The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-12-25
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II is ore ri u.a touehIrg-one Of
tn beautiful-pha>e Of II. that as
men grow older-a their yisips
,eng,hen~ over he yearS-they be-
corn. eveet.-. seasoned a. I'd were
with an experience which has touched
them wlth 4 deeper sympathy AZ well
a. sadne-s with a deeper charity AMI
a more gentle humour than IN tAe
time OF their strength ana active an'-
bItiou II was possible FOR them % feel
or 10 express. As the shadows I"ng(h-
IN towards the East. life tak"s OF tn
golden. If meIlower and softer. hui"
~ he morning. Its evening j. richer
more fragrant. If less tingling than H.
dawn. Behind il the day stretches
in the perspective Of memory Win
acute appeal. In sight Of their sun
..f e1orined at the last before the SOFT
and uurple curtain OF the night shall
swallow them up. those VINO nav
climbed the mountain and are ap"ue
- eurngount its crest look back with
a na-eion for c-omradcship n undeI-
standing 20 those whose journey y
only well under. way. And as they look
tie N'diH I"t' ~ -
their hearts bSal Win ale ''''E "'
ana trust ana cdI'iS'C
Of tn" youth. Il j. a sad thing tndt
the busy world too often leaves the old
10 look in vain aad passes with q nod
Wtlore ~ might stop u "NS9 an"
ceiEc.
And il seems as though mis- might
H. one OF the first duties Of the Christ
mas season, to lemeiipc. ana comm
ard enloN those VINO nave P"u9'" ~"
the active WORK OF lH'. ~ S'uSt '"'
first dutE IS 10 the ciilld!sh- -
the pcFIeci iaN'' ~
tha VINE of lite without the dicS- h"l
next to the chliore.i. the cdp'c'H ~
eAJoy TINS season - p.aes :" H'pi'
ness ana getue aiec'loi ~ VIZ
those who nave dohe dielf p'i' -"
who IN a sense are waning ha>ii7
learned the lesson TIA liz = GOO
only as 1t expresses Sood Vii. Nileii
We say that me ora are. WIN ci'luloii
the most SeIlNitlNt 10 hiiui' -
pleasure, 10 Silnpie 2hd Voulls-hed'teu
enthusiasm Oh 'hflS'li's' we - ~
mean that age winch III NINA anu
body is turning back upon It's cycle
70 q patnetic infancy. rms IS not q
plea for second chlldhOod. Tor that
pitiful. shaking derellct Of life which
has outl1Vcd the storm IN Which II
met liz wreck. But what mas b"eh
said is spoken for the age that IS sun
sufficient to itself, but that is far
enough advanced to have met philos-
opily walking with experience n has
come TO know after reflection-that,
rejecting, has come again to feel with
the tenderness and he sweetness ana
the se~nSitiVcneSS Of the chlld. mat IS
a beautiful age, perhaps h most
beautiful Of life The trouble is that.
in the active rush of affairs and III the
short-sighted and selfish activities OF
life. VIZ have permitted it TO be too
sufficient to itself. It is only thus, by
placing through Indifference the cam
kor Of doubt in the heart of age, tina
w can destroy or darken its powcrI
Of optimism and happiness.
Therefore, let this Christmas re
are so dear, and who have ceased to-
labor and to plan. Be very sure that
any reserve when 'heS may naive IS
iHeie pto'ecVNe dihioi against the eA-
p'i ioiCe VI Soi4euut' Dc a9Sufeu 'iia'
"heh '"@ circle opens theE VIII tax
'lelr place WIN a rlsh' 700 VIII.
ti'' III 'leii iearlS u"eils christmas
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