Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-15

bunch your urn; you have not Away
worn spectncles. Grave and dlgnifiet
as you now are. you once went coast
ing down the hillside or threw of you
hat for the race or sent the ball hyinf
sky high. But youth will not aiwayi
last 1t stays only long enough K
give US exuberant spirits and broad
shoulders for burden carrying and an
arm with which to battle our way
through difficulties. Lies path. u
you follow It long enough. will CONT
under frownlng crag and cross trem
bling causeway. Blessed old age. II
you let II come naturally! You cannot
hide It You may try to cover the
wrinkles. but you cannot cover the
wrinkles II the time has come fol
you to be old. be not ashamed to be
old The graudest things in nil the
universe are old - old mountains. old
rivers. old seas. old stars and an old
eternity. Then do not be ashamed to
be old unless you are older than the
mountains and older than the stars.
How men and women will lie! They
say they are forty. but they are sixty
They say they are twenty. but they are
thirty. They say they are sixty. but
they are eighty. Glorious old age II
found In the way OF Righteousness!
How beautiful the old age Of Jacob.
leaning OH the top OF his staff; OF John
Quincy Adams. falling with the har'
ness on: OF Washington Irving. sitting.
pen In hand. amid the scenes himself
had made classical; Of John Angel!
James. to the last proclalming the gos-
pei to the masses OF Birmingham: OF
Theodore Freilnghuysen. down to fee
bleness and emacintion devoting his
illustrious faculties to the kingdom OF
God. At eventide II was light
See that you do honor to the aged. A
philosopher stood at the corner OF the
street day after day. saying to the
passersby: "You will be an old man;
you will be an old man. You will be
an old woman: you will be an old wom-
an" People thought that he was crazy.
do not think that he was. Smooth
the way for that mothers feet: they
have not many more steps TO take.
Steady those totterlng limbs; they will
soon be Rt rest. Plow not up that face
with any more wrinkles: trouble and
care have marked II full enough.
Thrust no thorn into that old heart; 1t
will soon cease to beat. "The eye that
mocketh it's father and refuseth to obey
its mother the ravens OF the valley
shall pick 1t out. and the young eagles
shall eat IT," The bright morning and
hot noondny OF life have passed with
many. II Is 4 o'clock. o'clock. 9
o'clock! The shadows fall longer and
thicker and fnster. Seven o'clock. 8
o'clock! The sun has dipped below the
horizon: the warmth has gone out OF
the air. Nine o'clock. 10 o'clock The
heavy dews are falling: the activities
Of lfe's day are all hushed; It is time
to go to bed. Eleven o'clock. IL o'clockl
The patriarch sleeps the blessed sleep.
the cool sleep. the long sleep. Heavens
or light have klndled bon
fires OF victory all over the heavens.
At eventIme II is light. Light.
The Latter Day OF the Church.
Again. my text shall find fulfillment
In the latter day OF the church. Only a
oriA oh q
few good men. compared with the In.
Btitutions leprous and purified. 1t is
early yet In the history of everything
good. Civilization and Christianity are
lust getting out OF the cradle. The
light OF martyr stakes. hashing up and
down the sky. is but the flaming Of the
but when the evening OF the
world shall come. glory to Gods con-
luering truth. II shall be light. Wars
sword changing back In the scabbard:
buried under ten thou
yand broken decanters: the worlds I'M
purity turning Its brow heavenward for
he benediction. blessed are the pure
n heart" the last vestige Of selfshness
In heaven descending chari
les and China worshiping DR.. Abeeps
Saviour; all India believing in Henry
Martyrs Bibie: aboriginal superstition
David Brainerd's piety:
luman bondage delivered through
Thomas Clarkson's Christianity; va
,rancy coming back from Its pollution
It the call or Elizabeth Fry's Redeem
II; the mountains coming down: the
'alleys going up: holiness" inscribed
md brown thrasher'a wing. and shells
inge. and manufacturer's shuttle. and
hemists laboratory. and kings scep
er. and naaion's Magma Charta. Not a
lospital, for there are no wounds; not
n asylum. for there are 10 orphans;
lot prison. for there nre no criminals:
lot an almshouse. for there nre no
not a tear. for there are no
orrows. g The long dirge OF earth's
amentation has ended In the triumph.
j march. Of redeemed empires. the for
btn Rtik ~ Ou oIuuP VI dhN
8, the water chanting II among the
'orges. the thunders drumming II
mong the hills. the ocean giving 1t
orth with its organs. trade winds !
Ouching the keys and Euroclydon's
oot on the pedal.
! want 10 see John Howard when
he last prisoner Ia reformed: want |
o see Florence Nightingale when the
ist saber wound has stopped hurting: |
want to see William Penn when the
ast Indian has been civilized want |
D see John Huss when the last fame
I persecution has been extinguished; |
want to see John Bunyan after the
asst pilgrim has come to the gate Of !
he celestial city-above all. ! want to
se Jesus after the last saint has his
nrone end has begun to sing his tTt-
mph.
You have watched the calmness and
le glory Of the evening hour. The Ia
orers have come from the field; the