Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-02-18


cease passed his eightieth milestone.
When gladstone was SO years of age,
1 ran with him up and down the hills
Of ILawarden. We started for walk,
but il got to be a run. All those men
again aud again renewed their youth.
Some one writes me, us not three
score and ten the bound of human
life. according to the Bible?' My re-
ply is that Moses mot DAVID, who
wrote that psalm. was giving a statis-
tic of his own day. Through better
understanding of the laws of health
and advancement of medical science
the statistics of longevity have might
ly changed since the time of Moses,
and the day is coming when a nom
agenarian will no longer be a wonder
PhlebOtomy 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 prolongation of life.
Electric lights have improved human
sight, which used to be strained by
the dim tallow candle The dire dis
eases which under other names did
their fatal work and were considered
almost incurable now in a majority of
cases 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 prOlonga-
ton of human life. The X ray has
turned the human body, which was
Opaque, into a lighted castle. 1t is
easier in this age to renew ones youth
than in any other age.
Rejuvenate the Soul.
But the body is the smallest and least
important part Of you. 1t is your soul
that most needs regeneration, but that
will also help bodily vivification. In
order to do this 1 advise you to Danish
as far as possible all fretfulness out of
your life. The doing of that will make
you ten years younger. l know many
good. Christian people who are worry
ing themselves out in managing the af-
fairs of the universe. They have I'M
dertaken too big job. They are try
ing to drive too long and fiery team.
They have all the affairs of church and
state on hand. and they fret about this
and fret about that and fret about the
other thing They fear that China will
be divided up among the nations and
there will be an ENHANCEMENT causing
wars such as we have never heard Of.
They fear that Edward VII will not be
as wise a king as his mother was a
queen. They are appalled, at the accu-
muiated national debt. They fear soci-
ETY. is going to pieces by reason Of i'm
moralities. They apprehend that Amer
lea will be overcrowded with foreign
ers. They say the newspapers are get
ting so bad that this country is going to
be utterly demOraliZed. They are all
the time apprehensive Of social and re-
ligious and political calamities, and it
is telling on their mental health, de-
pressing their physical health and, in
stead of renewing their youth like 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 pathological world,
the loneliness of the pelican, the filth
ness of the vulture, the crOak of the
raven, the recklessness of the alba
tross. Would that improve things? No.
1t would be molting process for that
eagle which would never close, and it
would only get thinner and more
gloomy and less able to gain food for
its young and less able to enjoy a land
scape as it appears under 20 mile
fight on a summer morning under the
blue heavens.
1 do not advise you to be indifferen
to these great questions that pertain to
church and state and nations, but not
to fret about them. Realize that it is
not an anarchy that has charge of af-
fairs in this world, but divine govern
ment At the head Of this universe is
a King whose eye is omniscience and
whose arm is omnipotence and whose
heart is infinite love. His government
is not going to be a failure. He cannot
be defeated. Better trust him in the
management of this world and of all
worlds. All you and have to do is to
accomplish the work that is put in our
hands. That is all we have to be re-
sponsible for. In a well managed Or
chestra the players upon Stringed and
wind instruments do not watch each
other. The cornetiSt does not look to
see how the vioiinist is drawing the
bow over the strings, nor does the flute
scrutinize the drum. They all watch
the baton of the leader. And we are
all carrying our part, however insight
icant 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 ourselves about the sue
cess or failure of other performers. If
you want to renew your youth, better
stop managing the affairs of the uni
verse.
The National Disease.
Mythology tells US that Jason begged