Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-03-09
AT THE TABERNACLE.
THE DECADES FROM 20 TO 20 HAVE
SUCCESSIVE LESSONS FOR MAN.

SUCCESSIVE LESSONS FOR MAN.
Age Of the PatriRrchs--rhe Years Allotted
BY the PAaiuist-Though Some Have Ex.
eeeded Them. Yet Seventy Years Are
Natures Usual Limit.
BROOKLYN. March 5-A most striking
and characteristic sermon was preached by
Rev. DIR. Talmage to a great audience in
the Tabernacle today. the subject an
nounced being From Twenty to Seventy" !"
The text selected was Psalm &c, 10, ''The
days Of our years are threescore and ten"
The seventeen milestone Of life is here
planted as ut the end OF the journey A few
60 beyond Il: multitudeS never reach it. The
oldest person OF modern times expired at
100 years. A Greek Of the name Of Strava-
ride lived to 1872 years An Engllshman
OF the name Of Thomas Par lived i5o
years. Before the time of Moses people
lived l50 years, and II 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 80 often have
changed lips that it might have got all
astray. But after Moses began to write it
down and parchment told it from century
to century it was not necessary that people
live so long in order to authenticate the
events Of the past. II in our time people
lived only 25 years, that would not affect
history. since it is put in print and is no
longer dependent on tradition. Whatever
your age, will today directly address you,
and shall speak to those who are in the
twenties. the thirties, the forties, the if.
ties, the sixties, and to those who are in
the seventies and beyond.
REJOICE, YOUNG MAN, IN THY STRENGTH.
First, then, accost those of you who are
in the twenties. You are full Of expecta-
tion. You are ambitious-that is, if you
amount to anything-for some kind of sue
cess, commercial or mechanical or profes-
sional or literary or agricultural or social or
moral. II 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 to be in the way. Have
you made your choice of poorhouses9 You
will never be- able to pay for your cradle.
Who is going to settle for your board9
There is a mistake about the fact that you
were born at ALL" But, supposing you have
ambition, let me say to all the twenties:
Expect everything through Divine manip.
ulation, and then you will get all you want
or something better. Are you looking for
wealth. Well, remember that God controls
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 is stored up in banks, in safe depos-
its, in United States securities, in houses
and lands, but your clothing and board and
shelter, and that is about all you can ap.
propriate anyhow You cost the Lord a
great deal. To feed and clothe and shelter
you for lifetime requires big sum of
money, and If you get nothing more than
the absolute necessities you get an enor.
mons 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 may
be badly chagrined, but depend on God,
and all will be we'll It is good thing in
the crises of, life to have man of large
means back you up 1t lis great thing to
have moneyed institution stand behind
you in your undertaking But it is a
mightier thing to have the God of heaven
and earth yourcoadjutor, 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 and the next for SOC, ,000, 900 years of
your existence will be affected by those
plans 1t is about o'clock in the morning
of your life, and you are just starting out
Which way are you going to start? Oh
the twentiesp
THE TwENTIEs IN THE BIBLE.
''Twenty" is a great word in the Bible
Joseph was sold for 20 pieces of silver.
Samson judged Israel 20 years. Solomon
gave Hiram 20 cities. The flying roll that
Zechariah saw was 20 cubits. When the
sailors of the ship on which Paul sailed
sounded the Mediterranean sea, it was 20
fathoms. What mighty things have been
done In the twentiesl Romulus founded
Rome when he was 90. Keats finished life
aat5;. - 20 C1,.~1;., s.i,Sl. -.
chief work by 81. Bonaparte was victor
oser r leaiy g. - 90 .S S wa prlme llinls.e5
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.o.s 'ne oGner nsu.e 'nas neips describe
out ase n'sse Iisu a nopeS W aUoue you
look ~. aor 1nas nkuIe matcn ies
con'lnuance MlCn as niuch eaIhtsCness as
YOU ever waocneu any.nlng enas promised
you 2, salvaelon or ynrea.eneu you aelno,lI,on I,
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