The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-02-19
THE ROSTRUM.

MUSCLE AND GOOD CHEER-LEcTUEE BY THE
REV. t. DE WITT TALMAGE UNDER THE Az
SPICES OF THE ArALANrA BOAT CLUB.
The Rev. I. De Writ Talmage d. d. of the Brook
Ign Tabernacle ectured last night at steinway Hall
under the auspices of the ATLANTA Boat Club. His
subject Muscle and Good Cheer" 1t contained
many maxims OF sound advice interspersed with
salies of w.t. which evoked peals of laughter every
few minutes from all parts OF the house. The
audience was large.
feel honored. ladies and gentlemen. said Mr.. Tai
mage by the invitation lecture before the Ataanta
Boat Club and their friends The very suggestion Of
boat club makes me loosen my collar. unbutton my
coat expand my lungs take long breath and make
gesture like that. Hero Mr.. Talmage initiated the
stroke of an oarsman. There il something in the
thought of boat that stirs my blood. what
craft 1t be- from James Gordon Benefits
$50 900 yacht clear down to q North River scow.
have no more interest in the Garden of Eden than
have i'll the boat club which. in Noah's time. picked
a out OF the freshet. Noahs Ark was the grand
father of all yachts
MORE OUTDOOR EXERCISE
What the world wants is more outdoor exercise.
1t would improve our theology. We the clergy,
have little outdoor exercise that get enlarged
spleen and lose temper and must have
something to devour, and il We can't get anything
else Wen take neghboring clergy man and roast
him, rolling up our eyes in religious fervor before
we masticate him, thus saying grace before meat.
If the Ataanta Boat Club would day
get all our clergymen in their boats. give
overheard, 1t would improve the condition of our
American churches. Religion is sunshine and there
is no place to get it like an open boat. We want
OF the abandon OF river and field sport
/ belonged in Philadelphia to ball club
composed Of clergymen. When doctor of divinity
had struck ball. the ragamuins of the city
would cry, go it, unclei another base, old bees
wax!' "By George that old fellow is spawned and
ringboned and has got the heaves." And when we
allowed some one of these ragamuffins to take the
bat with us he would fly around the ring
his clothes in tatters. out at the knees
minister his way to the bishopric
The fact is when the boy gets entirely out of mans
men OF iron instead Of men Of mush. For year
three times day took row on the Passaic River
You can tell me nothing about boats Come around
boys, Saturday to the Brooklyn docks and
you in one boat and III another, will take race
This winter let our ponds and rivers and our Capitol
inc Grounds be all aquake with the hail and the
shout of the swift skater. Can You doubt the
connection between muscle and good cheer?
Did you ever know who took cheer
full view Of life who did not attend to physical
exercise Let us all do what we may to brighten up
our earthly existences Some men pretend to be SO
most solemn looking minister ever knew borrowed
of S25, and of pure delicacy of feeling
mentioned the subject again. Laughter.)
THE NEED OF EXERCISE.
Every one needs exercise and a change from the
routine of life. The attention of the world is being
drawn to the subject OF gymnasiums They used to
be looked upon colleges to graduate Heenans; but
now you find in our gymnasiums the ~ first
rheumatics and neuralgas hung up
until dead parallel bars like two
rows of army deserters. dyspepsia climbing. out OF
sight rope ladder, old age dancing itself young
again spring board, and govt. erysipelas and
dropsy wooden horses riding out of remem-
than all plantation bitters and pain killers and
cataplasms and S. T. KS and all the
other board fence literature. Good cheer is
science. There is exemption from
misfortune but in the lottery OF life there more
prizes drawn than blanks Let leave it to the owl
to hoot to the frog to croak to the bear to growl
and to the fault finder to complain, while get
/ into boat all full of sunshine and pull ahead. and
toward all that is bright and good and useful Three
cheers for the Atalanta Boat Club!
These were given with enthusiasm, after which the
audience departed. well satisfied with the evening s
entertainment.