Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-11-10
3. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Death is Ofttimes a Boon to the AZ
flicted.
All Worry and Temptations Are I,Iotted
Quito Live Might Mean sn Existence
of Misery. taii From Grace.

we al spend much tune in panegyrc
OF longevity. We consider il IA great
thing to live To- be AN octogenarian II
any one dies in youth we say. what "A
PITY! DR. Muhlcnbergh in old age
SAID that the hymn written in early
life by his own hand no more express
ed his sentiment when il lid: IL
would pot live Away" If one be
~ pleasaatly circumstauccd he never
wants to go. William Cullen Bryant.
the great poet at 50 years ofage.
"a 81 standing in my house in festival
" group, reading "Thanatopsis" without
- spectacIes was just as anxious to live
as when at Is years Of aye he wrot,,
that immortal thrcnodav Cato feared
81 so years of age that he would
DOT live to learn Greek Monnldesco
AZ 1l5 years, writing the history of his
Tune, feared n collapse. Thee phrastus.
- writing book at 90 years of are Has
anSious TO live To complete IL Tbur-
Weed, ut about 81 years OF arc
vi life rs great e desirabilitv as
he snuffed out his first politician
rft Barnes, ~ well prcpar,id for the
word at 40, said hc S-&1ld rather
here. SO il is all w wax down
IInppssSe that the Us time that
MethuseNh was ont or/oor~ IN a s.orm
he was aff4id of gct( ~ ms feet VET
lest it shorten hisj 1,ava Indeed.
on the blessings " longevity. but
now propose to preach 70 YOU
about the blcs,in{, Of an abbrc-
y. waited earthly exi,tc1cc a. t-wcre an
agnostic l would say man is blessed
IA proportion to they number of wears
lac can stay ON tcrra1 drma bccau,c at
ter that he fails of tslc docks. ana n lac
Us ever picked out Of the depths il is
only 10 b. set up in SOM moreue of
Il the universe to see II anybody will
claim Am II thought God made man
only To lasJ forty on fifty or a hun lrcd
years, and then he was TO go into ami
hilation, ] would say his chief bust
M ness ought TO bc To- keep alive and
even in good weather TO bc very eau
- tjons, and 10 carry umbrella and
take ovcrshoes, and life prcscrvcrs
and bronze aFmor and weapons of de-
fense. lest he fan Oft into nothiugncss
and oblitG ration
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 cx-
istence is TO be desired. and is "a bless |
ing, because it makes ones lif.-worll !
very compact
Stne men 20 to business at o'clock |
pa the morning and return at i'm the
veniAg. Others go at o'clock and re- .
prn n. Others go at 10 and return
have friends who arc ten hours +,
business others who are five !
- lers WHO are one hour. They /
an an ar wor aa well Ill, they ,E do their their
Which position do you think the most
desirable? You say, other things be-
fing equal, the man who is the shortest
time detained in business and who can
treturn home the quickest. is tht-ulost
yblessed.
Now my friends, why not carry that
A4ood sense into the subject of trans
ference froEeshis world? If person
lie in childhood. ne gets through his |
Wgork at 9oclocl in the morning Ii he
A die at 45 years of age. he gets through
mis- work at L. o'clock noon If ne die !
at 40 years of age, he gets through his !
work at o'clock in the afternoon. If |
he die at 90, he has to toll all the way |
up TO IL o'clock at night. The sooner |
we get through work the better
The harvest all in bdrracl1 or barn the
farmer does not sit down in the stub
blefield but, shoulderng his scythe and
taking his pitcher from under the tree !
ne makes straight line for the old |
homestead. All we want to be anxious |
about is to get our work done and well |
done, and the quicker the better
Again: There is "a blessing i'm an ab- |
hrevated earthly existence IN the fact
that moral disaster might come upon !
the man if he tarrird longer Recent
~ man who had been prominent i'm /
churches, and who had been admired /
for his generosity aud kindness every
where, for forgery was sent TO state I
prison for - years Twenty years ago
there was no more probability of that /
mans committing commercial dis
honesty than that you will commit
~ commercial dishonesty The number
90 men who fall into ruin b. tween 30
and 30 years of age i- simply appalling
- they had died 80 years before 70
= would have been better f5r their Gn-
(S6s The shorter the voyage, the loss
chaTNG. apr "a cyclone
y There y ,rNStKoug theory abrluI that
81 ones youth n, right h.e ola ar. ,yiII
Doe right You nNght IS well -av there
IS nothing wautiA. FOR 20 ship, safety
- except TO get b. fully launched ou tue
4 J Atlantic Ocean. have sometime.
asked those who were achD0'mat., or
college mates of some great d.fl1lter.
A what kind OF boy HI, he' What
ID OF yOung muu wa, he. aud
~ nave said, "Wj,y. Zoe wa- spleen
- fellow: had roo idea Ice wou.I goo
such ara outrage THE fact r..
great temptation OF lic sometime
scs far ON in midiiic orr old ago
&c frst time ! crossed Csc Atlantic.
81 it was a. smooth F- 90 u iu.u.
hdurht iIt -et captain. Hu| fH..
bad -Ilud.re3 the old ocean.
y h1un. au essay, for mrra-
lIl. Smile ,f lu. Sea- bu.
Stle-wurd could tls. written
.8g. for b.fpr ~. gl' bonn. $50
terrible sua' .ne up 1.. f...
o' hir may Do. us .u.4... th.
hay Oe O. cur'.. y,,H. NH. nH1
lie in -r'. prosperity. Uruo..
81 in pro-p lIg
srhe great pr.or. OF temptation