Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-03-06
TWENTY TO SEVENTY.
Or. TALMAGE ON THE CHANGES AND
LESSONS OF THE AGES OF MAN.

The Ago OF Preparation and Danger Of
Forming Bad Habits-The Age of Manly
Toil-MiddIe Age and Dignity-Oid Age
and WHAT
BROOKLYN March 5.-A most striking
and characteristic sermon was preached
by Rev Dr. Talmage to a great audi
ence in the Tabernacle today, the sub
ject announced being From Twenty to
Seventy" The text selected was Psalm
xc, 10. THE days of our years are three
score and ten"
The seventieth milestone of life is here
planted as at the end of the journey. A
few go beyond it; multitudes never reach
it. The Oldest person of modern times ex-
pired at years. A Greek of the name of
Stravaride lived to l32 years. An English
man of the name of Thomas Parr lived
152years. Before the time of Moses people
lived 100 years, and if you go far enough
back they lived 500 years. Well, that
was necessary, because the story Of the
world must come down by tradition, and
it needed long life safely to transmit the
news of the past. If the generations had
been short lived, the story would so often
have changed lips that it might have got
all astray.
But after Moses began to write it
down and parchment told it from CEN
tury to century it was not necessary
that people live so long in order to au-
thenticate the events of the past. If in
our time people lived only 25 years, that
would not affect history, since it is put
in print and is no longer dependent on
tradition Whatever your age, ! will
today directly address you, and / shall
speak to those who are in the twenties,
the thirties, the forties, the ifties, the
sixties. and to those who are in the sew
enties and beyond.
YOUTH SHOULD BE AMBITIOUS.
First, then. | accost those of you who
are in the twenties. You are full Of ex-
pectation. You are ambitious-that is,
if you amount to anything--for some
kind of success, commercial or mechan-
ical or professional or literary or agri-
cultural or social or moral. If find
some one in the twenties without any
sort of ambition, feel like saying: my
friend, you have got on the wrong plan
et This is not the world for you. You
are going to be in the way. Have you
made your choice of poorhouses? You
will never be able to pay for your cra-
die. Who is going to settle for your
board? There is a mistake about the
fact that you were born at all"
But supposing you have ambition, let
me say to all the twenties. Expect every
thing through divine manipulation, and
then you will get all you want or some
thing better Are you looking for
wealth. Well, remember that God con-
trolls the money markets, the harvests,
the droughts, the caterpillars, the locusts,
the sunshine, the storm. the land, the
sea, and you will get wealth. Perhaps
not that which is stored up in banks, in
safe deposits. in United States securi-
ties. in houses and lands, but your cloth
ing and board and shelter, and that is
about all you can appropriate anyhow.
You cost the Lord great deal. To feed
and ciothe and shelter you for a lifetime
requires big sum of money, and If you
get nothing more than the absolute ne
cessities you get an enormous amount of
supply. :. =,
Expect as much as you will of any kind
of success; if you expect it from the Lord,
you are safe. Depend on any other re-
source and you may be badly chagrined,
but depend on God and all will be well.
1t is good thing in the crisis of life to
have man of large means back you up.
1t is great thing to have moneyed in
stitution stand behind you in your under
taking. Bui it is a mightier thing to
have the God of heaven and earth your
coadjutor, and you may haye him. l
am so glad that meet you while you are
in the twenties. You are laying out
your plans, and all your life in this world
and the next for SOC, 100000 years Of
your existence will be affected by those
plans. 1t is about o'clock in the morn
ing of your life. and you are just starting
out. Which way are you going to start?
Oh, the twenties!
Twenty" is great word in the Bible
Joseph was sold for 20 pieces of silver.
Samson judged Israel 90 years. Solomon
gave Hiram 20 cities. The flying roll
that Zechariah saw was 20 cubits. When
the sailors of the ship on which Paul
sailed sounded the Mediterranean sea, it
was 20 fathoms What mighty things
have been done in the twenties! Romulus
founded Rome when he was 20. Keats
finished life at 25 Lafayette was a
world renowned soldier at 23. Oberlin
accomplished his chief work by 81. Bona
parte was victor over Italy at 26. Pitt
was prime minister Of England at %.
Calvin had completed his immortal ''In-
stitutes' by the time he was 90. Grotius
was attorney general at "a.
Some of the mightiest things for God
and eternity have been done in the
twenties. AS long as You can put the
figure "2" before the other figure that
helps describe your age have high hopes
about you. Look ont for that figure "2. =
Watch it's continuance with as much
earnestness as you ever watched any
thing that promised your salvation or
threatened you demolition. What a
critical time. the twentiesl While they
continue you decide your occupation and
A. ..~;.,o;,oia hx which Won will be