The Progress., 1898-07-23

Copyright, 1895, by American Press Asso,
citation.
WASHINGTON, July l7.-This discourse
of DR. Talmage eXtois oar present oppor-
tunties so that more opportunities, than
we enjoy in this life do not seem desirable;
the text, Job ii, t. All that man hath
will he give for his life"
That is untrue The Lord did not say
1t, but satan said it to the Lord when the
evil one wanted job still more afflicted
The record is, so went satan forth from
the presence of the Lord and smotc job
with stTo b0ils" And satan has been the
author of all cruptivc disease since them
and he hopes by poisoning the blood to
poison the soul. But the result of the di-
abolnl experiment which left job victor
proved the fnlsity Of the satanic remark,
"All that u man hath will he give for his
life Many u captain who has stood on
the bridge of the steamer till his paSsen-
gers got of and he drowned, many an
engineer who has kept his hand on the
throttle valve or his foot on the brake IN
til the most of the train was saved while
he went down to death through the
open drawbridgc, many u fireman who
plunged into q blazing house to get -
sleeping child out, the fireman sacrificing
his life In the attempt, and the thousands
of martyrs who submitted to fltry stake
and knife of massacre and headman's TX
and guillotine rather than surrender prin-
ciple proving that in manga case my text
was not true when it says, 'All that u
man hath will he give for his life
But satan's faisGhoOd was built on a
truth. Life Is very precious, and if we
would not give up all there are many
things we would surrender rather than
surrender It, We see how precious life is
from tho fact that we do everything to
prolong it. Hence all sanitary regula-
tions, all study of hygiene, all fear of
drafts, all waterproofs, all doctors, all
medicines, all struggle in crisis or acct
dent. An admiral of the British navy
was court martialed for turning his ship
around in time of danger, and so damag
ing the ship. 1t was proved against him,
but when his time came to be heard he
said: "Gcnticmcn, | did turn the ship
around and admit that 1t was damaged,
but do you want to know why turned it?
There was u man overheard, and wanted
to save him. and did save him, and
consider the life Of one sailor worth all
the vessels of the British navy" No won
der he was indicated Life is indeed very
precious. Yea, there arc those who deem
life so precious they would like to repeat
it. They would like to try it over again.
They would like to 90 back from 70 to 60,
from 80 to 80, from so to 40, from 40 to
80 and from 30 to 60 l propose for very
practical and useful purposes, as will ap-
pear before get through to discuss the
question we have all asked of Others and
others have again and again asked of u.s.
Would you like to live your life over again?
What Is Success?
The fact is that no intelligent and right
feeling man Is satisfied with his past life
However successful your life may have
been, you are not satisfied with it. What
Is successS Ask that question Of hun
dred different men, and they will give Il
hundred different answers. One man will
say, Success is $1,000, O0O." Another
will say, Success Is worldwide publicity. "
Another will say, Success is gaining
that which you started fol-" But as it is
free country give my own definition
and say, Success is fulfilling the particu
lar mission upon which you We're sent,
whether to write constitution or invent
n new style of wheelbarrow or take care
of sick child !" Do what God calls you
to do, and you arc success, whether you
leave 81 900, 900 Mt death or are buried at
public expense, whether it takes Is pages
of an encyclopedia to tell the wonderful
things you have done or your name is
never printed but once, and that in the
death column. But, whatever your success
has been, you are not satisfied with your
life
We have all made so many mistakes,