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on :f. - ' - I I 'I ' I rP W A T M Am?K SERMON tUNDAVa C13C3USE BY THE NOTED ! .. DIVINE, ., - f abject: IThem the Sun of t!fo Sets Tlie Christian Finds Fulfillment In the Time of Old Age The Light of Eren- . f ' i ftiA T.ai4 TTaiito Tnnmlindn ' Washington, D. C In this subject Dr. Talnage puta a glow of gladness and riumpn upop passages of life that are usu ht to be somewhat cloomy: text. Zacljariah xiv, 7, "At evening time it shall J While "night" in all languages is .the fcymfcol for gloom and suffering, it is often yea fly cheerful, bright and , impressive. I $pcak not of such nights as) come down jrifcb no star pouring light from above or fflvered wave tossing up light from be neath -murky, hurtling, portentious, but jsuch m you often see when the pomp and magnificence of heaven turn out on night parade, and it seems as though the song Which the morning stars began so long ago frere chiming yet among the constellations nd the sons of God were shouting for joy. jfruch r-ightg the sailor blesses from the fore castle, and the trapper on vast prairie, ana he belated traveler by the roadside, and Hie soldier from the tent, earthly hosts lazing upon heavenly and shepherds guard tocrrtheir flocka afield, while angel hands above them set the silver bells a-ringing, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peat'e; good will; toward Mncn." What solemn and glorious thing is tiighfc in the wilderness! Night among the Hioun tains! Night on the ocean! Fra rrant night among tropical groves! Flash ing night amid arctic severities! Calm night on Roman campagna! Awful night among the cordflleras! Glorious night mid tea after a tempest! Thank God for the iuglit! The moon and the stars which rule It are lighthouses on the coast toward Shich I hope we are all sailing, and blind ariners are we if, with so many beamiDg, burning, flaming glories to guide us, we anxtot tmd our Ava into the harbor. . My text may well Suggest that, as the natural evening is often luminous, so it iihall be light in the evening of our sorrows, of old gc, of the world's history, of the .Christian life. "At eventimc it shall be ght." i This prophecy will be fulfilled in the evening of Christian sorrow. For a long lime it is broad daylight. The sun rides high. Innumerable activities go ahead with a thousand feet and work, with a thousand fxms, and' the pickax struck a mine, and he battery made a discovery, and the in lfttncnt yielded its twenty per cent., and the book came to its twentieth edition, and fortune hoisted to high position, and chil dren were praised, and friends without number swarmed into the family hive, and prosperity sang in the music and stepped in the uance and glowed in the wine and te at ihe banquet, ana an tne goas or mu ic and case and gratification gathered around thi3 Jupiter holding in his hands so many thunderbolts of power. But every an nmri set, and the brightest day -must lave its twilight. Suddenly the sky was overcast. The fountain dried up. The gong hushed. The wolf broke into the fam ily fold and carried off the best lamb. A leep howl of woe came crashing down .tirr tt: r V thf iovnus jivmnhnniM. At rne Jough twang of the hand of disaster the larpstrings all broke. - Down went the Strong Dusiness nrm: Away went long es- aiies! The new book would not sell! A ' patent eould not be secured for the inven tion! Stocks sank like lead! The insurance company cxpzoaeai now mucn, says he bhenff, will you bid for this piano: iBxnr much for this library? How much for this famiiy picture? How much? Will yon jet it go at less than half price? Going going- gone ! - Will the grace of God hold one un in imch circumstances? What has become of the great multitude of God's children who aT.A liann A a A lv kru wuuucu ut iuu iiaii tiiu tl usucu under tho wheel and trampxd under the lioof ? Did they lie down in the dust, weep ing, wailing and gnashing their teeth? Did -ffaey when they were afflicted like Job fcurse God and want to die? When the rod of fatherly chastisement struck them, did they etrike back? ' Because tbey found one fitter cap on the table of God's supply, Jiid they upset the whole) table? Did they, Kneei down at their emjity money vault and eay, "Ail my treasures arc gone?" ihd they Etand by the crave of their dead .Baying, "There never will be a resurrcc f Did they bemoan their thwarted plans fcad sarr. "The stocks are down: would God ft tv:j : li t ii v !,LJ)Sr", "Sd? Slant and howling, smothering and choking aneir life out? No, no! At eventide it ras light. The swift promises overtook ahem. The eternal constellations, from iheh? circuit about God's throne, poured Mown an infinite lustre. Under their shin ing the billows of trouble took on crests End plumes of gold and jasper and ame Ihyet and flame. All the trees of life jrustled in the midsummer of God's love. tThe night blooming assurances of Christ's ympathy filled all the atmosphere with lieaven. The soul at every step seemed to start eave, and the Lord hath taken away!" ;oicing," says St. Paul. "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes!" ex claims John in apocalyptic vision. At ventune it was light. Light from the cross! Light from the promises! Light th tho throne! Streaming, iovous. out- pushing, everlasting light! Again, the teit shall find fulfillment in Hie time of old age. It is a grand thing to he young; to have the sight clear and th hearinff acute and the sten elastic and n ur Dulses marchinsr on to the d at stout heart. Midlife and old ace will be emea many oi us, out youth we all know iwhat that is. Those wrinkle's were not aU ways on vouv brow: that snow was -nnf. ai. ;ways on your head: that brawnv mrsrli i i i . J ua noi always Dunch your arm: vou hav f not. ai-vrays worn spectacles. "Grave and ' 4ignif?ird. as you ;now ure, yon Tonce went -"voitaiiiH -uown- Mue musiae tr tnrew ttt Vfcur hat forthe race or aent the ba'.l flv. ns aky high. But youth, will not alwavs last. It stays only Ions: .enoush to cire exuberant smrits and4iroaf1 sHrMiUori-fni. . burden - carry iag and anlarm with which to' tattle our"way through difilculties. Life's ", ; vwn i. iuiij UllUUgU) Will come unaer trownmg era? ana cross trem . bling causeway. Blessed old age, if you . let it come naturally! You cannot hide it. : You may try to cover the wrinkles, but yu cannot cover the wrinkles. If the time , baa come for you to be old, be not ashamed o- be old. I The grandest thinga in all the are-o'd old mountains.';- nA riv. Jrav'oli seas, old stars and an old eternity. wbea--4-xiok be ashamed Wbe old unless p from ita feet bright winged joys, warb- many noDie things on earth. We endowed ling heavenward. "It is good that I have colleges and took care of the poor." The been afflicted!" cried David. . "Tli Tm voice from within says. "I never knew you are older than the mountains and old er than the stars. . ' v You have watched the calmness and the glory of the evening hour. The laborer bnye come from the field; the heavens.are glowing with an indescribable effulgence, as though the sun in departing had forgot-, ten to shut the gate after it. ': All the beauty of cloud and leaf swims in the lake. For a star in the sky, a star in the water; heaven above and heaven beneath. Not-a leaf rustling or a bee gumming or a grass honner chirping. Silence in the meadow. silence among the hills. Thus bright and beautiful shall be the evening of the world. The heata of earthly conflict are cool; the glory of heaven fills all the scene with love, jov and peace. At eventime it is light light! , - .y :c . . . Finallv. mv text ehall find fulfillment at the end of the Christian's life. You know how short a winter's day is and how little work you can do. Now, my friends, life is. a short winter's day. The sun rises at 8 and sets at 4. The birth angel and the death aneel fly only a . little way apart. Baptism and burial are near together. With one hand the mother rocks the era die and with the other she touches a grave. - I went into the house of one of my pa rishioners on Thanksgiving Day. , The lit tle child of the househol.d was bright and glad, and with it I bounded up and down the hall, uhnstmas Day came ana the lightrof that household had perished. We stood, with black book, reading over the grave, "Ashes to ashes, dust tp dust." But I hurl away this darkness. 1 cannot have you ween. Thanks be unto God. who giveth us the victory, "at eventime it shall DC iignt: i have seen many unnsuans aie. I never saw any of them die in darkness. What if the billows of death do rise above our girdle, who does not love 'to bathe? What though other lights do go out in the blast, what do we want of them when all the cates of clory swing open before us. and from a myriad voices, a myriad harps, a myriad thrones, a myriad palaces there dashes upon us 'Ho3anna! Hosanna!" "Throw back the shutters and let the" sun in," said dying ScoviUc McCullum, one of my Sabbath-school boys.. "Throw back the shutters and let the sun in.' You can see Paul putting on robes and wings of as cension as he exclaims: "I have fought the good tight! I have finished my course! I have kept the faith!" v Hugh McKall werft to one side of the scatfoid of martyrdom and cried: "Fare well sun, moon and stars! Farewell all earthly delights!" then went on the other side of the scaffold and cried: "Welcome, God and Father! Welcome, 6wect Jesus Christ, the Mediator of the covenant! Welcome, death! Welcome, glory!" A minister of Christ in Philadelphia dying, said in his last moments, "I move into the light!" They did not go down doubting and fearing an4 shivering, but their battle cry rang through all the cav erns of the 6epulcher and was echoed back from all the thrones of heaven: "0 death, where is thy sting? O grave,, where is thy victory?" Sing, my soul, of joys to come. I saw a beautiful being wandering u and down the earth. She touched the aged and they became young; 6he touched the poor and they became rich. I said, "Who is this beautiful being wandering up and down jthe earth?" They told me that her name was Death. What a strange thrill of joy when the palsied Christian begin to use" his arm again, when the blind Christian begins to see again, when the deaf Christian begins to hear again, when the poor pilgrim puts his feet on such pave ment and joins in such company and has a frAo seat in such a great temple. Hungry men no more to hunger, thirsty men no more to thirst, weeping men no more to weep, dying men no more to die. Gather up all sweet words, all jubilant ex pressions, all rapturous exclamations; bring them to me, and I will pour upon them this stupendous theme of the soul's disenthrallment! ' Oh, the joy of the spirit as it shall mount up toward the throne of God, shouting: "Free! Free!" Your eye has cazed unon the garniture of earth and heaven, but eye hath not seen it; your ear has caught har monies uncounted and indescribable caught them from harp's trill and bird's carol and waterfall's dash and ocean's dox- qlogy but ear hath not heard it. How did those blessed ones get up into the light? What hammer knocked off their chains? What loom wove their robes of light? Who gave them wings? Ah, eter nity is not long enough to tell it, seraphim have not capacity enough to realize it the marvels of redeeming love ! Let the palms wave; let the crowns glit ter; let the anthems ascend; let the trcca of Lebanon clap their hands they cannot tell the half of it. Archangel before tho throne, thou failest! bmg on, praise on, ye hosts of the don ntu, uu n wu your scepters you cannot jroor&g. fm cannot ned, and if with your scepters you cannot express it then let all the myriada of the saved unite m the exclamation: Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!" j There will be a password at the gate of heaven. A great multitude come up and knock at the gate. The gatekeeper saya "The password:" They say: "We have no password. We were great on earth, and how we come up to be great in heaven." A voice from within answers, "I never knew you." Another group come up to tne gate ot heaven and knock. The gate keeper says, "The password." They say, "We have no password. We did a great you. Another group come up to thegate of heaven and knock. The gatekeeper says, "ihe password." They answer, "We were wanderers from God and deserve to rue, but we heard the voice of Jesu-3 " Aye, aye," says the gatekeeper "that is the password! Lift un vour heads, ve everlasting gates," and let these people come in. They go in and surround the throne, jubilant forever! Ah vou. wonder that the last hours the Christian on earth are illuminated i by thoughts of the comincr clory 1 ' Liaht in I the evenine The medicines mav be bitter. I ne Pam may be sharp. The parting may ! ue nearirenamg. xei iignt m'.tne even- I mS- - As all the, stars of the night sink. their anchors of pearl in lake and river an(l 6ea so the waves of Jordan shall he il- I . . j j 1 1 it. i ,n i. i ii luniinaiea wun me-aown nasmng oi tne glory to come. The dying soul looks up at the constellations.: "The Lord is my. light and my salvation;"' "whom shall I fear?" Ihe Lamb which is m the midst of the throne shall lead them to livinz fountains of water, and God shall wipe away all tears irom .their eyes. - r Close the eyes of tliQ departed pe: caXfck' wouM seem tame to ' its ciichantcd I Z Z lo.a tne nanost 'iire s worK is ended. Veil the face; it ha3 been trans figured. ' 7 Mr. Toplady in his dyin? hour ;aid, "Light." . Coming nearer the expiring moment he exclaimed with illuminated countenance, "Light!"' In th? last instant nd of hiss breatlung he lifted tip his hands cried: "Lisht! Light!" . Thank G od for light in the cver.ins ! Mexican nustati Wt ctaV on or near the Eurface.'but tissues to the Dose ana urv w wu For a Lame Back, Sore Muscles, or, in fact, all Lameness and Sore ness of your body that will drive out flammation so quickly as t ' ' .. Mexican Miastainrsr' If 3'ou cannotlrcach the spot your self get some one to assist you, for it is essential that the liniment be rubbed in most thoroughly. Mexican ilustans Liniment overcomes the ailments of horses and it is a llesh healer and jaia killer no I bar o6 Rlpani Tatmlea with ao moeh tatla faction Uiat I can c&ecrfnllj roommeod them. BaT ben troubled for about three years with what I called blliouf attacks ootntng on regularly once a week. Was told bjr different physicians auat It was caused by bad teeth, of which I had several. 1 had the teeth extracted, bat the at. tacks continued. I had seen advertisements of Rlpans Tabules tn all the papers but had no faith In them, but about tlx weeks since a friend In duced me to try them. Have taken but two of the small 5 cent boxes of the Tabules and hare had bo recurrence if the attacks. 'Have never giren a testimonial for anything before, but the great amount of good which I believe has been done me by Rlpans Tabules Induces me to add mine to the) snany testimonials you doubtless have In your on now. A. T. Dlnirt I want to Inform you. la words of highest nralse, of the benefit I have derived from Rlpans Tabules. 1 am a professional nurse and tn this profession a dear head is always needed. Rlpans Tabules does it. After one of my cate I found myself completely 'rundown. Acting on the advice of Mr Geo. Bow er. Ph. U., 588 Newark Ave., Jersey City, I took Rlpans Tabules with grand renulU. Miss Biasix Wrsnwia. R-I-P'A-NS The modern stand ard Family Medi cine: Cures the common every-day ill of humanity. - Q. 3 Bother was troubled with heartburn and Sleeplessness, caused by InMigeatlon, for a good many "ears One day she sar a teetlmonUi In the paper Indorsing Rlpans Tabules. She determined to give them a trial, was greatly relieved ly their use O 2 O "ft TIUDS ud now takes the Tabulea regularly-. She keeps a few cartons Rlpans Tabules in tho house and sys she will not be with out them. The heartburn and sleeplessness have disappeared with the indlKstluu which was fomeriy so great a budea for her. . Our whoie family take the Tabulce regularly, especially after a hearty meal My mother is fifty years of age and Is enjoying the best of health and spli its ; also eats hearty meals,! an Impossibility before she look Rlpans Tabules. Axtos H. X&aukxx. A asw ctvto packet containing tn wrxxs tabvlss packed In s paper earton (wttaoc; glass) Is now for sale as some drus; etoree-von stvb oxxts. This low-priced eort le intended for the poor and the economical. One doaen of the five-cent carton 020 t&bultflX ean be had by mail by wndlnc forty-eickt.centi to the Hxraas Cbejocal Co ajtt, No. 10 Sprnce 8treet. New Tork-or a tingle carton (tbk tabxtubs) will Jbe sent for five cents. ZUTiin Tasut mj also be had of eome rocera, general etorekeepcre, newi atrente and at some Uqfiot stores ad barber shops. The banUh sain. Induce sleep and iNMiUiiMMiKiMn THE Cti.rr PRATED CORMiSH AKIERlCAri PI AfJOO fN" E WILL SHIP A COBHISfl PIANO uwutKaiHwuiwa mar 11 - - - - - - - " MSaHielHe iSMSSMieSfc MSSBIS g). '""""'SJ''' SaMMSBW BJ 'VMMHMBMMVBMBHBm m ' ' "'''sssseMe w m St w 1 1 rJ fc I MONTHS' USE, WE WILL TAKE IT PACK, j 7? t"P-f tor me to maX. PBbUo tMj nolgue 'Suiejfct, ;l?IAN0S' I WltatheCerslta ralratHnsl. I cat lttar BBMit. wiiirh mm. t uuisus tns nam. Cni)if k . l IT iuiniment goes in thih cles a 7 there is nothing the pain and in- K Lniniiinnieet. ' 4 nil domestic animals. In fact. matter wlioor what tho paticntis. I have been a great sufferer from eonstlpatloa for over five years. Nothing gave tne any relief. My feet and legs and abdomen wore bloated SO I could not wear shoes on my f eet and only a loose dress. I saw Rlpans Tabules advertised In our dally paper, bought tome and took them as direct ed. Have taken them about three weeks and there is such a change I X am not constipated any mora and I owe It all to Rlpans Tabules. Zam thirty seven years old. have no occupation, only my household duties and nursing my sick husband. He has bed the dropsy and X am trying Rlpans Tabules for him. He feels some better but It will take some time, he has been sick so long. Toa may use my letter and name as you llkw Mrs. Mast Ooasusi CLiaxa. ' I hare been suffering from headaches ertt since I was a little glrL I could never ride In a car or go lnt j a crowded place without getting a headache and sick at my stomach. I heard about Rlpans Tabules from aa aunt of mine who was taking them for catarrh of the stomach. She had found such relief from their use she advised me to take them too, and I ha ve been doing so slnoe last October, and will say they have complete ly cured my head aches. I am twenty-nine years old. You are welcome to use this testimonial Mrs. J. BaooxKTa My seven-year-old boy suffered with pains la his! head, constipation and complained of his stomach. He could not. eat like children of his' age do and what hs did eat did not agree with him. He was thin . - and of a saffron color. Reading some of the testimonials In favor, of Rlpaus Tabules, I tried them.) Rlpans Tabules not only relievwd but actually cured my youngster, the headaches have disappeared, bowels are In ' good condition and be never complains 'it his stomach. He Is now a red, chubby-faced boy. Thu wonderful change I a; tribute to Rlpans TabuUs. 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