Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-03-09
At THE TABERNACLE.
THE DECADES FROM 20 TO 70 HAVE
SUCCESSIVE LESSONS FOR MAN.

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BROOKLYN March "a most strlNln9
and characteristic sermon was preached by
Rev Dr. TalmaRe to n great audience in
the Tabernacle today, the subject an
roupcad beirg ..Irro,n Twenty TO Seventy. -
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oldest person Of modern times expired at
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HNeu 10" years "'" il w" 20 lar enough
back they HNeu 'JJ years Neil, tha5 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
mast If tho gerora+tors had bec, short
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&Ntlay tut after Noses began TO "rie II
down and parchment told 1t from century
to century it was not necessary that people
live so long in order to authenticate the
events Of the past If in our time people
lived oulv2 wears. that would not affect
history. since it is put i'm print and is 10
longer dependent on tradition. Whatever
your age, will today directly address you
and shall speak to those who are in the
tweuties, the thirtics, the forties, the if
ties the sixties, and to those who are in
the seventies and beyond
REJOICE, YOUNG MAN, ~ Thy STRENGTH.
First, then, acCost those of yOu who are
in the t5yenties. You are full of cXpecta-
ton You are ambitious-that is, ii yCu
amount to auvthing-for some kind OF sue
cess, commercial or mechanical or profos-
sional or literary or agricultural or social or
moral. If | find some one in the twentics
without any sort Of ambition, | feel like
saying; My friend, you have got on the
wrong planet. This is not the world for
you You are going 10 De in the way Have
you made your choice of poorLouse8? You
will never be able to pay for your cradle.
Who is going to settle for your board?
There is a mistake about the fact that you
were born ut all" But, surprising you have
ambition let me say to ali the tweuties.
Expect everything through Divine mauip-
ulation, and then you will get all You want
or something better Are you looking for
wealth. Well, remember that G cd controls
the money markets, the harvests, the
droughts, the caterpillars, the Iocusts, 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 Il big sum Of
money, and if you yet nothing more than
the absolute necessities Won yet an enor-
nous amount Of supply Expect as much
~ you viii OF any kind Of success. If YOU
expect it from the Lord, you are safe De-
pend on any ether resource, and you may
be badly chsgrincd, but depend On God,
and ali Will be well. It is a good thing in
the crises Of life to have man Of large
means back You up. 1t is a great thing TO
have 4 mOueyed institution stand behind
you in your undertaking But IL is a
mightiCr thing TO have the God Of heaven
and eRr.h your coQdj tutor, and you may have
him. | am so glad that | meet YOU while
YOU are in the twentics. You are laying
out your plans, and all your life in this
world and the next for 500, 100000 years Of
your existence will be affected lv 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 twenties!"
TIE TWLNTIEs IL TIE EIBLE
Twenty" is a great word in the Bible.
Joseph was sold for 90 pieces Of silver
Samson judged Israel 20 years Solomon
gave Hiram 20 cities. The flying roll that
Xechariah 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 twenties! Romulus founded
Rome when he vas 90. Keats finished life
at % Lafayette was a world renowned
soldier ut % Obcrlin ACCOMPLISHED his
chief work by o. Boraparte was victor
over Italy at 20. Pitt was prime minister
Of England at 92. Calvin had colnDletcd
his immortal institutes" by the time he
was &C Grotius was attorney general at a
Some of the mightiest things for God and
eternity have been done in the twcnties
As long as you can put the figure ~" be-
fore the other figure that helps describe
your age / have high hopes about Won
Look out for that figure 80" Witch its