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OLD AGE MADE BEAUTIFUL

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 18, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 25.

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OLD AGE MADE BEAUTIFUL.

MANY persons have a great dread of growing old. But old age is not necessarily unhappy. A contemporary remarks:—
You sometimes see a woman whose old age is as exquisite as was the perfect bloom of her youth. You wonder how it is her life has been a long and happy one. Here are some of the reasons:—
She knew how to forget disagreeable things.
She kept her nerves well in hand, and inflicted them on no one.
She mastered the art of saying pleasant things.
She did not expect too much from her friends.
She made whatever work came to her congenial.
She retained her illusions, and did not believe all the world wicked and unkind.
She relieved the miserable and sympathized with the sorrowful.
She never forgot that kind words and a smile cost nothing; but are priceless treasures to the discouraged.
She did by others as she would be done by; and now that old age has come to her, and there is a halo of white hair about her head, she is loved and considered. This is the secret of a long life and a happy one.