St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-06-19

: man who has false tecth," or ''you wall
very well considering that you are bow
, legged, 'Mr. Brown. you see wonder
| fully well, considering that you are squint.
eyed" Mr.. Cook. you keep your fig
urc straight and youthful, unusually st
for man who wears truss "Deal
Mrs. Law, years make no impression OF
you, shouldn't know that yOu had nj
tered except for your false hair" Sucl
kind commiseration age must receive
but this Is no trial compared with the
feeling that YOU have outlivcd your gen
Grafton. the friends OF your early life are
gone, or retired into the silence of age.
and you are left like withered leaf on
the bou9h, after the cold winds of au-
tumn have twisted all the rest oft. You
are conscious that tine links that bound
you in sympathy with that generation
are broken, and YOU find it very difficult
TO come into sympathy with the new
generation. All is changed, the apple
which you ate i'll boyhood, does not grow
now. honey has lost something OF it.
sweetness. .colors something Of their bright,
ness. music something of its power. dis
tance something Of its greatness, and,
all things are inferior to what they once
were. And then from the top OF the hill
vou look back and all your path i bar
rem. and the hills that you have climbed,
and the thoughts in which you struggled
with temptations-all look 80 cold, 80
dead that you can see nothing green.
Nothing on which the eye rests, gives
comfort. for vUur sins and mistakes seem
piled up behind YOU like great boulder>
covering all the field Of vision. Alas :.
alas looking forward, and backward
the eve of a@e rests on nothing cheering
Unless it falls upon Christ Jesus, and
then his mercy throws a covering over
the past. and opens the door OF hope in
the future Such are the trials peculiar
To agc-anl many more might he nam
cd.
Now fDr few directions. dear reader
when thou come-t to be old.
You will need u dress warmer Your
blood will circulate slower. and not 30
much ON the surface OF the lodv. You
will chill easy. take cold easy. and have
little power 10 resist. tue cold or thJ
changes of tic. weather. Very few old
people dress ~ they should Keep thi-
in mind. Keep artIve-mot under &;
heavy burden OF business or ,.uiie- on You
but enough To- employ YOUR thoughts and
strength. and Vt vuu must not overdo,
the old mill cuunst -riud aS fast nor a>
lonu ~ it once could. Rest when You
are weary. and make business of rest
inc. Don't try 10 he old nor young
There l. no need OF trying the former,
and the latter would be tooling. Don't
dwell on the fear that you are old, eth,
=. =" go. 'i.~"-i''e "a ~ usir,ta. To-
know the fact that you are old. and i
, other people don't knlw ii most likcl,
= they suspect l.. At any rate. TO tall
aboIt it i ike talking about Il rea
son. which need not be talked
about Keep up with the world, th'
= rlli4iou- and the secular world. by daily
reading and 10y sympathy. Don't engage
| in any new business or any new schemes
You nave no, Judgment to make deci--
ions. or if YOU have. you have not III,
r strength 10 overcome the obstacles I'M
mciateIy connected with new undertake
iu",. Indeed ACE should have little /,
do in making great bargains. Especially
Iyiit gror c,tntS,-:he besetting sin O
: age. You feel that you are CROWN;
helpless. and by an by, you may nee,
: attention and kindne,s, and you know
? that money will buy these. and hence
/ it being the only power left which yor
can feel. you coyet more OF it. 1t eat
, into the heart and grows with age-un
less you are very careful. Remcmbe
? that by boarding, growing stingy an
> close. YOU take the very method to max
people wish YOU We're dead. No. nc
e keep the hand and the heart open, an
' don't let the last of life >hriy cl and dr.
: up in ccunting over your money. Don
: worry and whine because the world
. growing worse than 1t used to be, lhl-
: almost in~cparabe from aye l remenr
: her that when Il boy, heard old peopl
Il make the same complaint, and Solomon
t says it was 50 in his day, and have n
i doubt that his grandfather Jesse hear
= old people talk Just 50 III his boyhoo'
e Dear me if the world had been CROWN
: worse all this time, human society coul,
r not hold together. No the world is grow
q INC better. We see new forms OF vice.
'. we see more people to commit crime
d we read more papers, and our eXper
= eucc Is wider and larger, but in no n
ii a.
n and religion. IL in this-;ls firmly b
a lieyc. Don't whine but look at ever
ID thing chctrtuly, kindly. charitably an
e bcnevolently. Let Cicero cry out -
N tempura . mores - but let us feel III;
ii God Is not GOING 10 let the wheels ot hr
y man progress roll backward.
/, Finally, remember that age Is the Sal
t bath OF lie, Il time TO Withdraw trol
:, heavy. worldly responsibilities, Il Tin
Il for calm reflection, 4 time for readll
er and thinking, time for faith to unfo
her wings. and for hope to whisper h
Of lessons, and the soul TO reach forwa
and listen to the voices of loved ones wi
,e have gone before and watch Tor de,
ID brcathings of the Holy Spirit, and
te welcome the manifest presence OF Il
b, dear Saviour Of the soul.
" Reader mine canot thou thus gro
lie old.-Congr gatio"alia.
he INCIDENTS IN Mission LIFE.-ln t
of life OF the Rev Mr.. Johnson, Misslona
to Sierra Leone, many very INTEREST,"
n incidents are given illustrating the inf
st ence Of truth upon the heart and lives
rs the people among whom he labored. I
IL following selections found III the Missic