Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25


am not here going into the detnils
Of the errors and tho reasons why q
man should not abuse hts physical or.
| gaulsni. But l am here To state that
ms God limits the natural realms in
which the fish can live, and the plants
can live, and the creeping things, like
the worms and the snakes, can live, &c
God gives to man physical realm
and In that realm be must live. If be
persists in going out Of that realm he
must die.
An Asrship Tour.
step into the airsbip Of Santos u.
mont that wonderful wizard Of the
mir. The BRAZILIAN aeronaut s8ys:
where would you like to go7 Would
Won like sail over the waters of the
Mediterranean? Would you like to
view Paris from n height higher than
the Effel tower? Would you take a
sightseeing trip above the buildings of
the st. Louis worlds fair?" But nm
ambitious, and. forgetting the limita-
lions of my body, say: Nay, not any
of these journeys would 90. But. rs
u
OF n lighthouse from afnr md head
toward IN open Earbor. would head
toward tie ltShthOUec Of some star. ]
wouii oxplorc an unknown world"
With that request Smile witches the
corners of my companions lips The
machinery Of his airship begins 10
throh We mount higher and higher
and higher until fl seems the blood
must burst from ny agonizins brain
what is the natter" | cry. Turn
the ship. turn II, or shall dler' With
that Santos Dunont turns the airship's
ruddcr, and a. We begin TO descend he
says: II took you on this Journey to
prove to you that it is an impossibiltty
for mnn 10 live far above the earth
when the air becomes rarcded there IS
not enough substance there for man to
breathe God has decroed that phys
icai man never can ny like bird away
10 The stars He IS froe 70 live in this
air only IS he ,rcathcs that mir when
his foot arc planted upon the solid
earth
Down into thc shaft Of coal mine
descend FARTHER ana farther | 90
until the darkness seems TO he hurled
IL me- cling in dumb fear to the
minor toy my side we 20 down and
down until tho heat becomes like the
hiStorjn1 sands If the Sahara desert
Fresh air from above is now pumped
to my painting lungs. But tho heat
grows more and more intense until II
sccms ] cannot live. Suddenly we come
To the crl Of long coal shaft why
not fnther:' | ask my guide. "IIns
the coal vein stopped here" "Nny,"
is the answer, the coal is just as rich
farther ON. but it IS an imposslhility
now TO work Il. The farther we bur
row into The earth The hotter 1t be
comes. God las dccrced that physical
man must live on the earth's surface.
lie may pass around the surface Of the
earth, but cannot 20 through II. He
can never tunnel his way from New
York 10 I ,1liug" What is true of tie
air aud land IS trli" also of the sea.
In that wonderfully interesting book
called '1ntra Mundi' the author de
scribcS one of the pleasures OF heaven
rs walking through the crystal halls
Of tie river Of life We know not
What may be the delights reserved for
rs In that celestial sphere It may be
ours 10 pass dryshod through the river
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