Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-15
SERMON.

1915. aged 90 gears, Z months, and
Is days.
Text. Job V. 2G: Thou shalt come
to thy grave in a full age, like as
shock Of corn cometh in, in his season"
Similar are the words found in Gen.
XIV. 10: "And thou shalt 60 to thy
fathers in peace, thou shalt be buried in
a good old age"
The idea of the writer Of the text was,
that those who feared God, and rightly
improved the dispensations of Provi-
dence, might expect many blessings,
among them, exemption from want,
peace, and long life
Our thoughts naturally turn to such
a text as we gather to look for the last
time in this world upon the face of one,
who was true mother in Israel, and
who attained the great age Of more thar
ninety.fve years. Let US improve the
occasion in considering, how it is that
righteousness is adapted to secure long
life and blessings.
lst, The truly righteous guard their
lives and pursue course opposed to
excess and every destructive habit
Hence they are secure from those evils
which so often undermine and destroy
health and life.
God has so arranged that our health
depends upon the observance of a few
simple laws. Among these are the re-
quirement of temperance in eating and
abstinence from the use Of intoxicating
drinks, control of every passion and the
proper use of the mind and body in
some honorable employment Now the
godly adopt precepts which exactly CO.
incide with the laws of health, the God
of nature and Of revelation being the
same. What are some Of these pre-
eepts
They are "be fervent in spirit, serv-
ing the Lord" Present your bodies q
living sacrifice, holy and acceptable un
to the Lord" add to knowledge
temperance" "Six days shalt thou la
Dor and do all thy work, but the seven.
tn day is the sabbath of the Lord thy
God IN it thou shalt not do any work.
Remember the sabbath day to keep i
holy" Honor thy father and mothe
that thy days may be long upon tn
land which the Lord thy God givetI
thee"
Those who wisely obey these precept
are generally rewarded with health ant
long life as we shall show ere long b.
reference to facts, and did men seek tn
Lord early there would be still fewe
exceptions to the enjoyment Of thes
blessings than there are now.
End, Righteousness, or true piety Sc
cures peace of conscience and exemptio
from fear and wearing anxiety. Tn
true christian is at peace with Goo
fears not His presence, or to be alor
before Him he rather esteems it to /
a great privilege to have communicate
with God. Trials, eUeR, do not unma
him, for he sees in them the disciplir
Of a kind heavenly Father. DEATH !
SELF is robbed Of its sting and the fl
ture world multiplies its attractions G.
cry passing year. as christian friends a
gathered into heaven. Such peace, tral
guilty, and joyful anticipation tend
preserve the powers of mind and boo
in their highest vigor and best estat
a certain noted physician sought loi
for the cause of the weakness and
cline of his patient, and could find
bodily ailment; but when he trac
them to o troubled mind and conscienC
his conclusions we're established by t
actual circumstances of the man. T
evil deeds of his past life troubled
conscience and Frustrated him upon
bed Of languishment.
1t is not so with the righteous. ~
Lord will keep them in perfect PEI
whose minds are staid on him. Bile
ed is the man whose delight is in
law Of the Lord, and in his law doth
mediate day and night he shall
like a tree planted by the rivers of
ter, that bringeth forth his fruit in
season, his leaf also shall not wit
and whatsoever he doeth shall prospC
Sd, Piety tends to long life. land
is reason intimately connected v
those already given,) because God
given the promise of this blessing.
knowledge and might enable him to
tect his children, and those who CHI,
the service of God put themselves
such relation to him that he can
sistently bless and keep them
We believe that the work of e.
good man is divinely planned and
has accomplished it. God says Of 5
because he hath set his love upon
therefore | will deliver him. He s
call upon me and will answer
l will be with him in trouble, with
lite will | satisfy him, and show
my salvation"
The history Of the church aboun,
illustrations Of this statements. One
friend repeated to Dr. Gill the rel
Of Dr. HALEY, chat close study