Milford chronicle., 1905-03-10
Calmaoe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. D. D.

chemists is the topic discussed by the
preacher in this sermon, in which he
shows how, though the body may grow
old, the spirit may retain its youth and
freshness. The text is Job xxx, 5,
t'When my children were about me-
Misfortunes are generally gregarious.
They are not recluses. They live not a
hermit's existence. Like the beasts Of
the fields or the birds of the air or the
fish of the sea, they browse in herds or
fly in flOcks or swim in schools. If one
appears upon the edge of our horizon
Others often follow it with great rapid
ity, as do the April showers when
''the clouds return after the rain"
They pile themselves upon each other
in great drifts. as do the snowhakes.
They toll their death knells in chorus.
As nothing succeeds like success" so
nothing destroys like misfortune"
Where there is one emissary of destruc- |
tion roaming there are, as a rule, many
emissaries treading closely upon its |
heels. Even when they are small and |
insignificant they cripple us by the per |
sistency of their attack. Naturaists |
tell us that the small, insignificant |
humming bird sometimes alights upon
the head of mighty eagle. There he
sits and pecks and pecks. no matter
how fast or how high his huge winged
carrier may fly. There he sits and
pecks and pecls until after awhile he
buries his small beak i'm the brain OF
his gigantic foe, who could crush him
as easily as a hawk might kill a spar
row. if the eagle could only get at him.
Trouble is like unto the humming bird.
When trouble struck the grand old
patriarch Job, it hit him again and
again. First came financial trouble, !
then domestic trouble then physical ,
trouble. 1t was pain in the head, pain
in the heart. pain in the limbs, pain in =
the back and pain everywhere. Then | J.
what happened? job tried to gain i
comfort from his "reminiscences. job n
looked back upon the scene of the hap n
piest time Of his life. He pictured him II
self when he was young husband G
planning and working for his future. II
He thought Of himself when his young "
wife was by his side and his little boys /,
and girls were playing around in his
nursery Then Job breaks forth in the
of my text, which has
.Ome to most fathers and mothers aft y
sr they have reached their twOscOre ~
-ears and ten, "Oh, that l We're as in -,
months past, when my children
we're all about me-" 1t is a pathetic =, ~
onging not only that time be halted in =
IS onward sweep. but be compelled to '"
etrace the steps it has already taken. =
Not Sinful Desire. -
Is Jobs longing a sinful desire? Is -
/ wrong for us to want to become ~
oung again or at least to stay young o l's
ust as long as we can? l trOw not. - y.
therefore the purpose of this sermon
to show how we can turn back The ~ =,
ladow ON the dial of Ahaz not only ~ ~
IN, fifteen, but even twenty and thirty a., ~
ears for some of us There is an old -
roverb which says, "A man is not as
ID as he looks, but as old as he feels" 80,
am going to prove that man can ~
ways feel about thirty or thirty-five ~ ~,
ears Of age. even though his hair is oI,i 'li
hite, his nose is bridged with a pair .I.l ~
glasses and ne has to walk about - '--'
it'll a staff. -
How shall we renew the days of our =.
rong. young manhood? First, by as
ciating with young people and es- " ~
'cially with children; by making the -
timate companions Of our mature - -
'ars and of our old age those who are 'le
the threshold Of life or playing in ~
,,aII, bo,.o,,,,,e, era7,, ON. -,,,,.ild yoI
ildren their babies; by making our w Inv
come home and live with onD s.l
or, if we have no married children NV
our own, by borrowing the children =
some neighborly grandfather and pen
ing them as we would our own; by 10
mly and deliberately making a VOW ahu
tn ourselves and with God, Though app
nay live to be sixty, seventy, eighty. uy
lety or a hundred years old, l will ilhe
YER allow myself to OutgrOw my IL
,dpe for liftIe children and nv or S
npa " for their joys and sorrows. er
! ny unceasing desire for their daily new
,pan .Onship." van
}aily association with young people, me
cially with children, is essential in maI
ny ways for a mans development. suc'
keeps his heart young. Yes, it does are
re than that 1t teaches him what cau'
uld be his attitude toward Christ to "
toward his fellow men. Some peo- go i
can ot understand what this edu-
ing /. swer Of a childs life is upon I'll
Iured man. Why? Like some of us, wbi,
= have not placed themselves under a D,
tutelage of children. Some months frat,
/ hired big wagon. put into this Of O
ron not only my own children, but l facu
It around and raided the neighbOrs' wore
ses and piled in some of theirs. The
the only grown person among insti
q. We took a long drive of about lecte
en- miles. Then, at the head Of my DENT
lrt Of little ones, proudly marched homo
a restaurant to give them ice asza
NJ before we started back. As we choiy
t in a gentleman standing upon the +he
walk said: my, man. | pity youl tions
t have you got there-an orphan from
im?r mo" I answered II have -,itI,