The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-08-14
The Elixir of Life.
Newbern Journal

From time immemorial men haye
been ins s"a-ch Of the Fountain Of per.
petual Y"u b" "The Elixir of Life"
We d" not believe in the existence
Of 81 great q pannac a. That there
are remedial agents, and innumer-
able antidotes, has been fully de q.
monstrated, and be is u bold man
who assays to fix limits to the dis
coveries science Of the Inventions of
genus. But the word of God, and
the experience Of ages attest that de-
cay 10 written on all this terrestrial
globe, and that sooner, or later, all
that is material must yield to the in-
esitable decree, "Dust to dust, ashes
to ashes "
The nrctension to the discovery of
a. elixir OF life is sustained by high
authority. Brown Sequard is at the
b ad Of French scientists. and DR..
William A. Hammond is scarcely
less distinguished among Americans.
That they have made valuable dis
eoveries by which suffering may be
mitigated, and the vital energies
stimulated and strengthened. seems
70 Le established; but beyond this it
is not probable that permanent sue
Q, IS has been attained.
On this Subject our very able con.
temporary, the Washington Posi-, say I:
Sometime ago DIR. Han u.ond, af.
Ter years OF patient research nd ex-
pertinent, proclaimed th d .ath was
no, Necessity, and the key TO per-
pe,ual mortal life was lying around
somewhere in the ImmedIats luture.
He claimed that all fad was nedi
cine, or mere fuel % the human ma
chine. One having discovered the
exact quality and quantity dtmsnded
by tue several parts OF the human
organism -blood, bvne. aid MUSCLE
he aimed that death would be pi sc-
ticaIly abolished. Dr. Hammond
prophesied. Di. Brown Sequard has
fulfilled. The Amencals said the
ehx,r existed, the Frenchman has
discovered II. IL is, then fore, pro-
per that DIR. Hammond should at
once adopt and proclaim the ,ficacy
Of the new medicine or food. While
DIR. Hammond gave more emphsiss
TO the fact Of living forever, DIR.
Brown Sequsrd names his discovery
the elixir Of youth. However, they
are practically one and the same
thing, for youth and health may defy
dealh. To anticipate the revo. utIon
in mortal existence aud the affairs Of
man, which 10 involved in the success
Of this elixir, is TO recon.truct u
world On a principle directly opposed
to that ON which II is nov opel ated."
We will 20 us far as any in rec
ognlIion OF the tnumphs OF science,
but when any pretender la science
advances opinions directly opposed
W the teachings Of GoL's word We
will sonnd the alarm, aud echo the
divine declaration, "heayea and
earth may pass away, but the word OF
the Lord endureLh forever"
Ii IL we're possible to admit the
conc. usion that have been ANNOUNCED,
imagination could not grasp the
transformation that must inevitably
follow 4
We anticipate the period when
man shall be free from tuG tLralldom
of sin. and there shall be q new
heaven aud q new earth. But it will
Ue when the Kingdoms Of the world
shall have become the Kingdoms Of
our Lord, and He shall reign whose
right it Is 10 Ieign. Until thai
blessed day we mIst suif the llls
that flesh i, heir %, Lut when nom
ing breaks Opon tie second Easter,
death will ~ swallowed up in victor.
and angels aud archangels celebrate
the great redemption through our
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