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APRIL, 1902. No. IMMORTAL YOUTH. av ANNIE RIX murz. It is a foregone conclusion with most of us that the love of life is innate in every normal creature that inhabits this earth; yet it is not life in the sense of succession of events, a mere existing or vegetating, but that upspringing, joyous, vig- orous living expressed in the exuberanceof youth as it is merg- ing into the maturity that tones it and preserves its beautyand strength, as wines are kept from century to century. This is the life that does not degenerate through selfishness, disease, and ignorance, but is a perpetual epitome of the best of every epoch—the _love and ideals of youth, the wisdom and practi- cality of middle age, the rest and assurance of advanced age; in short, the life that is happy. Happiness is life, and only the happy are really alive. Misery is deadness. It is the unhappy who claim that “life is not worth living,” a view that carries with it its own fulfil- ment; for life is what we make it. If we accept as axiomatic the declaration that all men are born free and equal, and withcertain inalienablerights (among them being life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness), then it behooves us to consider what stage or expression of man is the best embodiment of all these. The general verdict is that youth, from adolescence to about the age of thirty, when growing is said to cease, is the happiest time of one’s life; and those who have associated joy with time, instead of a state of I727’! 099 2 MIND. consciousness, sigh, with the passing of these years, saying, “Your happiest days are over.” _ But now we know that youth is not a matter of years but a state of mind, and, more than this, that the young in heart should also manifest youthfulness of body, renewed eyesight and hearing, grace of form, freedom of action, and all the freshness and interest of a mind to whom the world is ever new. “He shall renew thy youth” is no idle promise, as many in the New Thought can testify who have white hairs restored to the color of youth and face and form grow round and firm as their owners drink of the waters of life from the well within them, which springs up into everlastinglife. (John iv. 14.) The fountain of life after which Ponce de Leon so ardu- ously searched does exist; but it is not an external fountain, nor are its waters a chemical combinationof oxygen and hy- drogen. Man's own inner nature is the fountain, and the liv- ing water that issues from it is Truth. The source of his youth lies in his believing—not in the “believing" that arises from sense—observation or mere “opinion” or blind “faith,” but a believingthat is based upon knowledge of Principle—God. The first principle or truth for one to accept, in order to demonstrate in himself immortal youth, is that Youth is God. This is not difficult if one but meditate upon ideal youth, which has only good in it and from which there is nothing omitted that belongs to the full, free life. It is not inconsistent with youthfulness to have the wisdom that belongs to years or to experience. We have seen young heads stored with the treasures of sages, and hearts still growing whose thought- fulness and sympathy surpassed many a one old in earthly experiences. The wisdom and the love that proceed from above are no respecters of years, but enter wherever the door is opened to their knock. One of the happiest points in the great spiritual scheme for the saving of men from their delusions was that of having the God-Man who represented the redeemed race kept in heart Immortal Youth. 3 and mind of men as but thirty years of age—ever young, yet wise and loving. His perennial youth counteracts the false impression of our childhood-thatthe Ancient of Days must necessarilybe a gray-haired, gray-bearded old man. When we can accept the idea that Youth, because univer- sally and eternally good, is God, we are in a fair way to see that in order to be perfect, even as our Father in heaven is perfect, we must attain and perpetuate God-youthfulness in body, mind, and soul. All great and lasting manifestations begin with some one’s belief,faithfullyadhered to, often in the face of scofling and discouragement. “All things are possible to him that believes.” Mind (thought) is the cause of all that appears. The thought of Youth as the presence and power of God is the beginning of its perpetual demonstration in thosewho thus believe. The race outpictures the thoughts it has held about itself- in some people conscious opinions, in others an unconscious agreement with those gone before or their contemporaries. How long the thought has been held that one is young only to a certain number of years, and that soon after he must begin the downward course that ends in death! He begins to provide for old age before he has reached his prime; and, as the mile- posts of birthdays pass, he suggests to himself the different phases of weakness and degeneracy through which his father passed, or to which he observes his fellow-men susceptible, and supinely and unquestioningly succumbs to the dictation of the composite of many mentalities, instead of asserting himself and deciding what shall be his destiny in body as well as in affairs. But now we are changing all that. Already statistics are showing the increase in man's longevity; and the marked distinctions between the old and the young, such as the wear- ing of caps and bonnets, are a thingof the past. To what can we trace this change but to the transformations that are going on in mind? As a pebble dropped into a body of water displaces every 4 MIND. ... molecule of it, even to the furthermost circumference, so every thought or feeling that vibrates a nerve and increases or di- minishes the flow of blood affects every cell, secretion, and tis- sue of the body. As storms, explosions, earthquakes, and tides influencegreatly the masses of matter upon theearth, so habits of thinking, strong emotions, and persistent ideas detennine and cause the pronounced expressions of the physical body. Our present conscious thoughts are continually settling into the realm called subconscious, and the composite precipitate we call our personality. It is in our power to think what we please, and the change and expansion of our thoughts produce growth. If we can be so free in our minds as continually to change our imperfect views and conclusions, then we have the secret of constructive growth and can progress as far as we will, until we come “unto the measure of the stature of the ful- ness of Christ.” According to physical science, the longer we are in matur- ing the longer our life should be. Then, according to that, the key to perpetual youth will also be the key to an indefinite prolongation of life. Here are some of the observations of Professor Shaler, of Harvard University: "In a general way the statement seems accurate that the duration of life is determined by the time it takes to attain maturity. Slow growth means long life in most instances. The serpent seems never to reach a time when he really puts an end to his growth, and so lives on indefinitely.