The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-01-07
AS THE YEARS 60 BY
Dr.. Talmage breaches a Sermon
Suitable to New Years.
Nc Proposes . New Way Of MeassR-
tAG Earthly Existenee-Fren
as Tent How OLD Art
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Appropriate TO the exit Of one year
and the entrance of another year arc
ths practical suggestions which DR.. Tai
mage puts in this discourse, which pro-
pose q different mode Of measuring
time from that ordinarily employees,
sxt Genesis 45;s; How old art thouf'
Ths Egyptian capital was the focus
Of the worlds wealth. in ahIps and
Oargss there bad been brought TO IL
from India frandncense and cinnamon
and ivory and diamonds from the
sorth marble and ironj from Syria.
purple and silk, from Greece. some OF
the finest horses Of the world and some
Of the most brilliant chAriotA. and from
all the earth that which could beat
plesss the eye and charm the . and
crafty the taste. There were temples
ahAms with red sandstone. entered by
the gateways that were guarded by
pillars bewildering with heroglyphies
and wound with brszen serpents and
adorned with winged creatures-thsir
eyes and bealu and ptnions glttsrtng
With precious stones. There were mar
be columns blooming Into white flower
bsas. There were stone pillars ct the
top busdng into the shape Of tia 10
~, when In full bloom
Along ths avenues. lined with sPhinl
nd
priness who came In gorgeously uphol
stsrsd palanquins. carried BY servants
In soaFist OF elsewhere drawn by 70
hiolss, tbs suoW white horses, golden
batteA aud ak abreast, dashing al full
run. On the doors Of mosaic the 60
ne. Of Pharaoh were spelled out In let
ters Of porphyry and beryl and hAme
There were ornaments twisted from
the wood Of tamariEk, embossed with
Alver breaking into foam. There Wers
footstools made cut Of q single PreciouI
stone. There we're beds fashioned on
OF = crouched lion in bronze. Their,
were chairs spotted with the aleek hides
OF leoparda. There were sofas footed
with the claws Of Wild beasts am
armed with the beaks Of birdA. Az yOr
stand on the level beach Of the ses OF
a summer day and look either way
and there ar miles Of breakers. whit
with the ocean foam, daahing shore
ward, so 1t seemed "a Il the sea Of III
worlds pornp and wealth In the Egyp
tinn capital for miles and mica dun,
itself up into white breakers Of mArbL
temple, mausolsum and obelisk.
1t was TO this capital and the Pslac'
Of Pharaoh that Jacob, the plsan ahsp
herd, came TO meet his son Joseph, VIII
had become prime minister, In the roy
al apartment Pharaoh and Jacob me,
dignity and rusticity, The g~raeefulnss
Of the court snd the plain manner o
the esld- The king, wanting TO mAk
the old counuymsn at ease AND SEE
ing how white his beard 3 and hoV
feeble his step, looks tsmilisyiy int
his face and says 70 tAs aged maa
How old art tbouf"
Lastnigbt the gate Of eternity opsneI
10 let In. amid the great throng OF d.
parted centuries. the soul Of the dyin,
year. Under the twelfth stroke Of u
brazen hammer OF the city clock th
patriarch fell dead, and the starr Of u
right wers the funeral torches. 10 !
most fortunate that on this road OF III
there are 80 many mileatonss. on whieI
we can read Just how fast We " gotnI
toward the journeys end. Ifsel thsti
Is not an inappropriate question that
ask to-day when look into your face
and ny, a. Pharaoh did 70 Jacob. th
patriarch: How old art thouf"
People who are truthful on ever
other subject lie about their sgea, >
that ! do not solicit from you any VI
trsi response 70 the question I hAv
asked. would pot no M under t<mI
tatjon; but I simply want this mornfn
TO see by what rod II iTve are mssiai
Jog our earthly exiStsnes. Theirs IA
right way and q wrong way OF messu
log our earthly existence. Thsrs Ia
right way and q wrong way Of msasul
ing a door, or . wall, or an arch, or
tower, and no there In o right way and
wrong way Of measuring our sarthi
existence. II Il With reference TO thl
higher meaning that ! confront you thl
morning with the Stupendous questc
Ct the text and asks How old Al
thou7"
Again, ] remark that there are man
who estimate their lits Cd earth blythe
Sorrows and miifortuneS. Through
great many Of your lives the pIowahal
hath gone very deep, turning up . Vi
rible furrow. You have been bsteeye
end misrepressnte1 and set upon an
slapped of inpsfdnence and pounts
|, Of misfortune. The brightest Fife mui
lave tia shadows and the smoothei
psth its thornS. On the hsppiest broO
the hawk pouness. No escape troi
trouble OF some kind. While gioriot
John Milton was losing hil syesight
heard that salmAsius was glad OF |
While sheridap's comedy was being ei
acted in Drury Ians thsstsr. LondoI
hlI enemy sat growing ~ II In a
stage boz. While Birbop Cooper vi
surrounded by the favor Of learned me
his wife TOOK his lexicon manuscrdp
: the result Of a long LIE Of anxiety an
toll and threw n into the Ere. Nlsfo
tuna, trial. vexstion for almost ever,
one. Pope, s~ppiaudsd Of all the worl
hAI . stoop In The shoulder that ammo,
hin ~ mqeh that he has q tunnel d