Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-20
PLEASURES OF old AGE.
The Longer the Fruit Grows on the
Tree, the More Mellow It
Becomes,
Che ssed THAI childhood Should Plant
70 Produce the Emit Of Enjoyment
Declining Years.
,,.vV,t, TsIruag- breaches tho seventh CT
H.s valuable Sermons to the women
Of This Country.
suao,al to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette
-,o~nfng tue R.v. T. Dewitt TalmAge,
n preached the seventh OF his series
II ~sermong 10 the W men Of America
with important Hints to Men" The
oosning hymu begins:
Then let our songs abound,
And every tear b. dry;
,varrs marching through Immanueps ground,
To falrer worlds on high.
DrsTalmsge took tor his text the fol-
Iowfpr woris: "S1e that Iiveth in pleas
y-e Is dead while she l!veth." He said:
The editor Of s Boston newspaper few
5svs $40 wrote asking me the teree ques-
,{nns. "Wnag is the road to hsppi-
ncss?u and, "OJght happiness
ne o' the chief aim Of Iite?"
" answer was: "The road to
h,n,,ness is the continuous effort to
70 others happy. The chief sim OK
~ onght TO be useiulness, not happiness,
mi happiness always follows usefulness.
,T1is mornings text in 4 strong way sets
tn +he truth that woman who seeks
In worldly advantage her chleI epIoYnent'
ygil come TO disappointment ard death.
hS1e tnAF uFetu IL P4S~SN "
while she live;h."
NV friends, you all want to be happy
You have had great many recipes oy
which It is proposed to give you satlsfae-
tion-solid satisfac ion. a. times you
feel thorough unrest. You know as well
90 older peop e what It is to be depressed.
IA dark shadows sometimes fall upon the
geography of the school girl asIon the page
Of the spectacled philosopher. | have seen
"a cloudy days in Ma rs in November.
There are no deeper signs Dreamed oy the
grandmother than BY the granddaughter.
correct the popular impression that psop.e
are happier IN childhood and youth IMAM
they ever will be s1Sin. II we live Alright,
the older the hhpaier. The happiest
womHn that ever kueW WAS CHRISTIAN
oct0gen6rian; her hair white es white
could be; the sunlight OF heaven late IN
the afternoon gliding the pesss CT enow
I have to say 70 8 great many OF the
Young people that the most miserable
tine YOU are ever to have is just now. A.
YOU advance in life, as you come out into
the world snd have your head Nnd hear
all full of COED, honest, Practical Chris
tan work, then you will know what II /:
20 begin to be happy. There are thos'
who would have us believe thst life l.
chasing tbistle-dOwn End grsspiug bub
blgs. We hsYe not found it so. Tt
many Of US it has been discovering dia
monds larger thin
THR koHINooR,
snd I think that our Joy Will continue Il
increase until nothing snort Of the ever
lasting ilbuee Of heaven will be able 4
eXprF.s it.
Horstio Greenough, at the close of In
hardest life mau ever liyes-the life o
an American arist-WroEe: ~ don
want to leave this world until give som
sign that, born by the grace Of God in thi
lard, 1 have found life to DE very cheer
full thing, and not the dark and bite
thing vita which my esrly prospects wer
Clouded."
Albert Barnes, the good Christian
knO IN the world over, stood In his puI
pit IN Philadelphia, at seventy or eight
FEARS of sge, and said: "This world is 8
very attractive to me, am very sorry
shall hsve to leave it."
I know that Solomon said some yer
dolorous things ABOUT this world, an
three times declared: 'VsDity Of vantties
all is vanity" I suppose it was
reference to those times in hi
career when bis seven hundred wive
ttmost pestered the life out c
him. But would rather turn to th
description he gave after his CONVEX
sion, when he SAYS Ia another place
"Her ways are ways of pleAsantnesss an
all her paths are peace" It is ressona
BILE to expect IL will be so. The longe
the fruit hsngs on the tree, the ripper an
more mellow it ought to grow. 70
plant one grain Cf corn and il will sen
up q stalk with two ears, each hayiD
nine hundred and fifty grains, so that on
grain planted will produce ninetee
hundred grains. And ought not tn
implautstion of grain Of Christian prir
Ciple in youthful soul develop into
large crop Of glsdoess on earth and TO
harvest of eternsi Joy in heavsn9 Hes
ne. then, while I discourse upon some
me mistakes which young people max
In regard 10 happiness, and point out
the Young women Whist consider to
the source Of complete satisfaction.
And, in the fret place, advise you NJ
to build your happiness upon mere
SOCIAL POSITION.
Persors St your sgs, locking OF up'
lie, are apt 70 thHk that II, by sor
stroke Of what is called good lucB, "
could arrive il an elevated aud sf1ue
position. 8 little higher than that
which God has called you to live, y,
would De completely nsppy. Inf1ni
mistakel The palace floor Of Ah.suer
is red with the blood Of Y6shd's brok
heart. There have been no more seal
ing tears Wspt than those which cours
the cheeks Of Josephine. II the sob
unhappy womanhncd in the great ctti
could break through the tSpestried va
that sob w0uli come along y3ur stree
TO day like the simeon Of The desc
Some times have heard In the Iustli
Ct the robes on the city pavement the d
OF tie adders that followed In the wal
You hsve come out ire
your home, and you hsvs looked
ct the great house, snd covet
life under those arches, when, perhal
ct that very moment, within that hou
there may hSvs been the wringing
hands, the start of horror, and the yt
agony Of hell knew such sn one. f
fsther's house WAS plain, most OF
people who came there we're plain; b
by change IN fortune such as sometin
comes, a hand had been offered that
her into 8 brilliant sphere. All the nell
bors congratulated her upon her ere
prospects; but what an exchange!
her side it was hesrt full Of genera
Fr,npIaa .nd .9action On his side IL '