Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-08-14
NUMB FIR 30.


fathers. But why should we grieve
that the young take our places in az
tive life, yet W. should not grow old
and let 1t be our portion to sing with
the poet:
II am not old, thsugh years have cast
Their shadows On my way.
am not old though youth has passed
On rapid wings away
For in my heart a fountain flows
ana round IL pie isant tn oG yhts repose.
And sympathies and feelings high
Spring Ike the stars on evenings sky-
81 am not old. Time may have set his sig
net on my brow,
And some faint farroJzs there h,va ma.
which care may deepen now;
Yet love, fond love, a chaplet weaves
oI iresh young buds and vertlant leaves.
AND still in fancy can twine
thoughts sweet as flowers that once we're.
minc.''
You viii readily see that my pur-
pose In this address is to encourage.
men as old age comes on to an i.-
creased activity of life There dwelt
on the eastern shores Of the Dead ser.
a nation now extinct and history re-
cords the fact that the beautiful Moab.
Itish woman, Ruth. came from the
place of her birth into the land of
Palestine from a nation of id)ers which,
only now Is remembered from the
beautiful pastoral of the book of Ruth.
and the beautiful woman who forsook
home and friends and became highly
honored as one from whom our Saviour.
descended Now listen to the pro-
pheiic language of the prophet in re-
gard to this nation of idlers.
"Moab hath been at ease from his
youth and he hath settled on his lees
and has not been enlptied from vessel
to vessel; neither hath he gone into
captivity; therefore his taste remainesh
in him and his scent is not changed.''
What remarkable Illustration of z
life of inactivity You can only see
the force of the Illustration by COM.
paIlson OF the staglsst 8 = with the
sss.r e Il 9 sesa1 81. S
said of John Wesley tiiss> 5. ssseer ssessi 6
70 he preached so seEpaSns a week
His brow was clear and smooth, his
complexion ruddy, his voice strong
and clear SO that an audience of thirty
thousand could hear him without diff
Guilty This vigor he ascribes to con-
tinual activity of life, early rising, good
sleep and an even temper. He said
Il feel and grieve, but by the grace of
God L fret at nothing" Some years
ago gentleman watched carefully a
workman furnishing the doors of the
eastern wing OF the capitol at Wash
ington. Day by day the work pro-
crossed till at length he asked the
workman when he would finish. He
said never because each days work
only reveals some defect that must be
remedied. And so my work is not
done until the Master Workman says it
is enough; so my friends, your work is
no; finished until the Master says 1t Is
enough, come up higher. The glory
of .ihc young man IS his strength; OF
Ihc old man his gray hairs, but let US
all remember that each can still do
something in the activity of life.
y few years ago child stood at the
window OF 4 burning building. The
mother wrung her hands in agony
One policeman after another attempt
ed to ascend the ladder, but each gave
back repulsed by the heated smoke
IN old man stood at the outskirts OF
he crowd. Another bold policeman
started on the rounds Of the ladder
inst rs he started the voice OF tie Old
man was raised above the din of the
confusion and he hallooed out: Cheer
him, bows" when a shout went up and
the policeman under the influence OF
that cheer went up and rescued the
child And now my older friends II
vou can do nothing else, you can
cheer the young men 10 help them IN
The battle OF life. Then Old men
s.,s vul are too EFsalI 70 journey "P 'i'"
mountain steep ard iii5h, ,.,. .,,-,,-.
5-ou c..a stand within ihe valley "'i'''
titudc 80 ~, 90. ,,,,--
loY cen chant a happy measure as 'he'
slowly pass olc1E, ,,,.,--
Thouzl they may forget inc s'-'''''
nv not io-.s.t "a a1a5.