Milford chronicle., 1905-03-10

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And, my friend, if you ever want to
have that old withered heart of yours
beat and throb with happiness, this is
what you need to do: Gather all the
babies. the boys and the girls of your
neighborhoOd, together, pile them into
a wagon if you are out in the country,
= leave your wife and the nurse at home,
or at least make them ride along in an
other vehicle. and then by the grace of
God you go forth and learn one Of the
mightiest lessons Of life-hOw to keep
young by bearing part of the joys and
the sorrows of the young.
DO you know how Thomas Chalmers
was able to accomplish his great work
of life? He always kept his heart
young and fresh and loving by associ-
ating with the young His daughter,
Helen Chalmers. told my father that
during the darkest days of the Free
church controversy he would spend |
part Of each day in playing with the |
children in the house or flying kites |
with the boys upon Edinburgh COM /
mon. DO you know how Walter Scott |
kept his heart young? He always
sought the cOmpanionship of the young
He continually had his children or 9th
er peoples children about him. No
more beautiful word picture was ever
drawn by authors pen than n descrip-
tiOn of that love by John Brown. In
that essay the great author of "Kenil-
worth" is pictured going through the
snow and the sleet to his neighbOr's
homes and there bundling up Marjorie
Fleming, a little girl of five or six sum-
ners. In her shawl or his cloak he
carries her back to his study. There,
while his pen runs rapidly over the
lagcs Of his immortal books, Marjorie
matters on. Study Eugene Field and I
lis love for little children. Study the ,
ives of our authors like LOngfellOw I
md our preachers like Beecher and our c
merchants like Cooper and our elec- i
fcians like Morse and our editors like y
ireeley and our presidents like VIII "
am Mckinley you will find that. O
-ithout exception they kept young by @
eeping in touch with young people. Y
The Influence of Children. d
If did not have any babies of my o
vn would adopt some. No man can a
Ely the inroads of time unless he con Il
nually associates with the young folks. W
What would an engine be in a ship if 1.
were lying loose in the hull?" said p
eecher 1T must be fast led to it b
it'll bolts and screws before it can al
opel the vessel. Now, a childless III
an is like a loose engine. \ man to
ust be bolted and screwed to the m
before he can work well for RI
advancement and there are no such d'
rews and bolts as children" That Is
ue There is no screw or bolt that al
Ids man to the duties of life firmer u
an the children. But / go even fur DC
er than did Mr.. Beecher. l hold that le
ere are no influences more effectual nv
keep us young while we are per- ri
rmng those duties than these same III
tie ones. The best way to see the "a
nbeams dance is to watch them We
rough the dancing eyes of a little at
i'd. The best way to smooth out all sa
, wrinkles Of old age is to bury them pa
the dimpled cheek of a smiling baby SCI
L. The best way to send the blood Al
rising through the withered arteries Iei
threescore years is to play blind W.T.
MS buff or hide and SEEK with
boys and girls after the supper ta- er'
is cleared and the school lessons cu'
re been learned. The best way to ~
w young is to associate with the ing
ing. God pity you if you cannot ol
1 any enjoyment in making the ne'
'ws of December melt before the est
giving rays of May or June. We
low shall we renew youth? BY COM w iil'
ling our minds year in and year out IN
seek new fields for mental and moral ~
spiritual investigation and new 80 80
lications for doing our regular work, 49, 49,
forcing ourselves to take up new .--'
IS of study, by saying to ourselves,
Tough I may live to be fifty or sixty 80, ~,
seventy years of age, yet I will new S.-oi
cease to be a student, and l will ~
er cease to be interested in the adj 49,
cement which is going on all around sho
=" Yet we find the strange fact that ~
~ men dILef lleN nave ludue luelf ,5oc
,ess in one line Of work as a rule 80, 80.
satisfied with that success, and be- ~
Sc they are satisfied they begin W. W.,
rither and shrivel up and gradually NO,
nto mental and physical decadence. +o4,,
How They Became Fossils. for
lis mental and physical depletion wea
ch comes from being satisfied with
ist success cannot be better illus II
ed than by some of the faculties of \
ur old colleges. Now, the college aho-
lties of both the east and the west we
; originally made up of picked men. will
presidents and trustees of those ioin
tutions in almost every case Sc men
d the very brightest and best stu sad
S of their classes. They were the LET l
II men Of the colleges who were ery
d to fill the hOnOred professOrial we
s. But, marvellous to say, although friel
college faculties of the old institu- moth
in my day had been recruited burd
the brightest men, yet almost to u
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