Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-03-15

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Ia thu tire OF old age. II Is graeo |
thing TO be young. 10 have the sight
clear oud the hearing acute and the
step elastic aud all our pulses marching
on 20 The drumming OF a stout heart
M6iife and old age win be denied many
Of us. but youth-~e AZ know what
that is Those wrinkles were not al
ways ou your brow; that snow vas not
always on your head; that brawny mus
&c cid not always bunch your arm;
vou have not always worn spectaeles-
Grave and digniled as You now are, you
once went ccasting down tothe hillside
or threw OF Your hat for the race OF
sent the bau flying SKY high. But youth
will not always last. Ii stays only long
enough TO give US exuberant spirits ano
broad shoulders for burden carrying
and an arm with which 70 battle our
way through difficulties. LIES path.
II Won follow IL long enough, Will come
under browning ersg and cross tren-
bling causewsy. Blessed old age. u you
let itcome naturally You cannot hice
it. You may try 10 cover the wrlnkiet.
but YOU cannot cover the wrinkles IL
The tilne has come for you TO be old, be
not ashamed 10 be old. The grandest
things ia all the universe are old-Clc
mountains. old rivers. old seas, old
stars and an old eternity. Then do not
be ashamed 10 be old unless you are
older than the mountains and Older
than the stars.
How men and women VIII iei The.
say they are 40. but they are CO. The,
say they are 20, hut they are 30 The,
say they ere GO. but they are 50
Glorious old age il found in the wa.
Of righteousness How beautiful tn
old age of Jacob, leaning on the TO
of has staff: Of John Quincy Adams
falling with the harness on; OF WASH
ington Irving. sitting, pen IN nan.
amid the scenes himself had mad
classical; of John Angel James. I
the last proclaiming the Gospel 70 IN
masses Of Birmingham; of Iheodor
Frelinghuysen, down 20 feeblene'
and cancellation devoting bis illustr
Gus faculties 10 the kingdom OF Co
Al eventide IL was iighti
See that you do honor 10 the age
: A philosopher stood Az the corner
, the street day after day, saying 10 II
? passerbv: You viii be an old maj
Won will be an cid man. You VIII
3 an old woman; YOU win be an
e woman" People thought that he W
+ crazy. I do rot think that he wa
? smooth the way for that mother
q feet; they have not many more ste
g 10 take. Steady those totteri'
q limbs; they will soon be at rest Pic
n not up that fccc with any more WI
d IdeS; trouble and care have mark
q "a full enough. Thrust no thorn IN
n. that old hearts il will soon cease
. beat. "Ths eye that mocketh
u father ard refuseth 20 obey It's mo
le er the ravens OF the valley shall p
ir Il out. and the young eagles shall I
" ST." The bright morning and
ID MONDAY of life have passed "
2; u many. II is four o'clock. five o'eio
. six o'clockl The shadows fall lon
"a aud thicker and faster. Seven o'elo
n. eight o'ciockl The sun has dip
ut below the horizon, the warmth
u. gone out OF the air. Nine o'clock.
IL, o'clock The heavy dews are falls
4? | the activities of iife's day are
he nushed; IL is time 20 20 so
be Eleven o'clock. twelve o'clock'
IL patriarch sleeps the blessed sl'
w the cool sleep, the long sleep ~
in- ems messengers Of light haze kim
on bonfirea Of victory all over the b.
seF ems. At eventide il is light. Light
"a want to see John Howard "
Of the last prisoner is reformedl ! v
ur. 90 see Florence Nightingale y
the the last saber wound has steg
at hurting: 1 want 90 see VIII
SIS Penn when the last Indian has
ing civilized: / want 10 see John
ave vixen the last fiame Of persecu
ORD hss been extinguiahed; want
81" see John Bnnyen after the LAST
ass grim has come TO fho gate ef
Jed celestial city-~above all. i wan
se;r SEQ Jesus after the last saint
, Vi biz throns and hes begun 10
ght bis triumpA-
IesI Ycn have watched the 4
inS. ness aud the glory Of ahs sv<
h}j hear. The Iaber<rs have coma
lnmf / ~ Gn3H< the hsaxfn& ARE E7o