CHAPTER XXX 



FEAR FOB THE FUTURE THE DREAD OF DEATH 

 RETROSPECT OF LIFE THE GOSPEL OF EVO- 

 LUTION THE QUESTION OF A FUTURE LIFE. 



"So live that, when, thy summons comes to join 

 The innumerable caravan that moves 

 To that mysterious realm where each shall take 

 His chamber in the silent halls of death, 

 Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, 

 Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed 

 By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave 

 Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch 

 About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams."* 



Our progress through life is marked with many 

 pleasures, but also with many sorrows. Pain or 

 suffering are more positive in their impressions on 

 us, so much more keenly felt than anything we call 

 happiness, that the remembrance of the former and 

 the fear of its recurrence, often blots out all hope for 

 the latter. The sorrows caused by anxiety in our 

 business affairs, the fear for the health of those we 

 love, and, above all, the dread of losing them by 



* Thanatopsis W. C. Bryant. 

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