Connecticut western news., 1901-02-21

duu surgery, WHICH HIS duNduCeu IuOTe
than any other science, have done
more than can be told for the prolonga-
ton of human life. The Y 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 rejuvenation, but that
will also help bodily vivification. In
order to do this l 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 a 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
tAclS w III NC Oil Vhtah6 AShiNhe ~oaoAi6
wars such as we have never heard of.
They fear that Edward VII will not be
as wise a king as his mother was
queen. They are appalled, at the accu-
INFLATED 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 demorallzed. They are all
the time apprehensiye of social and re-
ligious and political calamities, and 1t
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 Noting process for that
eagle which would never close, and 1t
would only get thinner and more
gloomy and less able to gain food for
its young and less able to enjoy land
scape as it appears under a 20 mile
flight on a 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 1t Is
not an anarchy that has charge Of af-
fairs In this world, but divine govern
ment- At the head of this universe is
King whose eye Is omniscience and
whose arm is omnipotence and whose
heart Is infinite love. His government
Is not going to be q 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 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. however insignif-
icant 1t 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
Medea. the goddess, to take some of
the years of his life and give them to
his father. She promised that without
abbreviating the sons life she would
prolong his fathers life. She filed the
caldron 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 brighten
ed religious hope and strengthened
faith in Gods providence have rejuye-
mated many a man in disposition and
usefulness and renewed his youth like
the eagles. On the contrary, 1t Is
thought that worriment is becoming In
this country a national disease, and II
has been called "Americanitis."
Another mode Of rejuvenesc->tce is
much of the time associating with
those younger than yourself rather
than with those who are as old or old
er. If you have no children Of your
own, better adopt child. There are
In this country and in all countries
orphans by the tens of thousands. Go
to one Of the asylums or institutions
where friendless 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 COM
pany to you will be indispensable. 1t
will make you 20 years younger. He
will be an illumination to the evening
Of your life, and he will speak your
praise long after you have departed
from this world, and in heavenly places
you will have been rewarded by the
great friend of children-the Lord
Jesus.
1t will take all time and all eternity
to fully appreciate the work of Van
Meter on this side of the sea and of
Bernardo on the other side in putthg
poor orphan children In good homes
in America and England. Through
that process waits of the streets have
passed up from poverty and wretched-
ness into bright homes and churches
and pulpits and legislative halls and
senates, and many have already been
crowned In a better world, the work
begun in asylums on earth completed
in the palaces of heaven.
Whether by such adoption of chill
dren or in some other way, call around
you the young. Become their associ-
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