St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-03-23

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-
tion of life. Electric lights have inn
proved human sight, which used to
be strained by the din tallow candle.
The dire diseases which under other
names did their fatal work and we're
considered almost incurable, now in
ma jority of cases are conquered.
! Vaccination, which has saved millions
Of lives and balked the greatest
scourge of nations. and surgery.
\ which has advanced more than any
other science, have done more than
can be told for the prolongation Of
b lman life. The X ray has turned
the human body, which was opaque,
into q lighted castle. It is easier in
this age to renew ones youth than in
any other age. When Paul stopped
the jailer from suicide by command
ing. do thyself no HARM" he showed
himself interested in the physical as
well as moral life of man. Among
the blessings which God promised was
that in which he said, with long
life will satisfy thee" and David.
in my text, illustrates the possibility
of palingenesis or rejuveneseence.
But the body is the smallest and least
important part of you. 1t Is your soul
that most needs rejuvenation, but You
! will also help bodily vivification. In or
der to do this, ! advise you to banish as
far as possible all sfretfulness cut OF
your life. The doing Of that viii make
you ten years younger. / know many.
good Christian people who are worry
, ing themselves out in managing the af-
fairs Of the universe. They have under
taken too big job. They are trying to
drive too long and fiery a tenn. They
have all the affairs of church and state
on hand, and they fret. about this, and
fret about that, and fret about the 9TH
er thing. They fear that China will be
divided up among the nations and there
will be an ENHANCEMENT causing. wars
such % we have never heard of.. They.
fear. that Edward VII, will not be az
wise king as his mother was a queen.
They are appalled, at the accumulated
national debt. They feN1 society is 60
ing to pieces by reason Of ofHnQoralities.,
They -apprehend that America will be
overcrowded with foreigners. They say
the newspapers are getting 20 bad that
this country is going to be utterly de-
moralized. They are all the time ap-j
prehensive of social and religious and
political calamities, and it is telling on
their mental health. depressing their.
physical health, and instead of renew.
ing 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 lone.iness
of the pelican. the filthiness Of the vul-s
ture, the croak Of the raven, the reck-
lessness Of the albatross. Would that
improve thihgs?E No. 1t would oes q
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 landscape as it appears under
20-mile fight on q summer morning
under the blue heavens.
do not advise you to be Indifferent 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 affairs in
this world, but Divine government. At
the head Of this universe is King
whose eyes 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 de-
feated. Better trust Him in the~nan-
agement Of His world and Of all worlds.
All you and I have to do is to accom-
plish the work that is put in our hands.
That is all that we have to be response
BILE for. In a well managed orchestra
the Players upon stringed instruments
do not watch each other. The cornetist
does not look to see how the violinist
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. 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 to 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 alb |
breviating the sons life she would |
prolong his fathers life. She filed the |
ca.dron 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
said that his hair turned from white to
black, the shriveled limbs rounded into
robust health and the rejuvenated man
felt as he did at 40 years Of age. All
that is poetic myth. But frightened
religious hope and strengthened faith
in Gods providence have rejdvenated
many a man in disposition and useful
ness and renewed his youth like the
eagles. On the contrary, it is thought
that worriment is becoming in this
national disease, and it has
been called d.Americanitis.'
Another mode of rejuvenescence is
much Ct the time associating with those
younger than yourself rather than with
those who are as old or older. II you
have no children Of your own. better
adopt child. There are in this coun-
try and in all countries orphans byj
the tens Of thousands. Go to one Of the +
asylums or institutions where friend
less children are cared for and select
some little one with an honest eye and
good disposition and take him to your
home. Put around him all the elevating
and happy influences you can provide.
In two years he will become part of
your life. and his company to you will |
be indispensable. 1t will make you 20 +
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