The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-11-05
An Worry and Temptations Are hlettsd
DATA Live Might Meaa ~ Eriatenes
OF Misery. = Pail Frou. Grace.

Dr. Ialmage : text was t>a-. WI, u
"The righteous IS taken away from the
evil 70 come.
We all spend much time in panegyrie
OF longevity We consider II a great
thing to live to he an octogenarian. n
any one dies in youth We say. what a
pityir DR. Muhlenbergh. 10 old age.
said that the hymn written in early
life BY his own hand M more express
ed his sentiment when II said; Il
would not live Away. II one he
pleasantly circumstaneed ~ rrver
wants To 90 W;,fam Cnlieu Iirvaui
the g-2at poet a. - ytar- n ar
standt 81 ms house ia festival
group. ding -rhsnaiopSis without
spectacle eas Just anxious to live
as wien ~ IS y.-'s of age he wrote
that 81 mortal threnolay Cato feared
at 50 years Of aye that he would
not live 10 learn Greek. MOnaldescO.
at lis years. writing the history OF his
time. feared collapse Theophrastus.
writing book at 90 years Of age. was
anxious 10 live to complete it. Thur
low Weed. at about So years OF age,
found life as great a desirability as
when he snuffed ont his first politician
Albert barnes. DWELL prepared for the
next word at 20, said he would rather
stay here. So it is all the way down
] suppose that the last time that
Methuselah was ont OF doors in a storm
he was afraid Of getting his feet wet.
lest it shorten his days Indeed, |
some time ago preached sermon
on the blessings Of longevity, but ]
now propose to preach TO you
about the blessings Of an abbrc-
waited earthly existence. II were an
agnostic would say man is blessed
in proportion to the number Of years
he can stay on terra firma. because af-
ter that he falls off the docks, and IL he
is ever picked out of the depths il is
, only to be set up in some morgue OF
the universe TO see if anybody VIII
claim him. II thought God made man
only to last forty or fifty or hundred
years, and then he was to go into ami
hilation, / would say his chief bust
ness ought to be to keep alive. and
even in good weather to be very eau
tious, and TO carry an umbrella and
take overshoes. and life Preservers,
and bronze armor. and weapons OF de-
Tense, lest he fall off into uothingness
and obliteration
But, my friends, You are not agnOs-
tics. You believe in Immortality and
the eternal residence OF the righteous
in Heaven. and. therefore. first re.
mark that an abbreviated earthly ex-
istence is to be desired. and is bless
ing, because it makes ones life-work
very compact
Some men go to business at : o'clock
in the morning and return at in the
evening. Others go at $ o'clock and re
Iurn at p Others go at 10 and return
at4 ] have friends who are ten hours
\ day in business; others who are Eve
hours; others who are one hour They
all do their work we'll; they do their
entire work and then they return
Which position do. you think the most
Desirable You say, other things be-
ing equal. the man who is the shortest
time detained in business, and who can
return home the quickest. i the most
blessed
Now. my friends. why not carry that
good sense into the subject of trans
ference from this world2 II person
die in childhood. he gets through his
work at 9o'eloclS in the morning. II he
die at IS years Of age, he gets through
his work At Il o'clock noon. II he die
at 20 years Of age. he gets through his
work at o'clock in the afternoon. II
he die at 20. he has o'toA AL the way
up to II o'clock at night The so01cf
we get through our work the better.
The harvest all in barraek or barn. the
fnrrner does not sit down in the stub
fefeld. but, shouldering his scythe. and
taking his pitcher from under the tree,
he makes a straight line for the old
homestead. All we want to he anxious
about is to get our work done and well
done, and the quicker the better.
Again: There is a blessing in an alb
breviated earthly existence in the fact
that moral disaster might come upon
the man if he tarried longer Recent
" man who had been prominent in
churches, and who had been admired
for his generosity and kindness every
where, for forgery was sent TO state
prison for IS years Twenty years ago
there was no more probability of that
mans committing a commercial dis
honesty than that you will commit
commercial dishonesty The number
of men who fall into ruin between 50
and 20 years of age is simply appalling.
II they had died 80 years before II
would have been better for their fam
lilies The shorter the voyage the less
chance for cyclone.
There is a wrong theory abroad that
II ones youth be right his old age will
be right You might as well say there
is nothing wanting for n ships safety
except TO get it fully launched on the
Atlantic Ocean. have sometimes
asked those who were schoOlmates or
college mates OF some great defanlter.
What kind OF boy was he? What
kind of a young man was he?- and
they have said. why. he was a SPLEEN
did fellow: ! hal no idea he would 60
into such an outrage The fact is,
the great temptation of life sometimes
comes far on in miIlife or old age.
The first time crossed the Atlantic
ocean il was as smooth as millpond.
and thought the sea captains and the
voyagers had slandered the old ocean.
and wrote home an essay for a maya
zine on The Smile Of the Sea. but
never afterward could have written
that thing, for before we got home we
got terrible shaking up The first
voyage Of rfe may he very smooth; the
last may b. enroely,lon. Many who
start life in great prosperity do not
end it in prosperity
The great pressure Of temptation
comes sometimes in this direction. Al
about IS years Of age a mans nervous
system changes. and some one tells him
he must take stimulants 10 keep him
self up. and he takes stimulants TO
keep himself mp until the stimnlants
keep him down. Or man has been go
Ing along for thirty or forty
years in unsuccessful business. and
here-is an opening where by one dis
honorable action.he can lift himself
and lift his family from al financial
. embarrassment He attempts 10 leap
the chasni and he falls into il
Then Il IS in after life that the great
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