Democratic messenger., 1893-03-11
TWENTY TO SEVENTY.
DR.. TALMAGE ON THE CHANGES AND
LESSONS OF THE AGES OF MAN.

Forming Isad iIabit>-The Age Of Maui,
/ ToiI-Middie Age and Disnity-OId a &.
and What:
BRooKLYN. March IA most striking
and characteristic sermon was preached
I by Rev DIR. Talmage To Il great audi
ence III the Tabernacle today. the sub
/ lect announced being From Twenty Il
Seventy. The text selected was Psalm
xc. 10, The days Of our years are three
score and ten
The seveniieth milestone of life is here
( planted as at the end of the journey 4
( few 90 beyond il; multitudcs never reacl
it, The oldest person of modern times ex
pireti III l6gyears 4 Greek of the name oi
Stravaride lived 80 I:'2 years. An English
man Of the name of Thomas Parr lived
years Eeforc the time Moses peopl,
1 lived li0 years snd if you go far enough
back they lived 800 years Well. that
/ was necessary. because the story of tho
world must come down by tradition. and
II needed long life safely To transmit tn,
news of the past. If 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 il
down and parchment told il from cen
tury TO century il 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 p years. that
would not affect history. since il is put
| in print and is no longer dependent on
/ tradition Whatever your age. | will
today directly address you and | shall
I speak 10 those who are i'll the twenties.
the thirtics the forties the fifties. the
sixties. and 10 those who are in the sew
euties and beyond
YOUTH SHOULD BE AMBITIOUS
First, then. | accost those of vou who
are i'll the twentics You are full of ex-
pectation You are ;nbitious-that is.
| If you amount 10 anything-for some
kind of success. commercial or mechan-
lcai or prof, ssional or literary or agri-
cultural or social or moral If | find
some one i'll the twenties without any
sort of ambition | feel like saving: My
friend you have got on the wrong plan
ct This is not the world for you You
are gong to he in the way Have YOU
made Your choice of poorhouses? You
will never be able TO pay for yonr era
die WHO Is going TO settle for your
board: There is mistake about the
fact that you We're born ai all.
Bnt surprising 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 * stored up in banks, in
safe dcI~,>iiS IA United States securi-
ties i'll houses and lands. but your cloth
ing and board and shelter. and that is
about all ynu can appropriate anyhow.
You cost the Lord Il great deal Tofeed
and clothe and shelter you for lifetime
requires IL 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 il from the Lord
you are safe Depend on any other re-
source and you may be badly chagrincd
but depend on God and all will he well
II is II good thing in the crisis of life To
nave man of large means back you up
Ii Is a great thing To have Il moneyed in
stituiion stand behind YOU in your under
taking BIt il Is mightier thing to
have the God of heaven and earth vour
coadjutor. and you may have him
am So glad that meet yon while YOU are
IN the twenties You are LAYING ont
your plans. and all Your life in this world
and the next for 500 .OO0. 900 wears of
your existence will he affected by those
plans 1t is ahuut : O'Clock III the morn
ing Of Your life. and yuu are inst starting
out Which way are you going TO start:
Oh. the iwenties'
Twenty" is a great word III the Bible
Joseph was sold for 20 pieces of silver.
Samson Judged Israel 20 years. Solomon
gave Hiram ~ cities The flying roll
that Zecharlah saw was % cubits When
the sailors of the ship on which Paul
sailed sounded the Mediterranean sea. it
was 20 fathomS What mighty things
nave been done III the twenties. Romulus
founded Rome when he was 20 Keats
finished life nj - Lafayette was a
world renowned soldier AT % Oberlin
accomplished his chief work by "a Bona
Iarte 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 20 Grot:Is
was attorney general at 81.
Some Of the mlghtiest things for God
and eternity have been done in the
twenties As long rs you can put the
| figure - before the other figure that
helps describe Your age have high hopes
about you Look out for that figure -. :
Watch i,s continuance with as much
earnestnesS as yuu ever watched any
thing that promised Your salvation or
threatened you demolition. What a
critical time. the tweniies. While they
continue yuu decide your occupation and
the principles 10y which you will be
guided Yon make Your most abiding
friendships Yuu arrange your home
life You fix your habits Lord God
Almighty. tor Jesus Christ's sake. have
mercy on all the men and women in the
twenties'
PREPARE FOR DiSAriUINTMENTS.
Next | :WcoSt those in the thirtics
! You are al an age when you find what "A
tough thing II is To get recognized and
established III ynur occupation or pro
fession Ten wears ago you thought all
that was necessary for success wss 10
put on your shutter the sign of physician
or dentist or attorney or broker or agent.
and you would have plenty of business.
| How many hours you sat and waited for
business and waited in vain three per
sons only know tod. your wife and
yourself. In commercial life you ha, .
not had the promotion and the increas.
in salary YOU anticipated. or the place
You expected to occupy in lie firm has