Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-01

Of human life; text, fsalils Ac' A0'
"The days Of our years are threescore
years and ten"
The SEVENTEEN milestone of life IS
here planted as al the end of the jour
ney. A few go BSond it. Multitudes
never reach it The oldest person OF
modern times expired at 100 years.
Greek of the name of Stravaride lived
TO 1872 years. An Englishman of the
name of Thomas Parr lived l52 years.
BEFORE the time of Moses people lived
$50 years, and II you go far enough
back they lived 900 years. Wen, tDat
was necessary. because the story Oh
the world must come down by tradl-
tjon. and II needed long life safely 10
transmit the news of the past. IL the
generations had been short lived, the
story would so often have changed Ups
that It might have got all astray. bul
after Moses began to write 1t down ana
parchment told 1t from century TO cen
tury II was not necessary that people
live so long In order to authenticate
the events Of the past. II in our tlipe
people lived only twenty-five years.
that would not affect history since 1t IS
put in print and is no longer dependent
on tradition. Whatever your age. VIII
today directly address you, and | shall
sneak to those who arein the tWentles,
the thirties. the forties the fifties' the
sixties. and TO those who are In the sew
enties and beyond.
First. then. accost those of you who
ore in the twenties. You are full OF
expectation. You are ambiuous-that
IS II YOU amount to anything-for some
kind OF success. commercial or mechan-
ical or professional or literary or agrl-
cultural or social or moral. III nnu
some one in the twenties without any
sort Of ambition. | feel like saying
my friend. you have got on the wrong
4 planet. This is not the world for you
You are going to be in the way Hay
YOU made your choice Of poorhouses
You will never be able to pay for your
cradle. Who Is going TO settle ioI
your board? There is Il mistake about
the fact that you were born at alt
Advice to the Twenties.
But. supposing you have ambition le'
me say to nll the twenties. expect every
thing through divine manipulation. anf
then YOU will get all you want an'
something better Are you looking To-
wealth? Well. remember that God con
trolls the money markets. the harvests
the droughts the caterpillars. the 10
: Gusts. the sunshine. the storm. the land
the sea, and you will get wealth. Per
haps not that which is stored up In tn
9 banks. in safe deposits. in United STATE
Z securities. in houses and lands. Du
f your clothing and board and shelter
g and that Is about all you can apprc
pirate anyhow. YOI cost the LORD
great deal. To feed and clOthe an
shelter you for Il lifetime requires oi
sum Of money. and if you get nothin
y more than the absolute necessities yo
= get an enormous amount OF supp!
Expect as much as you will or an
kind of success If you expect 1t troI
the Lord you are safe. Depend on an
other resource. and you may be badl
chagrlned. but depend on God and a
will be we'll 1t is good thing IN Ill
crisis of life to have man or lars
means back you up. 1t is great thin
10 have d mOneyed institution stand ID
hind you in your undertaking. But
is q mightier thing TO have the God
heaven and earth your coadjutor' an
YOU may have him. I am so glad thi
u | met you while yOu are in the tive
ties. You are laying ont your plan
and all your life in this world ana u
III next for five hundred million years
your existence will be affected ly tho
plans. 1t Is about O'Clock IL q
morning Of your life. and you. are in
starting out Which way are you
- ing to start: Oh. the twenties.
Twenty" Is great word in the I
BILE. Joseph was sold for twenty piec
of silver: Samson judged Israel tive
ty years: Solomon gave Hiram twen
Il cities: the flying roll that Iechari;
saw was twenty cubits; when the sa
ors of the ship on which Paul sail
sounded the Mediterranean sea. IT w
twenty fathoms. What mighty thin
20 hive been done In the twentics! R0l
ulus founded Rome when he was tive
VI ty; Keats finished life at twenty-h'
LAFAYETTE was world renown
soldier at twenty-three; OberllD
compllshed his chief work at tive
ty-seven: Bonaparte was victor oy
Z. Italy at twenty-slx; Pitt was priI
minister Of England at twenty-tN
Calvin had completed his imm'
tai institutes" by the time he "
tventy-six; Grotius was attorney e
. eral at twenty-four. Some Of
4 mightiest things for God and etern
~ have been done In the twenties.
long as you Gun put the figure 2 befC
ii the other figure that helps descrl
ck your age have high hopes about y
Look out for that figure 2. Watch
continuance with as much earnestn
as you ever watched anything q
promised you salvation or threatel
II you demolition. What a critical tim
'AO1 the twenties! While tney conllL
'Od YOU decide your occupation nnd
,od principles by which you will be guild
you make your most abiding frie
ships; you arrange your home Il
you fix your habits. Lord God
mighty, for Jesus Christ's sake, h'
-T mercy on all the men and women
the twentiesl
y The waiting Age.
Next dccost those in the thirt
kle You are at an age when you find W
q tough thing it is to get recogni
and established In your occupation
profession. Ten years ago you thou
all that was necessary for success
to put on your shutter the sign of
oAfa or