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LIVES WORTH LIVING
THOSE THAT LEAD TO AN EXISTENCE
THAT NEVER ENDS.
Rev. Dr. Talmagc Discusses a Topic of Uni-
versal Interest—«An Optimistic and En-
couraging Sermonwl‘v'auted Lives and
Useful Lives—Gate to Paradise.
BROOKLYN, July 22.—-Rcv. Dr. Talmage,
who is nowtonring in [iieAnstralian cities,
has chosen as the subject for today's ser-
mon through the press "Worth Living.”
the text being taken from Lamentations
iii. 80, “Wherefore doth a living man
complaint"
If we leave to the evolutionists to guess
where we came from and to the theologians
to prophesy where we are going to, we still
have left for consideration the important
fact that we are here. There may be
some doubt about where the river rises
and some doubt about where the river
empties. but there can be no doubt about
the fact that we are sailing on it. so I am
not surprised that everybody asks the
question, “Is life worth living?” '
Solomon in his unhappy moments says
it is not. “Vanity,” “vexatlon of spirit."
“no good," are his estimate. The fact is
that Solomon was at one time a polyg-
amist, and that soured his disposition.
One wife makes a man happy; more than
one makes him wretched. But Solomon
was converted from polygamy to monog-
amy, and the last Words he ever wrote.
as faraswe can read them, were the words.
“Mountains of spices. ” But Jeremiah
says in my text life is worth living.
In a book supposed to be dolcful and
lugubrious and sepulchral and entitled
“Lamentations" he plainly intimates that
the blessing of merely living is so great
and grand a blessing that though a man
have piled on him all misfortunes and dis-
asters be has no right to complain. The
author of my text cries out in startling
intonation to all lands and to all centuries,
“Wherefore doth a living mun complaint"
A diversity of opinion in our timesaswell
as in olden time. Herclsa young man of
light hair and blue eyes and sound diges-
tion and generous salary and happily affl-
anced and on the way to become a partner
in a commercial firm of which he is an
important clerk. Ask him whether life is
' worth living. He will laugh in your face
and say, “Yes, yes, yes!" Here is nman
who has come to the forties. lie is at the
tiptop of the hill of life. Every step has
been a stumble and a bruise. The people
be trusted have turned out dosertors, and
the money he has honestly made he has
been cheated out of. His nerves are out of
time. He has apoor appetite, and all the
food he does out does not assimilate. For-
ty miles climbing up the hill of life have
been to him likoclimbing tho Matterhorn.
and them are iilmllcs yet to go down, and
descent is always more damzcrous than
ascent. Ask him whether llfo is worth
living. and ho will ilrnwl out in shivering
and lugubrious and appalling ncgatlvo.
“No, no, no!"
How am we to decide. this matter right-
eously and intelligently? You will timl
the some mun vnclllnting. oscillating in
his opinion from dcjcciion to cxubcrancc,
and if he be very mercurial in his temper-
amcnt it will dcpcnd very much upon
which way the wind blows. If the wind
blow from tho northwest», and you ask
him, he will say “Yes," and if it. blow
from the. northeast, aml .you ask him, ho
will say "No. " How are we, then, to get
the question righteously answered? b‘np-
poso wccnll all nations together-in a great
convention on custcrn or western hcmi-
sphercand let all those who are in the al-
ilrnmtivo say "Aye" and all those who
are in tho ncgntiVo any “X o."
While there would be hundreds of thou-
sands who Would answer in tho aillrm-
ativo there Would be more millions who
would niiswcr in the negative, and be-
cause of thc groutcr numbcr who have sot“
row and misfortune and trouble the
“nocs” would have it». The answer I
shall give will be ditl'crcnt from either,
and yet it will conuncnd itself to all who
hcur me this day as tho right answer. if
you ask Inc, "Is life worth living?" I an-
swci‘. it all dcpcnds upon the kind of life
you IlVi‘.
A Life of Avnricc.
In the first plncc, I remark tlmtn llfo of
more inoncy uciiing is always a failure.
because you will never getns much as you
want. The poorest peopln in this country
are the richcst and next to them those
who are half as rich. There is not a scls.
filll‘ti grinder on tho streets of New York or
linmklyn who is so anxious to mako
moncyas those men who have piled up
fortunes your after ycnr in stonihousca, in
goVi-rmncnt sccurliicsdu tcncnu-nt houses,
in whole city blocks. You ought to son
thcm jumpwhcn they hear the iirobcll
ring. You ought to may thcm in their cx‘
clicmcut when some bunk cxplmlcs. You
ought to scc lhclr agitation when thorn in
proposcda reformation in the tariff. 'l'hcir
nerves tremble llko burp strings, but no
music in the vibration. 'l‘hcy rcad tho
ncportn from Wall street in tho morning
with a conccrumcnt that threatens paraly-
at» or apoplcxy, or more probably they
have n tclcgmph or a telephone in their
own house. so they catch every breath of
change in the moucy market. The dist-mic
of accumulation has eaten Into them-—
eaten into their heart, lntotbcir lungs,
into their opium. into their liver. into
their luau-s.
Chemists have munctimea attained the
human body, and they any it in so much
magnesia, so much time. so much chlorate
of potassium. if some Christian chemist
would analyze one of these financial beho-
moth», hoWould ilnd he is made up of cop»
per and gold and silver and zinc and lead
and coal and iron. That in not a life Worth
living. There are too many earthquakes in
It; two many agonies in it; too many per-
dltlons in it. They lmild their castles.
and they open thcir picture galleries. and
they summon prima dammit, and they offer
every inducement furliappinessto coma
and live there. but happiness will not
come.
They send footmanned‘aml wistillloned
cqulpagc to bring her. She will not ride
to their door. They send princely cscort.
She will not take their arm. They make
their gntewaystrlumphal arches. She will
not this under them. They set a golden
throne before a golden plate. Sim turns
away from the banquet. They call to her
from upholstered balcony. She will not
listen. Mark you, this is the failure of
those who have had large manmuiotion.
And then you must take into consider!»
tion that the vast majority of them who
mate the demon-at idea of his my
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presidential campaign will be the two
men nominated for the presidency. The
rem-mire of abuse and diatribe and male-
diction will gradually illl up, gallon aboVo
gallon. hcgslzcod above hogshead. and
about autumn those two nrservoirs will be
brimming full. and a base will be attached
to each one. and it Will play awayon these
nominees, nn-l t vy ‘..ill have to stand it
and take the abuse, and the falsehood. and
the caricature. lanai the anathema: and tho
catcrwaullug, uiul ilcv filth, and they will
bcl‘olh'd in it and mm over and over in
it until they are cholmi and submerged
and strangulated, and at every sign of re-
turning consciousness they will be barked
at by all the bounds of political parties
from ocean to ocean. And yet there area
hundred men today struggling for that
privilege. and there are thousands of men
who are helping them in the struggle.
Now, that is not a life worth living. You
can get slnndored and abused cheaper than
that. Take it on a smaller scale. Do not
be so ambitions to have a whole reservoir
rolled over on you. But what you ace in
the matter of high political prefermont
you see in every community in the strug-
gle for what is called social position.
‘ Social Ambitions.
Tens of thouzsinds of people trying to
get into that realm, and they are under
terrific tension. What is social position?
It is a diiilcult thing to define, but we all
know what it is. Good morals and intelli-
gence are not necessary, but wealth or
the show of wealth is absolutcly indis-
pensable. There are man today as notori-
ous for their llbcrtlnlam as the night is
famous for its darkness who move in what
is called high suclal position. There are
hundreds of out and out rakes in Amer-
ican society whose names are mentioned
among the distinguished guests at the
great levees. They have anncXcd all the
known vices and are longing for other
worlds of diabolism to conquer. Good
morals are not necessary in many of tho
exalted circloe of society.
Neither is intelligence necessary. You
find in that realm men who would not
know an adverb from an adjective if they
met it a hundred times a day, and who
could not write a letter of acceptance or
regrets without the aid of a. secretary.
They buy their libraries by the square
yard, only anxious to have the bindirig
Russian. Their ignorance is positively
sublime. making English grammar al-
most disreputable. And yet the finest par-
lors open before them. Good morals and
intelligence are not necessary, but wealth
or a show of wealth is mltlvcly indispen-
sable. It does not make any diffemncc
how you got your wealth if you only got
it. The best way for you to get into social
position is for you to buy a large amount
on credit. then put your property in your
wife's name, have a fcw prcfcrrcd crcdit'
ms and thou make an assignment. Thcn
disappear from the community until the
lll‘t‘i'fl.‘ is over, and thcn come back and
start in the some business. Do you not
Fi'u how beautifully that will put out all
the pcoplo who are in competition with
you and trying to make an honest living?
How quickly it will not you into high
social positionl What is the use of 40 or
in) years of hard Work when you can by
two or thrco bright strokes mnkc a great
foriuncfl Ah, my frlcnds. when you rcally
lose your mom-y, how quick thcy will ict
you drop, and the higher you got thc hnrdcr
you will drop,
There are thousands in that realm today
who are anxious to keep it. There are
thousands in that realm who are nervous
for {car they will fall out of it, and there
urn changes golngon cvcry ycnr, and every
month, and every hour which lnvolvc
hour! brcuks that are never reported. High
social life is constantly in a tluttcr about.
the dclicuto question as to whom they
shall lot in and whom they shall push
out. and the battle is going oil—pier inir'
ror against plcr mirror, chnndclicr against
chandelier, winc collar against \vlnc ccllnr,
wardrobe against wardrobe, cuuipngc
against cquipami. l'nccrininiy and insc-
curliy dominant in that realm, wretched-
ncss clithrnncil, torture at a premium, and
a life not. Worth living.
A life of sin. a life of pridc, a life of in
dulgcncc, a. llfouf worlullincss, a lifade.
volcd to thcu'urld, the ill-sh and the devil,
is n iailnrc. a dead t'nilurc, an infinite fail-
ure. I cum not how many prcscnis you
scnt to flint (:l'liill” or how many garlands
you solid to that grow. you nccd to put
rierbt uiuicr tlu- name on tho inillllnfniw
ibis inscription: “licttcr ful‘ that. man if
ho llzul Ill'Vi‘l‘ liccii llill‘ll. ”
llui. I shall show you n llfctbnt is Worth
living. .\ young man says: “l mu hcrc
I am not, rcsponslblo for my unccstry
ilthcrs dcchlcd find. I am not rcspoiihlblo
for my lclnlwrunu-nt. iiod unvc inc that.
lint. born I Hill in tho aficruoou of thc
ninciccutb century at :3!) years of one. 1
mil bcrc. and I must take an account of
stock. Hero l have a body which in a di‘
vincly coimirncicd cngluc. 1 must. put it
to the vcvy bcst uses. and I must allow
nothing to damage this rarest of mnchin~
cry, 'l‘wo fcct, and they tin-nu locomotion,
'i‘wn eyes, and they nicun cupucliy in pick
out my own way. 'i‘wo cars, and they
are tclcphouw. of communicnlion with all
tho outside world. and they mean capacity
to catch swcctcst music. and the voices of
fricndshliwibc very best music. A tongue.
with almost infinity of articulation i'ca,
hands with which to wviconu- or rcsiat or
“it or audio or wave or blcssMbnnds to
help myaclf and help otln-rs.
Opportunities.
“Hero is a World which uftcrixnoo ycuts
of battling with icons-st and accident l'l
atlli grander than any architect. human
or ungclic, could have draft-ii. l huvo
two lumps to light. inc—«n goldcn lamp
and a silver lamp, agoldcn inmpm on tho
sapphire mantel of tho day, a all"? lump
not on the ,ch mantel of the night. Yea. I
have that at to ycum of ago which defies
all inventory of valuableswn soul. Willi
capacity to choose or reject, to rejoice or
to sum-r. to love or to hate. Pinto says it
is immortal. Barium says it is immortal.
Confucius says it in lmnuirtal.
“An old book among the family roller, a
book with lcathern cover ninumt worn (hit
and pages almost obliterated by oft perusal.
joins the other lamina In saying [am im-
mortal. l have no years for n lift-time. on
years yet to live. i may not live an hour.
but than I must lay out my plans intelli-
gently and for a long life. Sixty years
added to the 20 l have already lived, that
will bring me to 80. I must n-mcmber
that these 80 years are only a brief preface
to the five hundred thousand millions of
quintillions of years which will be my Chit“
residence and existence. Now 1 under-
stand my opportunities and my respond
bililics.
“it therein any heingln the universe
all wt and all Walloon: who can hell! I!
man lunch a structure. I want him. The
old hick found among the family miles
new . we “a can
ll sun, one com; o
‘l‘o‘hfiv‘i’upphl.
must have swept and garnished and lilo-e
minedaud glorified byall that I condo for
it and all that! cangetGod todoforit. It
shall he a Linemburg of fine pictures. It
shall be an ‘orcbcstra of grand harmonics.
It shall be a palace for God and righteous“
nose to reign in. I wonder how many kind
words I can utter in the next 60 years. I
wiiltry. I wonder how many good deeds!
can do in the next 60 years. 1 will try.
God help me!"
That young man enters life. He is buf-
feted; hc is tried; ho is perplexed. A grave
opens on this side. and a grave opens on
that side. He falls, but he risen again.
He gets into a hard battle. but he gets the
victory The main course of his life is in
the right direction. He blesses everybody
he comes in contact with. God forgives
his mistakes and makes everlasting record
of his holy endeavors, and at the close of
it God says to him, "Well done, good and
faithful servant; enter into the joys of thy
Lord.” My brother, my sister, I do not
care whether that man dies at 80. 40, 50,
60, 70 or 80 years of age. You can chisel
right under his name on the tombstone
those words: “ills life was w ' h living."
Amid the hills of New H psblre in
olden times there sitsamother. There are
six children in the household—four boys
and two girls. Small farm. Very rough,
hard work to com: a living out of it.
Mighty tugs to make the two ends of the
year meet. The boys go to school in win-
ter and work the farm in summer. Moth-
er is the chief presiding spirit. With her
hands she knits all the stockings for the
little feet. and she is the mantua maker
for the boys. and she is the milliner for
the girls. There is only one musical in:
strument in tho house—tho spinning
wheel. The food is very plain, but it is
always _Wcll provided. The winters are
very cold. but are kept out by the blankets
she quilted. On Sunday when she appears
in the village church, her children around
her, the minister looks down and is re«
minded of the Bible description of a good
housewife: “licr children arise up and
call her blessed. Her husband also, and
he praiseth her. ”
Some years go by, and the two eldest
boys want a collegiate education, and the
household economies are scvcrer. and the
calculations are closer, and until those two
boys get their education there is a hard
battle for bread. One of these boys enters
the university, stands in a pulpit widely
influential and preaches righteousness,
judgment and temperance, and thousands
during his ministry are blessed. The other
lad who got the collegiate education goes
into the law, and thence into legislative
halls, and after awhile he commands lis-
tening scuatcs as he makes a plea for the
ntroddcn and the outcast. One of the
ngcr boys bccomos a merchant. start
It at the foot, of tho ladder, but climbing
on up until his success and his philantlm'r
pics are rccognlzcd all over tbolnnd. ’l‘hc
othcr son stays at home lici‘nusc he prefers
arming bio, and ibcn he thinks he will
be able to take care. of father and mothcr
wbcn they get old.
A Grand Life.
0f the two dunghicrs, \vhcn the war
broke out, one “'cut through the hospitals
of I'litsburg Lanillngund Fortress Monroe.
chm-ring up the dying and homesick and
taking the hint nu-ssnuc to klndrcd far
away. so that. cvery limo ('brlst thought
of her he sold. as of old. "'l‘hc some is my
sister and mother." The otbcr daughter
has a bright homo of hcr own, and in the
afternoon of thc fonuoon whcn she has
been dcvotcd to hcr boom-hold silo goes
forth to hunt up the sick and to encourage
the discouraged, lcaving smiles and bone.
diction all along the way.
But one day there start five telegrams
from the village for thcsu fivc absent once,
saying. “Conic; motherisdnngcmusly ill."
lint before they can be rcndy to start they
rcccivo unothcr tclcgrnin. saying, "(‘omc;
mother is (loud. " 'i‘hcold ncighbors gather
in the old farmhouse to do the last olllccs
of rcspcct. lint as that farming son, and
the, clcrgynmn, and the senator, and the
merchant, and thotyvo duugbtcrs stand by
the casket of the dead moihcr taking tho
last look or lifting their little children to
Boo once tnorc tho the film of dear old
grandma I wont to ask that group around
the i‘ilnlil‘b one qlll'slliiii, "lloyou really
think hcr life was worth living?" A lifo
for (ind, a life forothcrs. n “in of unselfish
Ill'So', a uscfnl liic, a Christian life, is al-
ways worth living.
lwould not find it hard topcrsundo you
that thc poor ind l‘cicr i‘oopcr. making
glue fora living and thcnulnussingnlzn‘nt
fortunc until he could build a philmr
fliropy which has had its who in lUJIUU
pliilunihrupim all over the country—I
would not find it hard to persuade you
that his “to was worth living. Neither
Would I illlll it hard to pcrsnndo you that
thc lilo of Susannah \l'cslcy was worth
living. r-‘ho soul. out one son to organize
Mcthmlium and tho otbcr soil to bring his
authcma all through the once. lwould
not find it hard Work to persuade you
that the life of Franccs Loci-o was Worth
living, as aha established in England a
school for tbcacicutilic nursingof the sick
and then when the war brokoont bctwccn
Franco aml iicriuany Went to the front,
and with her own hands scraped the mud
off the bodice of tho Milillom dying in the
trenches. with ,hcr wcuk arm, standing
one night in the hospital, pushing back
a (loriuan soldier to bin couch as. all fren-
zied with his wounds. he rnabcd toward
the door and mid: “is-t inc gol Let me
go to my 'llcbo mutter. " Major gciwralll
standing back to lct pass this angel of
many.
Neither Would I have hard wurk to per-
suade you that iimco Darling lived a life
worth living, the heroine of tho lifclmat.
You are not wondering that the Duchess
of Northumlwrlund came to ace her, and
that pmplo of all lands asked for her
lighthouse, and that the proprietor of the
Adelphl theater in London offeml her “00
anight just to sit in tho lifeboat while
some shipwreck scene was being enacted.
flat 1 know the thought in the minds
of hundreds who read this. You say,
"While 1 know all those lived lives Worth
living, I don't think my life amounts to
much." Ah. my friend. whether you
live a life conspicuous or inconspicuous it
is worth living if you live alright. And 1
want my next senwnco to go down into
the depths of all your wills. You are to
bcmwardcd not awarding to the great
mess of your work, but according to the
holy industries with which you outplayed
the talents you really mm. 1. The ma»
Jority of the crowns of brow-n will not be
given to people with in talmts. for most
of them were tempted only to serve them-
selves. The vast majority of the camps of
one talent. but gave it all to God. And
remember that our llfo here is introduce
tory to another. it ls the vestibule too
see. But who amines the door at the
claim W there are grander
cries all in? Your life, if rightly
nelson ,mbcrcfmeternslmo,
wm‘mau their“ notch! flirdl'l
heaven will be giwn mpeopln who had‘
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Baby Carriages,
FROM $5 P.
Large assortment of Oak Bed-r00 Suits, Sideboards, Ex-
tehsion Tables, Fancy Chairs and Patio F‘umiture all bottom
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