Richland beacon., 1878-04-06
Death.

The ply steal organism OF man -
compOsed Of matter. Nature builds
Up the human system. and Jaiure
takes down the structure. Ii IL . re-
msrkabIe and wonderful work The
secrets pertaining 10 lift..mO,ion have
been the subject Of the closest scru,i.
Nv. Investigations have been made,
but ~ vet We know not how, from
natural causes, we move and breathe.
We do know something Of how life
must be SUSTAINED but al solut-ly
nothing Of life itself II We could
penetrate the secret If life We could
tell how We die naturally. We do
know that the causes which relate 10
life.mOlion are gradually exhausted.
worn out or depleted. and We die.
First, we obsrrve the ~rink!ed brow.
the scrswuy skin, wi,hered cheek. and
the gray bsirs, showing that the
springs Of life are naturally growing
| dry that the blood Is diminishing
that circulation and vitality are inn
p~d..d. The teeth decay; the eyes 70
10, K towards the brain The cOunteu.
sncs is not the rosy, clear. trsnspar.
ent vissge Of healthy youth ; its beau.
~ is gone. The person IL said To
live, but We sssure him be is dying.
Times mark is On bis brow and death
il at his uoor. When death comes
the bu.iy in not decsy~d vet. The
body is nothing but u material organ
ur vessel whmh contains life. The
persun, however, ia dead. Life has
gone out of the matter aud death is
the result
Ii was not the work of the moment
ss many in,n,sgine. hut VI years.
The whole human family is now
diving; but nome heed. because it is
only y scientific fact, aud few inter. =,
themselves in scientific facts. |, is
q singular inquiry. bu, . reasonable
one to ask. how many ti,,.es the per-
son who lived 10 al advanced old aye
di d during life. Can any one tell
HAS scieuc~ counted the number ut
d~sths in y subject Of ihre~score and
ten years! Let Us zee. The born
infant dies in the child-ws wsesn nsl-
urslly-the child dies in the b:oom of
youth, youth 10 manhoOd. and usu-
hOod 10 old sge. A person. is bis own
pail.besrer often. but DIES not recog-
nized il. II we put new blades in al
old kuife-hsndle, aud afterwards put
. new handle to these blades. the
knife is not the same one We had ut
first. although in every particular il
nav be made like il, and although
the first gave the second mrcbsnicsl
rxistenc~ So with the human body.
II the particles Of the infants body
was only stretched gu, and filled out
TO the size Uf the man. We might say
that it was tic ssme person but il il
Q scientific fact, that long before Iau.
hood has been reached, every particle
Of the infants material organism has
bsen Lost, dissolv. d, xad is a. mani.
mate. perhaps. "a il was i~fOre M Urs
employed it in the cork VI new birth.
The child. the young mnn. and The
old n.au, are shsiyticslly distinct or.
ganic material. What has becone 81
the infant. the youth. the young mani
They were individusl;ties-rxistrd
moved, breaibed. aud vet not one par.
ticlc # their being Is preserved in Or.
gsnic individuality! We must say
that the death OF each preceding iudl-
viduality WAS essential to the exi~.
tenr~ Of its succeeding individuality
Old aye il not capable If this vitaliz.
i0g power. aud therefore gives up ia
the struggle for life-lets ~ its hold
from sheer sxbsuslioo-snd repr.ni,l.
ced individuality on the d stump O'
life il los, forever. Old age in Usu
il Ike old age in Q trre the nutrition
Of life ceases IL asaiMiia,e, the hrs,
dis -ipstes. aud the vial sap ceases to
flow-dissvlu,ion If the last organ
izrd material collection seIs in.
The human ,, ste" is built up by
the blood. Every formation take.
place under its influence. The blood
carries out to every par Of the body
vast supplies Of prepared material
which ir sssirnils,ed to a-sh. bore OF
muscle BY The secret agencies =, work
There ore pores in every part Of the
body fur vrn,ilstion and circulation
These let in just suficirnI atmosphere
to different parts for local assimilation
The propor,i"n Of beat. air. moisture
suG blond ia al measured and rsVula
ted, according to necessity. Now i
'h"se constant supplies furnished were
oil rets,ued. or il the particle furns
tons were Dot gradually dissolved
and dissipa,ed ~ new particles wer.
supplied. what coostqo~nces would
follow! The human frame would DE-
veiop to vast proportions in beigb1
and thickness, aud the earth would
fail to supply the race ~ith necessary
eusiensnee. and men would he forcc.S
o., r..r ,.s,rn s,sr.h ar hssr IN the OnlV