The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-03
''OLD ACE" DISCUSSED
BY Secretary Hundred in Another Of
tits Interesting Papers about
Men.

OF tie problems al youth. We carry
forward into each new year something
of all Of our experiences. not only of
the preceding year, hut OF every year
Of our lives since the day of our self
consciousness. Life is aceumulatiye.
and while We live bur one moment AT
a time. chat moment is always the
supreme one, because it gathers up
INTO itself all of the past and deter
mines the quality and the value of the
future Life is made up of the ex-
periences of passing moments, and #
man treights each one of these
with success and the pleasure of lv.
ms. his hopes will be his strength
aud his memory his best companion.
1t is thus thai the young man FIXES
his own old age as he lives and
labors in the vigor of his middle man
hood He will be in mind and in
heart then, what he determines to be
now II he desires to be man of
faith then, he can not attain it by cuL
/ tiyating doubt now. lie will not find
+ the fruit OF optimiam then growing
+ from the root of pessimism now. lie
+ viii not find the flower of gentleneSs
i then opening out from The closed bud
/ II cynicism new. lie will find nc
'ruit Of prayer growing uAon the stem
+ II hlasphemy; nor mental culture
( lpon the houghs of voluntary ignor
lnce And the man who has neglect
/ ,d the development Of his mind in
( land Of free schools and pub
/ ic libraries; a NAN VINO has put aside
/ heart culture in The midst OF Bibles
md churches, man who has refused
purify his life when opportunities
nave been abunda for him TO do so;
an not look upon old age except
With a feeling of dread and horror
For what can there be in the gather
! ne eventde, of life without the lamp
of faith, and oil of comfort as distilh
ID from education and the satisfaction
II work we'll done-nothing but frigid
darkness and unsneakabe loneliness
And youth is the season allotted tu
IS To prepare for this self-dependent
period Of long lie possible TO amy
Df us Old age Is the fruitage of life
and shows what has gone before just
as certainly as The matnred ear oI
,on has gathered up into itself she
seed That was planted; the nature Of
he soil in which ii was grown, the
lssidioGs care of the husbandman the
fgin and the sunshine OF The summer,
and the ripening frost Of the autumn
all concentrated in the ear of yellow
gold as il hangs in its scared case
ment
y NIfF IibFtlb SdNH' ! nv Hohl
head Is a crown of glory, if ii is found
in the way Of righteousness; and
deep Is the mystery Of its philosophy.
Gray hairs are set upon mans head
81 a crown and it becomes crown
Of honor as reward for victories
won in temptation; or sorrows borne
in patience; OF dark valleys passed
through To the hill OF light beyond.
shame showing the end Of neglected
opportunities of higorty; of intem-
perancc; Of sintulness; and Of defeat
in the battles waged against the enc.
MES OF his own manhood. Look about
md see the many types Of old men
ina then ask the question What kind
If an old man am ! going To be?'
And the answer comes bacl, Z am de-
termining that today yes. al this
very minute"
We find. as a rule, those men are
IN demand longest in life who have
made the broadcast and most careful
preparation in youth We hear Il good
leal said about man crossing the dead
line at IS; this is not necessarily true
No man crosses the dead line until
he draws it himself. BY education.
culture and thoughtful optimism, he
can move the dead line ahead of him
self TO the four score mark or beyond
We have men at co and 70 who are
indispensable to business and to the
professions and TO the ministry be
cause they have gathered up into
these latter years the results Of their
best efforts in life. and are still alive
to the world and hold their balance
among the changing interests about
them
The world follows the Intense man.
and there IL always room among the
bngiest for the man with sane meth-l
DDS Of work no matter what his age.
But ne mun can hope for these qual,
lies Of strength in old age who he's
heen prudigal with them in his earlier
years This does not conclude that
it is always advisable TO carry the
full tide CT vital interest into his de-
cline. for there is a natural melowing