The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-07-07
METHusEL.AH.

Dlu NelHustldH i've WI TUG SH'H "'"N
hundred and sixty-nine years? We're the
wears, in the DAYS Of Moses and the prophets.
as long as thew are now! Were days and
wears, in Bible times. literal or figurativc.
These questions are frequently discussed,
but moi always satisfactorily solved.
To the present short-liyed race i seems to
be Inconccivabe that in the earlier history
of the world, men shnuld have lived SO long
But no one has ever given Us a sound reason
why they should not. We have neye: yet
heard a scientific reason To the contrary.
DIR. Alcoit, the celebrated vegetarian, who
is so often accused Of advocating" bran bread
and saw dust buildings hut WIN in reality
does not recommend hran-bre al all, and
is opposed to buildings Of all kinds. argues
that, as Methuselah out.lived his ancestors,
his descendants might have out.liyed him.
hail they been as risidly obsersant OF the
conditions Of health.
And why mt. We should like to see the
medical man or the physlolnglst who can give
a reason why it is impossible for human
being ID live thousand years. We mean.
of course, a philosophical reason. All the
argument that can be advanced against this
position must be drawn from human expert
ence. This proves the present average age
4 Of the human family to be thirty years. or
| less. And il We iUuk intn the causes which
are destroying the human race al this mo-
ment, as well as abbreyiating the natural pc,
riod Of existence, we NAV we'll wonder that
/ the race Dies not cease 10 live At all.
] No one will contend that Methuselah lived
almost thousand wears. contrary tothe laws
II nature. Aud il the laws Of nature permit
one person In live sa Lane why will MT tho
same laws permit other persons, under slmlar
circumstances. TO live as long, or longer:
| Ii is true that millions Ut children are born
into TIE world every year without vitality
sufficient to carry them through the pe'ind 81
infancy. 4 majority are bonn viii - low a
grade Of constitutional stamina as 10 be IN.
able 10 grow up To fully maturtd manhood,
even nnder the n,n,t favorable circumstances.
And Of hose Win have the reputation 81 dy-
M Of old age. their wears ,lu not nlten num-
Der three. score and ten.
Was Nethu-clah an old man al fly or six
Is: Was he gray headed and snperannaa-
ted at sixty.nIne: Was he known aiming
men as IN old man for nine hundred years :
No. lie was yolng man at three hunirr,l
At uUe HuuWFtN war, Nf VS. UlA ~ hHh
not an old 5pr' either, bat a well.grown
firmly Developed. anl Wholesome youth.
/ Mrtbnsr!lh dpl not 1--we ~ a d.n,rly pnpu.
lated CITY; nor vas tie country IN his time
/ filled with Tie l,pisonous miasms Of slaughter
houses, di.tilierIrs, cnw- stables. ig.pens and
grave ,arl.. Mr. we're tie people confirm.
lily poisoning themselves wHl hrey stlmn'
l4nts aud palsyiag narcolirs. Nor va. the
fpDd in lliu,e tunes adBliersted and sitiaied
IL al possible WAYS 10 .uIt tie purpo.e, d
commerce, and insure the profits 81 dealers
Nor did doctor. then puIson tie peUple through
and through with powerful dfng,, i per-
chance tlry became sick. Nor did learned
men 10 tiase ,Ia,, teach ~ that lager .b.eI
and alephul we've useful aud nutrIt'uas TODD,
and beverages. Nor were men permitted a,
NOW. 10 walk abroad and pun the poison q
tobacc0 smpke intn the whole atmosphere
Men lived in purity; purity insured health
health g.,s strength; strength secured iOng
life. 20 fur the gnpd I'D days u Adam ard
Eve" aud .. Meihu.eIah especially.
If illustrated.