Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-11-13
High Life q Sin.

During the week last past / have
taken some pains to notice the APP
pearance of the healthfnlness OF diff
ierent classes of professional men, and
also some who perhaps may not be
so classed. The result the reader
will be left to infer. The writer is
quite fully decided in his own mind
what class or classes are iniuring
their health everg day of their lives
by persistently partaklng of food too
rich in its nature, too indigestible in
its character for the person who eats
it, and in short, too injurious for any
ono to make practice of living al
most wholly upon such food. You
may ask how know those things ?
l have not visited their homes and
sat at their tables. / do not claim to
know by or through any such means.
The sign Of such living is carried
about with the victims. One need
not be versed in physiology and by.
giene in order to judge ones habit
OF life. A fair training of the obsery-
ing faculty will enable one to tell at
a glance, when he meets stranger,
whether he use narcotics or stimu-
lants. Study human nature in its
different phases and you will soon be
be able to detect high living. This
manner of life manifests itself in so
marked degree in the very counte-
nances of those who thus live that
they themselves are constantly tell
ing every body this sin of theirs. l
say sin, and to substantiate this saw
ing will quote what ministers Of
the Gospel call sin against the law
of God, to wit /: "The SO living and
caring for ones physical health that
the miHd shall be healthy, or one is
guilty of SHINING against law of by.
giene, and one whose mind is not heal.
thy has not healthy body" Now
ministers will not deny that they
preach this. An active mind means a
healthy body. A good working chris
tian ought tomear that that person
has a clear, active mind. If one cannot
have as clear conception of the life
hereafter, with a muddled mind as
with a clear one, and he by his high
has caused his ill health, then is he
not guilty of sin ? A person whose
physical health is SO affected cannot
live as perfect life. and cannot real
ize his real position on earth with
reference to their duty for the prepa-
ration of hereafter. In fact that
one whose bodily condition is mate.
rally injured does not aud can not
feel as much inspired by the higher
ideals of life as the one whose all
ments are wanting. What shall be
said OF that one who to, day is work
ing on salary of from 500 to $12.-
600 and can scarcely make the wears
ends meetp If they are willing to
admit that as fnanciers they are fail
ures, that they are unfit to handle
their own earnings and that it is
carelessness that they use their money
for high living, then let them SO con.
Tess and at once cease preaching
economy. 1t is just as much the duty
of a minister of the gospel to be a
good financier as it Is for politician
or banker. II economy is not prac.
ticed at the very head, if the tables
of such are spread with unwhole.
some luxury, if high life is their great
aim, what can they expect OF their
followers :? Will they admit that they
rather haye i'll health than to live on
wholesome food? They not only tell
the public the manners Of their life
by the very expression on their faces
(not one in the family being an ex.
ception), but it makes a more lasting
impression than if they had told of
this In spoken language. Can the
ministers of the gospel enter plea
of not guilty to the above charges +?
Can professors of colleges and schools
enter such plea? o! would that
they could, and do it with the con.
seriousness that they had so lived be-
cause it was the only right way of
caring for their health. There is the
student who is hard at work till late
at night, the merchant who is unbal-
anced by his heavy liabilities outstand.
ing,tbe payment of which is being
forced,the lawyer whose eyes find no
sleep and whose mind works night
and day, on account of the anxiety
which he has, that he may not leave
one point untouched in his argument,
the mechanic who finds no time for
mental culture except at evening
time. | say look at these and what
is the result of your observations ?
Is there an indication cropping out
Of their features that they are victims
to high life? If this goes home to
any one when he reads it / sincerely
hope that he will not only change
his mode OF living, but admit the
change in his health, when he has
fairly tested it,and il he is a minister,
preach sermon upon the subject of
high life. 1t is not my idea that you
should not live we'll and eat plenty,
but do hold that living high and
upon indigestible food is sin. 1t
may be counted next to gluttony
When / visit home OF see its in.
mates on the street and am com.
PEELED to see the explanation of their
faded cheeks and dim eyes, / am on.
~ eurprlaad that the heads of such