Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1893 — Page 11

THE INDIANA ST.VTE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MARCJII 3. IS31-TYEYLE PAGES.

(AT THE TABEENACLE.

HE DECADES FROM 20 TO 70 HAVE SUCCESSIVE LESSONS FOR MAN. Af of the Patriarch The Tear Allotted by the Psalmist Though Some flaw Exceeded Them, Yet Seventy Year Are Nature's Usual Limit. , Btsoolttj, Mnrch 5. A most striking cd characteristic sermon wm preachcxi by Rev. Dr. Talmas to a grent audience la the Tabernacle today, the s'itvert announced heirs; "From Twenty to Seventy." The text selected was Psalm xc, 10, "The days c our jears are threescore atrd ten." The seventieth milestone of line isj here plante! at the end cf the jourm y. A few po beyond it; multitudes never reach it. Hit oldest per.son of mod--u tun expired at JGJ year. A Grctli of the üaie of .Stravaride lived to 132 year. An Lulishmun of the came of Thomas IVrr lived 112 years. Utfort? the time cf Mos - people lived 10 years, and if ya jl; ) i"arent,'U hack they lived Tri' ye ars V.":I1, th;:t wr, lu-crssary, hfcsuw tlir ory cf th.' vrorli '. innst come down bv trridif c.: r.r l ft reeda I long life safely to t ran -mit t' rrr of .. past. If the fceuenticus Ti-.il 1 ,n '-hr.rt lived, thf story would so öfter: f,iivc changed lips that it might have ,r t all astray. fiut after Mows bet'ai. to TV rite ii dewn and pr.rchnrent told it fr.ri ce -'tury to ct-Ltury it w.e.- uot necessary iL., per nie live w Irnji iu order to r.'.tther j.tet'1' event of the p:v:.. If In our tia.-.e peopi ; lived only - yrars, that would rot afl'ect history, MU"e it is put in pritct and is no longer depcu l 'Ht ::i tradition. Wl;-;t'ver youratre, 1 will t od .y lir ctly Address yon, anil I shall s-pe.i!-to tlu-se w brj are in the twenties, the thirties the I Arties, the fifties, the nixiia-. ar 1 to thif-ewho r.re in the seventies v.cl youd. KEJOICE. TOr M N, IN' THY STTfENilTTI. l irst, then. 1 accost tbyee of you who ure in the twenties. You y re iuli of expectation. Von are an'.hit.'ou that if you fimor.nt to anyiiiitu' inr oire kird of success, commend -el or mechanical nrprofesfcionni or liter try rri;;ricti!tnral or social or Tri or a L If I fh.d s.iiiH-oi'o in the twenties without !!iy sorv of amlition, I feel liko saying: "My friend, you have t-ot on the wrocx planet. Tni is net the world for you. Yoj are jroipic eo be ia the way. Have yon made your choice of poorhouses? You wiil never le able to pay for j our cradle. Vho is poiuj? to nettle tor your board? Tum is a mistake a"out the fact that you Were hem at all." But, supposing you have ftr.th.tiou, let me Kiy to all the twenties: "Expect everythinjr through Divine manipulation, and then yon will ;et all you want cr Bometliinjj better. Are you looking for wealth? Well, rcmemlr that God controls the uiouey markets, the harvests, the droughts, the caterpillars;, the locusts, the uc.si.ri.... the storm, the I u:d, the sea, and you will pt-r wwdth. IVrha:. not that which is su-.red up in banks, in safe deposits, in United t-iutea securities, in ho.ists and lands, but yourclolhin and board and shelter, and that u nltout all you can a ppropriati? an, how. You cost the Lord a fcreat deal 'io feed anl clothe mid sheitr you for a lifetime rejuir;s a hi'4 xnm of money, a.K. if you ct nuthju more thaa the absolute ntces.-,itie you get aa enormous amount of hupply. Kx pect as much la yd v ill of any kind of success. If you xptet U from the Ixrd, you are sale. Depend r,u any other resource, and you mny Le b.idly chagrined, but deKid 01 God, and .ll will be wciL It is a prxA thing in the cr;cs of life to Lave a man of lar.e tueAns back yoa up. It is a t,Teat thin to fcave a moneyed institution stand behind you it jour undertaking. lint it is a mightier thing to ha;e theGolof heave n :sd car'.h yourcoadji;t(r, and jou may Lave Lim. I am to felal that I meet you while rot; are in the tKrnties. You are laying out your p!;uis ind all your life in this world and the n-t for .7,n,( DO,C00 ye.-srs cf your existence will be aaectcd by those Ji'.ias. Jt is uboat 8 o'clock in the laornir.g cf jour life, and you are just t tartiu out. V.'Lich way aro juu goin to btait. Ch, the t wen ties:" THE TT7nXTir5 IX TnK I3II5LK. "Twt i,ty"isa great word In the Hible. Josepu was sold for 20 pieces cf silvtr. Samson judged Israel years. Solomon pave Hiram Z cities. The Gying roll that Soecbariah a.v wus cubits. Y"hen the jailors of the slip on which Paul saikd Bounded the Mediterranean ma, it was SM fathoius. What mighty things have b en jlone in the twenties! Koruulus founded Home when he was 0. Keats linished life l I-afavette wn a world renowned io'.dier at Zi. Oberlin accomplished his chief work by 27. Honaparte was victor over Italy at 'Ik Pitt waa prime minister of Kugland at 22. Calvin had completed fci imtuortul "Institutes" by the time Le was IS), (iroiius was attorney general at SM. Eome cf the ri.ishtie.-st things f.jr God and rternity have been done La the twenties. A long aa you tan put the figure "ii" boore the other figure that helps describe Irour age 1 have high hopes about you. Lookout forthat fgure "ü." ath its tontimtaiice with as nuch earnest ni?ss ns ou ever watchwl auythim? that promised you salvation or threatened you dt-moli; ion. What a critical time, the twenties! While hey continue you decide your occupation tad the principles by which you will be V'id.d. You make your most abulias fritndhips. You arrange your home life. You fix your habits. Lord God Almighty, t jT Jesuit Christ's sähe have nu rcyou alJ the men and women In the twenties! ext I accost those in the thirties You tvre at an age when you find what a tough thing it U to get recognized and e.stablishe.1 la your f ax-up ition or profession. Ten years ngoyou thought all that was neces.v;ry for fcucte.sM was to put ou your shutter the sigu cf physician or dentist or attorney or broker r agent, arid you would have plenty of Lusiuesa. How many hours you stt and waited for busint-v and waited in vtUn, three p-rsoiu only know Citnl, your wife and yourself. Iu t-onmiercial life you have not Lad the promotion and Increase In salary you anticipated, or the place you extiected to occupy iu the firm ha not been vucated. The produce of the h.rni, with which Jfu expected to support ycairs If and those deyfiulinx ou you and to iy the intei-st ca the raortgnge, has been tar less than you anticipated, or the prices were down, or pecial expanse for Kicknesi made drafts em your re'nrces that you could not Lave expected. I j some respects the hardest deccf life is the thirties, Ix-cause the remit are generally mo fr bi hiiui the anticipatioiis. It U Very raro ude-d that a young Knau does a did the young mau In.- t bunday üight, hen it- tame to ine and said, "I have Jjeeu so UiMrvelu.-ly piospervl eince Icante to th is ton ntry t 1 ia 1 1 feel, as a matter 1 f gn.tltude, that 1 nfght to lef.cato myelf to llod." Ni(ie-t4"ulhs of the iotry of life Iuls leu knot ted out of you jince you came into thetbirth-K. Men in the dtaerent professions aid occupation saw that jou were risiug, axid thejr mut nut an est.oriix l on vu or youir.i;;ht'irr.e.nwrtGt:dln thewny. Thy think you must be u;.nr.ied. I ron yito tO it ia au (S pecially bnrd timo for jour ioctors, young lawyer, young merchants, yonnaf farratra, youn mecliiinica, youiiy Cuiaisters. Ti:K TaLGLK OT y.DULK LIf T.. TL struleof the tuirtii is for honest and helpful and remunerative rero; :nitiori. Hut few old people know borr to treat yoi;i; people without iatroniiog tliem n tho one baiid cr sTit.thing them n tho Other. Ob, the thirties! Joseph hUknI I toro l'hirrtoh at 'J). David w is SO years old whta ho ber:"i to reij-'n. The LeUdit cf Eolonio.i's temple was CO rublts. Chr! t rcte red opou Lin active r.lnMry rt yen's f.f nge. Jiidrs nold him for 20 pieces of silVr. OL. the thhtiti! V.'Lat a joru, ug-

gestiT or tr.umpn or disaster! rour decade is the one that will probably r.fford the greatest opportunity for victory, bccanse there is the greatest necessity for struggle. Read the world's history and know what are thethirtiea for good or had. Alexander the Great closed his career at Si Frederick the Great made Europe tremble with his armies at 85. Cortez conquered Mexico at 3 Grant fotight Shiloh and Donelson when 83. Raphael died at 37. Luther was the hero of the reformation at Sir Philip Sydney got through by i'2. The gre&lest deeds for God and against him wen; (lore within the thirties aud your (erratest battles are now and between the time when you ceajB expressing your anre hy putting first a figure "12" and the time when yoa will ceaso expreasing it by putting first a figvre "3." As it is the greatest tire of t! e strorgle. I adjure you, in liod's nsm and by God's grace, make it the greatest achievement. My prayer is for all tiio.se in the tremendous crisis of the thirfie. The fact i that by the way you decide the present decade of your history yen dt-ciile ail the following decades. When I WJ11 in Russia, I was disappointed in cot evii:g the batilii id of Dorodino. Why wa.i there fought such a battla, at that smill vi'.lac It was 70 miles from Moo.w. Why ti:at desrjerate struggle in wMch 12..rt Freiifhr'en grappled wiih lW,) Flusiai s, ami 30,01 dead Frenchmen and R2.0t liesd liussiaiiS were left on the field? It was Uvaue the fate of Moscow, the sacred city cf llusMa, was decided there decided TO miles awr y. And let me tell ycu, peop'e of the thiriies. you are now at the Ilorodino. whence will resound its successes or its moral disasters clear on intothe seventies if you Live to the threescore and tea cf the text. WüF.X MAN KNOWS HIMSELF. Next I a twt the forties. Yours ia the d. t.tde of discovery. I do not mean the discos eryct the out He. but tho discovery of yourself. Xo nsaa knows hirislf until he is 40. I!e 1 veres'.in.ates or nnderest'mctes hii iself. Ry thet tine e has learned w hat In can lo or what he cannot do. He tl:a;, Lt he h .d ccninicrcii-I genins enough to 1 ccorne a niiliiou!.lre, but now he is satisiid to make a cot-if'taMe living. He tli'.'wght he hrtd rbrtciical power that v.or'.d. I r i.g him into the TTnitM States sei. if e. Now he Is content if hecansuc-cv-.fu!!y arg ie a common case before a petit j-;ry. He thought he had medical skill thfit wo,:!d make him a y jtt or a Greese or a Wil!a:d Parkt v or a Sims. Now he finds his sphere is that of a family physiciin, precribiug far the ordinary ailments that ufiiict oiii- race. He was sailing on in a fog and could not take a reckoning, but now it, clears up enough to allow him to find out his real la, itude and longitude. lie Las lier-n clini bin g. but now he has got to the top of the hill, and he takes a long breath. He is half way through the journey at least, and L? is in a position to look backward or forward. He has more good Ben than be ever had. II? known bumnn nature, for be haa been cheated often enough to N'e the had side cf it, and he ha3 met so irany gracious and kindly and spltLdid sot. Is he a!-o knows the good side of it. New ca'm yu.-vlf. Thank God for the pi';' a:.d dr!dorutelj set your comnasa for another voyage. You have chafed cr:CU!rh tl.it'rVnTL You have blown erotica so;:p luLbl. s. You have seen the unsatisfying nature cf n-I earthly tbir.gs. Open a re T chapter with (Jod prd the world This d (;.(. of the forties ought to eclip'enll i's pri-I'ce,ors in worship, in tu fulness and in h.t; pitiess. "Forty" is a gTeat word in t!u Bible, God's ancient p?cp'e wer 40 y?.'.rs In the wilderness. Kli judged Isn.el 4' years. David and Solomon i.nv! J'.-l.c-a reii.r.ed'JOrpjirs. When Joseph visi'ed Ids br.-thren, lie was 40 years old. Oh, this mountain top of the fortieth You have bow the character ycu will probably 1 ave for all ti:ne and all etcnJtj'. Godly his graee srmeltuie c!ia??res a man after the '1 ttis, but ultt-r that a man rever ch:iiigts him'-elf. Tell me, O men and worn mi v ho ere in the forties, your hibits cf thought and life, and I will tell ycu w hr.t you wi'.l forever lx. I might make a mistake once in a thousand times, but not more than in that propra t ion. PLK'.i. NITOl.Y f,V Mi'lJiiS OK OLD AGE. My s rüitn uvr.l accost.-- the fiftits. How p'fer it, locks wl en in w riling your age j ou mei.e ti e frs. of ti.f two htircs a "5." 'I Ids is 1 lie d cede which shows what the other decades have been. If a yr.tirg nmn Las sown wild ords r.nd lie h.ta lived to this time, he rvaps the h..rvt.Bt of it in the fifties, or if by nocr-cit y he was compclh-d to overtoil in hone t duections he is called to f ttie up with vxacting nature some time duriny tho fifties-. .Many have it so hard in c.vrly life that they are octogenarians at flO. Sda.icas r.nd rheumatisms and neuralgias ;u.d ertigos -nJ insomnias have their playground in thu lift ie. A man's hair begins to whiti u, aTul. although he may have worn spectacles before, now he asks the optician for No. 14 or No. 12 or No. 10. Wlieu he gts a cough end isclmost cured, he Lacks and clears Lis thfo.it a good while afterward. Oh, ye who are in the fifties, think cf it! A luUf ctr.tury of blessing to bo thankful for. and a half century buhitracted from au f.i.t(i!ce which, ia the most marked ca.-es of longevity, hardly ever reaches a win century. Dy this time you ought to be eminent for piety. You Lave betn In ko many battle you ought to be a brave soldier. YouL-tte made so re any voyages you ought 1o be a good s.;ihr. So long protcctid Jmd blesvd, you ought to Lbve a so :l full of doxohjgy. In Dible tiu.es in Canaan every 00 y:trs was hy Gild's commaad a year of jubilu. 1 he peopl did not work that jear. If property Luid by misfortJiiev;( 11" cut of ouc's josECinlon, on the f.fla th yar it came Lack to Lim. If he Lad f.olcd it away.it vaj returned w itho t a farthing to jsty. If a man Lad bteu cn:.iavcl, he v. a. iu that year emancipate 1. A trur vt was sounded loud and clear and long, avd it was the trumpet of jubilee. They shook Land, they laughed, they conirratuh.ted. Whe.t a time it was that GfLeih year! And if tmder the old dispensation it was s ub a glal time, under our nw nd more glorioui dispensation let all who Lave come to the fifties hear the trumpet of jubilee that 1 now blow. That was the itllusiou made by Mr. Tophuly, the fctiiüU Lymnctoisv, wheal he wrote: Li n j e the li üiui-et, blow The ifiu Jly nolemn sound; Let all tli imtioii know. To eaith's irruuti tl Ixriml, Thr ytar of Jul-!1 e li coiiif. lU:turn ye rsiiaoiued sinnen home. Ye who Lave "ill for nauirLt Your iierii j'-- alsjvc fch-.ll have it b'-tk uu ought 'I be iri.t of .les us' l ). Ti e year 01 jaollf L:i . or.i. Ueturo ye ruiLtoninl sinnurs home. V LAIt O'JT, iL"T I( NuT Kt'ST OUT. JTy ser;uou next accosts the sixties. The beginning nf taut decade is more startling than any other. In his chronological journey the r.ian rides jathrr smoothly over tho figures "2". and "3" and "4" m.d "5," but the figure "" Ives biui a big Jolt, IIa ijs: "It cniiiiot be tint I ara 00. Itmo xamine the old family record. I ihm they made a mitake. They got my name down wrong In the roll of births." Hut wo; the older brothers cr chtcts remember the time of Lis advent, und there ia some relative a year ohbr snd another relative a ytar jounger, au J, sure enough, the fact Is etabiishoil eyoTil all disputation. Sixtyl Kow your y rent danger Is the temptation tu f id up ycur f.iciilt ira and quit. You will feel a t-tider.ey to remtnixee. If you do rot look out, you will beitln almost everything with the vrrr-n, "Wl.rn I was a lr.y." Itnt you night to mnke the s!a ties niore winoratdo for d and the tryth than the fifties or the forties fr ti e thirties. You ou.'rht to do more durinjj the next 10 years than you did In any 80 years rf your I if beoa.so cf 11 the experience you have bud. You L vo cnrrvmitttd enough mistakes Jn lifo to cna.a yu wise above yt ur Juniors. Now, under tho accumulated light of your pa! erTiruentliXji. t'-1 to wer!; ftr"i a nevtr l-efor.

When a man In the sixties rol up bis energy and feels Le Las done enough, it is the devil of Indolence to which he is surrendering, and God generally takes the man at Lis word and lets him die risdit away. Ilia brain, that under the tension cf hard work was active, now suddenly ahriveli Men, whether they retire from secular or religions work, generally retire to the grave. Nu well maa baa a right to retire. The world was raado for work. There rotnaineth a rest for the people of God, but it Is ia a sphere beyond the reach cf tele- " scopes. The military charge that decided one of the greatest battles of the ages the battle of Waterloo was not made until S o'clock ia the evening, but some of you propose to go into camp at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. waitiko foe tht; stiadow. My subject next accost 3 those in t,e seventies and beyond. My word to them is congratulation. You Lave pot necrly if not quite through. You have safely crossed the sea of life and are about to cnttr the Larbor. Y'ou have fought at Gettysburg-, aud the war ia over. Here cn.l there a skirmish with the remaining sin of your own heart and the sin of tho world, but I guess you are about done.. There may he some work for ycu yet on small or large scale, ßiüiuarfk of GeiacErr vigorous in the eighties. The prime minister of Enland strong at Si. Iliydn cm posing his oratorio, "The Creatiou," tt TO years of age. Isocrates doing some of his les work at 4. Plato busy thinkiEg for all succeeding centuries at 81. William Iilake at C7 learning Italian so as to read Dante in the original Lord Cockburn at 5? writing his best treatise. John W cley stirring grett . udiences at S-V WiUkm C Eryant, w 'uout spectacles, reading In my house "Thauatopsis" at yi ars of age. Christian men r.e.d women in all departments serving God after becoming septuagenarians and octo;-eiiHrian3 and nonagenarians prove that there are possibilities of work for the aged, but I think you who are passed the seventies are near being through. How do you ftel ubout it? Y'ou ought to be jubilant btcr.use life is a tremendous struggle, and if you have got through respectably and usefully you oucht to feel like people toward the close of a summer day seated on the rocks watching the sunset at Ii ir Harbor or Cape May or Lookout mountain. I am glad to say that most old Christians are cheerfuL Daniel Webster visited John Adams a short time before his death and found him in very infirm health. He said to r. Adams: "I am glad to 6fe yrn. I hope you are getting along pretty w 11." The reply was: "Ah, sir, quite the contrary. I find 1 am n poor tenant occupying a houso much shcttered by time. It swcjm and trembles with every wind, and, what is worse, sir, the landlord, as nef.r es I can make out, does not intend t j make any repairs." BiS DISEASE WAS AMJO tsiMlKT. Dr. Eeman, after pas'iiiig into the seventies, was asked by my friend. Rev. Dr. fcpear, "Dr. lleman, bow is your health now?" find he replied, "I Lave on nie En incurable diease." "What is that?" asked my friend, tr.d the septuagenarian replied, "Old age." I'oth cf "the eld men Ihave mentioned intended their remarks for facet iousurss, aial old people have a right tobe facetious. An aged woiaari sent, for Ler pLysician aud told him of her tilments, and the doctor haid: "WL.it would you have rue do, mad.im! I cannot n,ake you young again." Sho replied: "I ki.mv hat, doctor. What I want you t Jo is to lulp me grow old a Little longer." Ihe youug Lave their troubles before them; tho old Lave their troubles behind theta. You Lave got about all out cf this ee.i th that there is in it. Peglad that yoa, an n-?d servant cf Gisi, are giiug to try anoh; r life and amid better turroiiridiive .. if; op lookiirj Lack aud look ahead. ,()h, yoiu the seven Lies, and the eighties, aud th iiineties, j'our best days a-e yc-t, to cowit; your gran h sc associat ioi are y. t to l o formed; your be.-t eyesigat is yet to bo kindled; your best hearing is yet t b' awakened; your greatest spv-ed is yit 10 be traveled; your gladdest soug is yet to bo sung. The most of your friends have gone oer tho bordtr, and you are going lo joiu them ery soon. They i.;e waiting far ycu. Tuey are watching tLego'dcn shore to sea you laul Tney ai waicliing the shining gate to sr-o you come through. '!):( yr.re standing by the throne to rea yu r.Aiuit. What a glad hour wheu yoa drok the suuf and Uike the scepter; when you quit th-? sti.Terjcd joii.ts ai.d lecome an iiu mortal athlete! Lut hear! hearl a remark pertineat to all people whether iu the twenties, the thirties, the forties, the fifties, the sixties, the seventies or beyoi-d. YVuat we t.11 nted is to take the supernatural ii.to cur lives. Do net let us depend ou brain aud inu.scle and ierve. Y"e w ant a mighty supply of the supernatural. We watil. with us a divine force mightier thaa tho waters ead tho tempests, and when the Lora took two steps oubestormcd Galilee, putting one foot ou the wind and the other ou ihe waves, he proved himself mightier than hurricane and billow. Wo want with us a divine force greater than the fires, and when the Lord cooled Nebuchadnezzar's furuace until Shadrach, Meshacb axd Abednego did not even have to fan theuislvt3 Lo pre v cd himself mightier than the lire. We w anta tilviue force stronger thau w ild Ik a.st. and wheu the Lord made Daniel a lion limr ha proved himself stronir than the wrath cf the jungits. There are so many li.-eases in tins world we waut with us a divine physician capable of combating tilments, und our Lord when cn earth showed what Le could do with catalepsy nud paralysis aud ophthalmia and dementia. Ou, take this supernatural Into all your llvts! How to pet it? Justus you get anything you want by application. If you want anything, ycu apply for it. By prayer apply for the f-upernuturai. Take it into your daily business. Many a man lias been abln to pny only 5 t ents on the dollar who if he had cnl'.tdirt the sttper'attuml could Lave paid 100 cents oil the dollar. Why do PS men out cf 1C0 fail in business? Because thcie are not more than 2 men out of 100 who t.:ke God ii.to their worldly affTairs. "Ikdiind the great uukmywn star;dfthGod within the shadows keeping watch lipon Lis owu." ' MAKE Coy TOUK PAItTVEO. , A mau got up in a New York prayer meeting and sa.id: "(Jed is aiy partner. I did busin -as wit in tut LinifvTiM years and failed every two cr three years. I Lave. ten doing business with 'him forCi) years ai d Lave not failed once." Oh, take the upexnatural into all yuur aliaics! I L.ul such an evidence cf Ihjts gool;u-ps of Cod ia temporal things wn n I entered active life I must testify. Call- J t prt aeh at lovely Belleville, in New Jersey, J entered i:p: n my work. Hut th-ero Mood the empty par-sonav-, and not a cent Ld 1 with which to furnish It. AfAir pr;.cbing three cr four Weeks the ofiVvr cf my church n.'.ked ma If I tl J nA wa.it t take two or three week ' vagrj lion. 1 s.M "Yes," for I hn.l preached -about all I knew, but I feared they niii'-t ho getting tiicd cf uic. Whin I returned to tho vlllugo eft-r the brief aratiou, they Lambd tue the key cf the iarsor..gn and aed re.tj if I did not wv.it to go and lock ul it. Not siisrK'Cti.ig anything bad Lappei.vd, I put tho key iuo the parsituage door and cpcnd it, nud there was tiie lall conph ttly furtii-ihed with cai-prt r.nd pictures and hatrack, anl I turned Int the parlors, aud they were furtihLed, tit softtit sofas I vcrsa.tou, and Into the study and found It furnished wbh bookeayes, and I went to the l.tdrocms, end they who futni Jied, and ir.ti the prntry, and that was furtiish(sl witli every culinary article, und the spieeboxe were filled, ri:d 11. flcur l.arrel etood th. re rerdy to be eper.d, rml I wrnt down Into the dicing rt'i.m, ;:! tti tahle was act ami beautifully furnished, and intotho kiu hc-n, end tht' fdotre wi-s full of furl, and a match b:y on the top of tl.. stove, and all I f.nd to !o In starting L.oiij.e'ifepliig was to strike tLe mntdi. Gcil lti"!.!ici the, wholo tli'tg, ami if I was doi.bt I i i cxxln. ss, all up and

down the world, call me an ingrate. 1 testify that I have been in many tierht places, and God always got me out, and Le will get you out of the tight places. Cut the most of this audience will never reach the eighties or the seventies or the sixties or the fifties or the forties. He who passes into the forties has gone far beyond the average of human life. Amid the uncertainties take God. through Jesus Christ as your present and eternal safety. The longest life is only a small fragment of the great eternity. We will all of ns soon t there. Eternity! how near it roTIs; C'oant the aet value of :our aonls. Beware and eeunt the awfel cost Yt'Lat they Luve gained wuce 0uL are lost.

Feminine Cynlrla-n. A were an who prides herself cn her insight iDto the chanctors of men she meets rcrruucd the other day that a man always judges other men ly himself as a standard. This is the way she f'nds one man judges another map: A rr.scal ti're who owes hirrt money. Ditto One to wom he oris money, j A dude One w br dre.ca letter than he, A miser One who saves more money than Le. A spendthrift One who spends mere money thnn he. A r-TK b Ore who?o social position is better than Iiis ot An upstart One whose social position is worse than Ivis own. A ! ine.rt m ia One who thiijca as he does. A foci Cr.c who doesn't. A crank One wLo hps th?orics about men and thfngn different from Lis own. The woman wtt on in the same strain and giveherovrn V.'asof men. Whoagrees with her? Tht r. uro some cf them: A thief One who takes ( 1. A crpitali-t 0r who takes fl-ccw). A soldiei" One who makes killing abusi-ne-3. A great man One who never opens Lis mouth. A laborer One who gets to work at 5 o'clock a. m. A murderer One who makes killing a pleasure. A business man Ona who gets to work at 10 o'clock a, tu. A statesm..:; Outs who talks without making money. A politician Oue who makes money without tnlkinr. A hypocrite One w Lo says what he does not think aad is fouud out. A lawyer Ooe who makes a living out of the quarrels of his fellow men. A physician Oae who makes his living out of the bodily bufferings of his fellow men. A mercbrr.t One who makes Lis livicg by IrVviug vs Lat he does not want to sell at a profit wrung from Lis fellow meu. Woman's World. Life on the Planets. Rev. Dr. Dalliccrr delivered a lecture at Bristol tie ether right en. the planets around us end their possible habitability. Speakmg cf i'ereury. Dr. Dal linger pointed out it ohW features and showed that they upproximüitd to tho.s cf the earth. Although the heat fiT.ra the sun there was n;oro int:n-vv, k Uii.lit be tempered by the cbuiM-ter of the ..'.mcsM-ere. Venus was yet more ükir. to car worl.i in every respect, so that !ifn th :-e. us vre know it, was yet more possible. The conditions of the atmo.'.plieiv indeed v.ere such that the whole giohc might be hal'.t Jde. Mars came next under rv!:'w the lecturer erp'laini.ig Its clia-r:cter, sv.bstr.e.'.. atmosphere and other features, w hirh be said made the existence cf tieature, if not man, quite possible. r-ec,p!3 wuiu biovvly losii, thi-ir former notions th.at th?.c were notliirg and nobody i" the u::iveic9 except the world and man. There werrt ether worlds, however, which f.s far as human intelligence could judge were not Jet suitable lor habitation, but were gtwinaily assaraiu? cenaitiens which mi;:ht ultin.atcly inake life ,xs-.iole. The lecturer Leid the opinion that many years herce some means of mental communication with the denizens of the other piarcts might be established. In the present days of marvelous discoveries in science all things sevmed possible, and the establishment of ir.teron:municnt''on cf soae kind between this earth and the beings of the plaaeU did rotstem more improbable or impossible lhan the sending of a telegraph lupjatgo from Kngland to New York seemed 10!' years ago. Pall Mall Budget. Iu Luvst on. 1 t 1 Mr. Bitwstcn Do yon enjoy taLin.5 11 stroll with your pug, LTsie? Klsie I ani fond of pe-rauibuluti(ig witb my retroua.se, Truth. V.'lth Gooil rtcRKon. Hie 1r.tnlt:rt!on In our cities of apartment houses ia which a considerable 1 umber of families live under one roof has given rise to meny mmisir.g occurrences. Iu an eastern city recently two physicians were walking together cn the street, when one of thi ui lifteil his hat to a lady w hom they met. , A patient?" asked the other. "Oh, in a way," ansv. crtd the first doctor. "I trcuted her the other day for a small diftifulty." "What wi.sit?" HA v:ii t on Ihe nose.w "And what did you prescrib-?' "1 ordeied her to refrain absolutely from phyir.g the piaro." The other doctor was astonished. "Ordereil her to leave cfiT plnying the ; iano for a wart on the none! Well, I evn't understand your treatment." "If ynu knew the circumstances, you would," said the first doctor. .she occupies the flat just under mine in tho apartment house." "Ah, now 1 i?ndertan II" a:iid the other. Youth's Ccr.ipuniou.

1 t 1 ; v .

I nlcr rkt IP's, but Senoltire. What an interesting unimall" exclaimed Fwtsldy, approai.'uiig t he cagjof the uranj outang. "1 woiiiiah. bill Jove, if I'm dutunlly weliitcd to hin" - At this point Fwctldy was Interrupted by a Ks-ream from the caged simian, so full oi nguinh, liorrorand sudden, depenite, U11governrble rag, that the entire mcu.igeri was throw n Into a state of violent excite meat, and the keeper hastily ushered the younK man Into the apartment t bere th inunitmes m:d . n(Til snakes were ou exhibition. Chicago Tribune, An Inventlte Genlas. Little Hoy- What's m genius? Komi 'dotberA KeiiuiH 1m a very smart LfTsoll. "Well, 1 niu one. Teacher said so." "Did she? lilesit her Leurtt Of course you are." ".es'm. She said I tad a gt tiius for in eutllig." "That 'a glorious! What did she say you Ce-uld li.vi m' "New v, uj I 1 1 1 li KuiifU.' tJfxwl Nw-

ESTHER'S MISSION.

LESSON XI, FIRST QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 12. Text of tbe Lesson, Est. Iv, 10-17; v, 1-3. Memory Verses, t, 1-3 Golden Text, Trov. xxxl, 9 Coiuxnentary by the Rev. D. 31. Stearns. One lesson only has been assigned to ns from this most marvelous book of the providence of God, a book In which, in the Knglisli text, the name of God Is not found, but which nevertheless is full of God from beginning to e:rd. "Oh, blessed is he to whom is given the instinct that can tell that God is on the field w hen lie is most invisible" (IVoer). The whole look tells h. 0-77 the people of God were delivered from death by a mediator of the Liffhest rank, who undertakes the greatest danger for them and Is mysttriously cno of them. It is thought by some that Aha?uerus is suggestive of the great king, Vashti cf lsiRel, Esther of the church, Mordneai of Jesus, ar.d ITaman of patan, and that the whole hook is 3 hi&toric.il and prophetic picture of the LiriL;dc-m of God, illustrating the grace of God. 10,11. 'Th'-re i one l:vcf his to put him to dce.th, except such to whom the king shall held cut the golden scepter thai Le may li re." Bi-cauf r f IIa:nt:n's hatred cf Mordecai he hrd caused a decree to go forth throughout the w hole c-iipire that on a certain dnr ail the people of Mcr lecai thit is, all the Jews should be slain. Jtecau3e of thisdecree Mcrdccai ent thruueh the city, and even to the king's gate, clothed in sackcloth, crying with a load and bitU r crj. Esther's maids told her of It. Then she was grieved, for Mordecia was her own cousin, who had eared for her, her own father and mother being dead (chapter ii, 7), and sent Hatach to find out what It was ami why it was (iv, 5). Mordecal then toll Hataeh tLe whole matter, and sent a request to LVher that she go to the king and r.-.ake n quest on behalf of bf r people. Father 8nd word back to her cousin, who had Iteen a father to her, that she could not approach the king uncalled, except at the risk of her life. 12, 13. "Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's bnu.se, more than all the Je-." The decree included all Jews, both young an! td 1. little children and women, and the command was to destroy, to kill and to caue to perish (iii, 13), so that there wai r.o hone for Queen Ilsther any more than for the poorest Jew or Jewess in the kingdom. In the plan cf salvation we are reminded of the fact that, as to being sinners v.vl needing a Saviour, ''There is no d:Crcn?e, fcr all have sinned and come short, cf t ho glory of God" (Kom. Iii, 23). This Is illustrated in those who perishedln tb deluge; outside of the ark not one was saved; some were rich and some poor, some leiirued and some ignorant, sotie lived ;n the hif bbinds and f-ome in the lowlands, but there was do difference. 14. "Fnlargeirent and deliverance shall arise, and who krcveih whether thou art come to the kin -dorn for such a time as this?" Mordeen: was s'ttv that deliverance would come, llo-v he was so sure we are not told, but he sn guests to Esther that possibly the provii't :!' of God had put her in this hih position for this very cr.ergeney. As K-Ii, vers in the Lord Jesus Christ, and therefore saved by His precious bio-d, we kn.nv that t he church v. ill be completed :vid the kingdom will eoie. Israel shall be saved aiidtheeai ih ti'led with the rlorv cf C, u. , :o. 'S.swill I iro in unto tha ;ir!r. which is not -.ci ording to tl. law, ami if I perish, 1 peri-;s.'' Iri r.piy to Monleeai's second nnv,';;p Fsthtr returned ns ver that tliey shi.aid Test tl,rt: days for her, and tint she at,d Le maidens would eio likewise, and then .'he. would y.o to tho king w hether siie lived cr died. She being one of them would t -.i.j her life in l er hand and lay it down if i.eed be on their iehalf. The Lord Jesus knew that He v. oii'd lay dowu His life for us, und became one cf us tha Tie might do so. But if fisther Is sugges i cf the church, where does the laying down, of the life come in Is it not found in I John iii, Id? ''Hereby perceive we the love of G oil, because lie laid down his life for 11s, ard we ou;ht to lay dow n c;r lives for ti e brethren." 17. ".so Mordt-Cii went his way arid did according to all thai Father had commanded him." It would n doubt be f.-ist-icgtosLie.e purf e, for it was a matter of life or deat ii. When David's little child was si'-k he feste-d atid prayed. How much more should the.se peon! fast when the lives of a whole people were at stake! D it.iel ate I'O pleas: ut bread lor three whole v. esk?, be Httse he was earnestly seeking to know tht mind of God (Dan. x. 2,3). Je-bits s.iid concerning certain evil spirits, "This kind goeih not out but by prayer and t'ustii'g" (Muih. ivii, 21). And is it ret w.itten iu Jer. x.ix, 1.", "Yo shall setk Ve and find Me wLen ye shall search for Me with aH your beans" V, 1. "Now it came to pr.s on the third day that Lsther put on her royal nppar. i and stt.iKl iu 1 he inner court of the king's houfce." It iiea:,ylur us to read it, bui, bow much it must h-ive meant to F.-sther! Yv'e lead that c:i the thiil day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place a'ar oil, but who -tops to think how much that third diy mount to Abraham? It meant the taking of Lis very life, fur was not Ieaau the Son in whom all the promised cectrod, and ths wr.s the day of tho sacrifice? So wii'i Bsther it meant, i need be, the laying ilowu cf her life. 2. "She obtr iiicd fuvor iu Lis sight, and the king held out U list her the golden scepter that was iu Iiis hand." Life theu Was hen., und i.ot de..t'a, cr was it not us life from the t' -ad? So iL was with Abraham, for oa that day Lo ltceived Isaac back from tL dead in a figure (Ileb. xi, P.O. Aud this is the nu'aiiiug of the third elay in Scriptute, it is resurrection, or life from the dead. "After two tlays w ill Le revive us; In the third day he will ra'-e us up, anil we shall liv in Lis sight" (Hos. i. 2). Think also cf Jonah, aud his third day, but especially of our Lord J-su-s and His third d iy, v Uli ail its glorious results yet to be fully seen. S. "What wilt thou, Queen Esther, and what Is thy rtuesi ? It shall be even given thee to the half of. the kitJoi.u." How exceeding ahauÜH'.itly above all thu could have exptct.ul This will be the ttlory of the church's third ue.y, the marriage of the Lamb, forest -.aow ei by John ii, 1, and it will not bD half tha kir.Kdom, but th Vbole, tvr lie hai given u t n-'j glory which the Father gife tuto lllm (John zrii, J2). Then shall the Jews' enemy aad the church's enorey he destroyed, aud the trc lMoriVe&l w;!i bo great amoux tLe Jewf, seekiug the wealth cf His peoplo anu peaking ptive to i ll His seed (x, 3k 1h Jews will have light and gladness and j r nd honeir, a feant, t:.d a gcod day, atd men of all luuuaves shall s:iy to the Jews, we will goviihyou for God Is with yoa (chapter viü, JÖ, 17; Zech. vld,23j. Msy w a . even now know iiitu and tho power of Iiis ttsurieolicu. Our r.icelteiit Services. "Jean, I aui tlrel of your cnrelessness. Only look .t. all that dut lyin- utatut on the furniture. It Is six months old at the very least." Jean (very dlgn I tied) Then it is no fault of mine. Madam knows very well that I have hail the hunor of lieitigiu l:i r service for the Lest three months only. Masque de Fer. fjueer Lilc. Stranger Wh it! You charge f3 for-rar-ryinj; my valise to the sWtioti? Why, I tun hire a cab for all that money. Hoy Yes, eif course a cab driver can do it cheaper. He has a cab, bi;t I've got to carry it oa foot. Texas Sift inus.

First a Second litüe Witch: a"Ve can with tlie trouble cope With Santa Claus, that t wond'rous soap."

! V fjir 1

s. W1 7f7

Mb

All: "Santa Clans, Ornaic name Of the soap of world-wide fame." SAIiTA CLAUS SC AP MADE ONLY BY N. IC. FAIRBANIv a. CO., Chicago.

HOW TO MAKE

mm mMmt

AS p!cht draw s down the curt, tin etr'y. tvA 'he w!n1 ttieut wti'Ji.T to keep KseU warm, the qf.estion cf liow wst to speai the even bs Lcurs fccccsCi as faniLai as the replfic La every home. " Tape, what'll we da for fen efter teat" a, John, I wibh I had somclfclsg niee to rciä." lhi-se expressions come from the lips of cUllren an J wives tt!a:o.4 every winter erenln. No grune Las yet beca devid ia which a whole fand'.y can take part a:;ht after eight Hb pVr ra-t' t: all. T..t?r ChTer no-.vhero -a-jre the.a aijor.2 the Individual lacmlers of a famliy. One will want to reel a novel, another history, anoth?r to study, sne'l cr wi'.l like p'ctures, and tha naiier of a'l vV prj!siljly cara for uothia? o iruca as that which relnV.-s tn his ovrn business. Vhen ti e say to yea t !:a. tie, a1 is ODe source from which all these Ut,s can be satisfied, thnt there is one way in which jou cr.n ma'tc every r.'ght whleb ctherwiFe nr'-jht hD-pctt In profitless dronlr? a timeof plt'asiire and of proCt for every member of your family, w e d ia't expect yoa to Jo xaora than to f mi'.e incrlule'.i.s-y. " ih, th a's only one cf tbofc a lrty rtt:?." we kner yor. will sy. L-t wsit. la the HEVISKO KTVL'l'C l.orr.IHA HIXIIMXXIC.l there !s Rone thirg about eveivii 'y ad everything of hriporumce that is o? ever was in the world. Within the twisty volumes of this qnat wuri: there are stories cf lives that excel in Interest any roraarce ever written; there isr.I! about coran:crco, art, history, liter at ite, rr a keientics, mechanics, business, t give you ideas and in'onvstion fer sj.-e in your daily work; there üa Lberal eiucation for your chiiihvn w ho nre old enouph to 50 to hchooL & Tl ere are nunc so eld, nene sa your:?, cons to poor, note eo rich, that they do rot want, tn-1 cannot Ret, the Revised ENfVcf.rn 1. Brn asmca, for it will ory cost you a I)fjx a I'T for only 00 dsy, an 1 you will Le prcst-i with a Diac Suvings Z, w Li'.a wiU ccuble you to tive fer this gie.t reference lih.Mry. ONLY 10 CENTS A DAY. On receipt cf only One Dollar we will forwerd to ycc, cha-pes irrpaid, the entire et ei 2" To'.uves. the rer..a'r.lfi!? f.'.CO to le p".id tl the rate of 10 coin a day (to be remitted ir.i nthly). A beautiful ;iij-,e-suvirrs 1,-ink w.ll be sent with the bo Vs. in which the dire may be de pi .si.ed each day. Th? eJaien is priutfsi fnrni new, lare type on a fine quality of paper, and is Bironidy bound in heavy mtnIH.i pa p?r covers, which witb proier enre ill last fr years. Ikar la mirs 1 tlmt the ectlre 0 volmuus rc delivered to your advlrcij, with all charges paid to say part of Ihe Cuftrd States. This iss special offor m ids to the readers of TIIE WEEKLY SENTINEL and will remain open for a limited timo only. Cut ThU Out and S?tr1 to W2IXLY SENTINEL.

l'lmn iÖHeV t m the eutlre tot of 2) 1pcrlbd, tiReth r with Tonr Dime 3TiniT.i Ha'i. rewil l'J ci at. a tlay trtiu'itUuj the luouilily) Name PostoiIIce (bounty. State G ORB A It.'W anil rotopU; Trehtmeiit, cmi-e-tnif of FCI'i'Osri'UUlP.S, CniwuliM" of tHutTueut bii 1 tu l'.ixe.s ol (UnuacLt. A r.ever-fuli:.f Cur tor Pü.'i cf every nature anj ler'fte. It iniifcef an cperatvm th the knife or Inject ioitf of carbolic acid, which ere pniaiul end xeliium a i nuanuul 1 urn. uinl ofti a ' ruuitiit iu ieti'.li, uuu c-eejar y. Why endu'4 this irmaio dieise? W guarant O bouf to uur rncil. to" only iny fur lieueuto recei vl. i a tiu&, C lor t3. OiiüiikUu lisueil by our aeents. CONSTIPATION the KTWit MVFR nn,l STUM ('li KFuUUTUK and UA)01l i L Uli-IIH. M-u:.ll, luilU iin i .ten.iut U t(K, enpeelttily Kviapted for children' use. WLwi Vi eeius. Ii L' AHANTEI.3 issuJ oniy ly . BUOWN1NG A bOS, Agoot., IndUnai oUt. iff I r. D H l ioiriD Biorf-annooo a AM) now TO A1TA1N IT. I Ar.iJIeaI-ork ttiat tell the eum n. dencrlN thei ffe !. iMilTit tlipreinoily. belutit ifleally t fcr , most vuiii!ule, ai tislleU.v the mt U-autitul (lneillr! l.-iNik eer putllnhed; f6 pa:.", ptitjt 11 .11; 9 tteuririrf a Lnlf-loiie ilUKrpt.tin In tlnm. i Suiijreirelc1 : Nertit) DeiitlHr. Iiiipotenrv, S(nUfr, Li'tilopnint, VarliH!, Tue Bu- , üin.i, liioüe inteuilli'K Itnrn.iK, eto. iiry nun vosui Irtimr th Urnnd TVuffc. ifJU" i'.'iiin r. (in old UrcrttM and Xfie Uiscrrri-- of ilräiprl Fcienr o rnpdfil to Jfur- ' ria i.trr, ftn v i-ifci iron Jnr ,wr Jowt on i onurf fntrr r,i"e.W, fcoil vri' fur IM v osiyi:n 1. litk.k j.ook. It wi'.l tie oii fr'(, uuJcr pnl. wuiia theeUP itlnn I.mU. A(!i1rriwlh piiMtal.er. Uttr. IKI1ICAL ().. Ilulfulo. N.V. Barrys tricqfherous M ,-7 r UK IHt An elrr"t i're.Iiut, rrrTfrti V-, . ....1,-1. .hl ..rlmt P!,:'; Vi Kl.-lllt-l!"lrF''!ll!ct J",fu yr-.Z7 I tirvriuitltnliTii1 il'.ru-r ei ire "klu. ni-.i)eu .litu iT, iTuin"? e.vl ' praioa. AllilrurcUUurtiy ujjII Ovci. 4 ttiae..V. PATENTS TilOMAS T. SIMI-SON. Whln;t n. It. t. t l'' ! mini i'aieul ottalotd. Utile lor lj vaDlor'f Uaii.

1 f v "? '1 V;WT.ic

3! Little Witch t Bubble, tnbble, boiler bubble, Washing day brings lots of trouble I" $ Ziffle mtcht o -. u4i uuiuca tue black ss night, It will wash them pure r ad while.' HOME HAPPY Tf.lurae of rtTie,l rncTolor-s-li Iritanatea, at tbora for which I iuclosi : It .ll-. and iurlhar agr U uutd tu reiaiaius 3 i lull paiX tsCIIOOr AM) COLLEGES. m'SHlESS UHIVEQSITW 5. TfCk. fjL, Vhfi C!i--t, tp. F:rt.f. Z2Z3 I CT:r.V, mrils at! ?rcirUtcm. ONLY COMTLETE BUSINHSS. SHORTHAND anu Tvpe writ ins School. F.levator for day and niht itudent. Graduate assisted to positions. Thoi.a l.'J. Call or write for full laformaticn. Now is the U?st lime to Enter. .ATclerapS Ccsra.or's VVO1.K 13 Pti" A3 ANT. j -V: sJ . PV r"tf j 0d .-r r an4 '--ulji to tbe nr. v, e t-ca 11 rtoerrinilimt f 1 vmj,h i-nfi,a Railroad tr. T Iiiht. Oiwrmnr. r in irrr t"i .7C v 'i " Klientin'! School Of Tp leeraphj. leuiaa. t ru fcor cirt-uin. CflKER3 PERHAfiENfLY CURED. No knife, an aoiji, oortc.tlc, i pain. Brthr 1 pitioi et our emocr ruri, we n)l failbfa If fuarar.ic ranrcr tl eun:e out h roU, luring porniaiiin t curn. 1.' It fa Is m,k a:" Urit, roper. y att-Usl, anJ I fill rtuiid in -r. l-ric of rem 1 y Ith iltrrclieo. for .K-trrlmtut In a iTmin , t. Pettrit cwncvr loinuioly when nrJvrlig. 1 refer to any lrLk er iix'j.pa, r in i:,it . JOHN U. 11 eliljs, box 5S. Eutaw. Ala. WEAK MEN ITANT Itl.LlrT. Ore In IS tu -NVver T.-t i H i. Illlnl (M-.-l) Crt C to ray Irliuw Irrt-rs prM rip'. ! ui ;i r fc wuil r,k r. p.inn. A UM cure for r'nuMii. I-o-t Mnfi'od.rnriu liiil!tr. in.-erelr tp A 1,'r- . VTy 'trrt't ?ot Mot VT '.1 tJ Tro '1 vu'iieujjoliui'aejm'kvwp'ivJUJ

Si,

? Jsr