Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-02-08

al that wes neces>ar, yW
sncee<s was 80 pat o. your shrstss
tke rfxe % physician or dentist CT
attorney or broker OF agent and You
would have plenty OF business How
unans hours YOU sat and waited for
bx.<r~xs. ur'd waited i'm vain- three
persons only koov-GoS. your wife
and yourself. In commercial life you
have net Rad the promotion and
the Increase in salary you an'tci-
-oated. or the place you expected TO
occnrv in the 6rm has not been va
Gated. The produce OF the farm with
which scu expected 60 support your
self and chose depending on you ana
10 nav the interest on the mortgage
has been far less than You snoci-
pateS, or ne prices were down. OF
specisl expenses for sickness mace
drafts on your resources that Son
could not have expected In some re-
sp~cts the hardest decade OF LIE Is
she thirtirs. because the results are
generally 50 far behind the antic'ps-
lions. IL IL very rare indeed that
Nounx man does as did the Young
man one Sunday night when he came
n n and said. y have been so
marvelously prOspered since came
70 this country thst I feel as mat
ter OF gratitude that I ought TO dedi-
cate myself 70 God" Sine-tenths OF
the poetry OF life has been knocked
out of you since you came into tne
tAirties. Men in the different profes-
sions and occupations saw that you
were rixirr. and they must put an es-
TOPPED on YOU or you might somehow
stand IN the way They think yon
must be suppressed. From 30 10 40
Is an especially hard time Tor young
doctors. young lawyers. young ner-
chants. young farmers. you1E me-
chan;cs. Young ministers The strug-
Gle % The rhirties Is for honest and
helrsal and -enunerative recognition
Fat few old people know how % treat
Young people without Patrouizln g
o. them on the ore hand or snuheias
them o. the ether. Oh. the thirties
Joseph stood before Pharaoh az 80
David was 30 years old when ne DC
raz 20 reign: the height OF solomon
B . temple ~as 30 cubifs: Christ e1tere
: upon his active ministry AZ 80 year
10 OF Az: Judas sold him for 30 piece
h. Of silver. Oh. the thirtiesl Wat
r. wore suggestive OF triumph or aissi
= teri
T Year decade Is the one thst vi
: probably afford the greatest onpo
4 tunitv Tor victory. because there
the greatest necessity for struggl
Read the worlds history snd kno
what are the thirties Cor coed or ba
Alexander the Great closed his care
al 81: Frederick the Great mace r
= rope tremb,c with his armies ~
Cortes conquered Mckee n: 50; Gra'
y fought shiloh and Donelson when ;
Raphael died ct 81; Luther was q
hero % the Information az IS;
PhiFp sicney get through By
The sressest deeds for God a.
p srniust Hin were done within Z
thirtirs. and your greatest battl
are now and between the tsnas WI
vou cease expressing your age
putting RrSt = figure ? Hzd the "a
Fl wheu you viii cease expressing
= putting Srxt = Squire ;. "A II Is
i greatest time Of the struggle. !
lure You. IL Gods name and by &C
grace. make IL the greatest zehie
= nsuL NJ prayer Is for al those
: the Tremendous crisis OF the thirt
:, The fact i that BY the way you
-, eide the prsEsut decade Of your
"a tory you decide al the follow
~. decades
Pei Next / aeeost the forties- Your
e the decade OF discovery do
nd NEAR the discovery % the outs
he hui the discovery Of yourself
~ nan know. himself until he Is
div Re overextfnatss or uncerestiml
al himself BY thst time he has lea'
The .shst lie can do or what he cannot
rye He thought be had eommei
ing genius eaough 10 become . mil
and ARR. but he ls satisfied 90 mai
Bat corxafortable living. be though
Sod hat rhetorical power that
tor. bring htn t1to the United 81
dad senate: now be &c content II he
the ruccesafully argue q common cas-
cur fore . petit 3ury- Re thought he
srlc medical skill that would make
Lon a Mofe OF . Crosse or = Willard
Get ker OF : Sims. now he Nnds
IRbt sDhere fs that OF family phys
NE. prescribing fer the ordinary ain
oick that asaict our race. He S2s -
the an I. a fog srd could not "a
reckoning. but Cow IL ele~f'
enough 70 euoN hlA 70 ~ -
eees real latitude asd longitude n
- been climbing. but now pc has 3
aess the top Of the hill. AID be IA
saw long breath. lie Is half way thi
ne the Journey ~ ieaSs. and he is
TIC position 20 look backward or
on.h- wsrd. he has more good sense
ne - Re ever had. He knows hums
noee sure. for he has Deer cheated