Be Kind to the Old.
Oh! be kind to those who are in the autumn of life, for thou knowest not what sufferings they may have endured, or how much it may still be their portion to bear. Are they querulous and unreasonable ? allow not thine anger to kindle against them j rebuke them not, for, doubtless, many and severe have been the crosses and trials of earlier years, and perchance their dispositions, in the " spring time of life," were more gentle and flexible than thine own. Do they require aid of thee? then render it chcorfully, and forget not that the time may come when thou mayest desire the same assistance from others that now thou renderest unto them. Do all that is needful for the old, and do it with alacrity ; and think it not hard if much \3 required at thy hand ; lest, when age has set its seal upon thy brow, and filled thy limbs with trembling, there may be found those who will wait upon thee unwillingly, and who will feel relieved when the coffin-lid has covered thy fa<o for ever. The old must soon pass from this to another world ; is it a world of bliss i Then, though they liave much to cheer them through the remnant of their earthly pilgrimage, be kind to them, for they have many sorrows to endure before they seek the abodes of happiness; Ihey have yet to pass through " the valley of the shadow of death." Is it a world of wo to "which they are hastening? Have they no hope of heaven f Then, bo doubly cautious how thou addest a single drop to a cop already full; for surely they have enough to bear if their prospects for both time and eternity are shrouded in gloom.— Chicago Tribune.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 17, 16 August 1849, Page 4
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303Be Kind to the Old. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 17, 16 August 1849, Page 4
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