The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15
WHEN sun OF LIFE SETS
Or. Talmage Says the Christian Finds
PulfiIlment In the Time OF
Old Age.
The Light Of the Evening TIde-LsSt Hours
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WASHINGTON, ID. C.-In this subject DR..
Ialmage puts a glow of gladness and
triumph upon passages of life that are usu.
ally thought 10 be somewhat gloomy: text,
Zacharlah xiv, ], "At evening time it shall
be light"
While might" in all languages is the
symbol for gloom and suffering, It is often
really cheerful, bright and impressive.
speak not of such nights come down
with no star pouring light from above or
ehvered wave tossing up light from be.
neath-murky, hurting. portentious but
such as you often when the pomp and
magniicence of heaven turn out on night
parade and it seems as though the SONG
which the morning stars began so long acc
were Ginning yet among the consultations
and the sons OF God were shouting for low
Such lights the sailor blesses from the fore
castle, and the trapper on vast prairie, and
the oei9ted traveller by the roadside, and
the soldier from the tent. earthly hosts
gazing upon heavenly and shepherds guard
ing their hocks afield, while angel hands
above them set the silver bells a-ringing.
Glory to God in the highest and on earth
peace; good viii toward men"
What a solemn and glorious thing is
night IN the wildernessi Night among the
mountains! Night on the ocean! Fra.
grant night among tropical groves Flash
ing night amid arctic severiticsl Calm
night on Roman campagnal Awful night
among the cordillelas! Glorious night mid
sea after tempest Thank God for the
night! The moon and the stars which rule
1T are lighthouses on the coast toward
which | hope we are all sailing. and blind
mariners are we If, with so many beaming,
burning, flaming glories to guide MS. we
cannot ind our way into the harbor
My text may well suggest that. as the
natural evening Is often luminous. so il
sRaIl 9e hsht IN the evening OF our sorrows,
~ oid 3ge, OF the worlds history of the
Christian life. ''At eventime it shall be
light"
This prophecy will be fulfilled in the
evening OF Christian sorrow. For "A long
time It is broad daylight. The sun rides
nigh Innumerablc activities 90 ahead with
a thousand feet and work with thousand
a ms, and the plckaX struck a mine, and
the battery made a discovery, and the in
Nestment yielded it's twenty per cent, and
the book came to its twentieth edition, and
the farm quadrupled in value. and sudden
fortune hoisted to high position. and chill.
dlen were praised, and friends without
number swarmed into the family hive and
prosperity sang In the music and stepped
IN the vance and glowed in the wine and
ate at the banquet, and all the G, DIS of mu-
SIC ana ease and qualification gathered
around tins Jupiter holding in his hands
so many thunderbolts of power But every
sun must set, and the brightest day must
have its twilight Suddenly the sky was
overcast; The fountain dried up. The
song hushcd The wolf broke into the fam.
lily fold and carried off the best lamb. A
deep howl OF woe came crashing down
through the Joyous symphonies. At one
rough twang of the hand of disaster the
harpstrlngs all broke. Down went the
stTonS business hrm! Away went long es.
tabhshed credit! Up flew a flock of calum.
mes! The new book would not sell! A
patent could not be secured for the inven.
ton! Stocks sank like lead. The insurance
company exploded! How much" says
the Sheriff. will you bid for this pianoS
How much for this library? How much
Tor tins family picture? How much? Will
you Jet 1t go at less than half price? Going
-going-gone!"
Win the grace of God hold one up in
such circumstances? What has become OF
the great multitude of Gods children who
have been pounded of the fail and crushed
under the wheel and tramped under the
hootE Did they lie down in the dust. weep.
ing, waillng and crashing their teeth? Did
they when they were afflicted like job
curse Cod and want to die? When the rod
OF tatherly chastisement struck them did
they strike back? Because they found one
bitter cup on the table of Gods supply.
did they upset the whole table? Did they
kneel down at their empty money vault
and say, "All my treasures are gone? 2"
Did they stand by the grave of their dead
saying, There never will be a resurrec
tom"
Did they bemoan their thwarted plans
and say, The stocks are down; would God
l were dead| Did the night of their dis.
aster come upon them moonless, starless,
dank and bowling, smothering and choking
their lie OUT No, no. At eventide n
was light. The swift promises overtooL
them. The eternal consultations. from
their circuit about Gods throne. poured
down an infinite lustre. Under their shin
ing the pillows of trouble took on crestf
and plumes of gold and jasper and anne
thyst and flame. All the trees of life
rustied IN the midsummer of Gods love
The night blooming assurances of Christie
sympathy filed all the atmosphere with
heaven.
The soul at every step seemed to start
up from its feet bright winged Joys, warb
ling heaveuward. at is good that / have
been afflicted cried David "The Lord
gave, and the Lord hath taken away
eNclaims job. "Sorrowful, yet always re
Joiclng,' says st. Paul. and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes," ex
claims John IN apocalyptc vision A.
eventime Ut was light. Light from the
cross! Light from the promisesl Ligh
from the throne! Streaming, Joyous, out
gushing. everlasting light!
Again the text shall find fulfllment II
the time OF old age. 10 is a grand thing tt |
be young. 20 have the sight clear and the
hearing acute and the step elastic and al
our pulses marching on to the drumming OF |
q stout heart Midlife and old age will be- |
denied many Of us. but youth-we all know |
what that Is. Those wrinkles were not al |
ways on your brow: that snow was not al !
ways on your head; that brawny muscl, |
did not always bunch your arm: you have
not always worn spectacles. Grave ano |
dignihed as YOU now are. YOU once went |
coastng down the hillside OF threw Of
your hat for the race or sent the ball Av |
ing sky high. But youth will not alwayi |
last. 10 stays only long enough TO give ne
cNuherant spirits and broad shoulders foi
burden carrying and an arm with which tt
battle our way through difficulties Life'l
path it YOU follow IL long enough. viii |
come under browning crag and cross trem
bling causcway. Blessed old age. If vot
LET lt come naturally You cannot hide IT, |
ON may try 20 cover the wrinkles. but |
YOU cannot cover the wrinkles III the time
has come for YOU to be old. be not ashamed !
TO he old. The graudest things i'm an III, !
universe are old old mountains old riv
ers OH seas. old stars and an old eternity
Then DO not be ashamed 90 be old unless
you are older then the mountains and old
On than the stars.
Hoy mcn and women will liel They say
cay they are forty, but they are sixty
They say they are twenty but they are
thirty They say they are sixty but they
are eighty. Glorious old age If found in