The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-11-11

your bodies n living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
unto God, which is. your reasonable service.
The endurance of the human body
is wonderful. The greatest minds
have often shone thro miserable bod
les, and zeal has frequently blazed
thro attenuated frames. Diminutive
bodies may possess great stamina, and
to be intellectual does not demand
the strength and physique of an
athlete. Heredity may bequeath
great mental endowments, allied
with very fragile bodies; the giant
mind often manifests its power thro
disease, and holy life often beams
thro the invalid Great executive
force must act, tho the body soon sinks
under its activity.
But no one would assert that the
same marks Of soul would not be more
efficient thro a sound body. The law
of heredity demands ceasing Of intel
lectual succession when based on
wrecked health.
To the masses of men who toll for
daily bread, failing health means
misery and starvation. For man in
any business endurance is necessary
for success. If the coming man is to
combine the religious nature Of the
Semitic branch, and the practicalitv
of the Japhetic arm, the best foundn-
ton for the edifice of the soul will be
the Grecian care Of the body.
1t is the wisdom Of educators to rec
ognize this basis in its breadth. \
distinguished trainer of the body once
told us that when in the gymnasium
physical training is adopted, licen-
tiousness among the students decreases
in direct ratio. Many never associate
together, spirituality and muscular
vigor Their religion is reserved for
meditations and reverics.
If the Christian comes into life cry
ing, Thy will be DONE" he must
obey the law of God in every respect.
1t is as much sin to break one. Of
these laws of health as it is to trans
greSs spiritual laws.
In our Savior was no sin. and there
fore no transgressicn OF the laws of the
body But higher laws may overbal-
ancc the lower, and there is often
danger that few may care 50 much
for physical wellbeing that they may
neglect higher interests.
Against the sentiment Of dreamy
spirituality about the person Of Christ,
we have picture OF his vigorous god
illness in the overthrow Of the traders
who detiled the House of Prayer by
making it the den Of thieves. The
indignation OF the young man Of Naz-
areth was braided into the cord Of the
whip which he was !,notting, and
when he strobe toward them, real
human indignation blazed from his
eyes, inspired His manner, and sharp
ened his tones. With a rush He
overturned tables, and with vigorous
arm made the whip whistle thro the
air in its descent upon the traders.
There was a crash of tables, rafting of
coin, and confusion. | do not believe
that our Savior regretted at all tlN
He had given way to his divine-manly
Indignation, or thought that for the
sake Of peace" reasoning with them
would be better way. Nearly all
his miracles were worked for bodily
welfare, and His mission was to organ
ize His kingdom among the nations
on the basis Of His laws, giving better
bodies, minds and spirits.
Defects in the church, his body,
mar manifestation of Christianity to
the world, even as an imperfect and
disorganized body in Christ might
have blurred the revealing Of the Fa-
ther thro Christ
When false ideas of religion obtain,
the harmonious working of every
member Of the body is neglected, and
ideas Of spiritual life are conditioned
by climate like Superior, forgetting
that spiritual growth is not confined
to few months, but is influenced in
its development by the body, the tenn
pie of the Holy Ghost.
SO many sins are committed by
disobedience to the laws of God in
the body, and so much evil in church,
and in society could be prevented,
and life grow into the full stature
of the manhood of Christ, by
conservation of the body to Him;
that tonight | present you this subject
of Sanitary Reform. If the introduc-
ton into the pulpit of the subject of
care of the body, needed any apology,
its Importance would be sufficient, and
its neglect would necessitate its pres
entation.
| beseech you therefore, brethren,
by the mercies of God, that We present
your bodies living sacrifice;
1st. The duty of the Christian to
develop the. best physical stamina, to
enable him to endure the burdens of
life.
ID. The duty of cooperation among
church members to secure the remov-
al of all causes injuring physical we'll
being, and the obtaining of all condi-
tions favoring it.
Ability to endure the demands of
life is determined by the physical re-
sources of the body.
Prayer for strength from above
means progress in the way God has