St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-16

God, when they come from your own FOL-
ly! What right has any man or any
woman to deface the temple of the Holy
Ghost?
What is the ear? Why, it is the Nhis-
pering gallery of the human soul. What
is the eyer 1t is the observatory God con-
structed, it's telescope sweeping the
heavens. What is the hand? An instru-
ment so wonderful that when the Earl
of Bridgewater bequeathed in his will
$40 200 for treatises to be written on the
wisdom, power and goodness of God, Sir
Charles Bell, the great English anatomist
and surgeon, found his greatest illustra-
ton in the construction of the human
hand, devoting his whole book to
that subject. SO wonderful are these bod
les that God names his own attributes
after the different parts, His omniscience
it is Gods ear His omnipotence-it is
Gods arm. The upholstery of the mid
night heavens-it is the work of Gods
fingers. His life-giving power-it is the
breath of the Almighty. His dominion
the Government shall be upon His shoulder.
A body so divinely honored and SO divinely
constructed, let us be careful not to abuse
it. When it becomes Christian duty to
take care of our health, is not the whole
tendency toward long life? If toss my
watch about recklessly and drop it on the
pavement and wind it up any time of day
or night happen to think of it, and often
let it run down, and while you are careful
with your watch and never abuse it, and
wind it up at just the same hour every
night, and put it in a place where it will
not suffer from the violent changes of the
atmosphere, which watch will last the
longer? Common sense answers. Now,
the human body is Gods watch. You see
the hands of the watch, you see the face
of the watch; but the beating of the heart
is the ticking Of the watch. Oh, be careful
and do not let it run down!
Again, remark that practical religion
is friend of long life, in the fact that it is
protest against all the designations which
injure and destroy the health. Bad men
and women live very short life. Their
sins kill them. / know hundreds of good
old men, but [ do not know half dozen
bad old men. Why? They do not get old.
Lord Byron died at Missolonghi at thirty
six years Of age, himself his own Mazeppa,
his unbridled passions that dashed with
him into the desert. Edgar A. Poe died at
Baltimore at thirty eight years of age.
The black raven that alighted on the bust
above his chamber door was delirium ire
mems.
Only this and nothing more.
Again, religion is a friend of long life in
tha aotfb hot fob +ofo
temperatures. 1t is not work that kills
men, it is worry. When man becomes n
genuine Christian he makes over to God
not only his affections, but his family, his
business, his reputation, his body, his
mind, his soul-everything. Industrious
he will be, but never worrying, because
God is managing his affairs. How can he
worry about business when, in answer to
his prayers, God tells him when to buy and
when to sell, and if he gain, that is best,
and if he lose, that is best?
Suppose you had a supernatural neigh
Dor who came in and said: "Sir, want
you to call on me in every exigency. am
your fast friend; could fall back ON $780,
100000; can foresee panic ten years;
hold the controlling stock in thirty of the
best monetary institutions of New York;
whenever you are in any trouble call on
me and will help you; you can have my
money, and you can have my influence;
there is my hand in pledge for it." How
much would you worry about business?
Why you would say: s'I'll do the best I
can and then I'll depend upon my friends
generosity for the rest" Now, more than
that is promised to every Christian bust
ness man. God says TO him: 81 own New
York and London and st. Petersburg, and
Pel1in and Australia and California are
mine; can foresee panic million years;
have all the resources of the universe,
and am your fast friend; when you get
in business trouble or any other trouble,
call on me and will hear, and will help;
deliverance." How much should that man
worry? Not much. What lion will dare to
put his paw on that Daniel? If you could
take Thermometer and thrust it into
Shadrach's furnace, it would never go up
over seventy five degrees. Is there not
rest in this? Is there not an eternal vaca-
ton in thiss
'Oh," you say, mere is the man VINO
a.ked God for blessing upon certain
enterprise, and he lost 5000 in it. Ex-
plain that" I will. Yonder is a fac
tory, and one wheel is going north and the
other wheel is going south, and one wheel
plays laterally and the other plays verti-
caly. I go to the manufacturer and I
say: 20, manufacturer, your machinery
is contradiction. Why do you not make
all the wheels go one way?" "Well," he
says, 81 made them to ge in opposite di-
rections on purpose, and they produce the
right result You go down stairs and ex-
anime the, carpets we are turning out in
this establishment, and you will see." [
go down on the other floor. and see the