The Progress., 1894-05-12
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
THE GENERATIONS" AS A SUE
JECT FOR SUNDAYS SERMON.
zone Generation Passeth Away and
Another COmeth," EcCieSastes l: "
Twenty-First Anniversary OF Dr. Tai
IMAGES Passionate Remembered.


BRO0HLYN, May G-This was great
day in the history OF the brooklyn
Tabernacle The figures IN flowers
back Of the platform 1869 ana 1891
indicated Rev. DR.. TaImage time OF
coming to Brooklyn, and the present
celebration, and was Introductory 10
the great meetings in honor OF Dr.
Talmage's passionate to take place on
the following Thursday and Friday,
presided over by the mayor OF the city
and eE-secretary OF the navy, ten
Tracy, and to be participated IN oE
senators and governors and prominent
men from north, south, east and west.
The subject Of the sermon to-day was
The Generations, the text beng
Ecclesiastco /: +: cone generation
passcth away, and another generation
comcth.
According to the longevity Of people
n their particular century has gen
Grafton been called hundred years,
or fifty years, or thirty years. by com
mon consent in our ninctceth century,
generation is fixed at twenty-five
years.
The largest procession that ever
moved is the procession Of years. and
the greatest army that ever marched
IS the lrmy of generations. In each
generation there are about nine full
regiments Of days These 9,l25 days
in e&cn generation march with won
derfui precision. They never break
ranks They never ground arms.
They never pitch tents. They never
halt They are never off on Through
Thev came out Of the eternity
pass, and they move on toward the
eternity future. They cross rivers
without any bridge or boats, The SIX
hundred immortals Of the Cr!mea
dashing into them cause no confusion.
They move as rapidly at midnight as
midnoon Theirchaversaclls are full Of
good bread aud bitter alOes clusters
of richest vintage and bottles OF ago
ni2ing tears. With a regular tread
that no order Of double quick can
hasten. or obstacle can slacken, their
tramp is on. and on. and on, and on
while mountains crumble and pyra-
mids die. One generation passeth,
and another generation cometh.
This is nv twenty-ffth anniversary
sermon. 1869 and 1894 1t is twenty
five wears since | assumed the Brook
lvn DastOrate. 4 whole generation
has passed. Three generations we
have known: That which preceded our
OWN, that which is now at the 'front.'
and the one coming on We are at the
heels Of our predecessors. and our sue
re,sors are at our heels. What gen
alton il was that preceded US. We
fho are now in the front regiment are
the only ones competent 20 tell the new
generation lust now coming in sight
who our predecessors were. Biography
can not tell it. Autobiography can not
tell it. Biographies are generally writ.
ten by special friends of the departed,
perhaps by wife, or son, or daughter,
and thew only tell the good things The
biographers of one of the first Presi-
dents of the United States make nc
record of the Presidents account
books now in archives at the capitol
which | have seen, telling how much
he lost or gained daily at the gaming
table. The biographies of one of the
early secretaries of the United States
never described the scene that day
witnessed when the secretary was car
ried dead drunk from the state depart
ments to his own home. Autobiogra.
phv is written by the man himself, and
no one would record for future time!
his own weaknesses and moral deficits
Those who keep diaries put down only
things that read we'll No man o.
woman that ever lived would dare tt
make full record of all the thoughts
and words of life time Wewho saw
and heard much of the generation
marching just ahead of us, are ia
more able than any book to describe
accurately to our successors who on
predecessors were. Very much tik
ourselves thank you. Human natur,
in them is very much like human mature
in us At one time of life they wer