The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1883-01-05
Tie Miraculous Incarnation Receiving
World Wide Recognition.
FHE CHRISTIAN WORLD PlRflKES OF fHE HOLY JOY
Il CH.APTER on LONGEVTTY.
Han Wastes his Stock Of Kortality Refined sad Pol.
shed Nations Have No Promise in Long.
tVity Over Savage Nations.
DfIEpidaffOn Iu the HumRz Fabric.
Rapid Strides in the Physical De-
Renerzcy OF the - uEsaau Race
1.-The Aucienfs and koa-
erna Coutraated.
Irregular Correspondence Of the FREEMAN. ]

| viour Of mankind. calling its commem-
| Grafton Christmas, aud with similar
I gratitude it recognizes Christ's rising
I from the grave. and calls its commence
ration Easter. Great are the prepara-
I tions made for the coTHmemoration- Of
! Christmas In. this city. The stores are
( bright and beautiful in their festival
. garDlsblngs, ana numerous and varied
are the seasonable attractions. At the
wharyes and in the markets the piles of
evergreens are greater than ever before.
( Nearly all the streets of the city are
! alive with Christmas green's, and in the
churches the nimble fingers of females
are busily engaged in the work of deco
rating the church sanetuaries. On all
the streets are reminders OF the advent
/ OF Christmas. The furnished store win
COWS and their stock Of Christmas goods.
and those that pile the side walks, give
tokens of how extensive are the prepar-
atIons for the great festival.
As on Christmas the whole Christian
world partake OF the holy JOY which the
angels announced to the shepherds on
that occasion. and which consists in
giving glory to God for such an incOm-
parable favor, it is to be deplOred that
at this day doubts should be expressed
about the 25th Of December being the
day on which our Saviour was born
Yet there are some who do doubt. An
editorial in the Philadelphia Record Of
the 10Th inst, upon the subject Of the
Christmas festival, doubts the correct
ness of the date of Christ's birth in the
following words: 1T is the custom TO
associate Il Christmas with the birth Of
Christ. and doubtless some persons will
not find it pleasant TO have the illusion
dispelled. But cold historical fact
seemingly does not justify the associa-
tion. Indeed it seems very certain that
the event did not occur on that day -
But the date and place Of our SaviOur's
birth is not an Illusion. It Is true that
in the fourth century there was a doubt
about the date of Christ's birth. but
Pope. Julius ], then reigniug, made
search of the Roman archives and as
certained the fact that Joseph and Mary
went TO the city OF Bethlehem on the
oath Of December, and on the following
day Christ was born. In consequence
of a decree from the Roman Emperor,
for the purpose Of taxing all his subjects
in the several cities. Joseph and Mary
repaired 70 Bethlehem the city OF David.
to whose family they belonged. and
there having been so many visitors ar
riving in advance of them that there
were no accommodation in the public
houses for such humble guests as Mary
and Joseph, and they were placed in the
stable of one of the inns, where Christ
was born on the following day. There
is no question of doubt about either the
date or place of birth of the long prom
ised Saviour The custom. therefore.
of celebrating the nativity of Christ on
The 25th of December is not an Illusion.
but an established fact. the assertion of
the Record to the contrary notwitE-
standing.
Ny attention for the last few days
has been called to the reported deaths
of a remarkably old age of quite a num-
Der Of persons. a few of these reported
deaths are as follows Mrs. Margaret
Honeywell. the oldest inhabitant of
Northeastern Pennsylvania. died at
Lackawaxen, aged 98 years Mrs. Mary
Aired, died at Floyd. Georgia, aged 103
years Mrs. Mary Larkin. died at Bal
timOre, Maryland. aged 103 years Mrs.
Aisle knight, died at Saudersvile,
George, aged los Mrs. Maria Apple
by, died at MOrristowu, New Jersey,
aged 105; Mrs. Ann SummeTal. died at
BlOomi1gdale, Florida. aged 1I2 and
Mrs. Sarah Wood. died ct Buf0rd, Geor-
gia, aged 121 years. AL OF these aged
persons died within the last ten days.
It is worthy Of note, that all of them
were females. This goes to prove that
women are more prOvident, live pureT
lives, and violate natures laws less
than men. II is also evident that the
marriage state is favorable to longevity.
Notwithstanding there are so many old
maids and old bachelors there is scarce
" an instance of one Of them having at
tanned a great age.
There is nothing dearer than life. yet
there is nothing with which mankind is
so imprudcnt. The more we follow ma
ture and are obedient to her laws. the
. longer we viii live. and the more we de-
viate from them, the shorter will be our
existence. The average man foolishly
wastes his stock of mortality, a1d be-
comes bankrupt before his term is half
/ spent. All animal life is so constituted
with stock of vitality sufficient to
run it five times the period the particu,
| lar animal requires to mature. The av-
/ eraee man natures at twenty years. and.
/ therefore, If he lives mp to nature s laws
/ viii survive for one hundred years.
/ Hat l lived strictly up to natures laws
/ 1 might have reached the good old age
/ of 13O years. [ was late maturing be-
/ ing beaTdlsss at the age of &c years.
/ From boyhOod up to the age of twenty.
! five, compared with the companions oi
my own age, l was physically greatly
/ their inferior, while at the age of 3C
/ years 1 was physically their superior
/ Few men have been Inore improvideCt
! and more reckless Of life than have
been. l am convinced that under IA
| vOrable conditions I would have lived
to be over ore hundred years old.
now fully realize the fact that l have
recklessly and foolishly wasted much oi
/ my stock of vitality. There is no rezs
on why the average man, under proper
/ conditions, should not live to be 90 Ol
/ 100 years old. But the man who ma
/ lures at 20 years and should live to the
age of 100 years, dies on the average an
der 80 years of age.
The physical downfall of man may b.
| ascribed to eating forbidden foou. -
Civilization seems to consist OF refined
I methods of violating natures laws
| Diatetic abuse among the wealthy is {
I frightful source of disease. If man vii
/ not obey nature laws disease must fol
low. How healthfUl and glorious would
I mans life be If lie would strictly obey
all OF natures laws. Man would theI
live without an ache or pain in the body
/ or grief or sadness in the heart. anC
. when his work was done and his journey
/ ended he would melt calmly into an i'm
. mortal state. But such is not the case
We kill ourselves eating forbidden food
The savage tribes have prominence il
1 longevity over refined and polished ma
. tiouS Leaving out causes of destruc
1 ton OF life inSeparable from the haGt
tudes of baTbrous races, the African anC
/ Indian Offpuest attain extreme old AGE