The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-02-22
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE 81 the NOTED
DIVINE.
subject Welfare of the ucdN-Simrle
Life Conduces 20 Longevity - Reilly On
the Great Remover Worry Hastens
the Advance of Age.
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WASHINGTON, ID. C.-in this Discourse
DR. Talmage shows how any one can con
puer the eject of wears aud grow Younger
IN spirit; text, Psalms cln, o. - that thy
youth l. renewed like the eagles
There flies oUi from my text the most
majestic OF all the tcathercd cryation-an
eagle. Other birds have more beauty of
plume and more sweetness of voice. but
none OF them has such power of heak.
such clutch OF claw. such expansion ot
WING such height ol soaring. such wide
ness Of dominion. Its appetite rejects the
carnon that invites the vu,Urc. and IN
most cases its food L. fresh and clean.
Leveling It's neck tor hllht. an spiral
sun. IL has been known - 1--we a hun.
dred years What concentration OF all
that Is sublime M the golden eagle, the
Breasted eagle. the imperial eagle. the
martial en- gle. the booted eagle. the Jean
le Blanc eagle But after awhile IN it,
hie comes the moltng process. and 1t
looks ragged and worn and mRttractlVe
and feels like moplng m It's nest on the
high crags Bat weeks 90 by and the Old
feathers are gone and new ornlthological
attire u put on. aud rs beok which was
pvergrown. has the surplus of bone beaten
off against the rocks and u gets back It's
old capacity for food. and again II mounts
the heavens IN unchAllenged and k-<nd.
less kingdoms OF air and hight David.
the author OF the text, had watched these
monarchs OF the sky aud knew their hab-
It's, and one day, eXultlng IN his own phy.
slcal and spiritual reluycnescence, ne says
90 his own soul. "Nou are getting Younger
al the time You make me think of an
eagle which | saw Yesterday, lust aiter its
molung season. swinging through the val
ley OF lehoshaphat and then Circlipg
APnftuI tho h,al ,f M,upf Il't,af a
soul thy youth l. renewed like the
eagles
The TACT Is that people get old too fast
They allow the years to run away with
thcm. The almanac and the family record
discourage them. Some oi YOU are older
than YOU have any busuo-, 10 be. You
ought to realize that as the body get, old
cr the soul ought 10 get Younger Coming
on toward Old age yod are only IN the
noting season. ard a.,er that You will
have better wings, take hlshar fight and
reign m clearer atmosphere. Oar religion
bid, us TO look after the welfare of the
body Is well ~ OF the soul and the first
part As well as the lattcr part of my sab.
lce' ls appropriate for the pulpit.
Many might turn the years backward
and get Younger 10y changing their phys-
cal habits. The simpler life one lives the
longer he lives. Thomas Parr, of Shrop-
shire, England. was A plain man and
worked on a farm for a livelihood At 100
years o! age he was at his daily toll. Tie
lived under nine kings of England When
lj2 wears OF age he was heard of in Lon
don. The king desired 20 see hIm, aud or.
dered him to the palace, where he was SO
richly and royalty treated that Il de-
strOycd his health, lad he died ~ lj2
years and nine months of age.
When DR. Harvey, the discovcrcr OF the
circulation Of the blood, made po'l NOR.
TEN examination of Thomas Parr he de.
Clared there were no signs OF scui'e decay
IN the body. The man must have re-
ncwcd his youth like the eagle, again and
again,
All occupations and professions have
afforded Illustrations OF reIuy, lcscCucc.
Hippocrates. the father of medicine lived
100 years and among those eminent IN the
medical profession who became -CptuapC.
narians and octogenarlans aud nDnaQoua.
rians were Darwin. Gall, Boeghaayc, Jen.
ner and Ruysch observing themselves The
laws of health that they taught their pa.
ticnts
In art and literature and science among
those who lived into the eighties were
Plato and Franklin and Carlyle and
Goethe and Button and HALEY Sopho-
ces reached the nneties
lllydn's oratCra, The Creation, was
composed at seventy years OF AGE Hum.
boldt wrote his immortal work, the Cos.
mos. at spventy-iivo. William Cullen
Bryant, at eighty-two years OF age IN my
house read without spcctaclcs "IhaaotOp.
sis. which he had composed when cigh.
teen years of age. lsocrates did illustrious
work az nlnety-iOur
IlOntInus Gorgias was busy when death
came to him at lO7 years OF age. Icrschel
at eighty years of age was hard at work
IN stellar exploration. MasnIssa. king of
Numidia, at ninety years of age led VIC.
torious cavalry charge against the Cartha-
gcnians
Titan was engaged on his greatest
painting when he died IN his one hun.
dredth year. How often thcy must have
renewed their youth
But the average longevity OF those IN
private life, and with less mental strain
and no conspicuous success. D. much larger
than the average longevity of the re.
nowned There are hundreds OF thou.
sands OF men and women now renewing
their youth like the eagles, 20 chat the
possibility OF such a turning back OF the
years ~ all around us being demonstrated
Bismarck, the greatest Of Gcrmaa states
men, long while before hls dpccasc
passed his cIghtirth milestone. When
Gladstone was clghtythrcc year, OF age
ran with him up and down the HILLS of ia.
warden. We started tog a walk, but ~
got 10 be a run. AL those men again and
tgdiu renewed lutli YOUTH
Some one writes me. Is not thrccscorc
and ten the bound oi human hfe. accord
ing to the Bible Ny repy is that Moses
mot David. who wrote that b-alm va.
giving statistic Of his own day
Through better understanding Of the
laws oi health and advancement of mcdi-
cal science enc staL,.'."- oi longevity have
nightly changed since the time OF Moses.
and the day s coming wnen a noupgeua.
ftH ttflI I,u.ny D.. t.fvH.r yIT,l.t
omy shortened the lfc Of whole genera.
tons, and the lancet that bled for every.
thing u now rarely taken from tho doc.
tors pocket
Dentistry has given power OF healthy
masticatIOn 20 the human race, and thus
added greatly 10 the prDioug1tiOn Of life
Electric lights have improved human
Hght which used 20 b. strained by the
dim tallow candle The dire diseases
which under other names did their fatal
work. and were considered almost incura-
bic now m a majority OF cases are con.
1ucred
Vaccination. which has saved milions
Of live. and baked the greatest scourge
ol nations. and surgery. which has adj
vanccd more than any other science, nave
done more than can b. told for the prolDn.
CATION Of human life
The Xray has turned the human body,
which vas Opaque into a hghtfd caste.
II D. easier IN this age o. renew ones
youth than IN any other age.
But the body il the smallest and least
important part of you " - your soul
that most needs reJuycnatiDn. but that
VIII also help bodily yiyilcltrDn. IN order
to DO this I adyi.o you - .bantsh a. far ~
posFihe al fretlIurs. out oi your life
The doing Of that VIII make YOU ten year.
younger / know many good, Christian
people who are Worrying themsei'es out
IN managing the Affairs Of the universe
They have undertaken TOO bfs IDD. I0sy
are trying % drive too 'oug and fiery n
team. They have an the affair. Of church
and state on hand. and they iret about
this and fret about that and fret about