The Penn's Grove record., 1893-03-10
PENIS GROVE. N. j., FRIDAY. MARCH 10. 1885,

fact is that BY the way you decide the pres,
ent de'saie OF your history you decide all the
to.ew,ng deca les.
When I was in Russia l was d~isappointei
m not seeing the battlefield of Boro limo.
Why was thers fought such a battle at that
small ylllageS Il was 20 miles from Moscow.
why that desperate struggle, in which 1875,
w Frsnchnen or lpoled With 10 900 kuS
SLAMS, aui 5000 dead Frenclmsn and 50, 900
dead Russians were left on the tisldf !.
was because the fate Of Moscow, the sacred
city Of Russia, was decided there-ieciiei
~ miles away. Aud let me tell ylu, people
OF the thirties, you are now at the B 1To limo,
whence will resouuj its successes or its moral
disasters C lear on into tas seventies ii you
live to the threescore and ten OF the text.
Next | accost the forties. Yours ia tue de-
cade of discovery. | 10 mt mean the dis
covery of the outside, but the discovery of
yourself, No man knows hiinsa,t until he
is ~. He nverestinates or underestimate
himself. By that time he has learnai whst
ne can do or what he aunot do. He tb III yht
he had commercial genius enough TO become
a millionaire, but now ne is salts led to make
u comfortable living. He thought he had
rhetorical power that wOul | oriug hin into
the Unitet states senate, nog he is content
II ne can succ :ssfully argus a connol case
before a petit jurE.
He thought he had me licsl skill that
would make him a Mott or a Crosse or a
Willard Parker or a Sins; nov be fin Is his
sphere is that Of a FANNY physician, pre-
scrll ing for the ordinary ailments tnat at
h.ct u race. He was sailing Oh 10 a fog
ani could not take a reckoning, but now it
clears up enlu "a to allog him TO I'm out his
real latitude AMI longitude. He has bean
climbing, but now he has got to the top o.
the hi !, and he takes a long breath. He is
halt way through the journey at least, and
he is 10 a position to look backward or for
ward. lie has more good sense b he ever
had he knows human nature, for he has
been cheated often enough to sss the baa
size VI 1t, and he has met 50 many gracious
AMI ,ndiv and splendid souls he also knows
the good 81 lie of it.
Now ca m yourself. Thank Col for tn,
past and deliberately set your compass for
another voyage. You havs chased enough
thistleiown. You nave blown enou IA soap
bubbles. You have seen the nnsl5isfyln8
nature Of all earthly things. OPEN a new
chapter with God and tue worid. Tlis de-
cade 0: the forties on hit to eclipse all its
predecessors in worship, in usefulness an IN
hap)iness. Forty is a great word in the
Bible. Gods ancient peoDls wers 40 years
in the wilderness. Eli ju igei Israel -
years David and Solomon aud Jshoasa
rsigned 40 years. Wden Jos.pn visited ais
| GEcLQcU, u5 was ~ years OlBs
Ga, this mountain tor OF the fortiesI You
have now the character you will proolo,y
have for all tins ani all etsrnity. COL, by
His grace, sometimes changes q mai after
tue ~tortisS, but alter that a mln never
cnauges himself. Tell me, Oh men and
women WHO are in the forties. your habits
Of thought and life, AMI l will tell You W lat
you will forever be. ! may make a rnistaSe
oncs IN a thousand times, but not more than
in that prop lrtion.
Nv sermon next accosts the iftles. How
| queer it looSs wnen in writing your age y5l
maGs the first of the two figures a IS"
| This is the decade whica shows whas tue
other decades have been. IL a young man
! has sown wild oats and ne has lived TO tuis
time, b, reaps the harvest OF 1t in the hftiss,
or II Oy necessity he was comoeliei 10 over
toll in honest directions ne is csllel to settle
IN VITA exacting nature soma tina during
the hities.
Many have 1t 20 hard in early life that
they are octoSenarians at 81. Sciltlcas an I
/ rheunatis us and neuralgia an v~ertitoi
\ an iusJ nnias nave their play ground in tha
dLt,ss, A mans hair begins TO wIrtan, and,
| although be may nave Worn spettac'es %.
tore. nov he asks the o~ptician f1r No. Il or
No, IL or No. 10. Wleu he gets q cou "a
an 10 almost cured, ne hacks an Clears his
throat a gooi while atterward. GA, ye wno
are III the Titles, think o. It'll A nall century
of blessing to be thankful for, an a ntlt
century subtractet from an existence
wuiea in the most markell cases of longevity
| hardly ever reaches a whole century.
BY this time you ought to be eminent for
piety. You have oaen IN SO many battles
you ought TO be = brave soldier. You rave
made 50 many voyages you ought 70 De a
g0oi sailor. So long protected and oiAssea
you usut 70 have a sJul iuh OF dDSo.o@v.
In Blhle times in Canlan every 5)yetrs was
| ~ t.Nla command n var OF 1lgllHP. lac
people did NOT WORK tuat year. II property
had by misfortune CONS ou5 Of ones posses
sion on tue filtleth year It came oackt TO nun.
Ii he had fooled lL away, 1t was reIurnel
| without a tarthing TO pay.
ii man mad osen eusiave1, he was in that
year enancip TED, A trumpet was souniei
lou and clear aui lony, and it was tine
| trumpet OF jubilee. Taey shook hands, they
laughed, they Congratulated, WAT a time
IL was. That iftietn yearI And II unier tue
old uIspeDsstion il was sucn a glad time,
| under our new aud more gtorIols disIenSi-
ton let all wno nave come TO the Mites near
tina tru npet OF jubilee that l nov o 1w.
That was the allusIol male oy Nj. 1oJa1Y,
the great hynnotogisE "nea ne wio-s'
Blow ye the trumpet, bow
TGe gladly solemn sound;
Let all the nations Know,
10 esrt is rsmotest oonud.
The year OF iubites ts CONS.
R.InIn ys rGusomei slapefs homa
Ye who have sold for nsuzbt
Your heritage above
Shall have 1t otcS uaoou5nt-
The gift OF Jesus lore.
Toe year Of jubilee has come.
Return 70 ransoned sinners ons
NV sermon next accosts ths sixties, The
beginning of that deca 10 is mora startling
than any other. 10 his chrome oZ,ctl jour
nav the man rides rather smoothly over the
figures '2' AMI '3' AMI II" and IS" but the
figure 80" gives him a big jolt. He says:
ut cannot be that ! am g. Let ms ex-
anime the old family record. guess they
made a mistake. They gor my nams down
wrong lu the roll Of births" But no; the
older brothers or sisters remember the time
OF his advent, and there is some relative a
wear older, and another relative a year
Younger, aud, sure enous Cd, the fact IS estao-
fshei beyond all disputation.
SIXTY! Now your great danger 10 the
Temptation to fold up your tacu ties AMI
ouit, You will feel q tendency TO remtnisce.
l. YOU do not look out you VIII begin al
| most everything with the words, "Nhen l
was a BOY" But you ought to make the
sixties more memorable for Col and toe
truta than the fiGties, or the fortieS. or ths
thIrlies, You ougdt to do more during tue
next ten wears than you did in any 80 years
OF YOUR life because OF all the experiences
YOU Ia We had. You have committe enough
mistakes in life to make you wiss aooVs
vour juniors, Now, under the acca nuiaue
ight Of your past experimenting, go to WORK
for God as never before.
Wneu a mar In the sixties folds up his
.s,erTy and fees he nss dous enough. it is
he devil OF Incidence to which ne Is sur
rendering, and Col generally takes the man
AZ his word and lets him die right away.
His brain, that IN Ter tae tend1 N OF hard
work was active, now 81 suddenly shrivsls.
Nm whether they retire tro secular or
religious work, generally retire TO tas grave.
No we'll mau has a right to retire. The
world was made for WORE. There reInainsth
A rest for tns people o. God, but it is in a
snnere beyoni the rsaca Of te, sscopes. Tns
Military charge that decided one of the
g~reate,t battles OF the ages-ths battle OF
W~aterioo-was not made until 5 O'Clock In
ths evening, but some OF you propose to go
INTO csmp at Q o'clock in the afternoon.
NV subject next accosts those in tbs
seventies and beyond. My word TO e i.
conqratulatioD. You have got nearly II not
onits through. You have safely crossed
ne sea OF life aud are about TO enter the
harOor, You nave fouy he at Gettysours,
and tne war is over. Here and tners q
sAirmsh with tue remaining SIN Of Your OWL