The Charm of Old Age. All should grow old gracefully, ripening like the apple, which ruddy in the sunshine and morning dews, drops at last, naturally into the fruit garner’s basket. And so the sunset of life should be to us more beautiful than the sunrise. Youth, like the opening bud, has its work in front of it, while old age, full of trust, is ready to go when the summons comes. It has a quiet charm of its own; a calm richness, as of autumnal forests—a serene sanctity like that of a moss-embowered cathedral, or the towering grandeur of an oak on the hill-top, that stands an inviting shady retreat for grazing herds and footweary travellers. In fact, old age, in years, is a quiet letting-go fame, riches, fashion, fading away, while the pulsing spirit seems more beautiful and more divine. —(From the writings of Dr J. M. Peebles.)
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 January 1921, Page 2
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