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Theodore Parker's Sermon on Health
"rnE IDEAL MAN OF THE cHrRcH'-rnE CAUSES or
SICKNESS AND DEATH ES"MER.TEp IN THE PULPIT T.
From the Boston Transcript, Nov Is.
Rev. Theodore Parker discoursed yesterday
forenoon, from the text, "Do thysclf NJ harm -
The discourse anmadyerted severely upon thosc
systems Of theology which consider tho condition
Of the body rs u matter Of little moment, aud in
cnlcated the duty as moral obligation Of main
tanning the physical functions Of the human frame
in u sound vn1 healthy state.
\ correspondent furnishes the following excel
lent abstract of the discourse:
The Rev Theodore Parker seems to have drawn
n useful lesson from his recent illness. Ills SER
mon yesterday was based upon Paurs cxhorta,ion
10 tho tailor, ado thyself no harm" Though i.
would have been thought strange production if
delivered from most Of the ulpits of the city. on
Sunday yet it was well calculated to call the "
tention Of his numerous audience 10 Il very impor-
t,nt subject; "lhe causes of sickness and early
death" These We're everywhere subjects Of uni
,crsnl complaint. Most Of the sickness and pain
Of the human race we're useless Old ase is til"
only legitimate cause Of death. The farmer
would be astonishrd to find his orchard grounds
covered with green. halfgrown apples in june
or .Iulv but welcomes the 'handsomc' sight
Of the ripe, mellow fruit i'll October aud No,cm-
Der.
Tia principal abstract cause Of this sickness and
and premature death, the speaker believed Ia he
in the sayins Of the Great Apostle. "fct know
that in my me lha i, in my flesh dwc!!cth no
good thing" For this confession, he severely
criticised the great brave, though enlistment
Paul saving that lie was an unsafe guide. and
stoutly asserting thai. from the apex ni the
head to the last phalanx IF the foot, the Great
Gnd" had made every bone, muscle and nerve.
goof.
The iacai man of The church instead of great
strong bnlv. six-foot ful-chcstel. red-,acei
handsome man with beard upon his chm,
and an appetite for his dinner, was n sleek.
lean, weak creature, living nron winter crosses.
anl eating only because he mast, not because h"
iri,AtS.
hhmpcranrc. qlpi,ay and hcrntio"Ress were
caumo, ntcl ~ among the coac, &c causes of sick
rn.- and early death. These are btGle y"" enough
o;trn Involving innoe,"t WIVES and children ~ the
fire that consumes the lcentious and guilty hus-
Land and father.
IN,ac,s another of the concrete causes oftho,c
evils, wa, characterized female vice. 1nlan
i. naturally moIe Industrious than man. Yet from
D1c fi'~o ns'rnetion It society, and the force Of
i. ~. p - sic - made idle aud then Is nt'rn
w5t>c phase Of tii> ,,i il. shat it c!orc+ N is
own shame, The die woman often h6a-t, tl.Ct She
is uuahic % LIT her baby while. to the tre Woman.
ther" - n" higher pride thnn 10 bear and 40 ear"
for her offspring.
liar IL another Cause of shortening lie. for,y
'h.Usand British suhio is were consumed IS the
tt,uiran war and oi., hundred thoe san more Will
ieuitle-- he LEFT upon the plains of India before
e"aee viii lie conquered with that country. Hut
Ia the present STATE ni society this hardly b.
n,pilca. should our fathers ut Quaker Hi.
though thrv knew they exposed Themselves 10 the
cdcu,ys bullets, have dodge behind the grcra
hayr0cks!
rmcrly. wild beasts, cold and hungcrwcrr the
..eat rnciaes If man. The higher races have now
Dardly overcome these opposing forces; s'ill til"
t1o1, clothing and shelter OF the most enlightened
ha. ions are far from perfect.
ufurwari uf6.ou0 children horn veG rly in Elm
Iurgl,, more than o.GOl died before fifteen DAYS
rA slaughter of tn" innocents at which even
ltrod would have stood aghast. Two years after,
the doctors Ventilated the houses, and tl,c NOR
taty was reduce to lew hundred.
E,cn in Boston ia lt'ij, | in 50. died in ward
$. while in ward only one in 60 died. The
south Cove lands, from their ilaness, imperfect
drainage, narrow streets, and the want of hight
aGsl aiy, must for centuries lenan unhealthy,
NAile hy II litt,c care and cost thirty years ago,
Il r evil could have been avertcd. The sun is the
plysjrlun 1T the Great Father, and the air his Uni
lri~ul medicine.
The present st1}e nf jfmdle attire. supported bv
the Waisi instead a ii,m the shoulders. rs cur
i'atHers lod up ,hcir garments, came il FOR n
>harc II these great evils,
fbe jaoI is au1thcrprolifc cause Of 81 tkuess and
,h,r'u Of life. The speaker cxhor,cA his audi
10 ioot at the bread found in public houses
.'td almost all private honses handic il, but not
hJSjr it, MS it is unfit for any animal nbere the
SWINE niyiues had puzzled themselves To iiud out
tie meaning of sin against the Holy Ghost He
had sometimes thought that, in man il consisted
in &.ahing bad liquor from good grain; and in
r,r. from good meal making bad bread.
lu the uui,ersalc implanted sickness AMI pain,
ia tic wailing Of humanity for her carly dead,
tn speaker heard Natures prophecy, that IN the
| lu.Gge it shall not be so.