Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-22

| The Jewel Of Eternity,
/ There are men with great hearts and intel
lects IN bodies worn out BY their own
| neglects Magnificent machinery, capable
| of propelling the Great Eastern across the
| Atlantic, get fastened in miserable North
River propeller. Martin Luther was so
mighty for Cod first, because he had a
noble soul, and secondly, because he had a
| muscular development which would have
enabled him to thrash any five OF his perse-
| cutors, il ii had been Christian so 10 do.
| Physical development, which merely shows
itself in fabulous lifting. or in perilous
rope-walking, or in pugilistic encounter,
| excites only our contempt. But we con-
| fess to great admiration for the man who
has great'soul in an athletic body, every
nerve, muscle and bone of which is con-
secrated to right uses Oh, it seems to me
outrageous that men, through neglect,
should allow their physical health to go
down beyond repair, spending the
rest Of their lives, not in some
| great enterprise for God and the
swesld- %5nt in stud dstng what is the best
thing to
Take for Dyspepsia.
A ship with all sails set and every man at
his post to be carryinga rich cargo for eter-
nifty employing all It's men in stopping up
leakages. When you may, through the
gymnasium work off your spleen and your
querulousness and one-half your physical
and mental ailments, do not turn your
back upan such grand medicament
Still further, commend to you large
class of parlor games and recreations. There
| is way of making our homes hundred
fold more attractive than they are now.
| Those parents cannot expect to keep their
| children away from outside dissipations un-
less they make the domestic circle brighter
than anything they can find outside OF it.
Do not then sit in your home surly and I'M
sympathetic and with half condemnatory
look because Of the sportfulness OF your
children. You were young once yourself,
let your children be young. Because your
eyes are dim and your ankles are stiff,
do not, denounce sportfulness in those
upon whose eyes there is the
first lustre, and in whose foot there is the
bounding Joy or robust health. | thank
God that in our drawing rooms and in our
parlors there are innumerable games and
sports which have not upon them the
| least
Taint OF Iniquity.
Light up all your homes with innocent
hilaritieS. Do not sit down with the rheu-
matism, wondering how children can go on
so. Rather thank God that their hearts
are so light and their laughter so free, and
| that their cheeks are so ruddy, and that
their expectations are so radiant The night
will come soon enough, and the heart break
| and the pang and the desolation. 1t will
come soon enough for the dear children.
But when the storm actually clouds the
sky it will be time enough for you to haul
| out your reef tackles. Carry them into
your homes not only the uncouth sports
| and games which are the Invention OF our
own day. but the games which come down
with the sportfulness of all the past ages
| chess, and checkers, and tableauX and bat
| tedOor, and calestheniCs, and all those
amusements which the young people OF our
| homes know so well how to COntrive. Then
there will be the parlor societies-grOups
OF people assembled in your homes, with
wit and mimicry, and joviality, filling the
room with JOY from the door TO the mantle,
and from the carpet to the ceiling. Oh, is
there any exhileration like score of
Genial Souls
| in one room, each one adding the contribu-
| ton of his own individual merriment To the
aggregation OF general hilarity? Suppose
| you want to goabroad in the city, then you
| will find the panorama and the art gallery.
You will find the Metropolitan Museum
| and the historical society rooms full OF rare
| curiositeS, and scores of places which can
stand plainly the test of the principles
| have laid down as to what Is right and
wrong in amusementS. You will find the
| leCturing hall which has been honOred by
| the names of Agazis in natural history,
| Doremus in chemistry, Boynton in geology,
| Dr. Mitchell in astronomy, and scores and
! hundreds of men who have poured their
| wit and ingenuity through that particular
| channel upon the hearts and COnScienCes
| and imaginations Of men setting this coun-
| try fifty years farther in advance than IT
| would have been without the culture plat.
| form.
] rejoice in the popularization OF
Outdoor Sports.
| hail the croquet ground, and the fisher
mems rod, and the sportSman's gun. In
| our cities life is so unhealthy and un-
natural that when the Census-taker repre-
sents city as having 100000 inhabitants,
| there are only 200 900 inhabitants since it
| takes at least two men 10 amount to one
man, so depicting and unnerving and ex-
hausting is this metropolitan life. We
want more fresh air and more sunlight,
more of the abandon of field sports. cry
| out for it in behalf of the Church of God,
| as well as in behalf of secular interests.
| wish that every winter our ponds and our
rivers and our capitoline grounds might be
| all awake with the heel and shout OF the
| swift skater. wish that when the warm
weather comes the graceful oar might dip
| the stream and eyeningtide be resonant
with boatmen's song, the bright plow split
| ting the crystalline pillows. We shall have
the smooth and grassy lawn and we will
| call out people of all occupations and pro-
| fessons, and ask them to join in the ball
player's sport. You will come back from
these utdoor exercises and recreations
with
- u. NWNNv vATTr
| eve, and courage in your heart. In the
| great battle that is opening against the
| kingdom of darkness, we want not only
| consecrated SOUL but a strong arm aud
| stout lungs and mighty muscle. | bless
| God that there are so many recreauons
| that have not on them any taint OF iniquity,
| recreations in which we may engage for
| the strengthening of the body, the clearing
| of the intellect for the illumination OF the
soul.
Go forth o people to your lawful amuse.
ments! God means you to be happy. But
| when there are so many sources OF inno-
cent pleasure why tamper with anything
that is dangerous and polluting? Why
| stop your ears to heaven full OF songSters
| to listen TO the hiss of dragon? Why
| turn back from the mountain side, all
| abloom with wild flowers and dash with
| the nimble torrents and with blistered feet
! attempt TO climb the hot sides OF hre oelch-
| ing Cotopoxi. How brightly the path OF
| Unrestrained Amusement Opens
| The young man says: Now I'm OF for a
good time Never mind economy. Illget
money somehow. What fine road! What
a beautiful day for ride. Crack the
whip and over the turnpike. Come, boys,
fill high your glasses, Drink! Long life;
health. plenty of rides just like this
Hardworkiug men hear the clatter OF the
hoofs and look up and say: why,
wonder where those fellows get their money
from. We have to toll and drudge. They
do nothing" To these gay men life is q
| trill and an excitement. They stare at
other people and in turn are stared at The
watch chain jingles. The cup foams. The
checks flush. The eyes fash. The mid
night hears their guffaw. They swagger
| They jostle decent men off the sidew
| They take the name of God in vain. They
parody the hymn that they learned at their
mothers knee and to all pictures OF coming
disaster they cry out,
who CareS?"
and to the counsel of some Christian friend !:
| "Who are your Passing along the street
some night you hear shrek In gros
| shop the rattle of the watchman's club, the