Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-20
REV DIR. TALMAGE


E"E ''V NAt thR@FE A'~
year. In January last nc celebrate its
birth. Today ne attend its obseqnies. An
Other twelve months have been cut out Of
our earthly continuance, and # Is 4 time
for absorbing reflection.
We all spend much time IN .ane:vrir u
longevity. We consider j: q great thing ~
iiv" to he AT octo-rnarian. r. any IN" iiss
IN youth, W. sal. VIA: a pity Ir.
Nuhienh~rs IN old aye sail .tst The hvnn
written il early life hy his own hand no
ulore expressed his sentiment WHOM j, st:i
/ sou'd ~ V ,s.y
u ono b" pleasantly rirrimstan- 4 4 nc
never want. TO 90. William Caticn n-,an..
the .rea. po.t. NJ ssighty-tw0, yeats ~ axa.
standing In ms topse IN = te-sttl group Pa +
Ing .'Thanatorsi9 wilton. Spef.aI.~ was
Just "a an1.ous u live a. aa"r II cic3.e"3
years e age he wrote h@imnrtaIthreno ~.
Cato feared AT eighty years ~ aye TIA. he
would not live 20 learn n Peek. Hpn1lt"sr0
81 ll5 ycars. within. the history II hi tiee.
feared a collapse. Theophraafn. writing =
hook r. NINETY years - age WAS ~anxi1ns 10
live 10 complete Ii. Thnriow Weed ~ ri ont
eigDty-six gears n .se lounf ltfe rs .res: j.
fesirahiiity ~ when II" snuf-d ont h- first
politician.
Alert Barnes. g well prepared for 'he
next world. nj seventy said he would rather
stay here. SO il - all the way down. | sup
pose that the last time Mefhaselah was nalt
81 doors IN a storm he was afr.ii o. getting
hI- feet vet i.-t il shorten lis laws. Inieri
] some time aSo preached II sermon on .ha
blessings Of longevity, but II this. the last
day Of 1893 and when MANY are fllet with
Sadness attas though, INA. aaa.a : %cr1rt-r
otfh"Ir lie Is closing. AMI that thev f4iv+
tf5 Jaws less 20 live. ] propose TO ir a. 70
you atdn' 'hf advantages OF an an.'r v.at.i
e1rtlIs r>tSt"nce.
T. F"re an atnostir. | wouli say 4 nan
l. blessed N proportion to the nun t 4t
/ wears go f.ln shy on ..'9rra 1rtnr - i44atf.a
after ttat he falls OF the de- Ks, AMI il a. :
ever picked out Of the depths il i oniyts a.
set up III some Inorgue of tire uuiv-r- -.
II ANYBODY will claiu him. IfIthou-ht col
mad .aan only 10 last forty Or fry or 100
year. AMI then he was to - into anu.h1i.-
t!on ] would say his Chief business nu.at >
be - 6f1.P alive ana even in good wratlet;o
b" N"f} cautious. AMI 10 carry an nnhr lla
an faE+ overshoes ant lie pr4ser>tr, and
hronze irinor and weapons Of defense lest he
fall Of into nothineness and obliteration.
But. my friends. You are not aGnostics.
You believe In Immortality and the eternal
residence Of the righteous in heaven, and
therefore l first remark that an abbreviated
earthly existence Is to be desired, and is a
| blessing because 1t makes ones life work
very compact.
Some men go to business at 7 o'clock in
the morning and return at Z in the evening.
Others 90 at 9 O'Clock and return at II.
Others 60 ut 10 and return at 4. | have
friends who are ten hours q day in business,
Others who are five hours. others who are
one hour. They all do their work we'll
they do their entire work, n then they re-
turn. Which position do you think the
most desirable2 You say. other things being
equal. tho man who is the shortest time de-
tanned in business and who can return home
the quickest is the most blessed
Now. my friends, why not carry that good
sense into the subject of transference from
this world? If a person die in childhood. he
gets through his work at 8 O'Clock in the
morning. If he die at forty-five years of age,
he gets through his work at II o'clock noon.
III he die at seventy years Of age, he gets
through his work at ) o'clock in the after
noon. Ii he die at ninety. he has to toll all
the way on up to II o'clock at night The
sooner we get through our work the better.
The harvest all in barr;trk or barn, the farmer
does not sit down in the stubble field. but,
shouldering his scythe and taking his pitcher
from under a tree. he makes a straight line
for the old homestead. All we want to be
anxious about is to get our work done and
well done the quicker the better.
Again, there is n blessing in an abbreviated
earthly existence in the fact that moral dis
aster might come upon the man if he tarried
longer. A man who had been prominent IN
churches. and who had been admired for his
generosity and kindness everywhere, for for
gerry was sent to Stateprison for fifteen years.
Twenty years before there was no more prob
ability oil that man committing q commercial
dishonesty than that you will commit com.
mercial dishonesty. The number of men who
fall into ruin between fifty and seventy years
of age is simply appalling. II they had died
thirty years before. il would have been better
for them and better for their families. The
shorter the voyage the less chance for q cy
clone. F,
There. is q wrong Theory abroad that Il
ones youth be right, his old age will be
night, You might AS we'll say there is moth.
ing wanting for a ships safety except to get
laun"hcd on the Atlantic Ocean.
have sometimes asked those vino were school
mates or college mates of some great de
frauder What kind of a boy was he
What kind OF a young man was hep anc
they have said why. he was a splendid
fellow. | had no idea he could ever so init
such an outrage" The fact is the grea
temptation OF life sometimes comes far on IL
midlife or in old age.
The fr~t ton ,r3ssni n" Atlanti, o can
II MAS 4 ~na.'a a. i mi!lponi. and
thought the sr4 CAPTAINS and voyacers had
sianicrei the old osean. and | wrote hon,
an ESSAY Tor 4 nlaeagin" on The Smile Of
the sea. tut | never .fterward could hav,
written that thing. for before We got hom,
We -ot a terrible ~haN'n- Up. The first voy-
age Of life may to very smooth the last ma,
BE- a eurorlys3on MANY who start life IL
great prosperity "a not end II in prosperity
The great rre~~ur" Of temptation comes
sometimes IN this direction AT about forty
five wears OF aga 4 man nervous system
changes. and son." one tells him he mus
t~akastlTulants II Aeep himself up until tn
stimuiants keep him down. or a man ha
been going along Tor thirty or forty years Il
unsuccessful business. AMI here is an open
ing where bv one i~iShGnorei action he ca
lii, himself AMI his family from all iinancis
Embarrassment He attempts to leap tn
chasm, aud he fails info Il.
Then Il * in after lie that the great tenn
tatfon o. success ones. II "a man makes
fortune before thirty years OF age. ne gene
ally losa,s Il before forty. The solid and ID
permanent fortuneS'for the mos; part 80 nc
coma to their climax until rnidlife or in d
age. The mes, - the TANK president nay
white hair. Many 81 those who have Zee
largely successful haye been fall S arrs
gan. ~ 9orrfiin~~>An OLD axe T.A M
not haSe los. tlelr integrity. tI.t ;a-r lax
beconc ~ worldly sni - selfish an !+- n
influence - large .a>~s>s that I : y ier
10 ever t~e.y ta4; ;helT ~a>ce>.~ n
TEN por,l ~ataTlty and et"rnaI 4.ss
Confernlnc Tarl pes n" II >art
seems a. il. Nct:liehaye tsara .~t- ne
could have embarked from tais lie "a. tween
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