The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09
A SERMON TO MANKIND.
REV. DIR. TALMAaE TALKS
To Persons Of All Ages in Life's War
fare. God Should be q Mans Backer
During all the Different and Var
led Stages of His Career.

TEXT: "The days Of our uedrs are three
score aud ten Psalm xc.. 10
The seventieth milestone OF life is here
planted rs at the end Of the journey. A few
20 beyond IL; multtudes never reach IL. The
Oldest person of modern times expired al
16g years. A Greek OF the name of Strava-
ride lived TO l32 years. An Englishman OF
the name OF Thomas Parr lived 1s3 years
Before the time OF Moses people lived Isl
year,, and IL 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 IL needed long life
safely TO transmit the news OF the past. II
the generations had been short lived, tho
story would so often have changed lips that
1t might have got all astray.
But after Moses began to write it down
md pa, chment told II IRON century TO CEN
tury it was not necessary that people live so
long in order 10 authenticate the events OF
the past. II in our time people lived only
twenty five years, that would not affect his
tory, since IL is put in print and is no longer
dependent upon tradition. Whatever your
age ] will to-day directly address you. and
l shall speak to those who are in the TWEEN.
lies, the thirties, the forties, the flfties, the
sixtics, and to those who are in the seven
ties ami beyond.
First. then. | accost those of you who
are in the twenties. You are full OF expec-
AhttbUs 1Au are hInUlliOut-lnit j., III YOU
amount 20 uuYthing-for some kind OF sue
cess, CONNER cal or mechanical or profes-
sional or literary or agricultural or social or
moral IL find some one in the twenties
without any sort of ambition, l feel like
saying: my friend. you have got on the
wrong planet This Is not the world for you
You are going Co be in the way. HIVE YOU
made your choice OF poorhousss, You will
never he able to pay for your cradle. VINO
is going TO settle Tor your bolrdy Tuere is
mistake about the fact that you were born
at ALL"
But supposing you have ambition, let me
say to ait the twenties: Expect everything
through divine manipulation, AMI then you
will get all you want or something better.
Are you looking for wealth? Well. remem-
ber that God controls the money markets.
the harve,ts, the droughts, the caterpillar,
the locusts, tho sunshine. the storm the
land, the SEQ, an1 you will get wealth. Per-
hars not that which is stored up in banks, in
safe deposits, in United States securities, in
HOUSES and lands, but your clothing and
board and shelter and that is about all you
can appropriate anyhow. You cost the
Lord II great Gcal. 10 feed and cloths and
shelter for a lifetime requires a big sum of
money. aud II you get nothing more than
the absolute necessities you get an enormous
amount OF supply.
Expect as much ms you will OF any kind OF
'uC'tSe' u NOu expect IL from tue lsDTu, you
are safe. Depend on any other resource ami
you may be badly chagrined, but depend on
God and all will be well. lt Is n good thing
in the crisis of life 10 have n man of large
means back you up. II is great thing TO
have a moneyed institution stand behind
you in your undertaking. But it is a might
Ier thing TO have the God of heaven and
earth your coadiutor, and you may have
Him. / 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
aud the next for 100000, 600 years OF your
existence Will be affected by those plans. IL
Is about o'clock in the morning of your
life. and you are just starting out. Which
way are you going to start! OI, the twen-
tiesl
twenty is n great word in the Bible.
joseph was sold for 20 pieces OF silver. Sam
son Judged Israel 20 yeurs. Solomon gave
Hiram 90 cities The * roll that
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