The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-18
ONE LIFE. IS ENOUGH
A,sEcoND JOURNEY WOULD SURELY
I Be i FAlLvke.

Dr.. Tslnnage Shows the Importance o.
Prsssat Opportunities Drawn
1ssa DiABsrsns Ki.ds II Hves--Bueys
TO Mark the Right Channel.
Copyright 1893, by American Press Asso.
WARRINGTON, July 17.--This discourse
Of DR.. Talmnge extols our present oppor.
tttnitiss 70 that more opportunities than
We enjoy In this life do not seem desirable;
the text, Job II, 1, "All that man hath
will he give for his life" -.
That Is untrue The Lord did not say
II, but sstsn said It to the Lord when the
evil one wanted Job still moro afflicted.
The record Ii. "So went satan forth from
the presence Of the Lord and slnote Job
with sore boils." And satan has been the
author Of all eruptive disease since then,
and he hopes by poisoning the blood TO
poison the SOUL But the result Of the d.
abolical experiment which left Job victor
proved the falsity Of tho satanic remark,
IAN that man hath will he give for his
life" Many 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 Mo
throttle valve or his foot on the brake un-
til the most Of the train was saved while
he went down to death through the
open drawbridge, many fireman who
plunged into Q blazing house TO get q
sleeping child out, the fireman sacrificing
his life In the attempt, and the thousands
Of martyrs who submitted to fiery stake
and knife Of massacre and headmsn's az
and guillotine rather than surrender prin-
oiple, proving that in many o case my text
was not true when 1t says, "All that q
man hath will he give for his life"
But satan's falsehood was built on
truth. Life Is very precious, and II We
would not give up all there are many
things we would surrender rather than
surrender 1t. We SEQ how precious life IL
from the fact that we do everything to
prolong 1t. Hence all sanitary regula-
tions, all study Of hygiene, all fear Of
drafts, all waterproofs, all doctors, all
medicines all struggle In crisis or acci-
dent. An admiral Of the British navy
was court martialed for turning bis ship
around in time Of danger, and 10 damag-
ing the ship. 1t was proved against him,
but when his time came 10 BE- heard he
said: "Gentlemen, did turn tho ship
around and admit that 1t was damaged,
but do you want to know why turned its
There was man overheard, and I wanted
to save him, and did save him, and
consider the lite Of one sailor worth all
the vessels Of the British navy" No won
der he was vindicated. Life is indeed very
precious. Yea, there are those who deem
life so precious they would like to repeat
it. They would like to try 1t over again.
They would like to go back from 10 to 90,
from go to 80, from so to 40, from 40 to
80 and from 80 to 60 propose for worry
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 us,
Would you like to live your life over AGAIN.
What Is suooess9
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 1t. What
Is successP Ask that question Of hun
dred different men, and they will give a
different answers. Ono man will
say, "Succoss Is 91,O0O,OO0 Another
will say, "Sucoess Is worldwide publicity"
Another will say, success Is gaining
that which you started for" But as 1t is
q free country give my own definition
and say, success Is fulfilling the particu-
lar mission upon which you wero sent
whether to write constitution or invent
D 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 at death or arc buried at
public expense, whether 1t takes IL 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 arc not satisfied with your
life
We have all made so many mistakes,
into SO many plumbers, said 10
many things that ought not to have been
said and done so many things that ought
not to have been done that we can suggest
ut least 95 per cent Of improvement. Now,
would 1t not be grand II the good Lord
would say to you: "You can 60 back and
try ID over again. Twill by word turn
your hair to black or brown or golden, and
smooth all the wrinkles out Of your tenn
pie or check, and take tho bend out Of
your shoulders, and extirpate the stiffness
from the joint, and tho rheumatic twinge
from tho foot, and you shall DO 81 years Of
age and just what you were when you
reached that point before" If the PROPOSE
ion were made, think many thousands |
would accept 1t.
That feeling caused the ancient search
Tor what was called the fountain Of
youth, the waters of which, taken, would
turn the hair of tho octogenarian into the
curly locks Of boy, and, however old q
person who drank at that fountain, he
would be young again. Tho island was
'aid to belong to tho group Of Bahamas
but lay far out In the ocean. The great
Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce do Leon,
'ellow voyager of Columbus, have no
loubt felt that Is he could discover that
fountain Of youth no would do as much
IS his friend had done in discovering
America. So he put out in 1913 from
Porto Rico and cruised about among tho
Bahamas In search of that fountain. am
glad no did not find 1t. There is no such
ountain. But II there were, and its wa
ers were bottled up and sent abroad at
1,UOV a UUutAot UuO uOlhohA WouAN w
greater than the supply, and many man
Who has come through q life of uselessness
md perhaps sin to old age would BIO shak-
ng up the potent liquid, and If he were
directed to take only teaspoonful after
,ach meal would be so anxious to make
ure work no would take tablespoonful.
md If directed to take tablespoonful
would take glassful.
Generations Back.
But some Of you would have to 60 back
urther than to 81 years of age to mako
air start, for there are many who manage
o get all wrong before that period. Yea,
n order to get fair start some would
lave to go back to tho father and mother
md get them corrected-yea to tho grand
ather and grandmother and have their
life corrected, for some Of you arc suffer-
ng from bad hereditary influences which
tarted 100 years ago Well, II your grand
ather lived his life over again, anu your
avher lived Ills life over again, and you
lived your life over again, what clutter
d up place this world would be-a place
lied with miserable attempts at repairs
begin to think that 1t Is better for eaah