The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-30
The HEIR OF THE FUTURE:
Significant statement Made ny Z
sefentfnc Writer.

Scientific Writer.
IL is a very striking sentence with
which DIR. Thomson closes his article
ON diseases of the nerves. Indeed, the
whole paragraph which the sentence
concludes Is OF unusual interest. Thc
nervous system, he says, is not dimin-
ished or destroyed by death from starv-
alton as other bodily systems are;
il does not grow old as fast as the body.
and need not grow old at all IL the mind
.'be steadily supplied with that spirit
ual element In us which we call inter
est" He refers 20 the case OF Mr.. Glad
stone in illustration. Mr.. Gladstone.
nearly 90, with his 'shriveled. weakened,
deaf old body" Is not the Mr.. Gladstone
whom most OF the world knows only as
the great statesman and leader or uho
moral forces OF Europe and America
against the gigantic wrongs of Turkish
rule. They have never been in his bodf
ily presence; but his utterances and In
acts, the products OF his mind and heart,
are the evidences Of the man they adj
mire and reverence, and are just as po-
tent here as in England. This Is the IL
lustration, with some amplification, and
this Is the concluding sentence;
"Flesh and blood have no future, ana
\ hence fail and decay inevitably; but the
\ mind, when sustained by its own slim
| ulants, interest and hope, will come To
| it's last earthly day as ready as ever for
| further life"
This il not new suggestion "
brings up an argument for immortality
as old as the discussion itself. We
are persuaded that we are not born to
die; that what appears TO be the end
is not really the end, but only change
We come TO this change often in the
ripest condition of mental life. The
mind and the character continue To
grow after the muscular system begins
To decay, In flesh and blood are tho
seeds OF death; but the soul may be
kept ever young and vigorous, and be
better fitted for life when the body dies
OF old age than when the body Is young.
II is hard 20 believe that IL has no high
er destiny than the flesh, which speed
ily returns to dust, no capacity sep
arate from It's clay tenement, no future
OF development and usefulness. Such
a fate would contradict the Biological
principle OF the suiNiNnA ~ "'~
test.
When DIR. Thomson wrote: Flesh
and blood have no future" he may not
have had In mind Pauls saying: Flesh
and blood cannot inherit eternal life,'
In which the apostle simply echoed
Christ's words: THAT which is born of
the flesh Is flesh, and thatwhich Is born
of the Spirit is spirit" The body Is our
habitaiton, and that habitation we must
desert sooner OF later; happy are we
IL ''our earthly house OF this tabernacle
, Is dissolved, we have building OF Cod
and house not made with hands, eter-
, nal I'm the heavens"
Manifestly II flesh and blood have
no future IL were folly and loss TO live
. the life of the flesh. We shall soon be
done with the body; IL win fan from US
!, like an old yesturc; but we shall live
on, either for good or Ill, inunspeakable
: 10Y ormisery. II we give all our thought
, and care TO the flesh, which prohtetn
nothing, for the sensual satisfaction we
, may get, and utterly neglect the spirit
which has the promise OF eternal Ire
we throw away fhe pearl for the sake OF
(, the worthless she'll.
DIR. Thomson's words imply that the
soul may grow old with the body. II
needs the stimulant OF interest and hops
!, TO keep Il vigorous and 20 developit. IL
love God and serve His cause among met
,, Is 10 provide such an interest ana gan
al such hope.-'N. Y. independents