The Globe-republican., 1893-03-24
At the Tabernacle.

sermon was preached by Rev. DR.. Tai
mage to great audience in the Brooklyn
Tabernacle last Sunday, the subject an
nounced being From Twenty te
Seventy" The text selected was Psalm
&c. 10, The days of our years are three
score and ten.''
The seventieth milestone Of life is here
planted as at the end of the journey. A
few go beyond it; multltudes never reach
1t. The Oldest person Of modern times
expired at 169 years. A Greek of the
name OF Stravarjde lived to 1872 years.
An EnRlishman Of the name Of Thomas
Parr lived 152 years. Before the time of
Moses people lived $50 years. and if 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 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 it down and
parchment told it from century to CEN
tury 1t was not necessary that people
live so long in order to authenticate the
events OF the past. II in our time peo-
pie lived only twenty-five years. that
would not affect history, since it is put
in print and Is no longer dependent on
tradition. Whatever your age, l will
to-day directly address you, and l shall
speak to those who are in the twenties,
the thirties, the fOrties, the fifties, the
sixties, and to those who are in the sew
enties and beyond.
Rejoice, Young Man, in thy Strength.
First, then, | accost those of YOU who
are in the twenties. You are full of ex-
pectation. You are ambitious-that is,
II you amount to anything-for some
kind Of success, commercial or mechan-
ical or social or moral. If l find some
one in the twenties without any sort of
ambition, l feel like saying: INV
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 will
never be able to pay for your cradle.
Who is going to settle for your board?
There is mistake about the fact that
you were born at all" But, supposing
You have ambition, let me say to all the
twentles: expect everything through
Divine manipulation, and then you will
get all you want or something better.
III.
member that God controls the money
the harvests. the droughts, the
the locusts, the sunshine,
tne storm, the land, the sea, and you
will get wealth? Perhaps not that
which is stored up in banks. in safe de-
posits, in United States securities. in |
houses and lands, but your clothing and |
board and shelter. aud that is about all
you can appropriate anyhow. You cost |
the Lord great deal. To feed and /
clothe and shelter you for lifetime re-
Iuires big sum OF money, and ii you
get nothing more than the absolute ne
cesSitles you get an enormous amount of
supply. Expect as much as you will of
any KIND OF success If you expect it
from the Lord, you are safe. De-
pend on any other resource, and you
nay be badly chagrined. but depend on
iod. and all will be well. 1t is great
hing to have moneyed institution
stand behind you in your undertaking.
But it is mightier thing to have the
iOd OF Heaven and earth your coadju-
or. and you may have him. am so glad
hat meet you while you are in the
wenties You are laying out your plans.
md all your life in this world and the
'eXt Tor 500, 900. 600 years of your exis-
ence will be affected by those plans 1t
about clock in the morning of your
lie. and you are just starting out Which
Vay are you going to start? Oh, the
welties'"
The Twentics i'm the Bible.
"Iwenty' Is great word in the Bible.
oseph was sold for twenty pieces Of sill ,
er. Samson judged Israel twenty years.
solomon gave Hiram twenty cities. The
ying roll that Zechariah saw was
wenty cubits. When the sailors of the
hip on which Paul sailed sounded the
lediterranean sea. it was twenty faith {
ms. What mighty things have been S
one in the twenties! Romulus founded a
.ome when he was 20. Keats finished L
fe at %. Lafayette was a world re- I
owned soldier at 23. OberIin accom- I
llshed his chief work at 81. Bonaparte n
as victor over Italy at &c. Pitt was v
rime minister of England at D. Calvin I
ad completed his immorta! Institutes" t
the time he was &c. Grotius was at r
'rney general at "a. Some of the a
ightiest things for God and eternity 4
ave been done in the twenties AS
ing as you can put the figure '2" before u
le other figure that helps describe YOUR q
Ze l have high hopes about you. Look II
1t for that figure '2." Watch its con- v
nuance with as much earnestness as v
ou ever watched anything that prom o
ed you salvation or threatened YOU a
.molition. What critical time, the h
9enties! While they continue you de- o.
de your occupation and the principles "
which you will be guided. You make "
'ur most abiding friendships You ar "
nRe your home life. You fix YOUR Ell
'bits. Lord God Almighty. for Jesus W
lrist's sake have mercy on all the men tt
I'd women in the twenties! pt
Next l accost those in the thirties. bt
ou are at an age when you find what
tough thing it Is to get recognized and
tablished in your occupation or pro- Sc
ssion. Ten years ago you thought all Is
at was necessary for SUCCESS was to if
t on your shutter the sign of physician CT
dentist or attorney or broker or agent, en-
q you would have plenty of business. G.
wv many hours you sat and waited for ~
siness and waited in vain, three persons sill
ly know-GOd, your wife, and your W,
l. In commercial life YOU have not tt
the promotion and increase in salary sn
u anticipated, or the place YOU ex xpected M
occupy in the firm has not been va. Fl
led. The produce of the farm, with H.
lch you expected to support yourself Cr