Page 18 - Reasons for Sickness

a matter of fact, Psalm 90, verse 10, says,

“The days of our years are threescore years

and ten; and if by reason of strength they

be fourscore years, yet is their strength

labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and

we fly away,” and Verse 12 says, “So

teach us to number our days…” The average

life span is between 70 and 80 years. Yes,

some live to be 100 and some die at 45 or

50. I saw a guy just recently who was 106

years of age, but then I know of one who

died at 33. But the average age of death is

70 to 80 years.

For about three or four days, I took 15

deaths out of an obituary column from my

home town in Dayton, Tennessee, and the

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