Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-12-06

Has married q Chris
tan man, and was
a regular church attendant for prob
ably forty years. Indeed she sang in
the choir for many years and heard
only good Gospel preaching.
She always enjoyed a good sermon
and could give an excellent description
of it to those who were not present.
She was fond of attending Bible con-
ferences and revival meetings, and en-
tered heartily into the aim and spirit
of such services. But she never
formed any definite habit of Bible
reading; indeed she was>not great
reader of anything. except the daily
papers. She liked to hear other peo-
pie expound the Bible, but she would
not, or at least did not, read it much
for herself
As old age came upon her, the
friends and relatives of early life nat
urally scattered and died. Her family
was all gone, except devoted daugh-
ter with whom she lived. However,
all her needs were supplied, as well as
the comforts of life.
Lonely and Troubled.
As her daughter was obliged to be
away during the day, and she was liv-
ing In a large city, she was naturally
somewhat lonely, but loneliness was
not her chief trouble. / found that
she had no definite assurance of sal
walton. She was full of doubt and I'M
certainty as to the future. She knew
the Gospel, but could not seem to
grasp it. She prayed, but she had no
assurance that God heard or answered
her. The Bible afforded her no COM
fort, for she hardly knew where to find
the passages which she needed. and if
another found them for her, they did
not sound real and true to her ears,
so dull of hearing. She had lost her
capacity to enjoy spiritual truth.
She had neglected to store her mind
with Bible truth while she was young.
and now. when it should have been
her daily comfort and chief joy, she
had lost her capacity to enjoy it. Had
she formed habits of Bible reading in
youth as David did, she would now
have been familiar with it. and Da-
vid's experience would have been hers,
1.-THE Lord is my Shepherd. shall not
want. He Eaketh me to lie down in
green pastures; he leadeth me beside
the still waters. He reStoreth my soul.
Yea. though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death, will fear no
evil; for thou art with me. Thy rod
and thy staff they comfort me-" Hers
was an old age without a staff, and
almost without God.
| How sad is old age without
Saviour, earthly props failing, and no
everlasting arm to lean on; forced to
leave this world with no hope Of
heavenI
Old Age Beautified by Faith.
How beautiful is old age wheR
cheered by the presence of the blessed
comforter Grateful for the mercies
of the past, it refuses to believe that
| anything is not mercy which God
/ permits. The future is full of hope,
for we realize that more and more the
earthly shall disappear out of our
| lives, and more and more the heavenly
shall come in, until at last we shall
awake in his likeness" and be salts
fed.
Growing Old Happily.
| Far from the storms that are flashing the
Nearer each day to the pleasant home
light;
Far from the waves that are big with
Under fuil sail and the harbor In sight.
Growing old cheerfully
Cheerful and bright
| Past all the winds that were adverse and
chilling,
Past all the islands that lured thee to
rest;
Past all the currents that wooed thee un-
willing
! Far from the port and the land of the
blest-
| Growing old peacefully,
Peaceful and blest-
/ Rich in experience angels might covet
Rich in faith that has grown with thy
years;
Rich in a love that grew from and above
1t,
| Soothing thy sorrows and hushing thy
fears
| Growing old richly,
| Loving and dear.
| Eyes that grow dim to the earth and its
| glory
See but the brighter the heavenly
Ears that are DUH to the world and its
story
Drink in the songs that from Paradise
now
All the sweet recompenss
Youth cannot know.
I'VE all are tail enough to reach
| Gods hand The angels are NO taller"