"Pain breaks not the calm of the sweet twilight of age"

 

"At evening time it shall be light." Zechariah 14:7

"Oftentimes we look forward with forebodings to the time of old age, forgetful that at eventide it shall be light. To many saints, old age is the choicest season in their lives. A balmier air fans the mariner's cheek as he nears the shore of immortality, fewer waves ruffle his sea, quiet reigns, deep, still and solemn. From the altar of age the flashes of the fire of youth are gone, but the more real flame of earnest feeling remains. The pilgrims have reached the land Beulah, that happy country, whose days are as the days of heaven upon earth. Angels visit it, celestial gales blow over it, flowers of paradise grow in it, and the air is filled with seraphic music. Some dwell here for years, and others come to it but a few hours before their departure, but it is an Eden on earth. We may well long for the time when we shall recline in its shady groves and be satisfied with hope until the time of fruition comes. The setting sun seems larger than when aloft in the sky, and a splendour of glory tinges all the clouds which surround his going down. Pain breaks not the calm of the sweet twilight of age, for strength made perfect in weakness bears up with patience under it all. Ripe fruits of choice experience are gathered as the rare repast of life's evening, and the soul prepares itself for rest.

The Lord's people shall also enjoy light in the hour of death. Unbelief laments; the shadows fall, the night is coming, existence is ending. Ah no, crieth faith, the night is far spent, the true day is at hand. Light is come, the light of immortality, the light of a Father's countenance. Gather up thy feet in the bed, see the waiting bands of spirits! Angels waft thee away. Farewell, beloved one, thou art gone, thou wavest thine hand. Ah, now it is light. The pearly gates are open, the golden streets shine in the jasper light. We cover our eyes, but thou beholdest the unseen; adieu, brother, thou hast light at even-tide, such as we have not yet." CHS

Morning October 4th

“Surely when I look over in detail... the course of my heart and life; when I call to mind who I have been, and what God has done for me, and by me; when I sum up all together and recollect that consideration which should never be forgotten, that all the past, present, and to come, are under the view of God and lively colours, I am lost in astonishment and can only exclaim ‘Thy ways are not our ways nor thy thoughts as our thought.’ I will try to look back through my past life, and to affect my heart, as by the review it ought to be, with humiliation, gratitude, love, and confidence.”

 - William Wilberforce , The Life of William Wilberforce (1838)

"...His grace lasts a lifetime. The deepest pains may linger through the night, but joy greets the soul 

with the smile of morning."

Psalm 30: 5 (VOICE) 

by Emily Ann "The setting sun seems larger than when aloft in the sky,"

"I will unite them behind a single desire and purpose:

 to revere and worship Me forever for their own good 

and for the good of all who will come after them.

 I will make an everlasting covenant with them:

 I will never stop blessing them with good things, 

and I will put in them a fear and respect of Me

 so they will not turn their backs to Me again.

 It will be My great joy to do good things for them,

 and you can be sure that I will devote Myself completely

 to planting them anew in this land."

Jeremiah 32: 39-41

We are so thankful for Gealy Weston Wallwork 

and Betty Ann Boone Wallwork.

Three children, 12 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren , 

51 family members in all :)

We thank you God that it has been 

"your great joy to do good things for us as a family"