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(That will help you live to 100)

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Deborah Kotz

D'on't retire. "Evidence shows that in societies where people stop working abruptly, the incidence of obesity and chronic disease skyrocket." According to Luigi Ferrucci. In the Chianti region of Italy which has a high percentage of centenarians, "after people retire from their jobs, they spend most of their day working on their farm, cultivating grapes or vegetables, they're never really inactive." If farming isn't for you, try some volunteer work.

Floss every day. That may help keep your arteries healthy. A 2008 N.Y. University study indicated that daily flossing reduced the amount of gum disease causing bacteria in the mouth. This bacteria is believed to enter the bloodstream triggering inflammation in the arteries which is a major risk factor for heart disease. Other research has shown that those with high levels of bacteria in their mouth are more likely to have thickening in their arteries, another sign of heart disease.

Move around. "Exercise is the only real fountain of youth that exists." According to Jay Olshansky, a professor of medicine and aging research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. "It's like the oil and lube job for your car. You don't have to do it, but your
car will definitely run better." Study after study has documented the benefits of exercise to improve your mood, mental acuity, balance, muscle mass and bones. Those who see the biggest payoffs are those who go from doing nothing to simply walking around the neighbourhood or local shopping centre for about thirty minutes.

Eat a fibre-rich cereal for breakfast.
Getting a serving of whole-grains, especially in the morning appears to help older folks maintain stable blood sugar levels throughout the day according to a recent study by L. Ferrucci., "those who do this have a lower incidence of diabetes, a known accelerator of aging."

Get at least six hours of shut-eye. Instead of skimping on sleep to add more hours to your day, get more sleep to add years to your life. "Sleep is one of the most important functions that our body uses to regulate health cells" says Ferrucci.

Consume whole foods, not supplements. Strong evidence suggests that people who have high blood levels of certain nutrients selenium, beta-carotene, vitamins C and E, age much better and have a slower rate of decline. There is no such evidence to suggest that taking pills for these nutrients provides those antiaging benefits. "There are more than 200 different carotenoids and 200 different flavonoids in a single tomato, Ferrucci points out, "and these chemicals can all have complex interactions that foster health beyond the single nutrients we know about like lycopene or vitamin C." Go for those colourful fruits and vegetables and dark whole-grain breads and cereals with their host of hidden nutrients.

Be less neurotic. Perls says "A new study shows that centenarians tend not to internalize things or dwell on their troubles, they are great at rolling with the punches." If this trait is hard to overcome, then find a way to manage your stress; exercise is good.

Like a Seventh Day Adventist? Americans who define themselves as S.D.A.'s have an average life expectancy of 89, about a decade longer that the average American. One of the basic tenets of theirs is that it's important to cherish the body that's on loan from God, which means no smoking, alcohol abuse, or overindulging in sweets. They tend to stick to a largely vegetarian style diet based on fruits, vegetables, beans and nuts and take plenty of exercise. They are also very focused on family life and
community values.

Be a creature of habit. Centenarians tend to live by strict routines. Eating the same kind of diet and doing the same type of activities all their lives. Going to bed and waking up at the same time each day is another good habit to maintain your body in the steady equilibrium that can be easily disrupted as you age. "Your physiology becomes frailer when you get older" explains Ferrucci, "and it's harder to bounce back if you miss a few hours sleep." Braking routine can weaken your immune defences leaving you more susceptible to circulating flu viruses or bacterial infections.

Stay connected. Having regular social contacts with friends and loved ones is key to avoiding depression. Some psychologists think that one of the biggest benefits folks get from exercise is the strong social interactions that come from walking with a friend. Having a daily connection with a close friend or family member gives older folks the added benefit of having someone to watch
their back.

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LIFE IN THE KINGDOM

United Israel Fellowship, Kingdom Bible Institute, First Covenant Church, Editor Kingdom Digest. (Condensed)

Man and Beast - In the next age, first of all, let's take a glance at God's program for the nature of man and beast, for our natures are definitely to be changed. All selfishness will be taken from man, while the ferocious, wild nature will also be taken from the animals and once more as it was in the Garden of Eden before sin entered, there will be perfect harmony between man and beast; nor will there be any destruction of animals for sportsmanship or human consumption, according to the Scriptures given here for your consideration:-

Isaiah 11: 6-9

"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed, their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. "

Jeremiah 31: 33, 34

"But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those day, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. "

Financial System - Of all the changes I am looking forward to with greatest interest are those changes to our financial system. Under our present system, the emphasis of all humanity is on making money, at any price, and because of this love of money and the wrong emphasis given to money, people worship gold instead of God and are more interested in principal than principle. The operation of our present system has resulted in all the evils of our day, all of which could have been eliminated, had the present profit system never been put into operation.

Isaiah 55:1

"Ho everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. "

From this Scripture, one will notice that under God's new plan, people can enjoy the luxuries of life, whether they have money or not. Under this system, laziness will not be encouraged nor slothfulness in business condoned, for, remember, man will have his new spirit and nature. Therefore, if one doesn't have as much of the world's goods as the other, it will not mean that he is slothful or careless, but rather that circumstances were unfortunate, and under the new plan, unselfishness, good neighbourliness on the part of all mankind will result in everyone having plenty and everyone working for service rather than profit.

Climatic Changes - This may look like a small matter, yet it is one that should hold the interest of everyone, especially those in areas where it gets too hot and dry in the summer and too cold and bleak in the winter. Eden knew nothing of such conditions. Weather conditions as we know them did not appear until after the Flood. Naturally when the Adamic curse is lifted, sin removed and God's Spirit is poured out on all flesh, and nature is changed, weather conditions will be equalized again, so that eventually the weather will be tropical and the seasons equitable, the ground fertile, from pole to pole.

Isaiah 35: 1,2

"The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; and the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord and the excellency of our God."

Radient Health - I was taught of course to eat pork, white flour, white sugar, fried foods refined, soft, denatured, devitalized foods. However, now I see such practices are very unnatural and detrimental to good health. Such things should be discarded and we should live a natural, normal life, eating raw, ripe, fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, with a few exceptions of baking and
cooking potatoes and beans.

Isaiah 65: 17 -20

" For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old, but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed."

We notice that in the age to come, the life span of man will be greatly lengthened, so that the very few who will die in their natural bodies during the next age will be considered merely a child at 100 years of age.

Real Estate - Isaiah 65:21, 22

" And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat; for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands."

In God's new Kingdom, everyone will live in his own home without taxes. With the climate equalised, everyone will have within their own plot a daily supply of every fruit and vegetable imaginable. Never having to sell anything, nor store up anything, but will eat the products as they become ripened daily, knowing there will be a fresh supply the next day.

Labour - Isaiah 65:23

"They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them."

Many times as a lad on a Texas farm, our entire family worked for months to plant a cotton or corn crop, only to have the dry, hot winds burn them up, or the insects destroy them. Because of the fertility and equitable climatic conditions in God's new Kingdom, such conditions will not prevail. In fact we will neither labour or toil, we will merely work. Working is doing that which we want to do and which thrills and inspires us, while labouring, or toiling, is doing that which we dread but must do under our present financial system, in order to make a living.

Spiritual Communication - Isaiah 65: 24

"And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear."

The Lord says, "you have not because you ask not."

Our prayers are not answered for many reasons - first, we are ignorant of God's laws; second, there is sin in our lives; third, we lack faith; fourth, we do not obey the laws dealing with prayer. Thus, God's people are poverty stricken spiritually, simply because our communication system is "out of order". Now in God's new Kingdom, Christ will be here in person on the earth and we in our new bodies, and, according to the Scripture, the Lord will know what we are thinking and can answer us without our even asking. We will be obeying the laws of God, living in the centre of His will, thus the answers will come automatically and immediately and our lives will be full, rich and complete under God's divine, theocratic program of plenty, peace and prosperity.

A great plan - a great future - a great God!!!

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ENGLAND'S EARTHQUAKES

There are approximately 80 references, of which about 30 are contemporary accounts of England's earthquakes. The maximum intensities appear to have been attained in Kent. Various contemporary chronicles reported effects in England, such as severe shaking of trees, houses, churches, towers and castles, and panic among the population. The accounts of the archdiocese of Canterbury and papers attributed to Archbishop Courtenay describe the repairs needed after the earthquake. Significant damage
was caused to St Augustine's Abbey and to Christ Church; collapse of the belfry, damage to the presbytery, priory and cloister for example. All Saints, to the west of Canterbury, needed repairs to the choir and strengthening of up to 3 feet thick to the walls. The treasury accounts of the manors of Hollingbourne and Loose similarly record the costs for various repairs. At Saltwood a prisoner was able to escape in the confusion caused by the earthquake.

In London a sitting of Parliament and a trial of heretics at Blackheath were interrupted by the earthquake. Damage to St Paul's Cathedral, repaired in 1387, was attribured mainly to the 'terrible earthquake'. In Flanders several buildings collapsed in Bruges and severe damage occurred to buildings in Liege while chimneys were brought down in Ghent.

1382 Occurring before the scientific measuring of earthquakes was invented there is no way of knowing just what this earthquake would have measured on the Richter scale.However with reports of damage stretching from London to France it would have been one of the largest earthquakes ever to occur in Britain, with estimates putting it at around the magnitude 5 on the Richter scale. It shook the country at 3 p.m. on 21st May 1382 and was felt across the South East of England, London and also into France. Reports from the time indicate Parliament was interrupted; St Paul's Cathedral was damaged too.

Historically the people of Kent have felt earthquakes centred around the Dover Straits in 1950, 1776, 1580 and 1382; the two earliest ones had magnitudes estimated at just under 6, and caused damage as far away as London, where in 1580 two people were killed by falling masonry.

The impact of the earthquake was considerable. In the channel itself, a witness onboard one boat reported waves higher than the mast and half a day later Dover was hit by what would now be recognised as a tsunami, destroying ships and houses. Stutfall Castle, the Roman camp at Lympne which overlooked the Romney Marshes, suffered considerable damage, while in the channel itself over 100 ships were reported to have been lost due to freak waves.

Though severe earthquakes in southern Britain are rare, the Dover Straits earthquake of 6 April 1580 appears to have been one of the largest in the recorded history of England. It occurred about 6 o'clock in the evening.

Location and magnitude A study undertaken during the design of the Channel Tunnel estimated the magnitude of the 1580 quake at around 5.3 - 5.9 and its focal depth at 12 - 18 miles in the lower crust. Being relatively deep, the quake was felt over a large area and it is not certain where the epicentre was located. The earthquake is well recorded in contemporary documents, including the "earthquake letter" from Gabriel Harvey to Edmund Spenser, mocking popular and academic methods of accounting for the tremors.

Further from the coast, furniture danced on the floors and wine casks rolled off their stands. In France the belfry of Notre Dame de Lorette and several buildings at Lille collapsed. Stones fell from buildings in Arras, Douai, Bethune and Rouen. Windows cracked in the cathedral of Notre Dame at Pontoise, and blocks of stone dropped from the vaulting. In Flanders chimneys fell and cracks opened in the walls of Ghent and Oudenarde. Peasant workers in the fields reported a low rumble and saw the ground roll in waves.

On the English coast, sections of wall fell in Dover and a landslip opened displaying a raw new piece of the White Cliffs. At Sandwich a loud noise emanated from the Channel, as church arches cracked and the gable end of a transept fell at St Peter's Church. In Hythe, Kent, Saltwood Castle made famous as the site where the plot was hatched in December 1170 to assassinate Thomas Becket, was rendered uninhabitable until it was repaired in the nineteenth century.

In London, half a dozen chimney stacks came down along with a pinnacle on Westminster Abbey; two children were killed by stones falling from the roof of Christ's Church Hospital. Indeed the many Puritans blamed the emerging theatre scene of the time in London, which was seen as the work of the devil, as a cause of the quake. There was damage far inland. In Cambridgeshire for instance stones fell from Ely Cathedral and part of Stratford Castle in Essex collapsed. There were aftershocks. Before dawn the next morning, between 4 and 5 o'clock further houses collapsed near Dover due to aftershocks, and another spate of aftershocks were noticed in east Kent on 1-2 May.

Other earthquakes in the Dover Straits Two later quakes in the Dover Straits, in 1776 and 1950, both thought to be around magnitude 4, were noted in the 1984 compilation by R.M.W. Musson, G. Neilson and P.W.Burton and the same team devoted an article to the 1580 earthquake that year.

Dover Straits Earthquake

Some scientists have suggested that the 1580, 1776 and 1950 quakes are all linked to periodic tectonic activity that results in a tremor occurring in the Dover Straits approximately every 200 years.

The 2007 Kent earthquake was initially thought to have occurred in the Dover Straits, but later analysis showed it to have occurred directly under the town of Folkestone in Kent.

Shakespeare scholars are familiar with the 1580 quake, as a line in Romeo and Juliet seems to refer to it and thus dates that part of the play to 1591: "Nurse:- "Tis since the earthquake now eleven years .."

So we see that The Dover Straits has a history of earthquakes, with regular tremors about every 200 years. One recorded in 1382, in 1580, 1776. Brian Baptie, of the British Geological Survey, said: "There will be weak areas, or fault lines, running under the English Channel."

The UK's largest recorded quake was in the North Sea about 75 miles north-east of Great Yarmouth in June 1931. It measured 6.1 and was felt as far away as Norway.

"and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginning of sorrows." - Mark 13:8

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PEDEN THE PROPHET

Taken from John Ritchie, Heroes and Heroines of the Scottish

Alexander Peden was a native of Ayrshire, born at Auchencloich, in Sorn about 1626. His father was a small proprietor and left his son a fair patrimony. His social position gave him an entrance into the best society and we find him often at the Boswells of Auchinleck and at the Baillies of Jerviswoode and the houses of local gentry. The deadness of religious life in Scotland along with the trouble of getting hearts to receive the Good News weighed heavily on his spirit and made him moody and sad. However he
attended University and prepared himself for his life-work and in due time became Pastor of New Luce.

His ministry here continued for three years when the Drunken Act of Glasgow compelled him and several hundred others to leave his church. His people were filled with intense sorrow and when he preached his last sermon, many wept and begged him to preach on. He closed the pulpit door behind him and knocking it very hard with his Bible three times, he said "In my Master's name I arrest thee! That none enter thee but as I have done, by the door!"

Years passed and no attempt was made to fill the vacancy and Peden' s actions that day had increased his fame.

He now took to preaching on the hillsides and lived the life of a wanderer. He became afraid to sleep in the homes offered to him as he knew the Council thirsted for his blood. The Council, unable to capture him, issued a proclamation, charging him with holding conventicles and baptisms in various places. He was ordered to surrender himself unconditionally to the Council.

Instead of surrender, at Lanark he joined the men implicated in the Pentland rising. "Ye are not ready for resistance" he told them, "and your present venture will end in defeat and worsen persecution." He parted company. The Covenanters remembered his words as they were scattered by the Royalist troops. He was made an outlaw and his property forfeited to the Crown.

Peden's life was now one of severe hardship, although he was never bothered by spies as many others were. On one occasion whilst riding with a Mr Welch and the Laird of Glenover, he met a party of Dragoons out searching for him. He boldly rode up to them saying to his friends "keep up your courage and confidence, for God hath laid and arrest on these men that they shall do us no harm." The soldiers asked directions and he even offered to show them the best spot to cross the river. They thanked Peden profusely. Not long after this whilst hiding in Glendyne, he left his shelter to go to a cottage where he knew a godly man lived. He held devotions at the house and at sunset he headed towards his weary cave. Whilst travelling he came across a company of Dragoons. He fled across he moor and passing a mountain burn he came upon a good hiding place under an
overhanging bank. As the horses came galloping along, they were compelled to leap the burn. In doing so the hoof of one of the horses pressed through the soft bank under which Peden lay and grazed his head. Praising God for his escape he continued to his cave.

Once, after narrowly avoiding capture, the soldiers guessed that Peden and his friends would at once leave the district and they went in search of them. Peden had agreed to hold a conventicle at Auchengrouch and preached in his usual manner to the joy of those gathered. The sermon however was disturbed by the appearance of a company of Dragoons, who spread themselves over the hillside, determined to capture all who were there. Escape seemed impossible and all eyes looked to Peden. They heard him beseech the protection of God and after praying he said to them, "Friends, the bitterest of this blast is over, we will no more be troubled by them this day." This did not comfort them and they begged him to hide in a hole that they would cover with the heather. He declined their offer and asked them to pray.

"Lord, we are ever needing at Thy hand, and if we had not Thy command to call upon Thee in the day of trouble, and of Thy promise of answering us in the day of our distress, we wot not what would become of us. If Thou have any more work for us in Thy world, twine them about the hill, Lord and cast the lap of Thy cloak over poor old Sandy and these people, and we will keep it in remembrance, and tell it to the commendation of Thy goodness, pity and compassion, what Thou didst for us at such a time."

Dense white clouds of mist arose from the hillsides and enveloped the Dragoons and Covenanters alike. As the latter saw the position of the soldiers and knew the hillside well, they at once went home through the mist. The Dragoons dare not move a step, fearing danger. This incident raised Peden to a unique place in the hearts of the Covenanters and from henceforth he was known as "Peden the Prophet."

In a sermon following the miraculous release after being captured, Peden spoke about the Scottish church,

"Where is the Church of God in Scotland, sirs, at this day? It is not amongst the great clergy. I will tell you where the Church is. It is wherever a praying young man or young woman is at a dykeside in Scotland, that's where the Church is. A praying party shall go through the storm ...If there be anyone of you, He will be the second; if there be two, He will be the third. Ye shall never want company."

Although only sixty years of age, knew his race was run. He returned to his old home at Auchencloich, only to find the Dragoons searching for him. He lived in a cave and spent his days in prayer. He came from his cave to his brother's house. The Dragoons were hovering about and his sister-in-law feared they would find him.

"They will not find me alive though they search twenty times this house."

Next day he was dead.

The Boswells of Auchinleck interred Peden in their private vaults, to save his body from insult. But it was only for a time, as the Dragoons heard where Peden was buried and broke into the grave. His body was carried to Cumnock and hung on a gibbet in chains. The Countess of Dumfries interceded with the Council and Peden's body was buried at the foot of the gibbet. In honour to Peden, others desired be buried beside him. The foot of the gallows thus became the popular burial ground and the recognised churchyard of Cumnock. A thorn bush was planted at his head and another at his feet.

None of the martyrs was so revered by the people as Peden. His acts were considered judgements of God and he predicted so many things that came to pass that he was linked with Moses, Isaiah and Jeremiah in greatness. He was one of the comforters of the Covenanters and bravely shared their privations. His name became sacred and all those who had showed kindness to him praised God for this honour.

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THREE LITTLE WORDS

by Lillie Buffum

Just a few little words from the Master
And a touch from His hand Divine,
Will accomplish more in a lightning's flash
Than science in years of time.

Just THREE TERSE WORDS - "Peace, be still"
Just as simple as they can be
But when they passed the Master's lips
They calmed the storm on Galilee.

Just THREE SMALL WORDS - "Be thou clean"
But they came from His inmost soul;
The Master spoke with authority
And a leper was made whole.

Just THREE LITTLE WORDS - "Who touched
me?"
As He jostled the busy throng
He felt that virtue had gone from Him
And a woman was made strong.

Just THREE SHORT WORDS - "Lazarus come
forth"
So easily written or said
But when He spoke these three short words
There was power to raise the dead.

It's not the multitude of words
That's spoken by anyone
But if it is imparted FAITH
Immediatelv that work is done.

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