Forbes Winslow

Within Sight of Home! - a Series of Readings for the Aged Forbes Winslow Large Type edition

Every human being has his own peculiar sorrows and trials, known very often only to himself, unsuspected even by his dearest friends-but none the less hard to bear for all that. As life goes on, and we become what is termed "grown up," our anxieties and cares grow up with us too. Every day, every hour, has its troubles; were it not for the grace of God-we would be vanquished and utterly cast down. As life goes on-a change takes place in the very strongest of us, according to the law which works throughout nature, and causes all things to tend to decay. As we become aged: our health and strength begin to fail us, unaccustomed pains seize our limbs, we are easily fatigued, our memory is impaired, our hands shake, our sight is dim, our hearing imperfect; we begin to feel that we are shut out from the world, that we are out of date, that we are looked upon by our young people as belonging to a distant generation of beings, as uninteresting relics of the past. In Within Sight of Home! Forbes Winslow addresses growing older giving peace to the process and reminders of hope for believers.