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 into the family hive, and prosperity sang In the music and stepped in the dance and glowed in the wine and at at the banauet and all of the gods of music and ing in his hands so many thunderbolts l of power. But every sun must set, and the brightest day must have its twi- light. Suddenly: the sky. was overcast. The weH- broke into the family fold | and carried off the best lamb. A deep l howl of woe came crashing down through the joyous symphonies; At one rough stttngs all broke. Down went the strong business firm. Away went long estab- lished credit Up flew flock of calum- niss! The new book would hot sell! A yentionl Stocks sank like lead! The in- much.". says the sheFiff, Twill you bid for this piano? How much for tfAs li- brary? How much for this family pie ture?, How much? Will you let it go at less than half price? Goins-going- gone!'' . ! Will the grace of God hold one up in
 
 af the great multitude Of Gods children who have been pounded of the fail and crushed under the wheel and trampled under the hoof? Did they lie down. in ing their teeth3 Did they when they were, afflicted like Job curse God and want to de? When the rod of fatherly chastisement struck them. did they strike 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 goner Did | they stand by the grave of their dead, saying, 'There never will be a resurrec- tionY'
 Did they bemoan their thwarted plans and say. The stocks are down; would their disaster come upon them moonless, stariass. dark and bowling, smothering and choking their life out? No, no! At eventide 1t was light. The swift prom stellatiens. from their circuit about God s throne. poured down an infinite luster. finder their shining the pillows of trou- hle took on crests and plumes of gold the trees of life rustled in the midsummer nf Gods love. The night blooming as- snrances of Christ's sympathy filled all the atmosphere with Heaven The soul at every step steemed to start up from it's feet bright winged joys. warbling afflicted" cried Dafid. "The Lord gave, the Lord hath talOen away" exclaims says st. Paul. And. God shall wipe ] away all tears from their eyes! ex- claims John in apoealyptic vision. At eventime 1t was light Light from the from the throne Streaming. joyous, out gushing; everlasting isht!,
 The Glory of Old Age.
 Again, the text shall find fulallment in the time of old aae. It is grand thing to be young, to have the sight clear and the hearing acute and the step elastic and all our pulses marching on 10 the drumming of a stout heart. Mid life and old age will be denied many of us, but youth-7we all know what that your brow; that snowA was not always on your head; that brawny muscle did not always bunch on your arm; you have not always worn spectacles. Grave and coasting down the hillside or threw, off your hat for the race or sent the ball flying sky nigh But youth will not all ways last. It stays only long enough to | give us eXuberant spirits and broad shoulders for burden carrying and an arm with which to battle our way through difficulties. Life's path, if you follow 1t long enough, will come under drowning crag and cross trembling cause way. Blessed old age, If you let it come naturally! You cannot hide it. You may try to cover the wrinkles, but you cannot cover the wrinkles. If the time has come Ifor you to be old, be not ashamed to be old. The grandest things in all the uni- 1 verse are oldAold mountains. old rivers. old seas. old stars and an old eternity. Then do not be ashamed to be old un- less you are older than the mountains and older than the stars.
 How men and women will lie. They say they are forty, but they are sixty. They say they are twenty, but they are Fnl--. Il 4I2.K .lxrtxr 1...f ,l the are eighty. Glorious old age if found n the way of righteousness! How beau tlful the old age of Jacob. leaning on the top of his staff; of John Quincy Washington Irving. sitting. pen in hand, amid the scenes himself had made class ical: of John Angel James, to the last proclaiming the gospel to the masses Of Birmingham; of Theodore trehngnuysen' down to feebleness and eniaciation de- voting his illustrious facilities to the kingdom of God. At eventde 1t was light! =
 See that you do honor to the aged. A philosopher stood at the corner Of the street day after day. saying to the pass ersby: You will be an old man; you | will be an old man. You will be an ola woman; you will be an old woman: People thought that he was crazy do not think that he was. Smooth the way for that mothers feet; they have not many more steps to take. Steady those tottering limbs; they will soon be at rest Flow not up that face with any more wrinkles; trouble and care have marked 1t full enough. Thrust no thorn | into that old heart; 1t will soon cease to beat. "The eye that mocketh its fath- | CT and refuseth to obey it's mother the ravens of the valley shall pick out. and the young eagles shall eat it. The bright. morning and hVt monday of life o'clock, o'clock! The shadows fall longer and thicker and faster. Seven 1 o'clock, s o'clock! The sun has dipped below the horizon; the warmth has gone out of the air! Nine o'clock; 10 o'clock! The heavy dews are falling; the activi- ties of life's day are all hushed; 1t IS time to go to bed. Eleven o'clock. l2 o'clock. The patriarch sleeps the blessed I sleep, the cool sleep. the long sleep Heavens messengers of light have kin died bonfires of victory all over the heavens. At eventime 1t Is light Light.
 The Latter Day of the Church.
 Again, my text shall find fulilment in the slatter day of the church. Only few missionaries, few churches, few good men, compared with the institutions ieprous and purified. It is early yet In the history of everything good Civili- zation and Christianity are just getting out of the cradle. The light of martyr stakes, flashing up and down the sky, ia but the flaming of the morning, but when the evening of the world shall come. glory to Gods conquering truth. if shall be light. Wars sword changing hack in the scabbard; intemperance buried under ten thousand broken de- canters; the worlds impurity turning its