Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-10
REV. DR.. TALMAGH.
1hs Eminent Brooklyn Diyine'S Sun
day Sermon.
Subject. From Twenty to Seventy

TIKI: ''The days Of our years are three
Score dad ten Psalm &c. 10.
The SEVENTEEN milestone OF life is here
planted as at the end Of the journey. lew
90 beyond il: multtuies never reach II. Inc
oldest Terson of modern times expired at
169 years. A Greek OF the name OF Strava-
ride lived TO 1872 years. An Enslishman OF
the name of Thomas Parr lived l52 years.
Before the time of Moses people lived l0J
years. and if you 90 far enough back they
lived 500 years, Wen. 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 II
the generations had been short lived, the
story would so often have changed lips that
il might have got all astray.
But after Moses began TO write 1t down
and par chment told it from century TO cen
fury it was not necessary that people llVe 50
long in order 10 authenticate the events OF
the past. IL in our time people lived only
twenty-five wears, that would not affect his
tory. since it is put in print and is no longer
dependent upon tradition. Whatever your
age, will tod directly address you, and
/ shall speak TO those who are in the TWEEN
ties. the thirties, the forties the ffties, the
sixties, and to those who are in the seven
ties and beyond.
First. then, | accost those Of you who
are i'm the twenties. You are full OF expec-
tat!on. You are ambitiols-that Is, II you
amount to anything-for some kind OF sue
cess commerce al or mechanical OF protes'
sional or literary or agricultural or social OF
moral. II find some one in the twenties
without any sort of ambition, feel like
saving: my friend, you have got on the
wrong planet. This is not the world for you.
You are going to be in the way. Have you
made your choice OF poorhouses! You VIII
never be able to pay for your cradle. who
is going to settle for your boaro? There Is
mistake about the fact that you were born
at ALL
But supposing you have ambition, let me
say to ali the twenties; Expect everything
through divine manipulation, and then you
will get all you want or something better
Are you looking for wealth? Well, remem'
Der that God controls the money markets,
the harvests, the drought-, the caterpillar,
| the locustS the sunshine. the storm, tho
land. the sea, ana Won will get wealth. Per
! HAIRS not that which is stored up in banks, III
| safe daposits. in United States securities, IN
houses and lands, but your clothing an
| board and shelter. and that is about all you
| can appropriate anyhow. You cost the
! Lord a great deal. TO feed and cloths and
shelter for lifetime requires big su OF
money. aud if you get nothing more tnan
| the absolute necessities you get an enormous
amount OF supply.
succsss. Il YOU expect it from the Lord, you
ore safe Depend on any other resource and
Won NAV be badly chagrined, but depend on
| God and all will be well IL Is a good thing
/ in the cr'isi, Of life to have a man OF large
means back you up. 1t is great thing TO
have a moneyed institution stand benlni
you in your undertaking. But it is might
Ter thing 10 have the God of heaven and
earth your coadjutor, AMI you may have
Him. am so glad that | meet you wnVe
YOU are in the twenties. You are laying ous
yCur plans, and all your life IN this world
and the next for 800, COO 900 years OF your
existence Will be aft scted by those plans. IL
is about s o'clock in the morning OF youc
! 6fs. and you are Just starting out. Which
way are YOU going to start2 o., the twen-
twenty" is great word in the Bible.
joseph was sold for % pieces Of silver. sam
son JUDGED Israel , years. Solomon gave
Hiram 20 cities. The flying roll that
I Zochariah saw was % cubits. When tine
.ailors OF The ship on which Paul sailed
sounded the Mediterranean Sea, it was y
fathoms. What mighty things nave been
Aope in the twsnties ROmulns founded
Rome when be was 90 Keats finished me
II 25. LAFAYETTE was a world renowne1
/ colder at .. Oberin accomplished his
chief work by y. BonHparte was victor
| o1,.r italy AT 26. Pitt was primo minister
ri England at %. CALVIN had complete
/ his immortal institute by the time he
was 2G. Grotiu, was attorney general at ~
Some OF the mighties. things for Go1 an
eternity have been done in tue twentles. As
long as vou can put the figure 49, before tns
other figure that helps describe your age
/ have hi0n hopes about you. LOOK out Tor
I that fTure - ~ Watch its continuance
with a. mUcl earnsstness as you ever
I watched anything that prom Il your saivd-
ton or threltene you demoll.lon. hlU d
critical time, the twentie,, Wdile they con-
| tinus YOU decide your occu) patton AMI tao
; principles by which you will be guided. on
! make your most abiding irien iSnips on
/ arrange your hone life. You TX your
habits. Lord Col Almighty, for Jesus
| Christ's saSe, have marcy on al the men
and women IN the twenties
Next accost those in the thirties. You
ara at an age when YOU find what q tOu ii
thing it is to get rec yuizei ami established
in YOUR occupation OF profession. len years
ago YOU thought all that was nee 'ssary Tor
success was to put on your shutter the sign
[ u physician o. dentist,O. attorney or DroHei
or agent, and YOU woult have plenty OF Dusl
I ness. HOW many uDulo fDu HiN all N.-''-
: COR business aud waited IA vain three per
cons only know-5o1 your wife and
yourself. In commercial life you have not
had the promotion AMI the increase in salary
YOU ANTICIPATED, or the place you expected
/ 10 OCCUPY in the firm has not been vacated.
The produce of the farm, with which you
expected to support yourself and those de-
pending on you, aud to pay the interest on
the mortgage has been far less than You
anticipated, or thepr.c,s were down, OF spe'
cial expenses for sickness made drafts on
your resources that you cold not have eS-
pected.
In some respects the hardest decade Of
! life is the thrties, bec3u; the results are
/ generally 50 far behind the anticipations. 1t
| is very rare indeed that young man dos
as did the young man last Sunday night,
when he came to me and said: II have been
50 marvelously prosoerel since l came TO
! this country that | feel, as a matter OF
| gratitude, that | ought to Ge1iclte myself
| TO God Nine-tenths OF the poetry OF life
has been knocked out Of YOU since you cams
into the thirties. Men in the different pro-
LESSONS and occupations saw that you we're
rising AMI they must put an estOppel on you
! or you might somehoS stanl III tne way.
They think you must bs suppressed
From 80 to 81 it is an especially hard time
for young doctors. young lawyers. young
merchants, young farmers, young mechau-
ics. Young ministers. The strU ggle Of tle
thirtles /. for honest aul helpful aud re-
munerative recognition But few Old peo-
PIE know how to treat youn people without
petrouzing then on the One han on snu0-
hing them on the other o.. the thirtiss!
Joseph sto)l bs'ore Pllrlol as3l. DIvit
| was 20 years oil | whea hs began - reign.
| The height OF SolOmon's temple was 81 cll-
! bits Christ entere upon His active ministry
I at - years OF age. Jl las sold himsslf for
30 pieces OF siver.
Oh the thirties! WHAT word 81 ggestiYe
Of triumph or dislsteri Your decade is the
one that will probably affori the greatest
opportunity for victory because there is
the greatest necessity TO, struggle. Read
the worlds history AMI know what are the
thrties for cool OF bad. Alexander the
Great closed his career at 3!. Frederick the
Great made Europe trembls with his armies
al IS. Cortes conquered Mexico at 30.
| Grant fought Shiloh aid Donelson when 80.
! Raphael died at g. Luther was tue hero
! Of the reformation at 3d. Sir Philip Sydney
got through by -.
The greatest deeds for Col and against
/ Him were dcne within the thirties, and your
| greatest battles are now and between the
time wien you cease expressing your age by
| putting ii st a figure "F AMI tne time when
you will ceass expressing is oy putting first
figure 81 As it is the greatest time OF
the struggle adiurs you, in Gods namt
an by Gods grace, make it the greatest
achievement. My prayer is for all those 10