Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-28
HECOMING CENTURY
DR.. TAlMAGE TELLS WHAT THE Nru
CYCLE WILL USHER IN.


me Needs of the New Age-when
War Shall BE No More.
copyright. 1898. by American Press As.o.
ciatlon.l
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Tbis sermor
OF Dr. Talmage is an authorization oi
tnings near at hand and urges prepare -.
ton for stirring events; text, / Ohron.
icies xii, 80, "The children of Isssohar
which were men that had UNDERSTANDING
OF the times, to know what Israel ought
to do" 0NeA'
Great tribe, that tribe Of Issachar
When Joab took the census, there were
l45, 800 of them. Before the almanac
was born, through astrological study.
they knew from stellar conjunotions ali
about the seasons Of the year. Before
agriculture became an art thew were
skilled in the raising of crops. Before
politics became science they knew the
temper of nations, and whenever they
marched, either for pleasure or war,
they marched under three oolored flag
TOPAZ, sardine and carbuncle. But the
chief characteristic of that tribe of
lssachar was that they understood the
times. They were not like the political
and moral incompetents Of our day, who
are trying to guide 1898 by the theories
OF 1928. They locked at the divine in.
dications in their own particular cen.
fury. So we ought to understand the
times, not the times when America was
Ii colonies, huddled together along the
Atlantic coast, but the times when the
nation dips one hand in the ocean on
one side the continent and the other
hand in the ocean on the other side the
continent; times which put New York
Narrows and the Golden Horn Of the
Pacific within one flash Of electric teleg-
raphy; times when God is as directly,
as positively, as solemnly, az trcmen.
dously addressing us through the daily
newspaper and the quick revolution Of
events as he ever addressed the ancients
or addresses us through the Holy Scrip
lures. The voice Of God In Providence
is as important as the voice Of God in
typology, for in our own day we have
had our Sinais with thunders Of the AL
mighty, and Calvaries of sacrifice, and
Gethsemanes that sweat great drops Of
blood, and Olivets Of ascension, and
Mount Pisgahs of farreaching vision.
The Lord who rounded this world 6, 900
years ago and sent his Son to redeem it
near 1900 years ago has yet much to do
with this radiant but agonized planet.
May God make us like the children of
(ssaohar, (Which were men that had
understanding Of the times, to know
what Israel ought to do"
The grave of this century will soon
be dug. The cradle Of another century
will soon be rocked. There il some.
thing moving this way out Of the eter-
mites, something that thrills me,
blanches me, appalls me, exhilarates
me, enraptures me. 1t will wreathe the
orange blossoms for millions of we'd
dings. 1t will beat the dirge for mil.
lions of obsequies. It will carry the
gilded banners of brightest mornings
and the black flags of darkest mid
nights. The world will play the grand
march of its heroes and sound the rogues'
march Of its towards. Other professions
may halt or break down or fall back,
but the procession led by that leader
moves steadily on and will soon be
here. 1t will preside over coronations
and achievements. HAIL it, bless it,
welcome it. the twentieth century Of
the Christian era.
The Cradle Of the Century.
What may We expect Of it, and how
shall we prepare for it. are the mo.
meutous questions propose now to dis
cuss. As in families, human nativity is
Anticipated by all sanctity and kindli-
ness and solemnity and care and hopeful.
ness, SO ought we prayerfully, hopefully,
industriously, confidently prepare for the
advent Of a new century. The nine
teenth century must not treat the twen-
tietb Gil it's arrival as the eighteenth cen.
fury treated the nineteenth. Our CEN
tury inherited the wreck Of revolutions
and the superstiticns OF ages. Around
its cradle stood the armed assassins OF
old world tyrannies; the "reign OF
terror, bequeathing its horrors; Ro-
bespierre, plotting his diabolism; the
Jacobin club with its wholesale mas
sacre; the guillotine, ohopping Its be-
headments. The ground quaking with
the great guns of Marengo, Wagram
and Badajos. All Europe in convulsion.
Asia in comparative quiet, but the
ouietness of death. Africa in the
clutches of the slave trade. American
savages in full cry, their soalping knives
lifted, The exhausted and poverty
struck people of America sweating Nh
der the debt of $500, 900, 900, which the
Revolutionary war had left them.
Washington just gone into the long
sleep at Mount Vernon. and the nation
in bereavement; Aaron Burr. the cham
Mon libertine, becoming soon after the
Vice nresident The government OF the
United States only an experiment., most
Of the philosophers and statesmen and
governments of the earth prophesying
Il would be disgraceful failure. NO
moor founding laid at night on the cold
stems of a mansion, to be picked up IN
the morning, was poorer of than tn's
century at its nativity. The onlteo
states government had taken only IL
stems on its journey. its constitution
having been formed in 1889, and most
Of the nations Of the earth laughed at
mr. government in its first attempts &c
walk alone. .. ..
tnrv occurred in the time OF war. Oof
small United States navy. under Gap
tain Truxton, commanding the irlgate