The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-11
MAN SHOULD NOT DIE
There Is No Physiological Reason
For Death.
THE BODY IS SELF RENEWING
Perfect Diet and Mode Of Living Would
Insure Exact Balance Between
Bodily Waste and Renewal and
Would Mean Physical Immortality.

Ine last enemy tnat snail De u'
stroyed is DEATH" said the Scripture
Jet II some man attempted seriousl
10 reassert this ancient truth today W
would look upon him as mad prophe
indeed. Yet the time will come whe
men will be able to believe this prom
ise of the Bible, although they ma
never see 1t literally fulfilled.
Death some day will be acknowl
edged to be as unnatural In the econ
omy of the creative plant as are sil
and suffering. But whether or not Ii
some millennium period mortal maj
viii be able to forego the gross proc
ess OF physical dissolution in hecom
ing a spiritual body is purely meta
physical question that does not enteI
here. What does interest us is the
question, occupying the greatest scien
tiic minds today. whether the body as
such cannot be retained in perfect con
dition indefinitely.
William A. Hammond, one of the
great authorities. answers 1t by say,
ing, There is no physiological reason
Why man should die"
Thomas j. Allen, NJ. A., LII. D., writ.
ing in a similar strain, says: "The hu-
man body is not like a machine which
must wear out by constant disintegra-
ton, for 1t is self renewing. 1t is a
simple, scientific fact that We get an
entirely new body every few years.
estimated at from three to seven.
Every day is birthday, for the proc
eSs Of waste and renewal never ceases.
Perfect balance between elimination
and renewal would avoid permanent
waste"
There is no doubt that when we be-
eOme more enlightened and understand
perfectly the laws that govern and de-
tetTnine our physical lives and when
we conform to these religiously life
WIN be immelsurably prolonged.
The decay Of the body as evidenced
In old age is unnatural The aesthetic
within us rec?ils in merely contemplat-
ing its appro ,ch. We feel that there
must be somr hing self perpetratiye in
the change " len the strong color in a
hearhy man nd the fresh beauty In
pure woman take their departure.
when the bl. oa on the cheeks fade,
when the brilliant light within the eyes
grows dim an the full, red lips become
pale and fallen.
Medical science has pointed out the
physiological cause of these conditions.
Probably the time will come when II
win be able to point out the manner of
avoiding them
We know that the body grows old be-
eGuse of the existence of an imperfect
balance between the waste which the
body accumulates and the amount it is
able to throw off. During youth the
Valance is perfect because the body
has more than its normal vitality and
strength to throw off the waste matter,
but as we grow older this perfect bal
Ence becomes destroyed from one cause
or another.
The strength that should 60 to elimi-
Hatfng impurities from the body is not |
husbanded, but rather squandered in |
different ways. Then, too, we eat and |
drink those things that cause excessive |
waste. An impure diet composed Of |
foods containing uric acid, such as
meat, or Of drinks containing poisons,
such as tea and coffee, taxes the elimi-
native powers, and when the time
comes when these give way a state of
elimination has set in, and the
wastes in part are deposited in the sys-
TEN, settling in the arteries and joints
Of the body and accumulating until
they become obstructive elements.
The blood stream circulates imper-
fectIy, and when once this condition
exists bad functioning Of every organ
H the body results, and old age and
death gradually ensue.
Mind, too, has great deal to do in
fastening or retarding the unpleasant
Hgus of physical decay. Mental sci
ance has satisfactorily demonstrated
HAT mean, narrow, selfish and unpleas-
ant thoughts act destructively on the
issues of the body, while thoughts of a
and positive character act
SOnsrructfvely.
And when the curtains Of "the win
lows of the soul' are drawn, when the
Eemple's door is closed and a final ST.
ence is within, when the spirit passes
The threshold to take up newer and
liner edifice of its own creation, science
assures us that the body lives on.
Here at least physical Immortality is
In assured fact.
Theology has irreligiously taught US
hat, the body returns to inanimate
lust The Eeligious answer Of science
IS that it returns to God. The latest
word in the field of biology is that all
nature, including the all mother soil,
8 animated and hallowed with the di-
1ine principle of life.
More than this, matter is indestructi-
bic and eternal. There is not an atom
HAT can be lost in all the universe
For this reason our bodies do not really
Lie. They are in the care Of the angels
II the elements.
The peculiar cellular arrangement
hat formed them into beautiful bod;