Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23
now TO ENJOY LIFE.

HOW TO ENJOY LIFE.
For he that will love life, and see good days,
let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his
lips that they speak guile.-I PETER In:1O.
To love life and all the blessings and
pleasures that form part of it, is nowhere
condemned in the scriptures. Indeed, the
whole aim of the teachings of Christ and
his apostles was to make life more worth
living-to add to its pleasures and enjoy
ments, not to detract from them. Human
desires, appetites and even passions are not
condemned the effort only has been made
to keep them within proper bounds, SO that
they may not absorb ones whole life to the
exclusion of intellectual and moral culliva-
tio1.. The religion taught was designed to
add to the pleasures of existence.
One important requisite for the enjoy
ment of life is that man must 'refrain his
tongue from evil and his lips that they
speak no guile" Who envies the life of the
scandal monger? Is not he one of the most
miserable of mortals? He is veritable
Ishmaelite-his hand against every man and
every mans hand against him. He speaks
ill of his neighbor, and is in constant fear
lest his words come to the ears of the per-
son of whom he speaks. He is continually
in hot water. He receives the respect and
confidence of none, not even those who
listen to his tales, and it is doubtful if he
can command even respect from himself.
The tale-bearer, the slanderer, the quarrel
some person cannot 'see good days." They
are never at peace with their fellows, and
come to look eventually upon life as huge
nightmare, q release from which will be
most gratefully hailed.
The duty of the church to pay heed to
this evil is very often overlooked. The Cos
sip of the sewing circle is capable of inflict-
ing incalculable harm-far more than is
realized. word lightly spoken, hint or
inuendo, has often been known to blast the
reputation of man or woman for life.
Without good character life is not worth
living and they who willfully or carelessly
rob neighbor of that priceless jewel, COM
nit crime that nothing can palate. They
are dispicable crew.
They feed upon opinions, errors, dreams,
And make them truths; they draw nourish-
ment
Out OF defamings; grow upon disgraces;"
and deserve to be expelled from all honora-
BILE society, and from the Christian church
without so much as moments hesitation.
Purity of language and conversation is
also enjoined by the apostle. 70 this the
church, as rule, pays little heed. There
is too much filthy, debasing and often bias
phemous language employed by those who
are high in the councils of the church.
Their example is pernicious, because more
contagious than if they made no professions
of superior virtue. 1t is not pleasant sub
'ject to treat upon, but it is necessary one,
and clergymen will not do their full duty
till they have made the church untenable
for those who thus transgress.
We have much need of great moral revo-
luton in these respects, and where can we
more consistently look for its Inauguration
than to the churches? The religious press
dare not take the initiative, and if they do
their circulation is so limited that few would
hear of it. The SUNDAY GLOBE is doing
what it can to attract attention to the sub
ject. Its tens of thousands of readers are
in full accord with its sentiments, and will
assist the church in whatever crusade may
be Instituted to make SANDER, obscenity and
blasphemy odious. If the clergy will but
second our efforts, we are confident that
much good can be accomplished. The &C
ceptance or rejection of any given doctrinal
point is of far less Importance to the cause
of true religion than the making of men
better and purer in their daily walk and con-
versation. By their fruits shall you know
whether the doctrines taught from the pull
pit are good or evil. We take no exceptions
to, and find no fault with, the churches for
trying to convince the public of the truth
and consistency of their creeds, but insist
that that effort should be subservient to one
to make men better than they are-to make
them just to their fellow men and consistent
with their professions. Let theoretical reli-
gion alone for a little while, and devote some
attention to practical religion, and we are
sure that life will be far more enjoyable as a
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