Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-03-11
TWENTY TO SEVENTY
ON THE CHANGES AND
LESSONS OF THE AGES Of MAN:

lSIl.-sl AIMF0E OlN ! T1C OIlFNNGCS HiNC
LESSONS OF THE AGES Of MAN:
The Age Of Preparation and Danger OF
ias5ssForming Bad Habits-The Age of Manly
Toil-NYiddIe Age and Dignity-Old Age
,Snns WHAT
eBRooKLYN March 5.-A most striking
and characteristic sermon was preached
Isby.Rev Dr.. Talmage to a great audi
sence in the Tabernacle today, the sub
jectsannounced being From Twenty to
/ Seventy" The text selected was Psalm
xc. 10, THE days of our years Are three
score and ten.
SEVENTEEN milestone of life Is here
planted as ut the end of the journey. A
few go beyond it nlultitudes never reach
$its The oldest person of modern times ex-
spmed at 1863 years. AGreek of the name Of
sSEayaride lived to l32 years. An English
Smansof the name of Thomas Parr lived
s1J2years Before the time OF Moses people
sI&ed $50 years. and if you go far enough
tack they lived 500 years. Well, that
was necessary. because the story of the
world must come down by tradition. and
i.aeeded long life safely to transmit the
news OF. the past. If the generations had
been short lived. the story would SO often
hive changed lips that it might have got
.atlsastray.
sABut after Moses began to write it
down and parchment told it from cen
ltury to century it was not necessary
,tiiiat people live SO long in order to au-
t:jspticate the events of the past If i'll
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
1 today directly address you. and shall
speak to those who are in the twenties,
\ tie thirties. the forties the fifties, the
sixties. and to those who are in the sew
eIties and beyond.
YOUTH SHOULD BE AMBITIOUS.
First, then, | accost those of you who
arein the twenties You are full Of ex-
quotation You are umbitious-that is,
ifssyou amount to anything-for some
kind of success, commercial or mechan-
jcals or professional, or literary or agri-
cultural or social or moral If | find
some one in the twenties without any
s5st5of ambition. | feel like saying: My
friend. you have got on the wrong plan
Ehis-is not the world for you. You
afegoing to he in the way. Have You
.rrlslde your choice Of poorhouses? You
vii never be able to pay for your era
4 de- Who is going to settle for your
board? There is mistake about the
fact that you were born at NIL.
:IIJl.i5ssBut surprising you have ambition, let
me- say to all the twenties: Expect every
thing through divine manipulation, and
then you will get all you want or some
thing better Are you looking for
Wealth. Well. remember that God con-
trols the money markets. the harvests,
t!!isdroughts the caterpillars, the locusts,
the sunshine. the storm. the land, the
4 sea- sIisis-ye,aa W III get wealth. Perhaps
kflo. taat whipll is stored up in banks J, in
81 deposits. lin United States securi-
HOUSES an lands, but your 10th
fSySfId board and shelter. and that is
about all you can appropriate anyhow.
You cost the Lord great deal Tofeed
and clothe and shelter you for lifetime
requires big SUN of money. and if you
get nothing more than the absolute ne
cessities you get an enormous amount of
supply. =,
of success; if you expect it from the Lord,
you are safe Depend on any other re-
source and you may be badly chagrined,
but depend OH God aud all will be we'll
1t is good thing in the crisis Of life to
have man of large means back you up.
It is great thing to have moneyed in
stitution stand behind you in your under
taking. But it is Il inightier thing to
have the God OF heaven and earth your
coadjutor, 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 500. 100000 years OF
your existence will be affected by those
plans. II is about o'clock in the morn
ing OF your life, and you are just starting
out. Which way are you going to startf
Oh, the twenties.
Twenty" is IL great word in the Bible.
Joseph was sold for 20 pieces of silver.
Samson Judged Israel 90 years. Solomon
gave Hiram 20 cities. The flying roll
that Zechariah saw was 20 cubits. When
the sailors Of tie ship on which Paul
sailed sounded the Mediterranean sea, 1t
was 20 fathoms. What mighty things
have been done in the twenties! Romulus
founded Rome when he was co. Keats
finished life at 25 Lafayette was q
world renowned soldier at %. Oberlin
accomplished his chief work by 81. Bona
parte WAS victor over Italy at 26. Pitt
was prime minister of England at a..
Calvin had completed his immortal "ln-
stitutes" by the time he was 26. Grotius
was attorney general at "a.
Some of the mightiest things for God
and eternity have been done in the
twenties AS long as you can put the
figure ~" before the other figure that
helps describe your age have high hopes
about you. Look out for that figure 20. "
Watch its continuance with as much
earnestness us you ever watched any
thing that promised your salvation OF
threatened you demolition. What q
critical time. the twenties! While they
continue you decide your occupation and
the principles by which you will be
guided. You make your most abiding
friendships You arrange your home
life. You fix your habits. Lord Goo
Almighty. for Jesus Christ's sake, have
mercy on all the men and women In the
twenties!
! PREPARE FOR DIsAPpoINTMENTs.
| ( Next accost those in the thirtles
You are at All age when you find what
touoh thing il is to get recognized anC