The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-20
MASONIC TEMPLE.
THE PROPER TREATMENT OF THE BoDY-sER-
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THE PROPER TREATMENT OF THE BoDY-sER-
MON BY Mr.. o. FRoTHINGHAM.
An unusually large audience listened yesterday to
Mr.. o. b. Frothinghams sermon the Proper
Treatment of the Body" which he delivered in Ma
sonic Temple. In the of his sermon the elo-
quent preacher said that he would not speak
physician, Psychologist metaphysican; his
business with the spiritual bearing of the ques
ton and its relation to The aim show
by what rules Of life the most good could be got
of the body Before quoting the Apostle Paul the
treatment of the body the preacher said that Paul
was the real original free regionist the first
to make spiritual religion stand its own
ground. supported by it's strength. that
1t could persuade by its destinations.
Paul had the orthodox of his days after him.
the free religionists of modern times have the
thodox after them now. He was charged with coun-
tenancing Righteousness, as the preachers OF free
religion are oday charged but he could waste
time to enter into controversies with men who
boys in intellect compared with himself. His first
letter to the Corinthians to the people of Greek
city that was given to self indulgence and
cesses, people who fostered Righteousness in
their very religious rites. was tor the purpose of
breaking up their bad customs. He said to them.
know ye not that your bodies the temple of the
Holy Ghost" Pauls idea that the Christians
must be passonloss. This is the idea oil the preach
of liberalism to-day.
To illustrate the necessity of hcalthfulness and
harmony OF body and soul let us take. for example,
an organ. II the pipes choked up with dust,
though the magic hand Of Beethoven, Mozart, Bache.
Mendelssohn, Chopin, Hnbenstcin an Essipof
touched the keys, IL would produce music. There
must be healthy mind in healthy body to produce
harmonious existence. Therefore. considering that
have separate existence out OF the body IL In
much for the interest of the sprituast for the
teralist to get the most out of the body The spirit
of life IL reason, and u mans weaknesses OF mind
partakc of those his body In these days IL s not
priests but physicians that most needed. Per-
haps, however, dyspeptic theology Is best suited to
q dyspeptic generation. and when the people know
how to live they will know how to act. The proper
treatment of the body is connected with that of the
mind.
SAVING THE SOUL THROUGH BODY.
In treating the body well must begin at the top
and commence with the mind. High ambitions and
spheres of action. The drunkard knows that he is
killing himself and running his family IL is unneces
sary to show him scientific drawing of his struc-
ture, colorcd by the presence of aicohol; he will
admire IL and go TO his cups again; you must give
him q noble motive for reform. This what Father
Mathew did and what Mr.. Murphy Is doing.
The former, q Roman Catholic brought to
bear on the work spiritual and temporal
motive that lifted out of the slough the latter,
well as John Is. Cough, shows the victim that he
must be more worthy OF himself and family, more
dignihcd before society. To give additional
motive for reform the public parks must be thrown
open on sunday; also the galleries. museums col
lections OF art and everything that Is ennoblng or
clcvatng in its tendency. This will give men inner
taste for art, literature architecture and all that is
beautiful they will thus be lifted up out OF their
misories and wants aud ushcrcd into world of de-
cries around them men go to the gam
bling hell or the whiskcy shop; to forget
actual miseries they welcome opium, tobacco
or other Supplying drug drink; for, by INDUCING
in them they see. in imagination, the angels and
visit Paradise. There men who make IL their
business TO get drunk regularly every Saturday night
and keep In this deporabe state till Monday. that
they can have one day in the week of what to
them blissful imagination and forgctfulness OF
cankering and biting misery in tho only way
they can command. This abuse OF the Intellect and