St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-16

| of the fact of the damage tb strength can
do if it be misguided. 1t seas to me that
| this man of my text spent great deal of
his time in doing evil. o pay debt
which he had lost by the gssing of his
riddle he robs and kills thir people. He
| was not only gigantic irstrength but
gigantic in mischief, and sype of those
men in all ages of the WorlHhO, powerful
in body or mind or in any tulty of social
position and wealth, hav used their
strength in iniquitous purpos. 1t is not the
small, weak men OF the ~ who do the
damage. Those small meMho go swear
| ing and loafing about your ores and shops
and banking houses, befOulg the air with
their breath and insulting .ur floor with
their iniquitous saliva, ASA ing Christ and
the Bible and the church, ley do not do
the damage. They have noniiuence. But
it is the giants of the daythe misguided
giants, giants in physical lwer or giants
in mental acumen, or giantln social posi-
ton, or giants in wealth, wo do the dam
age; the men with sharp pn who stab re-
ligion or who throw their Iison all through
our literature; the men wht use the pawer
of wealth to
SANCTION INIGITY
and bribe justice and makGruth and honor
bow to their golden sceter. Misguided
giants! Look out for then In the light of
this subject want to call our attention to
fact which may not hge been rightly
considered by five men inthis house, and
that is that we must be brught into judg-
ment for the employment of our physical
organism. Shoulder, bran and foot-we
must answer in judgmentfor the use we
have made of them. Hav they been used
for the elevation of society, its depression?
In proportion as our arm strong and our
step elastic, will our account at last be in
tensifed. Thousands o sermons are
preached to invalids; peach this sermon
to stout men and healthfll women. We
must give to God an account for the right
use of this physical organism These in
valids have but comparatively little to ac-
count for. Perhaps they Gould not lift
twenty pounds. They could not walk half
mile without sitting down torest. In the
preparation of this subject | have said to
myself, how shall l account to God in
judgment for the use of body which never
knew one moment of real sickness, rising up
in Judgment, standing beside the men and
women who had only little physical energy
and yet consumed that energy in cont1a-
grafton of religious enthusiasm? How will
we feel abashed! 0, men Of the strong
arm and the stout heart, what Use are you
making Of
YOUR PHYSICAL FORCES?
Will you be able to stand thetest of that
day when we must answer fOI the use OF
every talent, whether of physical energy or
mental acumen or spiritual power? Hark.
it thunders! That day advances and 1 see
some one who in this world was an invalid,
and as she stands before the throne
Of God to answer, she says: Il
was sick all my days. I had but very
little strength, but l did as well as ]
could in being kind to those who were more
sick and more suffering" And Christ will
say: well done, faithful servant" And
then there will come up one who will say:
Il went on crutches all my days. 1t was
very hard for me to get along, but tried to
be patient under all my infrmities, and
though l have not many stars in my crown
l rejoice that l have been able to do some
thing for Jesus" ''WelI done, faithful
servant" says Jesus, ''well done" And
then a little child will stand up before the
throne. and she will say: ''On earth had
curvature of the spine, and I was very
weak and l was very sick, but l used to &C
out and gather flowers out of the wild
wood and bring thO.A ~ --p rink III n+l, or.
and she was conforted when she saw the
sweet flowers out of the wild wood. I die
not do much, but l did something" Anl
Christ shall say, as ne takes her up in hi:
arms and kisses her: "Well done, wei
done, faithful servant, enter thou into thu
joy of thy Lord" What then will be sale
of US to whom the Lord gave physica
strength and continuous health?