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

USES OF THR HUMAN BODY.

oouy Wlth tne great doctrine Of Christian
uses as the end and aim which he is tc
keep in view. We are to have reason
not simply of selt-gratifcatfio6n, not Of
vanity, not of pride, why We should make
as much of the body as possible.
LIKE to go past an engine house and
see the 6rcmen. even if they are rude, and
II they do sometimes forget their manners
ahd shout out my name when | pass by
them, as they did yestcrday-I like to &C
past an engine house and sec those rude
sons of industry fondlc and pet their en-.
gine. Sometimes | think it is their little
god. How they rub it How they clean
it! How they oil it How they pu,
flowers upon it! Why? They know
what it can do. They are proud of it.
They have seen it play. They have seen
how well it performs III the honr Of DAN.
ger. 1t has stwf in it. 1t is brave
engine They pelsOnisy it, and give at.
tributes to it. They love 1t. They talk
to it. And they rub the brass and clean
the leather, and keep everything all right
about it. And like to see It; because
it is the radical quality thai they like.
1t is its ability to perform. 1t is its rea
executive power For that's sake it il
that they work it up, and shine it up.
and like it, and pet it, and almost idolizc
it. H.
Now, don't Object to mans taking
care of his body in the same way, if it is
worth anything to him and the commun
ity. do not object to curls, and fine
skin, and all manner of decorations
do not care how clean you keep the body,
or how much You perfume ii, or how rich
y you clothe it, RIB It, decorate it, let
flowers hang oh it. If you wisb-ohlS let
it be worth something But to see man
who studies comple&iops, and locks, and
fine linen, and fhb cloth. ahd inc boots
and shoes, and that makes the body a
mere wax figure. mere doll. instead of
thing of use--how cohtehptible that
is That is what understand by being
a ftp. If a man has body that means
something. and his bones are bones for
use, and his muscle is bra%n for use. do
not care how tihSh pains he takes with
it. | like HIN all the better if he is
proud of it, and washes it. and clsanses
it, aud perfumes it, and makes it supple
and beautiful. If his care of it has ref.
crence to uses that he wishes to pit it to.
then it is worthy Of it. But for man
to take care of his body merely because
it is his body and not because he has
anything to do with it--tbat is mean
enough.
like to hear an engineer talk to his
engine. think that the next things to
men are machines like locomotives If
they should, by s6mt accident; be trans
muted, and G endowed with thoHght and
intelligence, tell you. they would make
grand mer. And Nhen am travelling
| think they hardly ever stop to wood
and water that do not 60 out to see What
the engineer is doing with his engine. !
sometimes think there is about as much
intelligence at one end of the train as at
the other notice b ow closely he in
spects the various parts. Have some
Zines crept under the wheels myself when
something had given way ard they were
repairing the damage, and seen with ad-
miration how clean the. very bot.
tom Of the engine was where no.
body looked at it; how all the axles.
and boxes, and parts were cieansed and
in order And have often said to my.
self. IL wish could make my people tale
as good care of their bodies as this man
has taken of his iron horse to day."
Now there are thousands of men whose
body, the only, engine they have, is clean.
and polished, and in perfect order outside,
but inside is neither clean nor polished
nor in good condition. The consequence
is there is not one man in twenty that is
it to run in any emergency Men dcnos
seem TO think that tfieifmachihe the body
ought to be looked after and watched as
the engineer thinks bis engine ought to
bt. / think ii ought to be. I'tbink
every joint and muscle and Nerve
ought to he looked after. Every
organ and every part Of the human body
is worthy ofas much study as any
part of locometive---and' for the
reason that God made it for you, and
made uses for it that are worthy Of your
consideration and would hsyo ycu' take
care of it. No man has right to neglect
a machine that is in bis charge. and'you
havasno business to be sicks ifit is7owing
60 want Of watchfulness or'to want Of
caroSon your part. And yet, how very