The Ocala banner., 1913-02-07
IS LIFE TOO SHORT?


,ae age Of 40. was dez1 Of 81 Paul's.
II one Of his famous sermons ne said
thai me life Of the 2ntedilavia1s was
entirely inconsistent ard irreconei.a-
lie with the then present state Of
-Ae world
He could Offer ID suggestion how
t1ose people wao lived before The
aood could have wholesonely oocu-
led -za.r tine. for they Eved for
eight and -ine hundred ye2rs.
WHAT manner of living must those
re2-s have 544n7 T1e ar Of print
tzg 1a6 1o- been d.scoTer+d. 50 there
were ID newspapers 13r BOOKS ~--1
we.ca % pass away re weary 1ours.
cards we're 1c- :zveEced. 50 t1=re
vas 10 bridge w1.s-. Electricity had
nor b=@1 b~.6l=d a15 Ea-ressed. 50
-ee-e could have 1eez n -l9v--s pic
-u-es. ard no JOY riding in s--o1o-
5..=s. tor -14 gasoline engine Aa1 2ot
even remotely cu-ka-ed re brain
cell q az ot oa- azre4.l1viaa a-ces-
-ors
Indeed. he -o-ze t1a- 1as since
te=1 made % s-zr ssc1 aa important
asr- II r1e destiny Of -ae world. rad
hen no- 5een famed
WHAT 6-aarr night i nusr hare
been. vet m=n we're compelled % I've
( o1 and q and IN
TzH.ug ..se as we fnd IL said he
| dean q :. Pauls. \ dare undertake
/ 70 convince those men who are most
ap- % complain ot the sao-rrass of
ia. thar i would lot De best for the
general happiness q mankind 70 have
&. longer
And 50 Ne can say the same thiag
/ today. although w have made 80
many useful and beautiful things 70
/ add % ones enjoyment Of living.
The good dean talked then for ali
/ the world Ike We raTk today The
world IS 50 1neqaallE divided ne
exclaimed. Some have such large
/ share Of l." he said: Others only 2
small share OF i. and other none 81
( al" 54st lie same a. il Is Tow.
/ The distinguished divine thought
that those who are booted and spurred
and had the world Dridled. might de-
! sire 70 reach the age Of Methusaleh,
| but he was sure that the three score
! and Ten we're a suTiciency for The
slaves and beggars.
As this class formed largely the
! greater part be was quite sure that
| -he majority OF mankind were salts
! fed with the narrow span Of life as
ne have It. Suppose that men lived
as long now as before the food. then
what? On this head he discoursed
somewhat as follows:
Suppose that all our ancestors.
/ who lived an hundred or two hundred
years ago, were still alive and pos
| sessed Of all their estates and honors,
how would fare the rest Of us?"
! Why. he said. there would be no
show al all for the struggling masses.
Suppose that Rockefeller. and Nor
gan, and Carnegie, and all our multi
milIionaires were to live on until they
became as old as Methusaleh. with
their faculties unimpaired. how much
Of the world would they leave ungob-
bled up?.
50 We guess the age limit, fxed as
Il IS. Is very wise provision.
The world is very bad as it is"
said the good dean: 80 bad that good
men scarce know how to spend fifty
Or three score rears in il; but consid-
er how bad il would be were the life
of q man extended to six. seven o.
eight hundred years: If men make
! such headway in wickedness in TWEEN
y and thirty years, what would they
10 in hund-eds?"
The good dean had just concep-
ton and appreciation Of his subject.
vita Cen living for thousand years,
with their grasping proclivities un-
/ checked. few Of the successful ones
would corner all the things OF con-
sumption. and life TO the majority
would be a burden TOO grieyous 10 be
borne
! Therefore We may well conclude
taat instead Of being terror death
Is blessing. and makes for the bene-
d,ctlon Of the world.
Sa~annah was swept By a great con