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have no desire for another ride in the
ambulance to the field hospital. When
the Spanish war broke out, they some
times wondered if their rheumatic knee
would allow them to keep step in
march, and if their sight was good enough
to see an advancing foeman, and il their
ear was alert enough to hear the com
mand Charge" But for the most part
they are glad that there is no more war
for them. SO let all Of the aged in
peace with God, through the blessed
Christ. cultivate contentment and thank
the Lord their Sedan has been fought and
the war is over. Let not him that grid
eth on his harness boast himself as he
that putteth it off"
There are old farmers who cannot do
one more days work. What harvests
they raise in 1870. They knew the rota-
tion of crops as well as they knew the ro-
tation of the seasons. Under what bills
tering suns they swung the scythe and
the cradle. Through what deep SHOWS
they drew the logs OF cut their way to
the foddering of the cattle. What
droughts, what freshets, what insectile
invasion, they remember, To clothe and
feed and educate the household they
went through tolls and self-sacriices
that the world knew hut little about.
Rest, aged man! Let the boys do the
shoveling and thrashing and cutting and
sweating, You have put the harness off,
and do not try to put it OIL again.
There are old mechanics that can no
more shove the plane or pound with the
hammer or bore with the hit or run up
the ladder to the scaffoldng, Master me-
chancs they We're or subordinates who
wrought faithfully in the work of house
or barn or ship building. You have a
right To quit. You have finished your
task BE thankful that your work is
done.
The Retired Physician.
Then there are aged physicians. What
tragedies of pain and accident they have
witnessed! How much suffering they have
assuaged. How many brave battles they
have fought with lancet and cataclysm,
How many fevers they cooled, How
many broken bones they set! How many
paroNysms they quoted! How many anX
ious days they passed when they knew
that human lives depended upon their
skill and fidelity! They drove back death
from many a cradle. Instead Of beeom-
ing hardened at the sight OF suffering
their sympathies deepened, as with aged
DR.. Valentine Mott when, standing be-
fore his students in clinical department
and child was about to be operated
upon in surgery, he said, Gentlemen,
here are surgeons who will do this work
as well as | can, and you will excuse me
il | leave the room, for as | get older !
cannot composedly witness pain as once
could, especially the suffering OF little
children" God comfort and bless the old
doctors, allOpathic, homeopathic. hydro
pathic and eclectic, and make them will
ing to be out of practice! Before long
they will hear the benedietion OF him who
said, Il was sick. and We visited me-"
And there are the old ministers. Once
they were foremost in general assemblies
and conferences and associations. They
have preached in pentecosts. They have
stood by Christian deathbeds and seen
Elijahs go up in flaming chariots of
glory. The gospel they preached for nifty
or sixty years illumines their every fea-
ture. They have stopped preaching, for
their breath is short, or their nerves are
a-iangle. or they lose their thread of dis
course or suffer from confusion of ideas.
Cheer up, aged dominies and doctors. The
Bible says God forgets our sins when we
repent Of them, but he never forgcts
faithful services rendered He rcmem-
bers that revival where you stood watch
ing the souls that came las clouds and as
doves to the windows" He has indicated
by your physical or mental condition that
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stop. Your helmet bears the mark OF
many a battleax; your sword is bent
from many q holy struggle; your shield is
dented with the thrust Of many spear.
Now hang up the armor with gladness.
Let not him that girdeth on his harness
boast himself as he that puttcth it off.
That was n suggestive aud tender scene
when the aged Mr. Finlay Of Edinburgh
said to Il girl sinking in rapid decline:
"Weel, my dear you're afore me- You're
nineteen and are almost across the river.
I'm almost seventy, and maybe III have
some hard steps afore ! hear its ripple
Oh, lassie, this is sweet day for you.
You'll be home first"
Again, | learn from Bcnhadad's heha-
yior the unwisdom Of Boosting OF what
one is going to do. Better not tell boast
ingly what yon are going to do. Wait
until il is done. You do well TO Law out
yonr plans, but there are so many mis-
takes and disappontments in life that
you may not be able to carry ont your
plans, and there is no need Of invoking
the worlds derisiOn and caricature.
Courage i'm Face OF Death.
Do not boast Of your moral strength
One OF the most brilliant men Of the nine
teenth century, having temporarily re-
formed from inebriacy, stood on The plat
form-of Broadway Tabernacle New York.
and said. Were this great globe one
crystallite and / were offered the posses
sion OF II IL / would drink one glass Of
brandy | would refuse with scorD. and |
want no religion 10 help me-" But that
same man died at Poughkeepsie a drunk
en- pauper. Better underrste than over
rate ourselves.
My subject IL also a refutation Of the
famous sentiment that God is on the side
Of the heaviest artillery. From all ! car
read about this struggle Benhadad spoke
the truth when be said, The gods do 80
unto me and more also IL the dust Of Sig