Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-01-30
A Chat With Ciergtinen.

Mr.. H., a wellknown clergyman, says
bio Lewis, came to consult me about
his throat, and began by telling this
story:
II worked ON farm till Twas twenty
two, when was converted, and immedi-
ately resolved to study for the ministry.
We used oxen, and indulged In that
uneafthly habit of yelling at them all
day long. The neiglibors who lived
full two miles away declared that they
heard me from morning till night. L
remember that one old man in the
neiphborhood said when he heard that
was studying for the ministry:
"eWell, there is one thing about that
chap; he'll make 'em hear anywhere in
the country. When he onoe gets
into the pulpit, if he yells as loud as he
does at them cattle, they'll hear him all
over heaven and all through the tother
place too
"And now," continued Mr.. H., II
have been preaching seventeen years;
and although.I have had no attacks Of
sickness, have gradually lost my health
and strength, till preaching one sermon
a week completely exhausts me. don't
feel like speaking loud before Wednes-
day; and besides this, I have lost my
legs, until I can't walk two miles with
out complete exhaustion. My church
has given me a years vacation, and now
I cone to ask what had better do?"
First" I said, "I'll tell you what net
to do. Don't go to the Holy Land.
The dirt and discomfort which you
must encounter there won't help you,
while the lack Of opportunity to use
your faculties, physical and mental. is
every way unfavorable. This climate
is an excellent one-this Society is ex-
ceptionally good; so advise you to re-
main here, and after visiting week
or two with friends, 60 back to your
work and follow this regiisen:
"1st. Go to bed at nine o'clock every
night, and sleep half all hour in the
middle of the day.
"2d. Eat good beefsteak or mutton
chop, with stale bread and butter ad
H6itin,, for breakfast, with q cup of
weak coffee. For dinner, at two o'clock,
take a large dish Of oatmeal or cracked
wheat. Eat no supper.
"3d. Battle your skin in the morning
with cold water, and rub it hard with
rough towels. On going to bed at night
rub yourself all over with hair gloves
"4th. Work five hours day ont
doors in some regular employment, like
that of farming or that of carpenter.
Keep up your habit of morning study.
"5th. Don't be extra good mean
to say, don't be solemn and reserved.
Be Jelly. Have good time. Even if
you think this life weary pilgrimage,
act. for the sake of your health, rs
though the world were pleasant home
and designed for happiness rather than
misery"
Mr.. II. engaged with one Of his par
ishioners, carpenter, and bargained to
begin at nine o'clock every morning and
work till two. He was to have what he
could earn, which, at the end OF month,
was thought to be dollar day. With
in three months he could frame timber
as we'll as the best Of them.
The only disagreeable result from
this prescription is this: Since MIR. H.
got well land he declares that he never
felt 80 we'll in his life) he has taken to
preaching this sort of table and outdoor
work to his people, and thus, you see,
deprives me of the opportunity to re-
peat this prescription to others at five
dollars per head. In this way my fam
ishing children are deprived of that
bread which, but for this clerical inter-
ference, their father would supply to
them from the sweat of his brow.
American clergymen should be the
healthiest men in tile country. Their
life healthwise may easily be made the
ideal one.