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Show an everlasting buckling on of the sword or polishing of the armor. The roaring of Hie can linn and the rattle of inns-ketry inns-ketry impel aforgetfulncss of the hero who once led on to victory, but who dies with the echo which was his life breaking his heart for the neglect it brings. There is nothing more beautiful than a sun selling in the glory of his own rays; nothing so sad as the disappearance disappear-ance of that sun in a black cloud of neglect. neg-lect. It is for this reason that the observance of Old Folks' day brings the Mormon people into a closer relation with humanity, regardless of. creed. Old age should recognize no creed, anyway. any-way. AH too frequently do the Gentiles ignore the duty they owo iu this regard, and here, at least, is a lesson they may learn from the other side. Old Folks' day, as established by the Mormons, is a most commendable custom, cus-tom, and should bo instituted iu every county of the United States. OLD FOLKS' lAV. In the feverish scramble for money the vitality of . the people is- too frequently fre-quently exhausted before it reaches that point where the true appreciation of old age is discovered. When night comes on, the old folks sink into the rest it brings, while the younger calculate upon the things thai may yet be acquired ac-quired before the sun sets beyond the horizon of death and calls all done. Too frequently the hand that should smooth Ihe pillow f.H-the head of one leaving the battle of life behind is engaged in |