The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-07-23

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a4sult OF the diaha.
REv. rAIMA6E Teal experiment
which left Job victor proved the falsitl
Of the Satanic remark: "All that
man hath viii he give Tor ms life
Many q captain who has stood on III,
bridge Of the steamer till his passcn
gers got of and he drowned; many 81
engineer who has kept his hand o.
the throttle valve or his foot on thl
brake until Tie most OF the train we.
saved, while he went down 90 deat.
through the open draw-bridre many
a fireman who plunged into @ blaaut
house to get a sleeping child oa~ u,
fireman sacrificing his life In the az
tempt and the thousands o. martyr
VINO submitted 10 fiery stake ans
knife Of massacre and headuan's al
and g~uillotine rather than susrende.
principle, proving that in many q cas-,
nv text was not true when 3. says
IAN that a man hath will he give 10.
his life"
But satan's falsehood was built on
truth. Life is very precious, and ifwI
would not give IN all, there are many
things we would snrrenier rather thai
surrender il. We see how prcciouI
life is from the fact that we do every
thing to proiong IT, Hence all sani
tary regulations, all study OF hygiene
all fear OF drlughtS all w~aterproofs
all doctors, all medicines an strUrgl,
in crisis or accident An admiral O
the British navy was c0urt-martialet
for turning his ship around in time o.
danger, and 50 damaging the shin i
was proved against him. But wher
his time came to be heard he said
"Gentlemen, / did turn the shiI
around. and admit that Il was Dam
aged, but do you want 70 know why ]
turned IL? There was a man over,
board. and ! wanted to save him. and
] did saw him, and ! consider the life
Of one sailor worth all the vessels OF
the British navy No wonder he wa,
vindicated Life is indeed very pre-
e.ouS Yea, there are those who deem
life so precious they would like 10 re,
peat; they would like 10 try il ovci
again. They would like 10 20 back
from 40 70 90, from 60 TO 50, from 50 "a
40, from 30 10 30. from 30 to 20. ] PRO.
pose for very practical and useful pur.
poses, as will appear before / ge,
through, 10 discuss the question we
have all asked OF others. and other.
have again and again asked Of rs.
Would you like 20 live your lie over
againS
The fact it. that no intelligent and
right-feeling man is satisfied villa Nj.
past life However successful you,
life may have been, You are not salts
fed with H. What is success? Asl
that question Of 100 different men
and they win give 100 diferen.
answers One man will say, success.
is 81 000, 009;n another will say. Src
cess is worldwide publcity; another
will saw. "success is gaining tina.
which you started fur" Bat as fl is .
free country ] gave my own definition
and say, success j. mifiing the par
tserlar mission upon which you werl
sent whether 10 write a constitution
or invent a new style Of wheelborrow
or take earc Of sick cnild.7 Do VIVA
God calls you 70 do, ard vou are a sue
cess, whether you leave 81, 900. 900 a
death or are buried a. public expense
whether il takes 70 pages Of an en-
cyelopedia to tell the wonderful thing
You have done, or your name Is neve
printed but once. and that in III.
death column. But whatever your sue
cess has been, you are not satisHe,
with your lie.
We have al made so many mistakes
stumbled into so many blunders, sai,
so many things that ought not 10 hay
been said, and done SO many thing
that ought not Il have been done, tina
we can suggest at least % per cent O
improvement Now, would It not b
grand II the good Lord would say {
you: you 3 90 back and try it owe
again. will, by q word, turn you
hair to black, or brown, or golden, an.
smooth all the wrinkles ont Of YOU
temple or cheek, and take the bend Oh
Of your shoulders, and extirpate Ii
stiffness from the joint and the rhcr
matte twinge from the foot. and 70
shall be Il years Of age, and just wha
you were when you reached that poin
before II the proposition were mad
think many thousands would accer
st.
But some Of Won would have 10 2
back further than 20 g year, Of age
make a fair START, for there are man
who manage % get all wrong befor
that period Yet in order 70 get
fair start, some would have TO 20 bac
10 the father and mother and get thei
corrected; yea, 70 the grandfather Hn
grandmother, and have their life cor
rected, for some Of You are suferin
from bad hereditary Influences, whic
started 100 years ago. Well, II you
grandfather lived his lie over again
and your father lived his life ovo
again, and you lived your life ov,
again, what q cluttered-up place thi
world would be-a place filled wit
miserable attemDts. at reuai-s- bi
each generation 10 have only OF
chance. and then for them
pass of and give smother gene
alton q chance. Besides tina
IL we were permitted 70 live y
over again, II would be d stale az
stupid experience. The ze2t and spi
and enthusiasm Of lie come from q
fact that we have never been alor
tbiG road before, and everything
new, and we are alert for what ms
appear al the next turn Of the roa.
Suppose you. y man Of middle or o.
age. were. with your present feelinl
and large attainmeuts. put back 10.
the thirties, or in the Juveniles. or
the teens. what a nuisance you wOu.
be 10 the Others, and what 40 uuha
piness to yourself, Your contemp
raries would not want you, and ",
would not want thcm- Things u.
in your nrevious journey Of hie SIR,
your healthful ambition. II gave y,
o. pleasurable surprise, or led you iu
happy Interrogation, would only &c
forth from You a disguised TO- pshaw
You would be blase at 30, and q misa
thrope a. 80, and uncomfortable az ,
The most inaue and stupid thing ina
Unable would be o second journey
life. II is amusing 10 bear people sa
~ would like 10 live my he or
again, II / could take my proscli c
0 perience and knowledge Of thin
back with me and begin under tho
improved auspices Why what
Np~interesting boy You would br wi
your present attachments 10 q chill,
mind. No n would want such % b.
around the house n philosopher NJ .
a scientist at 10. qp a~rchaeologist