OR,

GATHERED GEMS FOR THE AGED.

BY

REV. S. G. LATHROP.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

REV. ARTHUR EDWARDS, D.D.,

EDITOR OF THE NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.

FLEMING H. REVELL,

CHICAGO:

NEW YORK:
148 AND 150 Madison St. 148 AND 150 NASSAU ST.

Publisher of Evangelical Literature.

DEDICATION.

TO THE GOODLY COMPANY OF MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR COUNTRY, WHO

HAVE REACHED OR PASSED THE

FIFTIETH MILE-STONE OF LIFE,

THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY ITS AUTHOR,
WHO, THROUGH A MERCIFUL PROVIDENCE, HAS PASSED
HIS THREE-SCORE YEARS, AND IS RAPIDLY

APPROACHING HIS