Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-07

among the various fresh-water KINDS,
the pike and others"
In the third discourse, 'ornaro
made the following good statement
Length OF days Is the real founda-
ton Of true knowledge"
No one must imagine that tornaro
had an easy time in cutting down on
his food supply. lin order that j
might be able to follow the temperate"
life, l prayed to God that He would
grant me the virtue OF self-restralnt'
knowing well that, when a man has
firmly resolved to realize noble en-
terprlse and one which he II con
WINGED he can accomplish though not
without difficulty-it liz made much
easier by bending all his energy upon
doing It and actually setting to work.
Cornsro said he enjoyed two lives
at the same time; 'One. the earthly,
which ] possess in reality; the other
the heavenly, which | possess IN
thought lie continues:
For thought truly has the power
OF imparting happiness when 1t Ii
grounded upon something We are con
fident We shall enjoy. az | do FIRMLY
hope and certainly believe | shall Ell
joy an eternal life through the In
Unite goodness and mercy of the great
God. ] enjoy this earthly existence
through the excellence OF the orderly
and temperate life, which is ~ pleas
ing to His Majesty because II Is fun vi
virtue and the enemy of vice.
AT the same time | rejoice In tho
heavenly one, which God has given
me now to enjoy in thought; for lie
has taken from me the power to think
differently, SO sure am | to possess it
some day.
And | hold that our departure
from this world is not death, but
merely passage, which the soul
makes from this earthly life to the
heavenly one. immortal and Infinitely
perfect-a belief which | am sure ca
not but he the true one.
Hence" continues tornaro, with
perfect faith. my thoughts are raised
TO heights no sublime that they can
not descend TO the consideration OF
such worldly and common occurrences
az the death OF the body, but rather
are wholly absorbed In living the
heavenly and divine life. In this
manner it comes To pass that, as |
said before. | necessarily enjoy two
lives. And ! shall not feel any regret
on account Of the great happiness
have In this earthly life, when that
life shall cease. for then my JOY will
be boundless. knowing, as do. that
the ending OF this life is but the be
ginning Of another. glorious and i'm
mortal
who could ever find WEAKNESS In a
lot 50 truly blessed and happy as the
one ! enjoy. Yet this happiness
would be the portion OF every man II
he would but lead life similar to
the one / have led. And, assuredly.
1t is in every mans power to lead
such a life; for / am nothing but
man, and not saint. only servant
Of God. to whom the orderly life is
well. plea sing"
The life that Louis Cornaro prac.
ticed and preached has proved and
ought to prove an inspiration 10 every
one, even II he does not confine his
diet to bread soup.
The fundamentals Of his teachings
remain unalterably true. and every
one. man. woman or child, will be
benefited even by merely knowing OF
them. Good words and good lives
have a power not always to be re-
duced to dollars and cents.
We can close our considera ton OF
Louis tornarO with no better words
than his own: "Oh. what bea ntiful
life is mine, and how happy my end
will be-