The Penn's Grove record., 1896-12-04
REV. DR. TAIMAGE
susIHcr The Dying Century

TEXT: ssThus saith the Lord, sst thins
house IN order, for thou shalt do and MOI
hvc."-u Kings xx..
No alarn bsli do ring ID the uffsranss Of
this text, for ia the healthy glow Of yonx
countenAnces | ind cause only Tor c~iserfuI
prophecy but I shall apply ths tsxt =
bad ~carbunele. TO the ninsteenth century,
now closing. It will take only four mora
long hrcaths, each year 8 breath ard the
century will expire. Ny fhone Il nTho by
ing Csntury." / discuss It at anshour nheu oar
National Legislature is about to assemble.
some Of the member ncw hsfs present and
East and West. All the public apnycyanoei
coming this way VIII bling important addts
fions OF public men. so that when on pecem-
hsr 7. at high noon, the gayels Of Senate and
House Of Representatives shall IN and falt
the destinies OF this Nation, and through n
the dshtinIes OF oil Nations struggling to btI
free, viii be put on solemn a framendopf
trial. Amid such intenstfytng circumstances
4 stand by tbs venerable eenfnryand nddross
1t in tho words OF my text. uThus saith tho
Lord. Set thine houaa In order, Tor thou
shalt die and not live.
i Eternity IL sco big A snbiect for Us to
great clock that says ssrick9 IN ono con-
tury and ssTack" Ii another. But w can
bstter understand old time, who has many
ohildreps-and they arc the csntufies--aad
many grandchiidfen-and they arc the
years With the dying ninetesnsh century
we shall this morning have . plain tall,
telling him rome OF the good things he has
done, and then telling him some Of the
things be ought to adjust before he quits
this sphere and passes out to jofA tho
etsrnities. We generally walt until peopia
nre dead before We say much In praise Of
them. Funeral eulogiurn 10 generally very
pathetic and eloquent with things thai
ought TO have been said years before. We
put on cold tombstones what We ought to
have put In the warm ears Of the living
We curse Charles Sumner while he ID hv.
ing and cudgel him into spinal meningitis
and wait until, In the rooms whore I have
been living the last year, be puts bis hand
op bis heart and cries sf0h:" and y gone,
and then We make long procession IN his
honor. DR.. Sunderland. chaplain Of the
American Henate, accompanies stepping
long enough to allow the dead Senator 70 he
IN state In Independence Han, Philadelphia,
and hating at Boston Statehouse, where NOT
long before iamnatory resolutions had been
passed III regard to him, and then move On,
amid the toIiing bells and tho boom Of min
ute guns, until we bury him at Mount Au-
burn and cover him with flowers i've feet
deep. What q pity ne could not have been
awake at his own funeral To hear the Hrafl-
tude Of The Nationi What a pity that one
green Loaf could not have been taken from
unon his tabIs wbila Ia wac vsf nIiva Al Ira
Arlinstonf Whsf ! nav mat ouf n M rraaf
chnjrs whn ahantad H hia staenn5es ons mi
tie girl dressed In 1hfte might not nave Jung
to his living ear . complimentary soiof The
~postmosteD expression ccntradictedthe ante
mortem. the Nation could not have spoken
Wse a. hascrs ~ affar IA darssas Il ifa55
Ma snch in;uaflsa shall M fnalcfsa ,,nnn
fkl. ysnerahls ninsfeanfh csnfuyv nafarr
Ia eoes va rscits il M hearine sons 81 fhe
good tbinQs rs has Recommended. what
sn aadi,ion ~ fhe worid's einfsilirenes he
has msSsi I'oot a. ia old sehoojhouss
Nth the snow siff5nc fhrnngh ma roof and
ina hithv TN ann hancing over ia water
,sgt n sba sarnar an5 ia Ifffle vfcfims ~
1 fhe long hpnrhas without backa, and fba
( iiiifarsfe schoojmasfsr ms Ms hick,fy rad.
and then look al our modern palaces 81
frea acboals undar man ana woman aul-
t,,red snd rsansd ~ shn hicbast ercslIance
~ shat wharess n our cbildhood us ma ia
IL s.h,nrsi ~ o. 10 school abildrcn nnu
~ ,shsr s,av cannaf * rhsnt c5n
vanarshis csrtnrv. Wills a. ma saros sIms
~ thant \ what m addinon Is fhe
worlds inyentIons-Within our century ths
cotton gin, the agricultural machines inr
/ njanting. reauinx and thrHshiDR. the tele-
graph; the p~honogrrph, capable Of pre-
serving 4 human voice from generation to
Generation. the fvpeWrlter. yhaf feacues the
world from worse and worse p~eumanshfp.
and slenography. Capturing from the ilps 81
the swiftest sneaker more than 900 Wofds :
minute! Never was | 90 amazed 81 The
facilities Of our time is when afow days ago
1 teleernphed from Washington 20 New York
4 4 long & elaborate manuscript. and 4 fen
minutes aver. to show its aceuracu. Ii WAS
read 10 me fhrouqh the lone-distance tale.
phono. and IL was exact down to the last
semicoion and comma.
rlad 1 was NOT born sooner. For the faliow
candle the electric tight. For b writings
NJ fhe snrreon's tabje aod Given annsthefics.
and IN whole nhvsicai orrnnism explored
by shsrpest Instrument and giving not 80
much usin Is the taking OF a spIinfor from
under 4 child's anQcr nail. For ths lumber
ing stagecoach the limited express train.
by which our modern scientist feslstho pulls
81 other worlds fhrobbin9 with light. Jsn-
nar,s ARREST nv fnocniation Of ono Of fho
worlds worst ~p,pgues, ri. KeeIey's emsn6i-
patton for inebriety. rntimation thai the
Virus OF maddened canine and cancer and
| consumption ara vet 10 be baked hy maanf-
acent rnaaical treatment. Tba evSsirhf OF
~ ranto. shsrrsrsa nj IL rsn 1ook fir6uch
Nal ~, ana ana ina b5d5nc splnce 81 m
h..syat Ws.t AJr.n.ssnsrt ii cs,,laov ~
~ ss,s,hism ~ ne roonr,ainr cbeunisir r.
~ y M cstaehiam n she eIemsnfs, sstronomy.
or the catschism ii the stars; elscfrology. Of
/ the catechism Of the lightntngss What adj
yancement il music. Atthe beginning OF this
celsury' conining Itself, 30 tar as the
great masses Of the people were con~
cerned. ID q few airs drawn out on
accordion or mastered on church bass
yioi. now ~enchantingly dropping from
thousandso 81 anQers IN Handles ssconcerto
m d Flat.u or duilmsnt's ssSonafa In d
Minor" Thanks to you, o century, before
YOU die. for the asyiums Of mercy that you
nave Iounded-the blind seeing With their
singer. the deaf hearing by the motion Of
vonr lina. fha norm inbacile by skflIfui obiecS
lessor lifted 10 tossrabie fntelligenes.
THANKS 10 this century for thefnproged con
difion Of most Nations. The fsason that Ma
poIeon made such q successful sweep across
Europe AZ the beginning Of the century was
that most Of this thrones OF Europe we're w.
eapied either by imbeciles Of pronigates.
But most Of the thrones Of Europe ~areto-day
occupied BY kings and queens competent.
France e republic, Switzerland . republic,
and about fiffy free constitutions, 4 am told.
IN Europe. Twenty milton ssrfs OF Rnssie
manumitted. On this Western continent ]