Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-18
OUR PREACHER.
"A Merry Heart Doeth Good Like a Med.
iCine."
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! BRETHRING AND CI<TERNS You will
fin my tex in the fourth tithl chapter OF
solomon. and 92d verse 1t is straight
scripture goods. full yard wide and all
wool Some OF you, my dear friends, have
a bad look in the face. Your fr0nti>piece
is long, peaked and solemn. Your beloved
! pasture doesn't know preSactly what is the
matter with you. You NAV have met with
some misfortune, OF il may be that your
stomach is on a strike or lockout Or il
may be that you have been trying to get a
great deal of good Ia your own self and kind q
forgot whether OF not anybody else was a
/ going to get any. That's the surest thing
on long face you ever saw, brethring.
You need dose, brethring, anyhow. what
ever ailS you, when you draw down your
chin, and wrinkle your forehead. and grit
your teeth. and do all this diabOlical bust
ness in the house of God, who is your low
ing Father i'll Heaven. and in whose pres
ence certainly you ought 10 be cheerful and
glad, even if it is going to rain and Jones'S
wife has borrowed your umbrella. You
need dose; you need medicine.
But don't think, beloved, that hair of
the dog will cure the bite, or that. As old
man Hannemann used to say like cures
like DO not expect, then, that | am gOin'
10 scold and worry you about your bad
moral and physical condition, or that
shall try to scare you with judgment-day
face. illuminated with hrc and birthstone
Not much The Lord knows don't want
TO make you any worse.
Wake up. you lugubriOuS saints and sin
nerS, Listen 10 one Of the best tex i'll or
out of the bble-''A merry heart doeth
good like a medicine - That's whats
the matter. That's the Old-TeSta-
ment truth. Take a dose of merri-
ness into your heart and tie il up there.
BE merry and jolly even on Sunday. If
you are a Christian, let the goodness that is
in you shine in yOuI happy face and honor
your Master, besides lighting up the faces
of the congregation. But maybe your old
heart needs cleaning out before We can get
merriment and jOllity into it. Fun wants
lots of room 10 spread itself i'll. Maybe
there is a spirit of revenge and uglneSS in
it. Maybe it is full of mean purpose
to do up Tor DOWN somebody.
Maybe it is full of deceit, false
hood, and dishonesty Clear it
out. brethring and ciSternS, Let flood from
Heaven wash it out, and then put honesty.
and benevolence, and love for God and men
in it; then let merriment hae its reign for
ever, and do its perfect work, now and
hencefOrth.
\ dose that often gives instant relief is a
contribution to the church funds. II YOU
will chuck in dollar for the heathen. You
Will make one heather at home better That
gun will shoot both ways. 1t is precious
boomerang. The heathen need the money
and YOU need to give it: sure and certain
you do if you don't want to, and hang On
Ia it with a death-grip. Then, you need
bleeding before the medicine will work
Don't think, my dear hearer, that am
saying all this just for your good. | think
of other people, if you don't. Jess see how
good everybody else would feel if you
looked 50 you felt good. And if you looked
that way, people would think you were go
ing tO act good.
Brethering. Take this tex into your
mines and put the medicine where il will
do the mos good to you and your families
and neighbOrs. And may the good Lord
lip you to widen out your faces. Amen
and Bt-men, too,