Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-22
1,INAGE's SERMON.
e,o~t Sermon on Long Life for
tho Human Race.
W. shorten Our Lives by Dis
!" ,,o,ce to Natural Laws-The Ro.
,,cIon of Notwithstanding
and Hygiene.

ro,,nare, in n recent sermon, took
~.tioct of "Long Life" as his theme,
S"u,wjug text being used as the foun-
.,,. DAYS may be long upon the land
MT l, ~ Lord thy God giveth thee.-Exo
! WARY Sd, 1886! The old almanacs and
VI m%cmorandums flung aside. Every
wa remind us of the fact that another
in the history of time has begun,
1l 'r.rv thoughtful MAJ and woman al
Emo discusses the length or the short
Ehuman life. Faithful discharge OF
my text set forth as having much
Nth the length of our earthly stay,
.rh the mistakes of its friends religion
1 haen chiefly associated with sick beds
esayovards. This whole subject to
enaorle is odorous with chlorine and
~ acid. There + people who can
Dronounce the word religion" with
Nearing in it the clipping chiscl Of the
.ns,nne cutter. 1t is high time that this
wars changed end that religion, in
u u beirg represented as a hearse to
T.. ont the dead, should be represented
ohoriot in which the living are to tri-
~ Religion. so far from subtracting
NJ ones vitality, is a glorious addition.
i %souative, curative, hygienic. It is
n for the eyes. good for the ears, good
tha spleen, good for the digestion,
II for the nerves, good for the muscles.
bon David in the Psalms prays
/. religion may be dominant he does not
Al. Of it as a mild sickness or a emacia-
\ or an attack of moral and spiritual
mn. he speaks of it as ''the saving
m of all nations" while God pro-
noes long lie to the pious, saying:
Fitb long life will l satisfy thee"
he fact isthat men and women die too
H.. It's high time that religion joined
hand of medical science in attempting
improve human longevity, Adam lived
wears. Methusaleh lived 969 years. As
in the history of the world as Vespa-
there were at one time in his empire
y.fve people l35 years old. So far
IN as the sixteenth century Peter Ear
died at Isl years of age. l do not say
religion viii ever take the race back
ntcdiluvian longevity, but l do say the
III of human life will be greatly i'm
red. 1t is said III Isaiah lxv., 20: "The
d shall die Il hundred years DID," Now,
kccordins to the Scriptures, the child is
e q hundred years old, may not the
and women reach to 800, and 400 and
The fact is that we are mere dwarfs
skeletons compared with some Of the
~erations tha. art to come.
Y design is 20 show you that practical
gion is the friend of long life, and I
Re it first from the fact that it makes
care Of our physical health a positive
stan duty. Whether we shall keep
or late hours; whether we shall take
disestible or inligestible; whether
+ shall be thorough or incomplete a
ion, are questions very often deferred
lie realm of whimsicality; but the
stian man lifts this whole problem of
il into the accountable and the divine.
Pys: God has given me this body
pe has called il the temple of the Holy
7, and to leface its affairs, or mar it's
Or crumble its pillars is a God-defy-
acfile9e.' lie sees Gods calligraphy
cry page, anatomical and physiologi-
ne says; God has given me a Won
l body Tor noble purposes" That
win 'hlriy-two curious bones, WELD
forty.slS curious muscles, and all
? the brain telegraphy; $50 pounds of
iusnlns through the heart every
tne Il =" N twenty-four hours beat
F'o,V"' mes; during the twenty
noofs overcoming resistance
n''ns to 22l,00o,O00 pounds
i uut!As the same time the lungs
: III Alty'seven hogsheads of air; and
> mechanism not more mighty than
NC, aha easily disturbed and demol-
ine christian man says to himself:
my nerves, if | hurt my brain, if
" my physical faculties, l in
", nna call for dire retribution."
i ~ ''!l the Levites not to offer
al. SIef!'ee animals imperfect or
ne meant to tell US in all the
Il We are to offer to God yerv
II i'.,'' condition: and a man who
esulaf or gluttonous eating,
Efoa "'',.l' Is not Offering to God such
LtT why did Paul write for his
"lFoas: Why should such n GREAT
"u. De anxious about a thing SO
,a i.ms ~ On oVercoat: 1t was be-
,tisn, mat with pneumonia and
nr'n ne would not be worth half as
n ''a the Church as with res
Il easy ana foot free.
an Ss1' Christian man would con-
't aosmdity to kueei down at
M"s and ak Gods protection,
III, zane time he kept the win
IL. 'e0-room tight Shut against
o lie would just as soon think of
va' on the bridge between Now
b to c.sisn' 1eaplng Off and then
lust a ~ 10 Keep him from getting
Of ,t io-4s as You defer this whole
ca,i tns seal health to the realm of
e Lnts.; of to the pastry-cook,
Earv an or to the baker, or to the
inc TO the clothier, you are
nh as' Christian. The care of
ono 1is1cal forces-nervous, mus
nus, ram cellular ~tissue-for all
& vo"% brought to Judgment.
burn;,. nervous system into
win, out the coating of your
;ne1. wine logwooded and
DIR %",AIng with thin shoes to
st ,m4, iooS delicate; pinched at
(her naa % are nigh cut in two,
1t siai. worth anything; groan-
(eurf headache and palpitation
en- ""'ch You think come from