The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-02-22

newed their youth.
Some one writes me: us not
three score and ten the bound of
human lie, according To the bible?
My reply is that Moses, not David.
who wrote that psalm, was giving a
statistic of his own day. Through
f~:tCr understanding of the laws of
health ard advancement of medical
science the s,rt.sticS of longevity
have mightily changed s,ce the time
OF Moses. and the day is coming when
nonagenarian will no longer be a
wonder. Phiebotomy shortened the
life of whole generations. and the
lancet that bled for everything is now
rarely taken from the doctors pocket.
Dentistry has given power of healthy
mastication TO the human race and
thus added greatly to the prolonga-
ton OF life. Electric lights have inn
proved human sight, which used TO
be strained by the dim tallow candle.
The dire diseases which under other
names did their fatal work and were
considered almost incurabie. now in
ma jority of eases are conquered.
Vaccination. which has saved millions
of lives and baked the greatest
scourge of nations. and surgery.
which has advanced more than any
other science. have done more than
can be told FOR the prolougation of
imam life. The X ray has turned
the human body. which was opaque.
into a lighted castle Il Is easier i'm
this age 20 renew ones youth than i'm
any other age. When Paul stopped
the jaiier from suicide by command
ing, do myself no harm" he showed
himself interested i'm the physical as
well as moral life of man. Among
the blessings which God promised was
that in which he said. "Nith long
life will / satisfy thee" and David,
in my text. illustrates the possibility
of palingenes.s or rciuvcnesccuce.
But the body Is the smallest ard least
important part Of YOU. 1t is your soul
that most needs rejuveratio but You
Will also help bodily yivifcation. In or
der 10 Go this advise YOU - Danish as
far as possible all fretfu.re-s out o.
your life. The doing Of that Will make
You ten years younger ! know many
good Christian people who are worry
ing themselves ont in managing the az
fairs OF the univsrsc. They have under
taken too big job. They are trying go
drive too .ong and fiery a team. They
have all the affairs Of churc p ard state
on hand, and they fret about this. and
fret about that. and fret about the 9th
er thing. They fear that China viii be
divided mp among the nation and there
VIII be au ENHANCEMENT causing wars
such a. We have never heard OF. They
fe2r that Edward VII viii not be- a-
wise a king a. his mother was % queen.
They are appalled, ut the accumulated
national deot. They fear society lis go-
ing 10 pieces 10y reason OF iInmCralitIes
They appreheud that America Will be
overcrowd ed with foreigners. They say
the newspapers are getting so bad that
,5is country is going to be utterly de-
-moralized. They are all the time APP
prehensive Of socia, and religious and
political caiamities. and il is telling on
their mental health. depressing their
physical health. and instead of renew
ing their youth sike the eagles. they
are initiating the eagle who would sit
in his nest OF sticks lined with grass on
the rock. mourning about the woes Of
the oTnitholOgical world. the loneliness
of the pelican. the fi,thiness OF the vul-
ture. the crOak Of the raven. the reck-
lessness OF the aibatross. Would that
improve things? No. 1t would be a
noting process for that eagle which
would never close, and ii would only get
thinner and more gloomy and less able
70 gain food for its young and .ess able
to enjoy a landscape as it appears under
a 2o-mile fight on a summer morning
under the blue heavens.
90 not advise you TO be Indifferent to
these great questions that pertain TO
church and state ard nations. but not to
fret about them. Realize that il is not
an anarchy that has charge of affairs in
this world, but a Divine government. 4:
the head Of this universe is a King
whose eyes IS omniscieuce and whose
arm is omuipoteuce and whose heart
is initiate love. His government is not
going TO be a failure. He cannot be de-
feated. Better trust Him in the man
agement OF His world and of all worlds
All YOU and have to do is 10 accom-
plish the work that is put in our hands.
That is all that we have 10 be response
bic for. In wei managed orchestra
the payers upon stringed instruments
do not watch each other. Tie cornctist
does not look TO see how the y;olinist
is drawing the bow over the strings,
nor does the flute scrutiniZe the drum.
They AL watch the baton of the leader.
And we are all carrying our part, how
ever insignificant it may be. in the
great harmony Of this world and of
the universe which our Lord is leading.
and we all have TO watch His command
and do our best and not bother our
selves about the success or failure Of
other performers. II you want 10 re-
new your youth. better stop managing
the affairs of the universe
Mythology tells us that Jason begged
Medea, the goddess, TO take some of the
years of his life and give them TO his
father. She promised that without abb
breviating the sons life she would
prolong his fathers life. She filed the
ca.Gron with herbs and the blood OF
beasts and birds and then stirred the
caldron and put some of the juices in
the mouth of the aged father and it is