU confess the he contrary On your knees this tills nl nigh hl L before God and ask forgiveness Attempt Attempt At- At tempt something for God Gol Open the lie door r to that thai inner life In which God loves love 3 to dwell You ho have mode mantle promises ant and I havo have forgotten olen to lo hoe keep them You ma mad mado e vows vois and did lid not fulfill them hoax did no nol t Pl tiny pay them You have been overcome a at t times limes The he storm an and stress of oC thing s has lias been leen occasionally too loo much for or you II I Ilu hats lias not been the fault raul of God but in hi he C Is ren ready y to help hein you again Make reso reso- thIs Ibis day and amid keep them i bj hy I Go Gods God's s 's help Remember member how short tin the C time lime is And Mid settle sette some things It I I Is a n good ool time to lo take tako an in in- in of life At this time lime many business bus busl ness men ar are arc checking up the tho year cars work tork to lo see If IC lh th e re has been beon progress Some Somo Saro Important matters have to lo b I. he C settled New Neit n adjustments have ha to lo b he C made now There here Is no lime tinie to lo waste vast Balances are splendidly 1 struck How lIoi about your relation to Jesus Christ You promised a year a ago o that that yo ye you Li would make that thai adjustment to hi his S claims which the Iho heat heart told toM you OU wa was best besL The rime year ear has passed so rapid you ou are arc almost as I J ask thi this 5 question Sctt Settle the matter mailer mater now Re Tic Te- Te member how short the time is Yo To YOI ii have not too much time line to spare Go God t wants to lo leow know He lie le wan ants Is ts your lies bes it service He lie wants It I during during these day a s 's S which are aie ae so full Plent Plenty of time yoi yo OU U say That ht i is not the Ion expression of th tho C best self This Is what the traveler r said as leisurely lie he walked to the tho station sla ste tine Hon only onh to lo find he lie was belated Plant Plent of time lime says the he messenger on the feld tel telof of battle batlle hatle and anc the battle I Is lost t of his negligence anti and th the army I Is s crush crushed ll and the thc empire Is ratY rat rat- Y man and falln falling to check up his books book S he Is Into ruin Plenty of time tim C sa says s 's the fl fire brigade as It I leaves forthe for forthe a ir the seat of fire tire and a city Is deluged deluge In devastation Plenty of or time It I Is 1 the IC plea of the lie baser self It is tho the s synonym um of failure It Is the lie first stat tawny the gulf of despair espair It is the the son song of oC a wicked cd siren It I is Iho tho true Irue potion c of nepenthe il It I is s Iho tho opiate of or hell Time Tim C. C It Is Go Gods God's s 's currency to be lie used In iii th the C bank of |