Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-06-06
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sord "a hope fnssn the great Hsbxew.
xho hsgaa life afresh. and ~ last
saccesded and made himself lmEnostsl
For those who bear the burden and
heart ~ the aay. life ~ often very
hard. u is not an easy task 20 teach
M write o. do reform soEk. on the
harvest D. postponed. Oftea The vie !
toFy Tor refoFm IL delayed for years.
faii OH the phiisnthEopist lsboEs and
sees 40 fruits of his labor. 4 have
done my share: let the yonng m~n
come forward" exelsims the political
refnFmer. Il hsse been nj the Head
~ this movement ten years" cries the
patriut or teacher. Z have earned
money enough" says the merchant. =
am going to retire from business
But a. mar has ever done enough for
his generation.
What refuse your sioce and elo
auenee to the poor ana weak and lave
the great aus of the people without
an advocated Death aInne has q right
10 sileaea sour voice. What With
draw from the movement for reform
or edncaiion or philanthropy. and
leave me host without q LEADER n
Il ixnoble 70 desert. II IL for sou 10.
ale pushing the nag forward into the
thick Of the enemy. and be carried on
tho fInkf On your shield. What! You
manufacturer. or merchant. or fInan
eier. have made money enough for
y~ourseifY 10 On making money fos
others. that yon may be bread and
raiment for thet hungry and the max
I'd. No matter how old you are. you
are Just M the beginning. There In
time To write a new chapter In your
life. You are IN sight of the
goal: one more forward movement
: !. y; y, back .:ss'' 9" the - .ss "a take '' a
A Motto for Young and Old Alike.
To all VINO have reached middle
age. who recall youth and anticipate
iife's decline. there IL food and med.
lcine In these words: Turn the shad.
ow back on the dial ten degrees aud
take a new hold" Strictly speaking.
there IL no old age. In the Mississippi
river any older nov than Il was a
million years ago. The Mississippi
river Is water. The dirt banks be
tween which II flows show time. hut
the Mississippi river h etemaiiy
Young, eternaily fresh. eternally pure
fed by the rains OF summer, the SHOWS
Of winter. aud the clouds Of the age.
less ocean.
The soul In a living stream oil
thought and love. and pain thai flows
through the lips IN speech. The right
hand and the left hand are like ths
right bank and the left bank OF the
Mississippi river. The body show
the mark and scar Of time, but mo-
the soul. For the heart that thinks
and loves and prays. there ~ neithe'
youth. nor maturity, nor old age. 4
Is simply life that came from God
Out Of the deep the soul came: int
the deep 1t goes, like the river. And
. for those who open their heart to tn,
inrushing tides Of the divine spiri
there Is no old age.
Achievements Of the Aged.
As for the memory, Cato, mt sevent,
five. learns a new language, thu
!, Greek. As for philosophy. Richtei
makes his greatest intellectual dis
%coyeries after seventy. As for reform
Gladstone achieves his greatest elo
} quence and makes his noblest plea.
/ after three score and ten. As for art
Michel Angelo never finds himself un
!, Ill he comes to those years when the
psalmist thought he ought TO have
been In the cemetery. As for poetry
In extreme old age the great Germans
spirit rises like q lark, floats into the
say, still pouring forth lyric melody
/ As for world achievements and civil
zation. Moses wrote his laws, social
! political. domestic. after he was eigh
ty years old. ~
/ God lives. the eternal sun. with
whom a thousand years are as one
day. Mon Is q spark struck out Of
the genius OF God. Thinking Gods
!, thoughts, fuihilin Gods plans, Twins
Gods life. the years have no power
upon man. Therefore. begin life
, afresh. There Is no growing old. In.
stead OF dropping the tool. take a new
grip. Instead OF c~onfessing defeat and
Withdrawing from the scene, plan 2
| new advance. Have you discharged
/ your clerks. preparatory to closing Ut
the business. tear up the bond and
make a new contract. egin life afresh
at seventy. Gird up your loins anew
for a last dash toward the goal Open
4 new furrow and SOW one o har
vest Dig one more spring, build one
|, more booth. bind up mi more broken
heart, and then--do Il over again,
This day Is the first Sunday In June
no matter where You are In lilies
race turn the the shoddw back ten
degrees on the dial and take a fresh
hold."-written especially for the
Sunday World.
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