Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-11-26
tfr'm the Boston Transcript N5ven.Ste isl
Rev. Theodore Parler's Sermon,
on Health,
THE IDEAL MAN OF THE cIURcs''-rhy cArs
rs cF stCS~sSy AND DE,T,t rxivrP,

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0a Health,
THE IDEAL MAN OF THE cHrRts"-rhy c.rs
/ Is or sicsSsSs AND DEATH ENuMERA-
j TED IN TIE PULPIT.
I Rev, Theodore Parker discoursrd yester
day forenoon, from the text, "Do thvself nc
harm he discourse animadvertci severe
/ ~ upon Those systems of tht ology which con
slider the condition Of the body as a matte,
OF little moment, and inculcated the duty u,
moral obligation, of maintaining the phys.
zeal functions of the human frame in sound
and healthy state
( a correspondent furnishes the following
excellent abstract OF the discourse
The Rev. Theodore Parker seems to have
drawn useful lesson from his recent illness
His sermon yesterday as based upon Paul 5
cxhortatinn to the isilcr, "Do thyself no
harm. Though it would have been thought
strange production if delivered from most
OF the puipts of the city. on Sunday, vet it
was well calculated 10 cill the attention of
his numerous audience to very important
SUBJECT; "Ih' causes Of sickness and early
death These were everywhere subjects OF
universal complaint. Most of the sickness
and pain Of the human race were useless
Old age is the only legitimate cause of death.
The farmer would be ,,stonished to find his
orchard grounds covered with green, bali
grown apples in june or July. but welcomes
the 'handsome" sight of the ripe mellow
fruit in October and November
The principal abstract cdast of this sick
ness and premature death. the speaker be-
Iicved to b. in the saving of the Great Amos
tie, FOR know that in me chat is in my
hesh) dwellcth no good thing For this
confession, he severely criticised the great,
brave, though 'mistdkcn' Paul, saving that
he was an unsafe guide. and stoutly assert
lng that, from the apex of the head to the
last plialanX Of the foot, tn, "Good God
bad made every Zone, muscle and nerve,
good.
Tie idsal man Of the church, instead Of a
great. strong, burly, six-foet. full-chested,
red-taeed, handsome man, with Il beard up-
ON hi chin. and an appetite for his dinner,
was sleek, lean, weak creature, living up
on water crosses, aud eating only because he
must, not because he wisi,s.
htemperdnce, .g2tatony and Hccniionsaess
were enumerated as among the concrete causes
of sickness and early death. These are male
vices, though often involving innocent wives
and children in the fire that consumes the Ii
centious and guilty husband and father
Mtehcss, another of the concrete causes of
these evils, WAS characterised as n female
vice Woman is naturally mere industri-
Gus than man.yct from the false construction
OF society and the force Of public opinion,
she is made idle. and then is often sick be-
cause she has nothing else to do" But the
worse phase Of this evil is, that it glorics in
its own shame. The idle woman often boasts
that she is unable to lift her babr, while. to
the true woman, there is no higher pride than
to bear and to care for her offspring
american slorery is another prolific cause
of the evils in question. The negro race is
one of the longest-ived among savage tribes:
but in Georgia and Alabama five slaves live
no longer than three white men though the
constitution of the black man is better adap-
ted to the citrate Of these states than that of
the white man Thus slavery is chargeable
for large share of these evils.
! War is another cause Of shortening life
Forty thousand British subjects were con-
sumtd by the Crimcan war, and one hundred
thousand more will doubtless be left upon
the plains Of India before peace will be con-
quered with that country But in the pres
ent state of society this can hardly be avoid
ed. Should our fathers at Bunker Hill,
though they knew they exposed themselves
to the enemy's bullets. have lodged behind
the green haycocks?
Formerly, wild beasts, cold and hunger
We're the great enemies Of man The higher
races have now nearly overcome these oppos-
ing forces; still the food, clothing and shelter
of the most enlightened nations are far from
perfect.
Ofupward Of 1000 children born yearly
in Edinburgh, mere than 1000 died before
fifteen days old-a slaughter of the inno-
cents at which even Ilerod would have stood
aghast. Two years after, the doctors venti-
lated the houses, and the mortality was re-
duced to few hundred.
Even in Boston in 1865. in sc, died in
ward 5, while in ward 6 only one in GO died
The south Cove lands. from their flatness,
imperfect drainage, narrow streets, and the
want of light and air. must for centuries re-
main unhealthy, while by little care and
cost thirty years ago, this evil could have
been averted. The Sun is the physician of
the Great Father, and the air his universal
medicine.
/ The present style of female attire, support
ed by the waist instead OF from the should
ers, as our mothers held up their garments,
come in for share of these great evils
The food is another prolific cause of sick
ness and shortness of life. The speaker ex-
horted his audience to look at the bread found
in public houses, handle it, but not taste it,
as it is unfit tor any animal above the swine
Divines had puzzled themselves to find out
the meaning of sin against the Holy Ghost.
lie had sometimes thought that. in man it
consisted in making bad liquor from good
grain, and in women, from good meal, max
ing bad bread.
In the universal complaint of sickness and
pain, in the wailing of humanity for her
early dead, thespeaker heard Nature proph.
ecJ, that in the future it shall not be 50.
The Editor of the Advertiser writing from
his western tour, says
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