Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-10-11
9TF FEAR OF DEATH
-, SHOULD FIND NO - t,5'n IN
i ANY RATIONAL MIND.

I'D of Meeting the In~
Yet Ihls =. Go Universal That Our
e'i'ao'' social Fabric Is L"Fsei'
E1ilt Upon IL
o.. dread death on the same
DO nr. that half a flock of sheep
E'-l-. t.,,,e certain hole in fence
leap ,-,' rSe other half has done SO?
sso1.so ,rss, the fear be Evolutionary
For "-'. s.-arv it is hard to account
and 1e'@o'''-'
for IL q change, occupying a mo-
le~'. w., ora form of life to another.
ZsD. .r.r # come in the course OF ma
o-'. @r nv accident or design II Is ser SCI,
tuEe o' Ami. never probably so painful
dom F'. -r If the toothache. 1t brings
as a. og. condition of bondage and
Us .. ..st.rr at best to one of freedom
uD.'l ,. ,,.r.-r But often it is a change
anu 's .rsrcry. both physical and moral
Iio-D ...ra+fon comparatively perfect,
10 enc hold the materialist view, to
everlasting unconsclouS1eSS' ~ ~ ~
t+ral state is enaucl p','e'' iio--
N0~. af matter and the tyranny CT
NE I,. therefore thought will be pres
once and man suIIouuui'7 %
both thing and peTSoH " - &c
vO T. srcb as are most desirable to
%Y'' The evil viii be emancipated
JILL ...i+ion of thp good and
from the oppoStIon VI '"' 9oou' ''Ai4
the good will not Ue ALIeH "a anu "'' -
oered by the machIHl lio"S q Tue e'i'
The whole chapter oi uer'u''''S ~" ,i'On
here looms 50 large VIII 'It'V NC e'''h-
mated Fine ""lt" 10" "''''''N 10
long for Tie ARRIVAL "I d" "Pi'o''l'vu
hour and ro% dread us t"o Spe'uy
coming will he i!o more hUt we sAai'
measure life ny us INTENSITY anu ny It's
opportunities. In otheF WoFuS' we snall
be tie makers OF our own tlihes anu
seasons
Death takes us from a world OF Ell
fecs to one Of causes. Inc soul Is
made of will ana thought anu as we
nav daily perceive, II is only the oD-
sructOn of material condlpons thaC
prevents US from Immediately accom-
plsbing our desires and beholdlng the
realization of our thoughts. Again,
death is inevitable to all ana to any
one who chooses IS at any moment at
tainable By what logic can our fear
of 1t be defended?
Yet we fear it so much ana so uni
yerSaly that our entire social fabric Is
built largely upon that fear. Our law
makes death the supreme penalty. Our
funerals are occasions of mourning.
and the medical profession, one of the
most numerous eXtant, spends its eX-
iStenCe in combating death. We seek
eagerly all nostrums or eliNirs that
promise US continuance of life. We
ascrbe supreme merit to the soldier
who risks bis life for his country or to
the individual who sacrifices it for 9th
erS. We hua the stoicism which af-
reefs 10 dcSpiSe death, but which bases
the virtue Of that despising upon the
acknowledged terror OF the event. Our
1umanItarHnS spend sympathy and
money in attempting to prolong the
miserable condition of the poor and
diseased we shudder to hear of vast
natural calamity like that of Marti-
Aque or OF ayoidable accidents such as
are furnished daily by railways and
o,ner instruments of civilization. And
@A Tue FnlIe 1t is the survivors who
SuAeF' Il any one does, though they,
wv oFe soon comforted by time or the
insurance companies. The dead man,
sue VIZ, man VINO has entered upon the new
@uu spiritual life, whom we absurdly
P,Sy' ~ Tree, and his troubles are over.
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