Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30

WAsHINoToN, Jan. 26.-Fro an I'M
usual standpoint DR.. Tnlmage in this
discourse looks at the duties and trials
which belong to the different decades
Of human life; text, Psalms xc, 10,
"The days of our years are threescore
years and ten" {.
The SEVENTEEN milestone Of life is
here planted as at the end of the jour
ney. A few 90 beyond it. Multitudes
never reach it. The oldest person of
modern times expired at 1863 years. A
Greek of the name of Stravaridc lived
10 1872 years. An Engllshman of the
name of Thomas Parr lived 152 years.
Before the time of Moses people lived
$50 years, and if you go far enough
back they lived 900 years. Well that
was necessary, because the story Of
the world must come down by tradi-
ton, and il needed long life safely to
transmit the news Of the past. If the
generations had been short lived, the
story would so often have changed lips
that 1t might have got all astray. But
after Moses began to write it down and
parchment told it from century to CEN
fury it was not necessary that people
live SO long in order to authenticate
the events of the past. II in our time
people lived only twenty-five years,
that would not affect history, since it is
put In print and is no longer dependent
on tradition. Whatever your age, will
today directly address you, and | shall
speak to those who are in the twcnties,
the thirties. the forties, the fifties, the
sixties. and TO those who are in the sew
enties and beyond.
First then l accost those Of you who
are In the t~cnties. You are full OF
expectation. You are ambitious-that
is. If you amount to anything some
kind of success, commercial or mechan-
tcal or professional or literary or agri-
cultural or social or moral. If | find
some one in the twentes without any
sort of ambition, ! feel like saying:
My friend, you have got on the wrong
planet. This is not the world for you.
You are going to be in the way. Have
you made your choice of poorhouses?
You will never be able to pay for your
cradle. Who is going to settle for
your board? There is a mistake about
the fact that you We're born at all"
Advice to the Twenties.
But, supposing you have ambition, let
me say to all the twenties, expect every
thing through divine manipulation, and
then you will get all you want and
something better. Are you looking for
wealth? Well, remember that God con-
trolls the money markets, the harvests,
the droughts, the caterpillars, the To-
Gusts, the sunshine, the storm, the land,
the sea, and you will get wealth. Per
haps not that which is stored up in the
banks, in safe deposits, in United States
securities, in houses and lands, but
your clothing and board and shelter,
and that is about all you can appro
pirate anyhow. You cost the Lord
great deal. To feed and clothe and
shelter you for lifetime requires a big
sum Of money, and if you get nothing
more than the absolute necessities YOU
get an enormous amount of supply.
Expect as much as you will Of any
KIND of success, if you expect it from
the Lord you are safe. Depend on any
other resource, and you may be badly
chagrined, but depend on God and all
will be well. 1t is a good thing in the
crisis Of life to have a man of large
means back you up. 1t is a great thing
TO have Il moneyod institution stand be-
hind you in your undertaking. But it
is mightier thing to have the God of
heaven and earth your coadjutor, and
you may have him. ! am so glad that
l met you while you are in the TWEEN
ties. You are laying out your plans
and all your life in this world and tho
next for five hundred million years of
your existence will be affected by those
plans. 1t is about s O'Clock in the
morning OF your life. and you are just
starting out. Which way are you GO
ing to start2 OH the twenties!
Twenty is great word in the BIZ
BILE. Joseph was sold for twenty pieces
Of silver; Samson judged Israel TWEEN
~ years Solomon gave Hiram twenty
cities; the dying roll that Zechariah
saw was twenty cubits; when the sail
.ors of the ship on which Paul sailed
sounded the Mediterranean sea, it was
twenty fathOms. What mighty things
have been done in the tWcnties. Rom.
ulus founded Rome when he was tween.
ty; Keats finished life at twenty-five:
Lafayette was a world renowned
soldier at twcnty-thrce; Obcrlin nc.
cOmplished his chief work at TWEEN
ty-seven; Ronapame was victor over
Italy at twentysix; Pitt was prime
minister Of England at twenty-two
Calvin had completed his immor
Gal institutes by the time he was
twenty-siX; Grotius was attorney gen
eral at tUenty-four. Some Of the
mightiest things for God and eternity
have been done in the twenties. As
long as you can put the figure before
the other figure that helps describe
your age | have high hopes about you.
Look out for that figure 2. Watch its
continuance with as much earnestness