The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-30
1.-THE GENERATIONS
Rev. DR.. Talmage Delivers His Sill
yer Jubilee Sermon.

He Reviews the Quarter Century Of His a
Pastorate and Incidentally Calls
Attention to the Manner of HIS a
Preaching to the World. f
Thesfollowing twenty-6fth anniver- ;
sary Sermonswas delivered by Kew. l..
Dewitt Talmage in commemoration OF
the conclusion of quarter century In
the nastorate of the Brooklyn taoer-
nacle The subject: THE Genera
tions.- was based on the text:
One generation passeth away ana announcer
generation omefh.-Ecclesiastes L.,
According to the longevity OF the
people in their particular century mas
.. oeYteration been called one hundred
wears. or fifty years. or thirty years
Rv common consent in our nlneteenth
century. a generation is fixed at TWEEN
ty-five years -
The largest procession that ever
moved in the procession OF years. anu
the greatest army that ever marcheo
is the army of generations. In eacm
generation there are about nine full
regiments of days. These nine thou-
sand one hundred and twenty-five days
in each generation march with wonder
ful nrecision. They never break
ranks. They never grounds arms.
| They never pitch tents They
never halt. They are never on on
furlough. They came out OF the eter-
nitv and they move on toward tne
eternitv of the future. They cross
rivers without any bridge or boats.
The six hundred. immortals OF the
Crimea sdashing into them cause NJ
confusion. They move as raploiy a'
midnight as at midnoon. Ihelr naver-
sacks are full of good bread and bitter
| .loas. clusters of rich vintage and Dot
ties Of agonizing tears. With a regu-
lar. tread that no order OF double
ouiel"- can hasten, or obstacle can
slackeu. their tramp is on, and on, ana
} on while mountains crumble and pyra-
mids die. zone generation passetn'
and another generation cometh.
u This is my twenty-ffth anniversary
sermon-1s69 to 1894. 1t is twenty
five years since l assumed the laoer.
: nacle pastorate. A whole generation
has passed Three generations we
{ have known. That which preceded
orr own. that which is now at th'
d front and the one coming on. We arr
!, at the heels of our predecessors, ane
t our successors are at our heels. VIVA
n a generation it was that preceded
n MS, We who are now in the front reg
ment are the only ones competent
N tell the new generation now coming
70 into sight who our predecessors were
R;ooranhv can not tell it. Autobiogra
n nbv can not tell it. Biographies ar
Of generally written by special friend
re the departed, perhaps by wife OF SO
or daughter, and they only Tel. III
e, good things. The biographers OIL on
d. Of the first presidents of the Unite
e, states made no record of the. pres
DENTS account books, now in the a
in cb;yes at the capitol, which l hay
N. seen. telling how much he lost Z
he gained daily at the gaming table.
re Yea. that generation which pass
ed off within the last twenty-five yea
had their bereayements, their tempt
Ier t;ons. their struggles, their disappoir
OF ments, their successes, their 1an" ;,
ice their cladnesses and their griefs' IL
an these two generations now IN sigl
es- that in advance and that foilowln
it Rnt the twenty-five years between Il
zen and 1s94-how much they saw! liz
er. mucb thew discovered! How mu
an, thew felt, Within that time have be
nerformed the miracles of the te
sat nbone and the monograph. FRI
It the observatories other worlds hs
mp, been seen to heave in sight SIX pre-
| to dents of the United States have OF
;nauourated. Transatlantic voya
the abbreviated from ten days to hive
one a half. Chicago and New iorK' U
ing three days apart, now only twen
was four hours by the vestibule hmi'
'ure Two additional railroads have o.
lble built to the Pacific. France has pas
chel from monarchy to republican,
MANY of the cities have nearly dout
d or their populations. During that
title Grafton the chief surviving heroes
aout the civil war have gone into the
d to campment of the grave. The c
nhvsicians. attorneys. orators 1
all" chants. have passed off the earth
and are in retirement waiting for ira
the ton. Other men In eoitoriai on"..
pulpltSs IN RoVeihoa
hut LEGISLATIVE, senatorial and cong
and sional halls. There are not ten
mr. women on the earth now promil
.srd whosw were prominent twenty-five y
,,r.. aoo. The crew of the old ship
world is all changed. Others at
rad helm. others on the lookout, OF
~. c,;mhinp the ratlines. Time
doctor who with potent anodyne
.nL mt an entire generation into $
sleep. Time like another {
well, has roughly prorogued pr
ment, and with iconociasm al
! .h. nearly all the rulers except one 9
|" -, from the high places So far as
- " served that generation, for the
:. tho part, they did their best. Ghastl
.s,o 80 ceptions, but so far as | knew 7
thew did quite well. They were
at the right time, and they dieo
M" RIGHT time. They left the world
than they found it. We are ind
lnss ~ them for the fact that they pre-
Diooo the way for our coming. Fig
hundred and ninety-four revei
US &C. and gratefully salutes 1863.
cere- generation passeth away, and ar
ivy generation cometh-
oio Rut this sermon is not a dirge
an anthem. While this world
ing On nronriate as a temporary stay,
iano sternal residence it would De
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