The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-10

lectS upon
PHYSICAL HEALTH.
The great need OF msnv good pssple is
physical rec0psrstion. Tbsre are Christian
men who write hard things against IN sir i'm
mortal souls when there IN nothing the m At
ter With them but sn incompetent liver.
TbeIe are Christian people who seem TO
think that 1T is good sign 70 be poorly, snd
becsuse Richard Baxter and Robsrt Hail
were lnValids they think that by the same
sickness they may come the same gran
deDr or character ] wsat 10 tell the Carist-
ian people of my congregation that God will
hold you responsible for your invalidism II
II Is your fault. and when through right eK-
erc1se and prudence you might be athletic
and well. The effect OF the body upon the
soul you acknowledge. Pat man of mild
disposition upon the animal diet of which
The Indian psrtskes and in lutte while his
blood will change its che nical proportion.
l. will become like unto the blood of the lion
or the tiger o. the bear. while his disposition
will change and become fierce, c-ueI aud uu-
relentiDg, The body has powerful effect
upon the soul. There are good people WI ose
ideas OF heaven are all shut oat with clouds
Of tobacco smoke. There are people who dare
% shstter the physical vase in which Col
has put the jewel Of eternity. There sre
men with great hearts and lnlellscts in DO ~
les worn out by their own DegIects. Magni-
fcent machinery capable OF prOpelling q
Great Eastern sccrosS the Atlantic, yet fash
Toned in q North River propeller. Physical
development which merely shows itself
fabulous lifting, or in psrlious rope-walking
in pugilistic en- counter, excites only
contempt. but we confess to great admiTi.
ton for the man who has great soul in an
atheletlc body. every nerve muscle and bone
of which is c0Dsecrated TO right USE On, il
seems TO NE outrageous that men through
neglect should allow their physical health to
go down beyond repair, spend
ing the rest OF their life not
in some great enterprise for
God and The world, out in stIdyiDg what il
the best thing to take for dyspepsia A ship
wichh ought with al eats set and every
men &c his post he carrying rich cargo Tor
eternity, employing all its men in STOPPING
up lesksgesi When you may, through so re
of the pcsslbe and hesltbfol recreations of
cur time. work eff your spleen a3d your
qusruloasuess aud one-half of your physical
End mental ailments, do not turn your back
from such
GRAND INDICTMENT.
Again, judge of places Of amusement by
the cempaniODship into which they put you.
Il you belong to an organization where you
~ We 10 associate with the intempsrsts. with
the unc can, and the abandoned, however
well they may be dressed, in the name of
Icd Quit il. They will despoil your nature.
They will undermine your moral character.
lIty VIII uIOp you VQSn YOU are destroyed.
They Will give not one cent &c support your
children when you are desd Tney will
weep not one lear at your burial. Tnsy will
chuckle over your damnation. But the dav
comts when the men who have exeried evil
III hueDCe upon their fellows will be brought
TO jCdgment. Scene: The last day. stage:
The rocking eSrth. Enter Dukes Lords,
Kings, beeksrs, clowns. No sword, no tim
sci, no crown. For toot.lights the kiudting
hsmes OF world. For orchestra, the trum.
pets that wake the dead. For gallery, the
clouds filed with angel spectators For APP
plause, the clspping foods of the sea. For
curtains the heavens, rolled together as a
scroll. For tragedy, the doom Of the de.
stroyed. For farce, the effort to serve the
world and God at the same time. For the
last scene of the fifth act, the tramp OF Da.
tlt ms across the stage-sOme to the right, 9th.
ers to the left. Again, any amusement thai
lives yeu distsste Tor domestic life is ba l.
Bow many bright domestic circles have been
The father went of, the mother
went Of, the child went of.
There are to-day the fragments before uae
OF blasted households Oh, If you have wan
dered away, would like to charm you back
by the sound of that one word, home F"
Do you not know that you have but little
more time to give 10 domestic welfare? Do
you not see father, that your children are
soon to go out into the world, and all the u
huence for good you are to have over them
you must have now? Death will break a on
your copjugal relations, and, alas. il you
have TO stand over the grave of one who PEI
ished from your neglect saw wayward
husband standing at the death bed of his
Christian wife, ard saw her point I , ring
on her finger, and heard her say TO her hus
hsnd: "Do you see that ring% He replied:
Yer; see it." Well" said she do you re-
Il put ii there" And all the past seemed to
rush upon him. By the memory of that dag,
when in the presence of men and angels you
promised TO be faithful in j)y and sorrow,
and IN sickness and in desth; by the mem
DRY of those pleasant hours when you sst
together in your new home talking OF a
bright future by the cradle. and the joyful
hour when one life was spared and another
given; by that sick bed when the little one
lifted up its hands and called for help and
you knew he must die. and he put ne arm
round each OF your necks end brought YOU
very near together in tina. dying kiss; by the
little grave in Green wood that you never
think of without gush Of tsars, by the FAM
lily Bible where. in its stories of heavenly
love is the brief bat expressive record OF
births and deaths. By the
NEGLEcTs or THE PAST
and by the egonies OF the future, by iudy.
msnt day when husbands and wives, parents
and children, in immortal groups will stand
10 be caught up IN shining array or to shrink
down in darkness, by all that beg
you 10 give to home your best affections |
look in your eyes to day aud ask you the
question that G sh ri asked of the IsrasIitea:
lis it well with thee? Is it we'll with thy
husbasd2 Is it we'll with thy child?" God
grant that IL may bs everIastingly well.
Let me ray 10 al young men, yo1r style OF
amusement will decide your eternal destiny.
One night l saw young man as the street
corner evidently doubling ~ TO which direc-
ton he bad better take, his hat lifted high
enough so you could see he had an intelli.
gent forehead, stout chest, he had robust
development Splendid young man. Cul-
tDred young man. Honorsd young man.
Why did he stop there while so many were
going up and down? The fact is that every