A beautiful, wise,

noble, happy, and useful old age!

All earthly life is a time for gathering . Not a day should pass when we do not lay up something for the future —

some new bit of knowledge, some new lesson of experience,

some new word of God to rest upon,

some new joy of pure friendship to warm the heart,

some new strength gotten by overcoming,

some new meaning of love or beauty.

That is the way to grow wise and helpful.

Old age is the harvest of all the years. A life of summer gathering — gives a beautiful, wise, noble, happy, and useful old age!