Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-01-19
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at any one dies in youth" said DR..
TalmaRe yesterday, I've say, What a
pity !. Ii one be in pleasant circum-
stances he never wants to 60. William
Cullen Bryant, at 80, standing in my
house, and reading 'rhanatopsis' with
out spectacles, was Just az anxious to
live as when lie wrote that immortal
threDody. Cate at 80 was afraid be
wouldn't live to learn Greek. Thuriow
Weed at 50 found life as great a plea
sure as when he snuffed out his first
politician. | suppose that Methuselah
at 969 was afraid to 20 ont in storm
and get his feet wet lest he should shor-
ten his days.
Dt. TaImAge said that # he we're an
agnostic he would call man biest ac-
cording to the number of years he
could stay on tara TRINA. But, since
men believe in Immortality, an aore-
Waited existence on earth is a blessing
because it makes ones life moro com
pact. Some men car do their day b
work in ten hours, some in five and
some in one, aud, other things being
| equal, Tho man is to be congratulated
~ho can get through his work in one
hour. fla person dies in five years he
gets through his work at nine in the
J morning, if ne dies at 40 he gets
through at noon; If he dies at 70 he gets
| through at five IN the afternoon, and If
he dies az 80 he has to toll up to II
O'CLOCK at night.
"Ail we ought to be anxious about is
to get our work done, and well DONE"
said DR.. Taimage, "and the sooner the
better. The number of men who fall
into ruin between 80 aud 70 years Of
age is simply appalling. If they had
died at 80 it would have been better
for themselves and tor their families -
The great temptation OF a mans life
sometimes comes far on in middle life.
At about 45 years OF age mans Der-
vous system changes, BY the advice
Of some friend he takes stim ulants to
keep him up, and he goes on taking
stimulants until it keeps him down.
Concerning a vast multitude, it seems
as If it would be better for them to em-
bark from this earth early in life. Why
I do 30 many die before they are 80 years
old Because God sees the storm Coln-
lug up from the Caribbean ard runs
them into the first harbor. ! q soldier
who has been OF guard all Mig h. Is < al
when some one comes to relieve LIn:
ought not that man to shout Tor joy
who can put down his weapons and &C
into the king castle ?'
Illustrating how men escape peri,s
early in life and fall in with them la
ter, DR.. Talmage said "The first time
I hn I In,
smooth as a mil pond, and I wrote "a
magazine essay on the calm sea. Il |
hadn't written it then, before | crossed
the ocean again, never could have
| written it,
Another reason why it is a blessing
to die early, DR.. Talmage said, is be
cause those who die in youth escape 30
many earthly bereavements He EMU
nerated some OF the sOrroTs which
King David would have escaped if be
had been taken from life Ill youth, and
said that he would have also escared
the crimes OF uncieanness and murder.
"Whea God takes little chlldren," the
preacher continued, "Hu usually takes
tbs brightest. Why =? Because they
would have the greatest capacity for
suffering If permitted to live.'
Again, to die early in life, 'Dr. Tai
mage said, "brings one so much the
sooner to the centre of things, All
| astronomers agree that the universe
swings around some great centre.
Gods tavorite figure In geometry is
the circle. Somewhere is the great hub
around bich the wheel Of tne universe
iurDs auu that Is heaven. DQr stand