Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-17
.wary,ry OF -cHuRoHMEN.

Longevity nav |
were engaged in the service OF the Church.
We speak now irrespective Of sect. The
Cardinal de Sails, Archbishop Of Seville.
died in 1885, at the advanced age Of ITO
wears. He may be cited as an undoubted
instance of the advantage to be derived
from regular living. He used to tell his
when asked what system he OBJ
by being old when I was young,
| find myself young when I am old. l
led a sober and studious. but no a lazy
or s~edentary life. My diet was sparing.
delicate my liquors the best wines,
Here's and La Mancha, Of which I never
exceeded a pint at any meal, except in cold
weather, when I allowed myself a third
more; l rode or walked every day, except
in rainy weather ; I exercised within doors
for a couple Of hours. So far I took care
Of the body; and as to the mind. I endeav-
ored to preserve it in due temper by q
scrupulous obedience to the Divine COM
mands, By these innocent means l have
arrived at the age OF a patriarch, with less
injury to my health and constitution than
many experience at forty" The wines
drank BY the Cardinal were of the pure
juice of the grape, without the addition Of
brandy.
NJ. du Belloy, Archbishop Of Paris, lived
beyond a century. He had always a good
appetite, and loved good cheer. His face
is said to have frightened up at the sight
Of a dainty dish. Napoleon always evinced
great Difference and respect for the aged
p~relate. Flechie,, the eminent French
pulpi, orator. lived until he was IS years
Of age. His contemporaries, Bourdaloue,
Bossne, and MasSillion, reached respec-
lively the age of -, -, and 20 years.
Cardinal Fleury, the preceptor, and inter-
wards the prime minister Of Louis Nv,
was So at the time of his death. Bishop
Warbur,on, author of the Divine Legs-
ton of Noses" reached 81 years.
John Wesley does not appear to have
inherited a strong constitution, resembling
in this respec, Sir Isacc Newton and Vol
taire. In his youthful days he wal sub
iect to many ailments, and even some
serious diseases /; but after the age of forty
he enjoyed for the most part excellent
health till within u few days OF his death.
He was always exceedingly temperate. and
abstained from the use Of all Intoxicating
liquors. and rose uniformly as an early
hour. He was of a very cheerful dispo-
sition and even temper, great prolongers
Of life. He took constantly exercise Of
the most active kind, regardless alike Of
heat and cold, wind and rain. He was q
lover of order and regularity in every
thing. In his journal Wesley, tells us,
that from 10 10 Is or IA years Of age he
had little but bread to eat, and nc great
plenty Of that. This, he believes, was so
far from hurting him, that it laid the
foundation Of lasting health. When he
grew up he ate sparingly, and drank
water, following the advice Of DR.. Cheyne.
whose work he read. At the age Of %
years he had splitting Of blood, as hemor-
rhage from the lungs is generally called.
4 warm climate cured this. Eleven years
from this time. he says that he was in
the third stage OF consumption. With
the present better knowledge Of the nature
and diagnosis of this disease, we cannot
well credit the accuracy Of the eminen,
narrator. At one time he was brought to
the brink Of the grave By a fever, but this
attack lef, him healthier than before. A,
a more advanced period of his life. he
writes: IL am 70 years old. and far
ADLER to preach than l was at three and
twenty. What natural causes has God
used to produce so wonderful an effect
lst. Continual exercise and change Of air.
I'd. Constant rising at four. Sd. The
ability. if ever I want it. to sleep immedi-
ately. 18th. The never having lost a
nights sleep in my life" Implicit faith
should be placed in the last means which
he specifies, viz: "evenness Of temper"
At the opening of his SD year he makes
the following record: To-day I entered
on my SD year, and found myself Just as
strong to labor and as ft for exercise Of
body or mind Ms I was forty years ago.
I am as strong at 81 as I was at 81. but
abundantly more healthy, being q stranger
TO the headache. toothache. and other
bodily disorders which attended me in my
youth" Again, at the age Of SO, he OBJ
serves: II am u wonder to myself. It
is now twelve years since I have felt any
, such sensation as w~eariness."