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. . , ' - t . . ' .. . - J)E. TALMAGE'S SERMON SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE: NOTED ' DIVINE.:. Subject! Tho 'Milestones of life Butles and TrialsWhtch lielun e to the Differ ent Decades AdT.ce to the Twenties ' The WaitliisrAfi:e--The Xast Haven. H , ' WASHiKGlor J: CiFtom 1 an sirousual tandpoint J)r. Talmage ;in . tbia discourse look3 at the duties and trials which be long to "the different decades of human life; text, Psalms xc, 10, "The da-s of our years are threescore years and ten." . . The seventieth Ninilestone of lifejs here planted as at the end of the journey. A few go beyond it. Multitudes never reach It. The oldest person of modern timesex pired at 169 years. A Greek of the name of Stravaride, lived Jo 132 years. An -Eng lishman of the name of VLhomas rarr uvea 452 years. Before- the'time of "Moses peo-. pie lived 150 years, and if you go far enough b&clr they lived 000 years. Well, that was necessary, because the story of the world must come down by tradition, and it fieeded long life safely to transmit the news of the past If the generations had .been short lived the story would so often have changed lips that it might have got all astray.' But after Moses began to write it down and parchment told it from century to century it waa not necessary that people live so long, in order to aur thenticate the events the past. If in our time people? lived only twenty-five .years, that would not affect history, since it is put in print and is no longer depend ent on tradition. Whatever your age, I will to-day directly address you,' and I ehall speak to those who "are in" the twen ties, the thirties, the forties, the fifties, the sixties, and , to those who are in the eventies and beyond. " " ; - ; First, thenf 1 accost those of you who are in the twenties. v'Tou are; full of ex pectation. YouJ are ambitious that . is,' if you amount to anything for some land of success, commercial or mechanical or professional or' literaryf or. agricultural or .social or moral.Ifl. find some 'one in the twenties without any sort of ambition, ! feel like -saying, "My friend, you have got on the wrong ? planet. ; .This , is not 4he world for .vqu4loii Care 1 going to be in the way." 'Have you madci your, ehoica of poorlicuses? You will ncxer be able to pay for jrour cradle. Who is going to set tle for your board? jThcre 'is a . mistake about the fact that you were born at all." But, supposing j you 3 have ambition, 1 let me say to all tlie twenties, expect every thing throuzh divine f manipulation, and then you will , get all, you want and some thing better. Are you looking for wealth? fVVeil, remember that God controls the money niarkets,. the harvests, the droughts, the caterpillars, the locusts, the sunshine, the storm, the land, the sea, and you will get , wealth. Perhaps net that which i3 Btorcd up-in 1 the banks, in safe deposits, in United States securities, in houses and lands, but your clothing and board and fekelter, and that , is about all you can ap propriate anyhow. You cost the Lord a great deal. To feed and clothe and shelter you for a lifetime requires a big sum . of tnoney, and i you, get , nothing more than Jthe absolute necessities you get an erior nbu3 amount of supply: Expect as much as you will of any Kind of success, if you expect it from the Lord you are safe. De- roTifl ftn nnw nfhr rparmrrp and vnn lr a v pc badly chagrined, but depend on God 'and all will be well. It is a goid thing in the crisis of lifet to have a man of large inearvg back . you' up. i It is & great thing .-to ; nave a moneyea institution stana De hind you in your undertaking. But it is a mightier thing to have the God of heaven . and earth your coadjutor, .and you may have lfim. 1 am so glad that I met you while you cfra in ths twenties. You are laying out your plans, and all your life in this world and the next for 500 million year3 of your existence will, be affected by those plans. It is about 8 o'clock in the morning cf your life, and you are just 'starting cut. Which wry Care" you going jo start? Oh, the twenties! ) IVenty" is a great word in the Bible. Joseph was sold for twenty pieces of sil ,ver; Samson judged Israel twenty years; ISoIomcn gave f Hiram ..twenty cities; the flying roll that Zechariah' saw was twenty cubits; Vvpcn the sailors of the ship on which Paul sailed sounded the Mediterra nean Sea, it was twenty fathoms. What mighty things have .been done in the twenties! Romulus founded Rome when ' te was twenty; iKeats finished life at twenty-five. Lafayette was a world re nowned soldiei at twenty-three ; Uberlm ftccomplished his chief work at twenty seven; Bonaparte was victor over Italy at iwenty-six ; y Pitt t was prime minister of England at twenty-two ; Calvin Jiad com- time he was twenty-six; Grotius was at torney general at twenty-four. Some of the migntiest, things for God and eternity piave beeb Mdonje in the twenties. As long as you ean put' the figure 2 before the lother figure that helps describe- your age I fcave high hopes about-him. Look out for that figure 2. Watch its continuance with jas much earnestness l as you' ever twatched anything that promised you salvation or (threatened you demolition. What a criti cal tirae, the, twenties. ;. ; . , j While "they continue you decide your occupation and the. principles by which you will bot guided youmake your most abiding friendships; you arrange Tour home life; youfjfis. your, ? habits?;: 'Lord God t Al imighty, ior V Jesus j Christ's V" sake, have mercy on all 'the men and women in I the twenties! " . . , -: .:- y Next l'flcc6sTl;h"ose in the thirties. : You jare at an agewhen you find .what a, tough jthing it i3,ftojgefc; recognized andi'estabx aished in your occupation or profession. jtTen years; ago ypu -thought all that; was, inecesEary for success ,was to put, on your iBhutter'the lEien of nhvsician' or dentist or attorney or broker or agent and you would pave p.enry tu business. How many hours ryou eat: and waited for business, and jwaited in rain, three persons - only know fGod, yourwife xind yourself. In commer jcial life you; have-not had the promotion " find the increase in salarv ron anticinatpd. , w the place you expected to-occupy in th prm nas ro teen vacated. v- Jne produce soi tne iarm with wnich.,you exnected to support yourself and those depending on ;you ana to 1 pay tne interest on the- mort gage has .been far leas than ou anticipated, ,r xue prces wcre qowni or special ex penses for sickness made drafts on vonr n 'sources thatlyon could not hav PfxnA lln some resDects the ; hardest 8' A flife is the .thirties,- because the' results are generally so far behind the anticipations. (At is very rare indeed that. a .young jnan does as did? the Jrotitit? - trifln. SurtrUtr jmgbt when ? he came to me and said, Phave been; so marvelously prospered since tt came to this country that I feel" as a mat aer of gratitude f that I .ought to dedicate itnrsplf t.rt dnA . L Nine-tenths of. the poetry hi life has ieeii knocked out of tou since you-came M9. the thirties- ' Men ia th? different profesMons khd ' occupations saw that you Win Uf vrtn mialit Domehow stand in the way. They Jhmk you must be sup- nressed. Your jdecade is the one that will prob ably afford the greatest opportunity .;ior victory.' beca pse there is the greatest ne niffcle. Read the world's his cessity for s tory and kriow ' what are the thirties for good or bad Alexander the Great closed his career At thirty-two; Frederick the Great made Europe tremble with his ar mies at thirt y-fi ve ; Cortes conquered Mex ico, at thirty; Grant fought Shiloh and Donehon wh en thirty-eight; Raphael died at thirty-sev'fin; , Luther was the hero of the reformatjion at thirty-five; Sir Philip Sidney got . through by thirty-two. The greatest deeds for God and against Him were done xrithin the thirties, and your greatest battles are now and between the time when you cease expressing your age by putting f rst a figure 2 and the time when you-wwl cease expressing u oy put the greatest achievement. My prayer is for all those in the tremendous crisis of the thirties The fact is,5that by the way you decide thev present decade of your- his- tory you decile an the tonowing aecaaes. Next I accost the forties. Yours is the decade of difcoverv. I' do not mean the discovery of the outside, but the discovery of yourself. 11 o man Knows mmseu until he is forty. He overestimates or underes timates himstelf. By that time he has learned what he can do or what he cannot do. He thought, he had commercial genius enough to bee me a millionaire, but now he is satisfied to make a comfortable living. He thought 1 e had rhetorical power that would. bring aim into the United States Senate; now he is content if he can suc cessfully argue a common case before a petit jury. He thought he had medical skill that wo lid make him a $lott or a Grosse or a Willard Parker or a Sims; now he finds his sphere is that of a fam ily physician, prescribing for the, ordinary ailments that iffiict our race. He was sail ing on in a fo; and could not take a reck oning, but now it clears up enough to allow him to find oi t hia real latitude and long itude. -He ha3 been climbing, but now he has got to the top of the hill, and he takes a lonz breathl He is half way through the journey at least, and he is in a posi tion to look backward or forward. He has more edod sense than he. ever had. He knows human nature, for he has been cheated often enough to Bee the bad side oi it, ana ne ha3 met so many gracious and kindly and splendid souls he also knows the cobd side of "it.. -Now, calm yourself. Thank God for the past and-de liberately set your compass for1 another voyage. My subject next accosts those in the sev- enties and bej ond. My word to them is congratulation You have got nearly if not quite throughJ You have safely crossed the sea of life and are about to enter the harbor, x ou aavc fought at Gettysburg, and the war is over here and there a skir mish with the remaining sin of your own heart and the j in of the world, but I guess you are about done. There may be some work for you yet on a small or large scale. Bismarck of Germany vigorous in the eighties. The Prime Minister of England strong at seventy-two. Haydn composing his oratorio, Tlhe Creation, at seventy years of age. Isocrates doing some of his best work at seventy-four. Plato busy thinking for all succeeding centuries at eighty-one. Noah Webster, after making his world renowned dictionary, hard at work until eikhty-five years old. Rev. Daniel Waldo praying in my pulpit at 100 years of age. Humboldt producing the immortal "Coimos" at seventy-six years. William Blake at sixty-seven learning Ital- lian so as to read Dante in the original. Liord Cockburri at eighty-seven writing his best treatise. John Wesley stirring crreat audiences at eij hty-fiye. William C. Bryant, without spectrcles, reading in my house "Thantaposis" at eighty-three years of age. Christian men and women in all depart ments serving; God after becoming septua genarians and nonagenarians prove that there are possibilities of work for the aged, but I th nk you who are passed the seventies arc near being through. How do you feel about it? You ought to be jubilant, because life is a tremendous struggle, and if you have got through re spectably and usefully you ought to feel like people to rard ' the close of a summer day seated on the rocks watching the sun set at Bar Harbor of Cape May or. Look out Mountain. I am glad to say that most old Christians are cheerful. Daniel Webs ter visited John Adams a short time before his death and found him in very infirm health. He s:.id to Mr. Adams: "I am glad to see you. I hope you are getting along pretty well." ' The reply was: "Ah. sir, quite tne contrary, i nna j. am a poor tenant, occupy ng a house, much shattered by time. It sw lys and trembles with every wind, and wha ; is worse, sir, the landlord. as near, as I can make out does not intend to make any repairs." An aced woman : sent to her nhvsician I and told him of her ailments, and the doc tor said: "What would you have me do. madam? I-cannot make you young again." She replied: "1 know that, doctor. What I want you to do is to help me to grow old i:4.i ,.J rru- . a i nine iuiifeciu xiic .jruuug men nave their trbubles fcefore them; the old have their troubles behind them. You have eot about all out of this earth that there is in it Be , clad that you. an atred servant of God," are going to try another life and amid better surroundings. Stop looking back and, look ahead. O ye in thelseven- ties and eighties and5 the 'nineties, vour best days are', yet to come, your grandest associations ar i yet to oe, formed, your best eyesight ib ' yet to be 5 kindled, your best hearing is yet to. be : awakened, your greatest speed - is yet to be traveled;, vour gladdest song ii yet to be sung; .The most, of your friends have eorie over the border. and you are going to join them very soon. They are waitidst for you; they, are watch ing the golden Shore to see you land; they are warchins the shininz eate to see vou come throughJ they are standing by the throne -to see y u mount, ; "What fa, felad "hour "when vou droo the "staff and take the . scepter. ' when you quit the stiffened joints and become an immor ta'athlete!f Bult hear, hear; a remark" per. tinent to all peDple, whether in the twen ties, j the thirtii $s; the ; forties, the fifties, the : sixties, the , seyehtiea or beyond. C - But' the :mos f of ; you will never reach the eighties or ; the, seventies or ihe sixties or the fifties' o the forties. He who passes .intp the forties . .has gone far beyond' the a'verage of j-htin an life.'rAniid' the uncer tainties take G d; through Jesus Christ as your present ai (eternal safety. .The long est e is only a small' fragment of the great; eternity. We will all of us soon be therA. I v 'Eternity, how near it rolls! ,: . J j Counttfce vast value of your souls. " BewarejUnd coTjint the awful cost t , , , What Mrv have, gained whose souls are Ciopyrlilit, 1902, U El o pack. 1 i ting hrst a ngure a. ; as it is tae greaves titnft1" of the struggle. I adjure you, in GodV name hnd by God's jrrace, make it v" ARE YOU WISE OTo W aatioa there is no remedy to equal "Mexican Mustang lilidmentr ,- ? ae easy way j and a sure way to treat a case of Sore, Throat in order to kill disease germs and insure healthy throat action is to take half a glassfull of water put into it a teaspoonful of , j Mexican BfltietaLiig liniment ! and with this gargle tho Then bathe the outsido of the ment and after doing this pour around tho nock. It is a .FOSiTIVii UUKii 25c, COc. and $1.00 a bottle. j BT MAV DC Vfill bavo long been troubled with a running 1 1 hi A 3 DC IUU soro or ulcer. Treat it at once with Mexi can M us tang LilxiKaent and you can depend upon a speedy cure. . . i bar cm1 RIpaat Tatmlss Kith so much tatts facUon that I can cheerfully rcoommeod them. Bare been troubled for aboat three years with what X called bilious attack! coming on regularly once a week. Was told by different physicians that It wu caused by bad teeth, of which I had several. I bad the teeth extracted, but the at tacks continued. X bad teen adrertlsements of Rlpons Taboles In all the papers but had no faith In them, but about six weeks since a friend In duced me to try them. Haro taken but two of the mall (cent boxes of the Tabules and baT had no recurrence of the attacks. Bare nerer giren a testimonial for anything before, but the great amount of good whloh I believe has been done me by Elpans Tabules Induces tne to add mine to the many testimonials yoa aoabuess care m your possession now. JLT.DsWrrf. I want to Inform yon, ta words of highest eralse, of the benefit I hare derlred from Elpans Tabules. X am a professional nurse and In this profession a clear head Is always needed. Elpans Tabules does It. After one of my rases I found myself completely rundown. Acting on the adrice of Mr. Geo. Bow er. Ph. O., 533 Newark are., Jersey City, X took Rlpans Tabules with grand results. Hiss Bxsixs Wnoiui. R-I-P-A-N-S The modern stand ard Family Medi cine : Cures the common every-day ill of humanity. XXother was troubled with heartburn and sleeplessness, caused by Indigestion, for a good many years. One day she saw a testimonial In the paper Indorsing Rlpans 'Tabules. She determined to give them a trial, was greatly relieved ' ly their use and now takes the o CI TRACS Tabules regularly. She keeps a few cartons Rlpans Tabules In tho house and says she will not be with out them. The heartburn and sleeplessness have : disappeared with the indigestion which was formerly so great a burden for her. Our whole family take the Tabules regularly, especially after hearty meaL My mother Is fifty years' of age and is enjoying the best of health and spirits ; also eats hearty meals, aa impossibility before she took Elpans Tabules. Axto U. Blavkmm, A new style packet eontainlng txs azrijrs TascuCs Si some drug stores ton attb exxrs. This low-priced dosen of the five-cent cartons O20 tabules) can be Chxxxcal Coxtaxt, No. 10 Sprnee Street, New York or IUtaks Tabotjcs may also be had of some grocers, general s barber shops. They banish Bala. Induce sleep and fmuimmimtmii THB cgpRATED cormioh am 1T1FE WILL SHIP A COnfilSH PIAKO OR CORNISH ORGAH ANYWHERE UP0H THE V II I UMDFRSTAMDIfJQ THAT IP IT Ift MOT. QlTlcciornnv ti mmnu.o - - w v A eP f I a g 1 1 wm t s a s j i seas lilufi I ny UOCt WE WILL I Mrtt 1 1 UAU ! With th Comhi Patent Basl. I esilttacI11nAat.wi1f.11 ISkWxi5 C(S)-' M 1 r e e ' 1 4 1 W CU j? V; i. throat nt frequent Intervals. throat thoroughly with the lini- some on a soft cloth and wrap X hare been a great sufferer from eonstlpatloa fororer flte years. Nothing g&re the any relist. My feet and legs and abdomen were bloated m 1 could not wear shoes on my feet and only a loose dress. I saw Rlpans Tabules advertised In out dally paper, bought some and took them as direct ed. Have taken them about throe weeks and there Is such a change t X am not constipated any mors and I owe It all to Rlpans Tabules.! Xam thirty seven years old, have no occupation, only my household duties and nursing my sick husband, He has had the dropsy and I am trying Rlpans Tabules for him. He feels some better but It win take some time, he has been sick so long. Ton may use my letter and name as you Ukw , Mn. Ma&T GOBJtAH CXJkMXt , I hav been suffering from headaches erst slnoe I was a little glrL I could hevor ride In m car or go into a crowded place without getting m headache end sick at my stomach. ' jl beard about Rlpans Tabules from an aunt of mine who was taking them for catarrh of the stomach. She had found such reliof from their use she advised me to take then too, and! have been doing so sinee last October, and win say they hare complete ly cured my headaches. I am twenty-nine years old. You are welcome to use this testimonial, . Mrs. J. Baooxjrra Ur eeren-yearld boy nffered with pains la his head, I eonstlpatloa and complained of his . stomach. He could not eat like children of his age do and what he did eat did not agree with him. j Be was this s. It MASK 1 and of a saffron color. Realtor some of the testimonials ln faror.of Rlpans Tabules, I tried them. Rlpans 'Tabules not only relieved but actually cured my youngster, the headaches hare disappeared, bowels are la good condition and he never complains af his stomach. Be Is now a red, chubby-faced boy. This f wonderful change I attribute to Rlpans Tabulae. I am satisfied that they will benefit any one (froa the cradle to old age) IX taken acoordlng to direc tions. XLW.Paicsv packed In a paper earton (wtthsct glass) Is now for sale sort Is Intended for the poor and the economical. 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