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Renew Thy Youth Like The Eagle by Robert Collier  Order in Adobe PDF eBook or printed form for $7.95 (+ printing charge)  Book Description Modern
science has made huge strides in the treatment of disease. It has
discovered a
host of drugs which are said to assist Nature in remedying all
manner of
physical disorders. But for every disease that modern science seems to
eradicate, a new one springs up, until the great need of the day
appears to be
. . . NOT medicines to CURE disease . . .
but methods of building strong
bodies, mighty bodies, that shall be IMMUNE to disease. In this book
you will learn how to co-operate with Nature in the building of a
strong immune system that will ward off all disease, renew youthful
vigor, and prolong life. m In this very hard to find book
from 1942, Robert Collier provides the reader with some very practical
methods, including breathing and posture exercises, that will help
build up the body's natural immune system and slow down the aging
process.
Renew Thy Youth Like the
Eagle! "Who
satisfieth thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like
the
eagle's." —
Ps. 103:5 Most
people seem to think that the Bible was written for religious
instruction only,
that it is something far removed from their ordinary, work-a-day lives. But what
are the facts? The early
Scriptures are primarily the chronicles of a people, meant first
and foremost
to preserve for them those experiences and those discoveries that would
help
them in overcoming the difficulties and dangers of their primitive
existence. They tell
of mighty men, and how one may become great and strong by doing as they
did.
They list some of the foods which they found most healthful, they give
the
sanitary laws which seemed to them of greatest value. And over and
above all,
they give the moral code that all should live by, and the methods by
which one
might count upon the help of Jehovah in time of need. "Search ye
the Scriptures," we are told, "for in them ye find the words of
eternal life." Much of
our modern health regulations and medical practice was foreshadowed by
the Mosaic
Law. The Bible
is the Log Book of Experience. Through thousands of years, the wise men
of old
handed down the things they learned which might be most helpful to
posterity.
How else would you interpret this passage from Deuteronomy? "Set
your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day,
which ye
shall COMMAND your children to observe to do. For this is not a vain
thing for
you, because IT IS YOUR LIFE (your health): and through this thing
ye shall
prolong your days in the land." What
loomed up as of greatest importance to primitive man? Health, strength,
did it
not? So we may well expect to find in the Scriptures the methods which,
in the
experience of the sages of old, were best calculated to produce strong
men,
mighty men, men who retained their vigor and youthfulness to a great
age. You see
the promise of this running as a thread all through the Scriptures. "As
thy days, so shall thy strength be," we are assured in Deuteronomy. And
again in the same book it is chronicled: "And Moses was 120 years old
when
he died, yet was not his eyes dim, nor his natural force abated." So sure
did Moses feel that his teachings were right, so confident was he of
results,
that he dared offer this guarantee: "HEREBY
YE SHALL KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH SENT ME: If these men (who obey me)
die the
common death of all men (in the prime of life), or if they be visited
after the
visitation of all men (stricken with divers ailments and diseases); THEN
THE
LORD HATH NOT SENT ME." Go back
over all the heroic figures in the Bible, and what trait do you find
most
common among all of them? They were
mighty men, strong men, healthy men, and unless cut down by violence,
men who
lived to great ages. "There were giants in the earth in those days,"
we are told in Genesis, "and also after that, when the sons of God came
in
to the daughters of men and they bore children unto them, the same
became
mighty men which were of old, men of renown." Men of
renown . . . go back over the list and see how many were strong men as
well—Samson,
Moses, Joshua, Saul, David, the Maccabees, John the Baptist, and a host
of
others. It was said of Saul—"Saul, a choice young man and a goodly;
from
his shoulders and upwards, he was higher than any of the people." And
of
David—"He was ruddy, withal of a beautiful countenance and goodly
to look
to." But how about
the greatest of them all? How about Jesus? Does He conform to this
picture?
Most of the pictures we have of Him depict Him as weak and ascetic
looking. If
the purpose of the Old Testament was largely to show men how to build
up mighty
bodies, strong, healthy physiques, how is it that He, who knew that Old
Testament so well, should be pictured to us as a weak and
anaemic-looking
figure? "BEHOLD
A MAN!" To get the
real background of Jesus, it is necessary to remember that the Roman
soldier of
the pre-Christian era was a rough lot. He had conquered the world, and
he knew
no law but force. He feared neither God nor man, and the only thing he
revered
was strength and power. Yet it is
written that when the Roman soldiers were first sent out against
Jesus, they
returned empty-handed, awed by his stature and bearing. It was said of
Him that
He could be seen afar off, towering head and shoulders above the crowds
around
him. Even in
the Garden of Gethsemane, the soldiers sent to seize Him drew back
on finding
Him, so cowed that they were ready to flee. Pilate was lost in
admiration at
His stature and presence, so much so that he presented Him to the
multitude
with the highest words of praise a Roman could offer—"Behold a
MAN!" Artists
and religious teachers have been fond of picturing Jesus as weak and
ascetic,
as a "Man of Sorrows." That is the idea of Jesus that most people
have. That is the idea of Him that many teachers have fostered. But it
is not
the idea of Him that a careful reading of the Gospels will give you. A physical-weakling?
Anaemic? Ascetic? Jesus worked as a carpenter until He was 30 years of
age. He
wielded an adze and pushed a plane in days when there were no sawmills
to cut up
the lumber, when every bit of work from chopping down the tree to
raising the
timbers of the house had to be done by hand. Tools were few in those
days, and
sheer strength took the place of winches and pulleys. Could a weakling
have
done such work? Jesus
single-handed chased the hucksters and the money-lenders from the
Temple,
scourging them as they went. Would any crowd of usurers and push-cart
men that
you have seen run from any but a giant among men? A
"Man of Sorrows"? He made people happy wherever He went. The sick,
the poor, the sorrowful, all flocked to Him and were sent away
happy. Little
children loved Him—and were joyous and happy with Him. He was the most
popular
dinner guest in Jerusalem. Jesus was a Man
among men, one who towered over all about Him, one who commanded
respect and
awe from His very presence. He sat in a boat on the shores of the Sea
of
Galilee, and made Himself heard over the lapping of the waves and the
noise of
the crowd, even by 5,000 people. Anyone who has tried to make himself
heard by
a few hundred people outdoors knows what strength and resonance of
voice that
required. Of all
those who lived upon this earth, I think we may safely assume that
Jesus had
the most commanding stature, the most perfect build, vitality and
strength equaled
by none. There is
in the Vatican Library in Rome a description of Jesus said to have been
written
to a friend by a Roman Pro-Consul who had seen Him often: "His
fair hair is long, flowing down to the ears and thence to His
shoulders. It is
slightly crisped and curled, parted in the middle and falling on either
side as
is the custom of a Nazarene. His cheeks are somewhat rosy, the nose and
mouth
well shaped, the beard is thick and is the color of a ripe hazel nut;
it is
short and parted in the middle. "His
looks reveal both wisdom and candor. His blue eyes at times flash with
sudden
fire. "This
Man, usually so gentle in conversation, becomes terrible when He
reprimands,
but even at such times there seems to emanate from His Person a safe
serenity .
. . His voice is grave, reserved and modest. He is as handsome as a man
can be.
He is called Jesus, the Son of Mary." Sir Edwin
Arnold describes Him: "Straight-standing
like a palm-tree; hands and limbs So
molded that the noblest copy them: Among the Sons of Men fairest
and
first." "I
came that ye might have LIFE," Jesus assured us, "and have it more
abundantly." Doesn't that mean greater health and strength, length of
days
and the capacity to enjoy them to the full? Like the
earlier Scriptures, the teachings of Jesus were meant to improve our
physical
well-being as well as our spiritual. And who understood those
physical laws as
well as the One who by His mere touch was able to cure all manner of
diseases? But
remember how often He warned those He cured—"Go and sin no more." In
other words, transgress no more against the laws of health. |