Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-07-03

Vnat Wouiu De tnouSnt OF an engineer
who should keep his engine in slovenly
manner and allow the various parts to
become dirty and to get out of order
How long would he be tolerated by the
superintendent Of tho road on which he was
employed? +? And yet there is as mich cx-
cuse for him us there is a map neglects
his body. .. a.... s......
Men sometimes say u cah not do SO
and SO, bccadsc do no feel very we'll to-
day" YOU ought to be shanied to say
so--and that, not on scientific grounds.
God has made that body ofyours for pur-
poses Of use, and has given it enough to do
Q. things that are ,ntohla. Society needs it
and you need it And you have no bust
ness to let the old engine rust out for
Want Of employment, nor to let it get out
of order through neglect or abuse.
Why, the very man that you defpisc
ought to rut you to shame. Hiram
Woodruff died recently. do not know
that he was a pattern Of morals in many
things; but then he had morals in
Ihahy things; when he had horse
in his hands he never thought that any
pains was too much to la5 ont on the ami
NAL to bring him into the best possible
condition. He studied his dict that he
might feed him right He siftcd his oats
that he might not eat the least dust. He
washed and selected his food with the ut.
most care. s.t.a .....
At a place where they train horses in
Kentucky, they have man picking over
hay to sepcrate from the mass the most
succuent portions, and feed only those
portions to the animals. And it is worth
their while to do this, when second
makes difference of thousands of dollars
in the price Of horse. When it is o
horse, men study his constitution, his
Bablts and his food, and take every pains
to bring him Into that tohditioh III which
be can peiform his very maximum Of
work. .......f s..r .... l...
But you, who are made in the image
of God, who are set apart as temples holy
and sacred, who were fashioned and
framed for enterprises that affiliate you
with the angelic band. whose work, begin
ming here on material substances, runs
forward and links itself with the things
of eterniiy-you do not think it worth
while, or the sake Of God ard immortal
ity. to do to your body what men think
it worth while to do to horse | do not
blame them. | think a horse is worth
all this care. hut how much more is a
man worth than horse!
do not know whether you do such
naughty things as to read accountn of
boxers. do. There is nothing that a
mau does in this world that do not feel
interested to ind out about. have read
the whole history of their training with
the most minute attention. and gathered
a good deal of profit and self rebuke there.
from When man is going to bruise
his neighbor's face, uhen he is going to
put his body to one of the worst of uses.
he forswcars all liquors, he avoids every
e4cess. Re gives ub Various pleasures, and
brings himself down to habits of regular
ity and temperance His diet and sleep
and exercise are all controlled by scien-
tidc principles. His liver, his stomach,
his brain. the pores of his skin, the veri-
aus parts of his body. come under through
instruction for the sake of enabling him
to hold out and iugict the greatest am
cunt of injury on his opponent 1t is as
toDisbiDg what discipline will do for
man. and what high state of perfection
he may be brought to as an athlete.
Now. the Apostle had that in his mind
when he was speaking about gymnasts
and athletes He said Every man
that striveth for tie thastery is temperate
in all things Now they do it to obtain
a corruptiblc crown; but we an iucorrup.
tible." Do you take such pains to ft
yourself for obtaining the incorruptible
GROWN as boxers do to obtain the corrup-
tible? Do you think about training for
your work as the athlete does abddt train
ibg. for his ? There is not one young
man or one young minister in a hundred
that is not surprised at the idea Of eating
and drinking and sleeping and talking
and living with CONSTANT view to the
good of others. 1t is very seldom that
you find man who has taken summa-
ti0tpand inventory Of his life power, and
who administers it night and day so as
to avoid excess. and 30 as to store up the
utmost vitality III it, and bring ittb.bear
in such way asrto achieve in lito tho
greatest results that IL ib-possibl0 fdf him
to achieve socially, morally and inteilee-
tually Indeed. | think most men throw
away more than haif Of their vitality.