The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-02-01
mans hair begins to whiten, and,

A mans hair beBlns To Whise"'
although he may have wern spec'"
'cles before, now he asks the opticiAh
60, No. Il or No. IL or No. 10. When
he gets a cough and is almost cured
ne hacks and clears his throat a gooo
while afterward. o ye who are IN
the fifties, think of it! A nall cen
turv of blessing to be thankful LOT
and a half century subtracted from
an existence which, in the Nmost
marked cases of longevity naruiy
ever reaches a whole century. N.Y.
this time you ought to be eminent lo
p;etv. You have been in so many paE
Ties YOU ought to be a brave soldlerI
You have made SO many voyages yoG
ought to be a good sailor. so loht
protected and blessed, you ought u
have a soul full OF doxology'
Rible times in Canaan every 80 year
was bv Gods command a year
jubilee. The people did not WORK W.
year. If property had by misfor'u
rome out of ones possession, on
fiftieth year it came back to Mn
he had fooled it away, it was
turned without a farthing to pay 4
n man had been enslaved, he was in
that year emancipated. A trui npct
was sounded loud and clear ana long,
and it was the trumpet OF Jubilee.
! They shook hands, they laugheu they
congratulated. What a time was,
. that fftieth year, And II under the
: old dispensation it was such A glad
l time, under our new and mere glo-
: rious dispensation let all wIo Have
v come to the fifties hear the r%unlpet
i of ifbilee that I now blow. hat was
the allusion made by Mr.. Iotady,t the
? great hymnologist, when he srotds:
.Blow we the trumpet, blow
The gladly solemn sound;
Let all the nations know,
To earth's remotest bour.
d The year of jubilee is com
}. Return, we ransomed sinrs, he me.
u aye who have sold for nsut
& Your heritage above ,
o. Shall have II back unbou,
The gift of Jesus low
The year Of jubilee has ne;
Return. We ransomed sim h ,me."
My sermon next accosNNf sixtieH
; The beginning of that DE- S NOR
IL startling than any othe In II
IS chronological journey ths IN rid,
70 rather smoothly over t" cures
d and D and 4 and 5, but figure
s. gives him a big jolt. w VS.: A."
cannot be that / am &C. me e
i'll anime the old family re- | que
r. they made a mistake. got n
is name down wrong ir roll
lie. births" But, no, the iel irothe
or sisters remember the y re of |
I'd. advent, and there is some elatiye
'er wear older and another elntive
year younger, and sure Dugh,
30; fact is established beyoA all d
~ putation. Sixty! NOW our gre
io' danger is the temptation TO fold
ne your faculties and quit. J ou will I
81, a tendency to reminlsceI ice. If
%. do not look out, you IS Il begin
most everything with Abe wor
me "When l was a boy II YOU on
les to make the sixties NOR a ,,emora
len for God and the truth IL A.. fhc NJ
ny or the forties or the nIrties'
ought to do more auri me mex
oS years than you did ifszf ".y 1o ,
'ne of your life, because ai 'he
ad- s;anoo Won have had fou have
DDS a.tt.aa onouob mistak es in life
eve make you wise above your jun
!" Now, under the accl inuiated
les. 80 vour mast notwithstanding, q,
de- ca . 20 N before. y
his 49,, IN the s;xties stolds ND his
ling aaa So no he, done emo
u.s. 49, 49, 80 ;ndNolence TO W
SC ;s .aS,a,in INA God gene
not takes the man at i s word and
side, him die riobt a,vay. His brain,
No -. hard work !
40 ~ S,nt5o,., sbriyels.
o.es - - erom seculs
rr.d WI, ~ne,oltv retir
! do r.n man has a
rcial .ne 60 Tho mid was mad
lion - Thoro rom, aineth a res
ke n W." - 80 r.5s hut II is
t he snhei.e bavond IN reach OF
.ould ~saonss
tates NJ snbiect ney aecosts those j
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