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WHEN ON MY DAY OF I
When on my day of life tt
And, in the winds from
I hear far voices out of da
My feet to paths unkno
Thou hast made my home
Leave not its tenant whi
0 Love Divine, O Helper <
Be thou my strength an
. Be near me when all else i
Earth, sky, home's pictu
And kindly faces to my o\
The love which answers
1 have but thee, my Fathe
Be with me then to com
No gate of pearl, no branc
Nor street of shining gc
Suffice it if?my good and
mm uuiu lurgivcn mroi
I And myself by bands fa
Unto my fitting place.
A HEATH
In his "Life of Chris
sums up the beneficent cl
ity. There is no class <
has not remedied. Inde<
in elevating woman, in i
infirm old age, in shelteri
ing as with a halo of sacr
of the child, it substan
vigor and effectually tri
heathenism.
This is beautful. It is
deed the cure-all. Were
cial and economic, all mc
readily be adjusted and ;
titude towards the old?
eral treatment accorded c
the practice of the heath
old to die. Though the I
inhumane than the heat!
out into the lonely soliti
and plains to die of negle
are practically turned o
from participating in th
affairs of life where the
daily bread.
it is related that the
cently refused men over
employment bureau, or
lending gratuitous assist,
itself handicapped by bei
a number of men solely
years of age. With no c
support, competent and \
these quinquagintarious
or steal, or commit suici<
r r
THE PRESBYTERI/
ributed
-IFE THE NIGHT IS FALLiNG.
te night is falling,
unsunned spaces blow,
rkness calling
wn.
of life so pleasant,
en its walls decay;
ever present,
d stay!
is from me drifting;
ires, days of shade and shine,
vn uplifting
mine.
r! Let thy spirit
fort and uphold;
:h of palm I merit,
)ld.
ill unreckoned,
lgh thy abounding grace?
miliar beckoned
?Whlttler.
[EN CUSTOM.
;t," Dean Farrar graphically
lianges wrought by Christianof
wrongs, he says, which it
:d, in emancipating the slave,
nursing the sick, in honoring
ng the orphan, and in shrouded
innocence the tender years
tially vindicated its superior
umphed over the cruelties of
. Utopian. Christianity is init
universally practiced all so>ral
and ethical wrongs would
ameliorated. What is the atWhen
one observes the gen)ld
age, one seriously deplores
en custom of abandoning the
treatment may be less grossly
len custom of driving the old
.ides of the barren mountains
ct and starvation, still the old
iff to die by being debarred
e common employments and
y must necessarily win their
pmnlnvpre in 1 loi-/?o /?;? ? -o
... ? .c.&t v-it-jr itfifty
years of age. A special
ganized for the purpose of
ince to the unemployed, found
ing unable to secure work for
because they were over fifty
ompetency, devoid of relative
villing.yet unable to get work,
were turned off either to beg,
ie, or die by starvation.
lN of the south.
According to the modern cor
ress, but according to the Christ
heathenism. It is a condition w
will tend to multiply frightful
percentage of criminals, and d;
frequent ehastlv deeds nf vi'r?let
ever much it may surprise, chag
be acknowledged that this custor
Let a minister show signs of aj
it be known that he is fifty yea
gated to the class of undesiral
was considering a minister with
The moment it was ascertained
notwithstanding his superb qual
dinary physical and mental vigo
sources of knowledge and experi
ilv and insolently dropped that (
of such heathen contempt should
milestone.
Not so long ago a committee a
ing pastor with the urgent requc
in getting rid of their preacher
signed for this course towards <
them, married their children, bu
tedly served them amid every
was, "He is getting old, and we
Alas! "He is getting old." Hz
the services of God, having spen
fort to do good, having endured
discomforts for others, alas! wh<
and silvery, when his face is fi
thought and care, when his fori
weariness, the sadness of prolo
by being turned off to die. ."Pre
ernist. It is the .very antipode
quintessence of heathenism.
The practice and tolerance of
a positve violation of the law c
vitality of the church and impaii
is impossible to perpetuate youtl
divine grace to honor and pre
head and superior wisdom. So
at the door of the church, so
dearth of candidates, so long wi
less annnvanrp c/-? 1 ~ ?
J ?, ou lUllg Will I
tarry.
"So let our lips and li
The holy gospel we p
So let our works and
To prove the doctrine
Don't send your children 1
Take them! The need for you 1
that for vnur "v
-?< viiiiuiv.ii. i uur
greater pleasure to them. The
and will not be missed out of y<
It will be better spent than in
or reading that Sunday paper
more about the Bible. Under i
provision is made for profitable
And if you know so much that y
a student, why the more reasoi
give out of the wealth of your
that will help others.
July 21, 1909.
iception, this is progian
conception, this is
hich, if not remedied,
suicides, increase the
arken the times with
ice and crime. Howrin,
or grieve, it must
n obtains in the church,
iproaching age, or let
rs old, and he is rele>lcs.
A congregation
a. view 10 caning mm.
that he was fifty,
ificationS, his extraorr,
his accumulated reence,
he was so specd>ne
shuddered in view
I one attain the fiftieth
pproached a neighborrst
that he assist them
, the only reason asj
3ne who had baptized
iried their dead, devovarying
circumstance,
: want a young man."
iving given his life to
t his energy in the efuntold
privations and
en his hair grows thin
irrowed with lines of
m inevitably yields to
nged life is deepened
gress!" says the modto
progress. It is the
this custom which is
>f God is sapping the
ring its usefulness. It
h, but it is possible by
fer age for its hoary
> long as this sin lies
1r?nor ?r!11 ~ I? ?
mil UC H
11 infidelity give needhe
looked-for revival
ves express
rofess;
virtues shine
all divine."
l
to the Sunday school!
:o go is just as great as
going will make it a
time will he hnt littlA
Dur household business,
lolling about the house
You need to know
modern methods ample
study in adult classes,
ou do not need to go as
n to go, that you may
' knowledge something