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Be Tender to Those Who Are Old

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 28, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 13.

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Be Tender to Those Who Are Old

LET us ever be tender to those who are past The glory and joy of their prime; Whose strength and whose vision are weakening fast ’Neath the shadowing touches of time.
Let us ever be tender to those who are old, For once they were happy and young; And when the bright future before them unrolled, They merrily frolicked and sung.
With strength and with hopefulness life was enjoyed, And gaily they went on their ways, Undreaming of hopes to be baffled—destroyed; Undreaming of sorrowful days.
The years are fast speeding; they soon will be gone The aged ones with us to-day; Their feet are approaching eternity’s dawn, Make haste to be kind while we may!
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