The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-02-27

ID ths day, 10 ss11 be commended, not
= vtrtnOus IbnS. as belonging 10
those negative .thtnp that are beautiful.
Hot the Wabsail III tie night, tile waste-
i0lneas-f VIII not " Of precious fIours,
SDs hours ars -ln6e lAlf 80 precious ~
nerves ase-&he@ Z ipation, continued
night aftef night, 81 week after. week
through the SWhole 0ason, it Is this that
I deprecaxs q setinf out the very life
Blessed DO 0od ~ Lent. am not
snperatitlous of o1tvances, but I am
always thaukfu1 TIT there are forty
daysin the year NJ Zen folks can rest
from their deoa0o4b and disiputions; /;
when no round ot pessivc excitement
IN the pursuit o. p1hsure is permitted
to come In, aud ltboh gurgeon's knife
to amputAte aud e3pple health and the
natural powers ofo1oy young. e
Irregularity of Aiqt also has its i'll
efacts. Is II not tho mere question Of
digestiOn or indigestion, of good spirits
or Of bad spirits, tQrtisy; but irregular
reach forward and take hold of old aye.
Children ought to be taught, and par
ents ought to know enough to teach
them these things. Ignorance OF the
structures Of bodies may not have been
culpable fifty years ago, but to the light
of advancing knowledge / hold that no
Christian parent can but be accountable
to God ii he be ignorant of the funda-
mental laws Of health. When l am
King, nobody shall be married until
they have passed the catcchism of natu-
raj health and have shown that they
understand the fundamental principles
Of 1t. The appetites Of youth which
either in social or in solitary life drain
down the vitality, and impair the con-
stitutiOn, are 50 many insidious assaults
on old age. would that the young
knew how clearly these things are writ
ten. Gods handwriting IL very plain
aud very lcgible to those who have eyes
that see. There is not an intelligent
physician that does not observe and
read, as he walks through the street,
the secret history Of the lives Of those
whom he meets, and that, too, without
following them In their midnight ca
reer. care not to have men come to
me and state their secret courses; l can
read At In the skin aud In the eve. There
is not one single appetite or passion that
has not It's natural language and there
Is no penalty Of the indulgence OF that
appetite or passion unduly without hav.
ing that natural language more or less
stamped upon the skin, upon the fca-
lures, upon the expression Of the face,
or IN the carriuye OF the body. There is
always some token that tells what men
are doing. ii they are doing anything to
excess. Pride has its natural language
mirthtulness has its natural language
goodness has its natural language. No
body doubts these things; SO have the
passions their natural languages. Mei,
think that II they commit their wicked
ness III secret places, or in the night,
that it is not known, that it is not read. .
1t Is known, it is read, although no man
say to them: Thu art guilty ~
The use Of stimulants in youth il an
age. yftficiian. from happiness in old
need. In other words, we follow ON
strongest faculties, and not our weaker
ones; and therefore If men are excess
lively nervous, almost invariably they
seek to make themselves more 40. Men
that need the most soothing, the most
quiet, drive themselves by the use Of the
most excessive stinulants. There will
come u time, however, when men will
be very proud of being wholesome, OF
being clean, OF being natural.
Among some dangers and miachiefs
flowing from the high Development oi
material ssience, look upon one ten.
dcncy as beneficent; / think that there
is growing approximation towards a
higher ideal Of physical manhood; and
/ believe that there will come II time
when man would just AS soon break
limb under the impression that when
1t Is set crooked he would be haildsomci
rs to indulge in dissipation, or in irreg-
ularities Of any kind, that tend to dis
ease or impair his natural powers. be.
lieve that man will have Just as much
fear Of all courses OF life that carry with
them unhealth, as now he has of maim-
ing, or wounds, or tortures When that
day comes, think there will be gcner-
al Punishment of alcoholic drinks, and Il
total exclusion Of tobacco indulgence in
which beginning early, is, with very
few exceptions, wastful all the way
! through life.
| am proud-I am vain, perhaps.
had better say that was brought VI
| from my youth to abstain from tobacco
1t is unhealthy; 1t is filthy from begin
| ming to end. In rare eases, where there
is already some unhealthy or morbid
tendency I'm the system, it is possible
that it may be used with some benefit, bu
ordinarily 1t is unhealthy. believe tho
day will come when a young man wifi
be proud at not being addicted to use o
StIlluidutS VI any kllu. 1 DcllGNe INA
the day will come when not to drink
not to use tobacco, not to waste une'
strength in the secret indulgcnces OF pas
sion. but to be true to ones nature, trut
to Gods law, and to be round, robust
chcerful-andt to be conscious that thes,
elements Of health and strength are de
rived from the revcrcnt obedience of tin
commandments of God, will be mat
ter of ambition and endcavor amon
men.
Base all your actions upon the pril
cipal of right. Preserve Your integrit,
of character, and in doing this neve
/ reckon the cost
Good humor is the clar blue sky &
the soul, on which every talent wi
shine more clearly, and the sum Of glor
encounter vapers in its passage. III
the most exquisite beauty Of . fine fac
"A redeeming beauty in homley on.
It is-i.ke the green in the landscape hal
larmonizing with every color, and me
lowing each hue, or like o flute in fu
concert of instruments, sound not
first discovered by the ear, yet filling u
the breaks in concord with its deep me
ody. @ 49,
If tho poorhouse has any terror Il
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