The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-08

els. Men, whether they retire from secular
or religious work, generally retire to the
grave. No well man has a right to retire.
The world was made for work There re-
maineth rest for the people Of God, but it
Is in a sphere beyond the reach Of tele-
scopes. The military charge that decided
one Of the greatest battles of the ages-the
battle of Waterloo-was not made until S
o'clock in the evening, but some of you
propose to go into camp at O'Clock in the
afternoon
WAITING FOR THE SHADOW.
Ny subject next accosts those in TIRE
seventies and beyond. Ny word TO them
is congratulation- You have got nearly if
not quite through. You have safely crossed
the sea of life and are about 20 enter the
harbor. You have fought at Getty sburg,
and the war is over. Here and there a
skirmish with the remaining sin of your
own heart and the sin Of tho world, but /
guess you are about done. There may be
some work for you yet on small or large
scale. Bismarck of Germany vigorous in
the eighties. The prime minister of Eng
land strong at 81. Haydn composing his
oratorio, The Creation" at 20 years of age
socrates doing some of his best work at "a
Plato busy thinking FOR all succeeding CEN
turies at 81. William Blake at 81 learning
italian so as to read Dante in the original
Lord COckbun at 81 writing his best
treatise. John Wesley stirring gres5 udi-
ences at S.. William c. Bryant, " nout
spectacles, reading in my house "Ehana-
topsis" at SO years of age
Christian men and women in all depart
ments serving God after becoming septua-
genarians and octOgenarians and mona
genarians prove that there are possibilities
of work for the aged, but ! think you who
are passed the seventies are near being
through. How do you feel about itl You
ought to be iubilant because life Is ire
mendous struggle, and if you have got
through respectfully and usefully you ought
to feel like people toward the close of a
summer day seated on the rocks watching
the sunset at Bar Harbor or Cape May or
Lookout mountain. ana glad TO say that
most old Christians are cheerful Daniel
Webster visited John Adams a short time
before his death and found him in very in
firm health He said to 7. Adams: Il
am glad to see ycu. hope you are getting
along pretty we'll" The reply was: ''Ah,
sir quite the contrary. find l am n poor
tenant occupying house much shattered
by time. IL SWAPS and trembles with every
wind and, what is worse, sir, the landlord,
as near as can make out does not intend
t. make any repairs"
HIS DISEASE WAS AMMO DOMTNL.
DIR. Beman, after passing into the seven
ties, was asked by my friend, Rev. Dr.
Spear, DIR. Beman, how is your health
nOwf" and he replied, Il have or me an
incurable disease What is that?7 asked
my friend, and the septuagenarisn replied,
"Old age" Both Of the old men have
mentioned intended their remarks for IA
seriousness, and old people have a right
l., 60 An 81 rs,,-
her physician and told him of her ailments,
and the doctor said: What would You
have me do madam? | cannot make you
young again" She replied: 81 know that,
doctor What I want you 70 10 IS TO help
me grow old little longer" The young
have their troubles before them the old
have their troubles behind them. You
have got about all ont OF this earth that
there is in it. BE glad that you, an aged
servant of God, are going 90 try another
life and amid better sUTroundings Stop
looking back and look ahead Oh, We ia
the seventies, and the eighties, and the
nineties, your best days are vet 70 come;
your grandes5 associations are yet 10 he
formed; your best eyesighJ is yet TO be-
kindled; your best hearing Is yet % be
awakened; your greatest speed is yet 10 be
travelled; your gladdest song is yet to be
sung. The most OF your friends have gone
over the border, and you are going 10 join
them very soon. They are waiting for you
They are watching the golden shore to sec
you land They are watching the shining
gate to see you come through. They are
standing 10y the throne to see you mount.
What a glad hour when you drop the staff
and take the scepter; when you quit the
stilTened joints and become an immortal
athlctel Bu5 hearl heart remark rcrti-
nent to all people whether IN the twenties,
the thirties, the forties, the fifties, the six
ties. the seventies or beyond.
What we all need is To take the super
natural into our lives. Do not let Us de-
pend on brain and muscle and nerve. We
want mighty supply Of the supernatural.
We want with us a divine force migh.er
than the waters and the tempests, and
when the LORD took two steps on bestormed
Galilee, putting one loot ON the winds and
the other OH the waves, he proved him
self migbtier than hurricane and bilow.
We want with US "A divine force greater
than the fires, and when the Lord cooled
Northumberland furnace until Shadrach,
Meshaeh ard AbednegO did not even have to
fan themselves he proved himself mightier
than the fire. We want divine force strong
er than wild beast and when the Lord made
stronger than the wrath of the iungles.
There are so many diseases in the world we
want with US a divine physician capable of
combating ailments, and our Lord when
on earth showed what he could do with
catalepsy and paralysis aud Ophthalmia
and dementia On, take this supernatural
into all your livesl How TO get itl JustGs
you get anything you want-by application.
If you want anything, you apply for it. BY
prayer apply for the supernatural. Take it
into your daily business. Many man has
been able to pay only 50 cents on the dollar
who If he had called in the supernatural
could have paid 100 cents on the dollar.
Why do 9S men ont Of lC0 fail in businesss
Because there are not more than men out
of 100 who take God into their worldly af-
fairs. behind the great unknown stand
eth God within the shadows keeping watch
upon his own
MAKE GOD YOUR PARTNER
A man got up in a New York prayer
meeting and said: "God is my partner. l
did business without him for 20 years and
failed every two or three years. / have
been doing business with him for 90 years
and have not failed ONCE" Oh. take the
supernatural into all your affairsl / had
such an evidence Of the goodness Of God in
temporal things when ! entered active life
must testify. Called to preach at lovely
Belleville, in New Jersey entered upon
my work. But there stood the empty par
sonage. and not "A cent had 1 with which TO
furnish H. After preaching three or four
weeks the officers % my church asked me
/ did not want 90 take two or three