Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-09

believe that worry kills more folks
than disease, for it is often the cause
of disease, Above all things, do not
worry about past failures. Some Of
your children may have gone wrong
through your fault. That is a sad
thing but it will not mend matters to
worry over what you can not help.
We don't say: Don't think about it..
because the older a man gets the
more likely he is to think about both
the past and the future but ever if a
man has not lived right in the past,
even if he has much to regret, there
is nothing in the future to worry
about. There may be a good deal
for him to do just now. He who
made the world has provided for the
redemption of mar and for the for
~giveness Of his sins; and the present
duty is not to worry, but to think
seriously about that great forgiveness
that is offered to every man who will
accept it, and then show the sincerity
of his repentance by right living in
the little time allotted him here on
earth.
About the most foolish thing an old
man can worry about is how he is 60
ing to live. Some rich men kill them
selves by worrying for fear of poverty.
1t was a saying in our home that no
man ever started in the world that
did not get through it in some way.
After all, the real necessities Of life
are cheaply purchased. 1t Is our
Injuries, the unnecessary things, our
cultivated tastes, that trouble us.
Some of the happiest men we have
ever known were men who had very
little of this worlds goods, but were
rich in faith and looked toward the
future as a blessed and happy release
from the ills of the present. We
have often wondered at their Joy and
their serenity. Sometimes we have
not been able to understand it; but
there is a wine of life given by an un-
seen Hand to those who 60 down in
to the shadow, and who, notwith-
standing their mistakes, faults and
faIlings, are upheld by a Power which
belongs not to this world.
No man who is on the decline need
expect to live out his days, or live
them out happily, unless he keeps his
mind occupied. If the farmer con-
cludes that when he leaves his farm
he has no more interest in agriculture
and agricultural reading and eases
to take an interest in what is gong
on in the world, that mar is shorten
ing his days. If the body is to re-
tain its powers, the mind must be at
least as active as in his younger days.
We are just beginning to understand
something OF the influence OF mind
over matter. 1t is not a discovery of
Christian Science. Solomon once re-
marked: GA cheerful heart is a good
medicine but a broken spirit drieth
up the bones,' and also, "He that
is Of a cheerful heart hath a continual
least" If the body is to be active,
the mind must at least retain its nor
NAL activity.
No old mar should limit his society
to those of his own age. The tempta-
ton to do so is very great. He is in
sympathy and in touch with old men,
and he has q feeling that the young
regard him as out e their class. 1t
is therefore all the more important
that he should be in touch with the
young with his sons and grandsons.
We have never known an old mar
who had succeeded in any great un-
dertaking unless he kept in touch
with young men. He is ju t as sure
TO be sidetracked as the years come.
The old farmer gets stranded on the
sidewalk. The old politician OF
statesman gets out OF touch with wha,
is really going on in the world. Il
YOU want to keep young, cultivate
young men. Get their views Of lie,
and thus know what is going On ir
the world. If you don't and keel
hobnobhing only with your cwn old
~cronies, it will not be long hei,re