THE MILESTONES Of LIFE Or. Talmaxe Tell* of tfce Dolle* and Trial* Which Beloof to tke Different Decades.

ttess.- , siJns. , a e Ur*! What • word »u«e*tire of triumiih or diaaitrr!

Ad rice t* the TwwtWs—Th* Waftlaj If

—Th* Last fUrta

WashinOtok.D. C—From an unuiual lUndpomt Dr. Talmas* !» ‘hi* diacour* Look* at lh« dutic, and trial, which loss to U>* different dr.-adra of hut

are three*.-ore yrara and ten."

sot all a*tray. . write it down ar

srw.r.i't i-rJSrrx- -•—•- •*— —ruta the paat. If in

. SR*.. 1

year* are

The serenticlh milestone of life U here Tdanted aa at the end of the Journey. A lew eo beyond it. Multitude* never re*ch it. The o!de*t person of modem Ume* expired »t 108 year*. A Cl reek of the name of Strarande lived to 132 year*. An Engliahman of the came of Thomtta Parr lived 132 year*. Before the time of Mo*e* people lived 130 yean, and if you;go far enough back they lived 800 yean. Well, that waa Decenary, became the »tory 0 ‘ the world muat come down by tradition, and it needed long life wifely to tranamit the new* of the paat. If the generation* had been abort heed Uie atory would *o often hare changed lipa that it might have

xay. But after Moser began to a and parchment told it from

entury it •

, , live ao Ion

thentirate the erenla — _ _ our time people lived only twenty-five yean, that would not affect history, since it i* put in print and ia no longer dependent on tradition. Whatever your age, I will to-day direcUy address you, and I that! apeak to those who are in tbe twenties. the thirties, the forties, the fiftiea, the sixties, and to those who are in tbe

seventies and beyond.

First, then, I accost those of you who are ij the twenties. You are full of expect* twin. You are ambitioui—that ia, if you amount to anything—for tome kind of success, commercial or mechanical or professional or literary or agricultural or social or moral. If I find some one in the twenties without any aort of ambition, I fed like saying, "My friend, you have got on the wrong planet. This is not the world for you. You are going to be in the way. Have you made your choice of poorhousaa? You will never be able to pay foi your cradle. Who ia going to settle for your board? There ia a mistake about tb* fact that you were bora at all." But, supposing you have ambitipn, let

i.

good or bad. Alexander tbe Great doted hi* career at thirty-two* Frederick the Great made Europe tremble with hia armies at thirty-five; Cortea conquhred Mexico at thirty; Grant sought Shiloh and Donetion wlicn thirty-eight; Raphael died et thirty-eeven; Luther waa the hero of tke reformation at thirty-five; Sir Philip " dney got through by thirty-two. The eatest deeds for God and against Him ere done within the thirties, and your greatest battles are now and between tbe time when you e*a»e expressing your age by putting firat a figure 2 and tbe time when you will cease expressing it by putting firat a figure 3. As it i* the greatest time of the straggle. I adjure you, in God's name and by God’s grace, make it the greatest achievement. My prayer is for all those in the tremendoua crisis of the thirties. Tbe fset is that by the way you decide th* present decade of your history you decide all the following decades. Next I accost the iortie*. Your* is the decade of discovery. I do not mean the

discovery of tbe

supposing you have a t» all the twenties, e

• dii

thing through divme manipulation, and thing ^better. Arc you looking for wealth? Well, remember that God control* the manefr markets, the harvests, the drouj

the caterp - ’ the storm, get wealtl

stored up in the banks.

in United States securities, in —_

r clothing and board and

droughts, sunshine.

i. the land, the sea. and you will God and the — h. Perhaps uot that which is' forties ought to eclipse all its predecessors > in the banks, in safe deposits, in worship, in usefulness and in happiness. 1 States securities, in houses and Tbe world was made to work. Thera re-

inineth a rot for^the jieople of God, but

ds, but your clothing and board ai

lurcc. and you

A* it Urn

lolute

a amount^

,JCt it front

pend on any other resoo . . DO badly chagrined, but dipend on God and all will ba well. It is a good thing in tbe crisis of life to have a roan of large means back you up. It is a great thing to have a moneyed institution *t*n< hind vou in your undertaking. Bat it mightier thing to have the God of hi and earth your coadjutor, and you may haV* Him. I am ao glad that I met you while you are in the twenties. You are laying out your plane, and all your life it. this world and tbe next for S00 million years of your existence will be affected by thoac plans. It is about 8 o'clock in tbe morning of your life, and you are just starting out. Which way are you going

to start? Ob. the twenties!

"Twenty" ia a great word in the B:b.e. Joseph was sold for twenty piece* of niltrer; Satnaon judged Israel twenty yeaia; Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities; tbe flying roll that Zechariah saw was twenty cubits; when the sailors of the ship on which Paul sailed sounded the Mediterranean Sea. it was twenty fathom*. What mighty things have been done in the twenties! Romulus founded Rome when he waa twenty; Keats finished life at twenty-five. Lafayette was a world renowned soldiei at twenty-three; Oberlin accomplished his chief work at twentyseven; Bonaparte was victor over Italy at twenty-six; Pitt waa prime minister of

Kngland at twenty-two: Cali plcted hia immortal "Institc time he whs twenty-aix; Grx

tarney general at twenty-four. Some the mightiest thing* for God and eternity have teen done in the twenties. Aa long aa you can-puf-the figure 2 before the other figure that help* describe your age I hare high hopes about him. Look out tor that figure 2. Watch it* continuance with as much earneatnees as you ever watched anything that" promised you salvation or threatened you demolition. What a criti-

cal time—tbe twenties.

Whil* they continue you decide your occupation and the principle* by which you will be guided; you make your moat abiding friendships; you arrange your home hfh; you fix your habits. Lord God Al- . mighty, for Jesus Christ'* aalte, have mercy on all tbe men and women in tbe Kett I accost those in the thirties. Yon are at an age when you find what a tough thing it is to get recognized and eaUbabutter the sign of phvjician or dcn^iA or attorney or broker or agent and you would have plenty of business. How many hours you sat and waited for burinesa, and waited m vaia. three persons only know— God, your wife and yourself. In eommereial lH* you have not had ibe promotion •ad the increase in salary yon anticipated, sE^ytstseii? —

i had comes" by the

timates himself, learned what he i

not mean tbe it the dieeovery

r* himself until

eslimatea or underes-

By that time ba has

ad do or what he cannot

rhat he can do or what be cannot do. He thought he had commercial genius enough to become a millionaire, but near he ia satisfied to make a comfortable living. He thought be had rhetorical power that would bring him into the United States Senate: now be is content if he can auccessfully argue a common case before a petit jury. He thought he had medical skill that would make him a Mott or a

Willard Parker or a Sima;

ailment* that afflict dur race. He was sailing on in a fog and could not take a reckoning, but now it clean up enough to allow him to find out hia real latitude and longitude. He has been climbing, but now ba bis got to tbe top of tbe hill, and he takes a long breath. He ia half way throngh the journey at least, and he i* in a position to look backward or forward. He ha*

of it, and he has met so many gracious and kindly and vplendid souls be also knows the good aide of it. Now, calm younelf. Thank God for the past and deliberately set your coropaaa for another

vo v age.

You have ebaaed enough thistledown; vou have blown enough soap bubbles; you have seen the unsatisfying nature of all earthly things. Open a new chapter with God and the world. Thia decade of the

' to eclipse all i

TOE SABBATH SCHOOL Inteniallona! Lesson Com.nents For

Febnury 2.

Subject: The First PcrMcatloa. Acts !r.. 1-22 —OoMea Text. AcU lv., 12-Mewary V«r**» M4— CowBcalary

aa the Day’s Less**.

1. "A* they spake." Peter addressed one .ortion of the multitude while John epake to the others. That a great crowd had

il ia certain from the large number

erta. V. 4. ^The pricita." Those belonging to some of the twenty-four coarse* among whom the temple services were divided. 1 Chron. 24: 1-1B; 2 Chron. 23: 8. These were tbe persons who had ahown such hatred toward Christ from the beginning. "Captain.” Not a miliiry officer, but one who bad charge of he guard of priest* and Levites, who

ratebed the temple at night.

2. “Being grieved." "Sore troubled."— R. Y. Tbe pnesta believed in the doctrine of the resurrection, but to have it preached through Jesus brought Hia blood upon

them, tint* they nut Him to death.

3. "Laid Danes on than." The language implies actual violence. "In bold." A sort'of “house of detention," for the Jews never punished by imprisonment aa the Romans did. "Peter had an opportunity to reflect on the word*, ‘Lord. I am — ’f to go with The*—into prison.’" J 22: S3. “Next day.” It was now too late to assemble the Sanhedrin, as that body could not sit lawfully except by dayligh:. "Eventide." "Tide” mean* “time.” The Jews had two evening*. One began at 3 o’clock and the other at t o'clock. Peter and John entered tbe tem-

ple courts at 3 o’clock, the b

and the proceeding c#ied three hours.

4. "Many believed." Persecution did not prevent tbe truth from prevailing, but it developed courage and energy and made known to the world the noble qualities which Chriatianily had implanted, and caused the atory of tbe Saviour. His life, resurrection, lovs, power and Meaaiahahip to be proclaimed all over the land. "Num- " to be.”—R. V. The hi

nearly 2000 since the

5. ’’Rulers, elders, eml a regular meeting of the f ruler* were the chief prii the elder* were he were teachers of the law.

— Caiaphas." An

i a rest for the people of God, but Known, dus n is certain xnai racy ’

pi IA

o'clock in the evening, but some of you camp at 2 o'clock in

iTU

scopes, inc miutary one of the greatest ba battle of Waterloo—' o'clock in the propose to go the afternoon. My subject next aceosu those in the aei - Utica and beyond. My word to them ia congratulation. You have got nearly if not quite through. You have safely crossed the tea ok life and are about to enter tbe harbor. You have fought at Gettysburg, and tbe war is over—here and there a akirmiah with the remaining sin of your own heart and the sin of the world, but I guess you are about done. There may be tome 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 hia oratorio, “The Great" year* of age. Isocrates c best work at seventy-four. Plato busy thinking for all succeeding centuries at eighty-one. Noah Webster, after making hia world renowned dictionary, hard at work until eigbty-five yoars old. Rev. Daniel Waldo pravin* in Ay pnlpit at 100 yean of ace. Humboldt producing the immortal ' Cosmos" at seventy-six years. William Blake at sixty-seven learning Itallian ao aa to read Dante in the original.

without spectacles, reading in my house "Thantapoeia" at eighty-three years of age. Christian men and women in all depart-

it* serving God after becoming aeptuairians -aud nonagenarians prove that

vs are* possibilities of work for_ the

aged, but I think you who are pi seventies are near being throngh. How do you feel about it? Yon be jubilant, bee

it it? Yon ought to fe is a tremend

got through

like people toward the close o^a* day seated on the rocks watching the «unset at Bar Harbor of Caps May or Lookout Mountain. I am glad to say that most old Christiana are cheerful. Daniel Webster visited John Adam* a short time before his death and found him in very infirm health. He eaid to Mr. Adams: ‘T am glad to see you. T hope you i — along pretty well." Tbe reply .—, quite the contrary. I find I am a peer ..mt, occupying a bouse much shattered by time. It sways and trembles with every wind, and what is worse, sir, the landlord, aa near as I can make out, does not intend

to make miy repair*."

does not int

to her phjaieian

and the doc-

of the farm with which yon expected to

" and those depaw flag on

,1 — interest on th* morti than you anticipated, down, or special ex-

fife is th/thlrtfce, ■eneraliy ao far behind the ai Ttis very rare indeed that » sight wh» — — — Siir.ssES’S.rar Ur of gratitude that I ought to

you and to pay the interest on the gage has been far leas than you anticipated, or th* price# were down, or special exnaaues for sickness made drafU on your rethat you could not hare expected.

*- the hardest decade of

are

j*"vety~rare indeed that a young man ^t“h^f b^emuu'to »*“end* aaid. ”1 e been ao marvelously prqeperud twee

and tolf him of her ailmenU, anA the'doctor aaid: “What would you have me do. madam ? I cannot make you young again." She replied: "1 know that, Awtor. What I want you to do is to help me to grow old a little longqr." 'The young men have their troubles before them; the old have their troubles behind them. Yon have got about all out of this earth that there is in it. Be glad that you, aa aged servant of God, *qt going to try another Kfe and back and lookahead.' 4 ' (f*ye in the seventies and eighties and the nlnetiaa, your beat day* are yet to come, your grandest associations are yet to be formed, your beet eyesight is yet to be kindled, your beat hearing is yet to be awakened, your greatest speed is yet to be traveled, your gladdest song is yet to he sung. The mos!

friends have

merchants, young farmer.. £IS

of your men and you nre

very soon, are wateb-

nends have gone over 1

fng the guSnaLire to see you land; they ar* watching the ahhnng gate to see you come through; they are standing by the

throne to eee you mount.

What a Mad hour when you drop the staff and tab the eccpUr, when yen quit the stiff cnee joint* and become aa natnor

tal athlete! But hear. I Intent to *11 people, -w] SJA?® ““

Bat th*

PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Character Is perfectly well educated will.—Novalla He ia poor whose expenses exceed ils income.—Bruyerc. Levity In behavior ia the bane of all that Is good and virtuous.—Seneca. A life spent worthily should be measured by deeds, not years.—Sheridan. Sense, brevity and point arc tbe elements of a good proverb.—Tryon Edwards. Politics is the art of being wise for others—policy of being wise for self. —Bulwer. To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.— Rochefoucauld. Genuine benevolence is not stationary. but peripatetic; it goes about doing good.—W. Kevins. I .aw and equity are two things that God hath Joined together, but which man has put asunder. -Colton. The best way to do good to ouraeives is to do it to others; the right way to gather is to scatter.—Richter. Aa orator or author Is never successful till he has learned to make bis words smaller than his ideas.—Emerm. The one who woiks all day gets more out of life than he who began and finished in an hour. Compensation is more than wages. The satisfaction of having done something Is more than all else.—Presbyterian Journalism.

6. "Al

”—R. V. The

of families;

been deposed from the

priest by the Roman*. son-in-law. was made high priest But tbe Jews regarded Ana** i

__nnas office of the high and Caiaphas. his <h priest by them.

astirally their high priest. He waa —— * the J

eedesi-

_ , raa the

moat influential person among the Jen at thia time. Our Lord waa taken before Annas firat. John 18: 13. "John and Alexander.” Who these were ia not

known, but it ia certain that they

' influence.

- ' "it." They plat

. . lire of the Sanbedrii

which aat in a serai-circle. '

Power ia force, rhat magical not

teeoatal spirit how'dwel

¥M&mm Pl 2F "B* it known." The testimony which Peter would give before the Sanhedrin he would delight to publiah to all Israel, and thus exalt the name of Christ. He could preach with aa much freedom in ‘ tftr r 1 ”.

Nazareth.

2? WoK.ra wrought in the of Jean*; not by repeating it « a

e oav-ujur: t-nnsi. lac jucxsian; ene, the despised.” “Whom ye A* an imposter. "Whom God Thus putting to naught man’s

11. "Set at naught of you huildera.” By your rejection and crucifixion of Jesus Christ yon hare fulfilled one of your c— prophecies (Psalm 118: 22); and aa part i* literally fulfilled ye may rest _ sored tbe other shall be. "Tins allusion to the prophecy about th* cornerstone it brief, because they were supposed to he familiar with it. Peter was assured that they most remember to hare heard it

than onoe from the bps of Jeans.”

12. "Solvation." Hit ia tha onlr atoning blood, and Hit the only arm that < save. "Name." Nam* stands for Ja Grist Himself, and there ia in Him * dom. power, love, divineness; jus! ai man’s name to a note stands for ali a man ia, and has; hia property, cboracter, ability, integrity. "Among men.” It i* a aal”■’^0 tor humanity. "We.” The apos•rere not defender* of them**hre»; but ly, truthful, tmoomproaiiaing wit-

la to Jaaoa and the resurrection.

"Boldness." This speech was a

greater n *

Ssri

— of this speech and the before the resurrection, and tell what has happened. In himself the miracle had first been wrought. "And John." We have no record of any word spoken by John, yet bis boldness of speech, no less than Peter’*, wet observed by the council. 14. *3fan—stand mg.” No longer a helplea cripple. If not apprehended wifB the apoatles, the Sanhedrin being an open his pretence may have been an ex-

n of tit faith and tfaankft'

tion. '"Could aay nothing.” N -tainat the fact, though they were og to own the doctnne which it

i rtrongly to prove.

15. "Go aside." Peter and John, were required to Isare the council chamber while tbe Saabedrin.discusaed what should 16. "Cannot deny it." Every one knew that it was a genuine eaa of healing. 17. "Threaten them." Thia i* what they decided to do in order to atop the now religion, and thia ia th* way the ungodly still endeavor to retard th* prograaa of Chris-

tianity.

18. "Called them.” They were called

back into tbe council chamber.

19. "Judge ye." God required them to •peak; th* council forbade them. Which

ought they to obey? See chap. 5: 38 *T "Cannot but apeak." They not obey their ml are and do right; ■

A GEOLOGICAL FREAK.

Ob* Island felnka VI till* a Neighbor Rises I rom the Sea. the coast tif the peninsula of Southern California Ilea the Island Santa Catalina. The probabliil ■- of Santa Catalina. Tbe probability that it had in comparatively recent times, geologically speakl.qg. been sinking, while the adjacent mainland and at least one other island not far away had been emerging from the ocean was suggested several ycais ago by Professor A. C. I-awson. And now a fresh bit of evidence pointing in the same direction is contributed to Science by William E. Ritter. Professor Lawson had observed a remarkable series of natural terraces along the coast In the immediate vicinity of San Pedro hill which indicated oceanic action at different levels. The highest terraces were believed to have been cut when the land was very much depressed, and the others when it had risen gradually. The island of San Clemente also exhibits the same characteristic. Hence any trained geologist would infer that it had experienced the same fate as tke neighborhood of San Pedro hill, and had come up out of the water at the same time. What led Professor Lawson to suspect that Spnta Catalina had a different (and perhaps older) origin is the fact that its mountain sculpture is singularly in contrast with that of the localities Just

mentioned.

Mr. Riter was engaged last summer In dredging for specimens of ma fine life. His work was carried on in the vicinity of Santa Catalina. While on the north side of the island he brought up a lot of cobblestone*, vary ; In sire from a sparrow's egg to o •.-man head. These came from a depth of 270 feet, anc fishermen have since told him that the shoal on which they were found reaches depth of ifO feet elsewhere. Now these cobmestones are one of the . recognized indications of an old ocean beach. But as they were picked ur nearly a mile from the present shore line. It seems probable that the beach once existed at that distance from the position It now occupies. Herein Mr Ritter finds a partial confirmation of Professor Lawson's theory that Sants Catalina has sunk, while San Pedra hill and San Clemente were rising

from the sea.

ing hun

It app

from King Edward down, is much perover Sir Thomas and the cbal

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