The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-02-23
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In this discourse DR.. rslmage shows
how anyone can conquer the spirit
Of years and grow younger in spirit;
text, Psalms Gill, 5: so that thy
youth is renewed like the eagles"
There Ales out from my text the
most majestic of all the feathered
ereation-an eagle. Other birds ave
more beauty of plume and more
sweetness Of voice. but none OF them
has such power of beak. such clutch
of claw, such expansion Of wing, such
height Of soaring. such Wilderness OF
dominion. Its appetite rejects the
carrion that invites the vulture, and
in most cases it's food Is fresh n
clean. Leveling his neck for flight,
in spiral curve it swings itself toward
the MONDAY sun. 1t has been known
TO live 100 years. What eoneentra-
tiou of all that Is sublime "a the gold
en- eagle, the martial eagle, the boot
ed eagle, the Jean Il Blanc eagle'
But after awhile in its life comes the
melting process, and It looks ragged
and worn and unattractive. and feels
like moping IN It's nest on the high
craRs But weeks 60 by, and the
old feathers are gone, and new or
Astrological attire is put on and It's
beak, which was overgrown, has the
surplus Of bone beaten on against
the rocks, and It gets back its old
capacity for food, and again It
mounts the heavens In unehaiienged
and boundless Kingdoms OF air and
Light. David, the author Of the text
had watched these monarchs OF the
aky, and knew their habits, and n
day, exulting in his wi physical and
spiritual rejuvenescenOe, be says TO
his. W souls "Fou. are getting
Younger all the time. You make me
think Of an eagle which ] saw yes
terday, just after its Noting season.
swinging through the valley OF Je-
koshaphat, and then circling around
the head Of Mount olivet. Oh, my
soul, thy youth is renewed like the
eagles"
The fact Is that people get old too
fast. They allow the years to run
away with them. The almanac and
the family record discourage them.
Some Of you are older thaa you have
n business 70 be. You ought to
realize that a. the body gets older
the soul ought to get younger. Com
ing on toward old. age you are only
In the melting season, and after that
you will have better wings, take high
or flight and reign in clearer atmos-
phere. Our religion bids u TO look
after the welfare Of the body as well
a. Of the soul. and the irst part as
well - the latter part Of my subject
e appropriate for the pulpit.
Many might turn the years back
ward and get younger by changing
their physical habits. The simpler
life one leads the longer he lives.
Thomas Parr. Of Shropshire. Eng
land, was . plain man and worked
on a farm for a livelihood. At lf0
years Of age he was ct his daily toil.
He had lived under nina kings oil
England. When ls2 years of age. he
was heard Of in London. The king
desired to see him and ordered hin
"a thu palace, where he was so rich
" and royalty rrexrse ue'
stroyed his health. and he died al
1S9 yAArs and nine montAA 81 Q
When DR.. Harvey, the d~lsooverer OF
the circulation Of the blood, made
post-mortem examination OF Thomas
Parr, he declared thsfe were no signs
Of senila decay In the body. Tha,
man must have renewed his youth,
like the eagle, again and again
All occupations and profession'
have afforded Illustrations Of 70
tuvsneseenee. Hippocrstes. the father
Of medicine, lived 100 years, and
among those eminent In the medical
profession who became septuagenar
ians and octogenarians and nonAgen
arians were Darwin, Gall, BoerhaaTe
Jenner and Ruyseh. observing them
selves the laws Of health that the
taught their patients. In art anC
literature and science among thos'
Who lived Into the eighties were Plat
and Franklin aud Carlyle and Gosth,
and Bufon and Haley. sophocle
, reached the nineties.
: YOU cannot tell how old 0 man
by the number Of years he has Lived
/ have known people actually boyisI
In their disposition at so years o
age, while Louis H.. king Of Hungary
died Of old age at 20. Hsydn's ora
torio. The Creation" was compossI
afro years of age. Humboldt wro.
his immortal work. The Cosmos.
at 70. William Cullen bryant, st 8
years Of age, in my house read with
out ~spectaeles "rhanstopsis." whis
he had composed when IL years o
age. Isocrates did Eiustrisus wor
at'st. Hontinus 9orsias wal bus
when death came to hin OF leT year
OF age. Hersohei st % yean OF az
was. hard at work In stellar explOrI
ton. MssinissA, ding Of EumiaiA. q
90 years Of age led . ~vietorioH
cavalry charge against the Garth
n ginians.. HttaH WA engaged on b.
greatest painting when he died in h.
one hundredth year. How oftsn tbs
must have renewed their youth
But the average longevity Of tho,
" IN private life and with less mentI
strain and no conspicuous success
much larger than the average lsng
L witty Of the renowned. There a
hundreds Of thousands. OF men ~
women now renewing their youi
like the eagles. so that the possibiMt
/. OF such q turning back Of years u 9
J around US being demonstrated.
Bismarck, the greatest Of Germs
L. statesmen, . long while before b
decesss passed his eightieth mil
stone. When Gladstone was 50 yea
OF age, ] ran with him up anu dow
10 the hills Of HswhrdeA- We stsrt'
for Q walk. but IL got 10 DO . ~
he AL those men again and again I
z. nsved their youth.
NJ Some one writes me; rs n
o. three score and ten the bound
human life, according TO the bible
o. Ny reply IL that Moses, not Davl
who wrote that psalm, was giving
AID statistic Of his wi day. ThrouI
better understanding Of the laws
health and advancement Of medic