The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-16
TT D Z ERR s OF LIFE.
FOR YOUNG, MIDDLE
AGED AND OLD FOLKS.
tn Plans OF the q enties, the Dis
appointments of the Thirties,
the Discoveries Of the For as5#
ties. and the Harvest
Of the Fifties. 4,

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8 images subject was From Twenty to
Seventy The text selected was Psalm
10: The days Of our years are
three score and ten ,.5s
sS The SEVENTEEN milestone OF life is
here planted as at the end Of the Jour.
ney Is few go beyond it; multi tudes
never reach it. The oldest person Of
modern times expired at 1859 years.
a Greek, by the name Of Strayarnde,
4 lived to 1872 years An Englishman
by the name Of Thomas Parr lived
l52 years Before the time Of Moses
people lived $50 years, and if you go
far enough back they lived 500 years.
+ wen, mat 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 Is the generations had been
4 short lived, the story would so often
have changed lips that it might have
got all astray. But after Moses began
to write it down, and the parchment
told It from century to century, it was
not necessary that people live so long
N order to authenticate the events of
the past Ii, in our time, people lived
& only twenty-five years, that would not
aHect history, since it is put in print
and is no longer dependent on tradi-
ton. Whatever your age, I will to-
day directly address you, and shall
speak to those who are in the twenties.
the thirties, the forties, the tifties. the,
sixties, and to those who are in the
seventies and beyond.
First, then, l accost those of YOU who
are in the twen6es. You are full of
expectation. You are ambitious that
IS, II you amount, to anything = for
some kind of success. commercial. or
mechanical, or professional or lite
rary, or agricultural or social, or
moral Ii find some one in the TWEEN
ties without any sort Of ambition, /
fee feel ike saying: 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 poor houses? 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
nave ambition, let me say to all the
tWenhes, expect everything through
divine manipulation, and then you will
get all you want or something better.
Are you looking for wealth? Well. re-
member that God controls the money
markets, the harvest. the drouths. the
caterpillars. the locusts, the sunshine.
the storm, the land. the sea. and YOU
will get wealth. Perhaps 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 a great deal To
feed and clothe and shelter you for 4
lifetime requires a big sum Of money,
and IT you get nothing more than the
absolute necessities YOU get an enor-
nous amount of supply. Expect as
much as you will of any. kind Of sue
cess. u you expect it from the Lord
you are safe. Depend on any other
resource and you may be. badly chag-
11ned. but depend on God and all will
be Well. It is good thing in the crisis
OF life to have 4 man of large means
back you up. It is a good thing to
have a mOneyed institution stand be-
hind YOU III your undertaking But it
is mlghtler thing to have the God Of
heaven and earth your coadjutor, and
you may may have him. I am SO glad
that / meet YOU While you are in the
Juveniles. You are laying out your
plans and all your life in this world
and the next for 5OO,OOo,O years of
your existence will be affected by those
plans. It is about s O'Clock in the
morning of your life, and you are lust
starting out. Which way are YOU go
ing to start? Oh. the twenties! -
Twenty is a great word in the
Bible. Joseph was sold for twenty
pieces of silver. Samson judged Israel
twenty years. Solomon gave Hiram
twenty cities. The flying roll that
Zechariah saw was twenty cubits.
When the sailors Of the ship on which
Paul sailed sounded the Mediterranean
sea it was twenty fathoms What
mighty things have been done in the
twenties! Romulus founded Rome
when he was twenty Keats finished
life at. twenty-five. Lafayette was a
world renowned soldier at twenty
three. Oberlin accomplished his chief
work by twenty Bonaparte was
victor over Italy at twenty-six Pitt
was prime minister Of England at
twenty-five. Calvin had completed his
immortal Institutes by the time he
was twenty-six. Grotius was attorney
general at twenty four. Some OF the
| mightest things for God and eternity
| have been done in the twenties. AS
| long as. you can put the figure ..2'' be-
fore the other figure that helps to de-
scribe your ige, have high hopes
about you. Look out for that figure
80 Watch it's continuance with as
much earnestness as you ever watched
anything that promised you salvation
or threatened you demolition. What a
critical time, the twenties! While they
continue you decide your occupation
and the principles by which, you are
guided. You make your most abiding
friendships. You arrange your home
life. You fix your habits. Lord God
Almighty. for Jesus Christ's sake, have
mercy on all the men and women in
| the tWenties!
Next I accost those in the thirties
You are at an age when you fin;1 what
a tough thing it is to get recognized
and established in your occupation or
profession. Ten years ago you thought
all that was necessary for success
was to 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