Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-03-11

who is your fr1enuE & uo hoe hNo"'
T do not remember ever seeing him be-
fore" "Why did you ask him, then,
How is the old complaintY "on'
said Disraeli, "all old people nave
troubles of some sort, and it pleases
most of them to talk about them.
rarely make a mistake if l say, HOW
IA your old complaintY 1t pleases them
TO recount their troubles, and II uoes
not hurt me-" Yes, it may not nave
hurt Disraeli when that man talked
about his troubles, but 1t did hurt the
speaker. The easiest Of ways TO ilghten J
the burdens of old age is TO hioe tneni
from the eyes of others.
FIT Them to Take Your Place.
But lastly, 1 remark, the easiest OF all
WAYS to renew youth is to try TO III
others to take your place after you
are gone. OF course take for granted
that am today talking to Christians
Now as aged Christians, you are near
ing the great dividing line which Is go
ing to bring you to your eternal reward
As YOU are nearing heaven shall you
snend most Of your time talking about
heaven and its eternal rewardsF On'
no You must spend nearly all OF your
last days in fitting the young men ana
women by your side to take your place.
You must be to your son and your
daughter and your friends what Paul
was to Timothy, and Elijah was 10
Elisha. and Christ was to his disciples
In the anxiety to fit others to put Oh
YOUR own armor you will find your own
heart throbbing with the ambitions OF
youth. You will then find old age TAX
inc on the beauties Of youth, even as
in the Indian summer the flowers OF the
late autumn start to grow again after
the forests have incarnadined the leaves
with their life's blood.
Old age should pass its twilight hours
as | would pass the few intervening
davs prior to making a long journey
away from home If l was to go 70
Africa or Europe or Asia as an Ameri-
can soldier would l spend my last DAYS
here In weeping? Oh, no. l wouiu
spend the few days before L salleu III
preparation. l would say to my wiie'
"My dear, you do this or that or INC
other thing after | am gone. must
: nut enough money in the bank IN your
, name to meet your wants" II was q
merchant, would say TO my son: Son
= Won are now to take charge OF the store
do not want you to run into deDt
Keen the business going along on lt'
old lines" If had one boy who was
: wavward son would talk to him aDou
. Cod and his future. l would try-on
4 try so hard-to lead him to Christ. Eaci
~ moment of my life would be spent II
n the best way could for those woul'
a Iasve behind. And in looking after thel
= interests would find my life growing
y IN beauty and in JOY. Aging men an
% women. are we spending our last eartn
" days like this? Are we trying IN e'
% ery way to fit those who are TO take ou
a nIaces 70 do as we'll as we have don
= or even better? AS old doctors are "
=. helping the young physicians? AS oil
20 ministers are we guiding the youn
a | ministers. AS OlN (1A
-. trying TO make every one with whol
- ve come in contact Christians? A
- This is the chief way and the happie'
~ wav that we can renew our youth al
- nrenare ourselves for the eternal JOY
os Of the never ending youth OF heaven.
70 When nv father made his last Wis
10 +o his old classmate, DR.. Suydam,
II said. "Well. Suydam, we are comlI
ID near the end Of our earthly Journe
90 How do YOU feel about itT' Some
a us are not as old as was my Ialn
TO when he asked that question at seve
~ tv Years of age, but we are all headll
IN toward old age. How will we 1e
10 about it when it comes? We snail II
ohout old age all right if We live
os cording to the Christ law. we VIII II
,u+ about it all wrong if we do not DO
-, Christ would have us do in fitting OF
; ers for life's battles and httihg OF
ON selves for heaven. May God make
,er twilight Of our earthly life the me-
80 beautiful and the happiest part OF Q
dav. May the twilight of our eartl
life, sinking behind the western hiilo
, Of our grave, be colored with the sal
sn heauties as is the beautiful sunrise
'ne .e heaven, which even now we can
Il cleaning in the east over the hill
Sill , calvary and over the central cr'
Out upon which once hung the dying be
IL of Christ who died that we might
up ever live in him and through him
ood with him.
II copyright, 1905. by Louis Klorseh''