How to avoid dying before the time / by Alfred Schofield.

Schofield, A. T. (Alfred Taylor), 1846-1929.

Date:: [1890?]

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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: How to avoid dying before the time / by Alfred Schofield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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HEALTH AT HOME. No, 1. HOW TO AVOID DYING BEFORE THE TIME. BY ALFRED T. SCHOFIELD, M.D., M.R.C.S., ETC., MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SOCIETY; There is a widespread idea that no one ever dies until his time comes. In a certain sense this is true, but unfortunately it is too often used as a cover for our own carelessness in a way which is little short of crim¬ inal. Neither the law of God nor the law of England permits a man to put an end to his own life, neverthe¬ less thousands do so indirectly. But let us see what is meant by “ our time having come,” and what connection it has with our duty to live as long as we can. A friend of mine was arguing with a farmer one day, as they walked along a country road near Worksop, on the necessity of present trust in Christ for salvation; but to all his arguments the farmer would reply “ that if he was intended to be saved, he would be, and that no one could alter the decrees of the Al¬ mighty, and that if he was intended to be lost, all the believing in the world could not save him.” Seeing he was such a determined fatalist, my friend tried a fresh tack.