Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-04
LONG LIFE,
Medical SCie' CO and Religion s hOuld
Uaits in Longevity.
RELIGION THE ESSENCE OF LONG LIFE
Why il is So and How We Must Live 10
Gain Happiness, Not Only in the
World to Come but in This,


notice that he would shortly begin Sc
ries Of Sabbath morning discoursts on the
Marriage Ming, treating from a Religions
standpoint the following topics TIE
GLoice oI husband aud Wife, CIsndestlne
Marriages and EscApsdes Duties OF Hus
bands 10 Wives, Duties OF Wives 10 Hus
bands, The Wrong Ways Of Women, Cos
tune and Morals Competent Housewifery,
Sensible Iouu. Womauhood, Women who
will Pass Life Single, Influence OF Sisters
over Brothers The Modern Novel and
Women, Boarding Houses aud Hotel Life
and the Treatmeu; Of Man Servant and
Maid Servant.
Dr.. Taimago sermon to-day was on
. Long Life, and the text wss taken trom
LxoiUs IN, - That ,hy days may be
long upon tic Isud which the Lord thy
God giye;l thee Following is the sermon
in fill
Iauaary third, ls,G The old almanacs
aud the old mcmoraudums tuuy aside.
Everything 10 remind lis OF the taci that
ANOTHER ,oLUNa
il the history Of time has begun, and every
thoughtful man and woman at such tTe
discusses tbs length or the shortness Of hu
man lie. Faithful discharge ct day is il
my text set forth AS having much 10 Go
with the length Of our earthly stay
Through the mistake OF ITS friends religion
has been chiefly associated with sick beds
ani grayeyards. THIS whole subject 10
mSUv people is odorCus with chlorine and
caroolica acid There are people who cannot
pronounce the word religion without hear
ing in it the clipping chi5e! OF the tombstone
cutter. Ii is high time that this thing were
changed and thai religion instead Of being
represented Gs heaTss 10 carry out the
lead. shOUld be- represented as charlo;
IN which the living are TO triumph Re
lig.on so far from subrscting from one ;
vitality is a glorious addition. Il il sensl
tive curative, hygieuic. Ii is good for the
eyes, good for the ears, good for the
spleen, good FOR the digestion, good for the
nerves, good for the muscles. When lJa-
gld in the Psalms prays that rsligisn may
be dominant he does not speak Of il as II
Wlld sickness or an emGClstOn, or an at
,ack OF moral and spiritual cramp, be
speaks of it ~ the saving health OF all
nations. while God pronouucos long HE
To- Ja- p.oGs, sEyirE. With I0n2 hir ~i!l
[ satisfy thee.
The tact is that
men AMI auHrN ulh roo .ouN.
ltIshi,h time thA, religion joined the
naui OF medical science in attempting Il
Improve human longevity Adam lived
go years. MclhusAlch lived 9G9 years.
As late in the history OF the world as
Eespasian, there were Ia, one time in his
empire forty Gge people l%j Years old. SO
tar down as the sixteenth century Peter
tartan died a. l-j years OF ag'. do
not say rhar religion will ever take the
race back to antetilI?iau longevity, but |
do say the length ~ human hte wiIl be
grearly improved 1t Is said III Isaiah
lSv. 20. The child shall die Il hundred
years Old. Now, IT, according TO the
Scriptures, the child is to be a hundred
years old, may not the men and women
reach to three hundred aud four hundred
and five hundred? The fact is that we
are mere dwarls and skeletons compared
with some OF the generations that are TO
come.
Take the African race. lhey have been
rrder bondage for centuries. tive them
\ chance and the, develap Frederick
Dousl.ss or a Toussaint Ouyerture. And
.frhe wEite race shall De brought out IRON
under the seridom Of sin, what shall De the
bodvg What shall he the SOUL Religion
hssonlv lust touched our world G,.e it
mil mower Tor q few centuries, aud who
can fell What will be the strength Of man
and beauty Of woman, and the loOg life OF
ali;
Ny desigu IS 10 show you that
fa,crpAI RELIGION
is The friend cf long life, and prove it hrst
from the fact thst it makes the care OF our
physical health a positive Christian duty.
Whether we shall keep early or late hours,
whether We shall take food digestlbe or m
digestible, whe her there shall be thorough
or Incomplete mssiication, are questions
very often deferred to ther5aIm Of whImsl-
caiity. bat the Christian man lifts this
whole problem Of health into the account
able and the divine He says:
God has given mc this body
and he has called il the temple OF the Holy
Ghost. aud 10 deface it's si'ars, or mar its
walls. or crumbe its pillars, is God defy
ing sGcrilege He sees God calhgraphy
in eyery page, anatomical aud physoLog-
ical He saws. God has given me a
wonderful BODY for noble purposes That
arm With thirty-two curious bones, welded
by fortv.six curious muscles. and all under
the brain telegraphy; three hundred and
fhy pounds of blood rushing through the
heart every hour: the heart in tweIty,tour
hours bearing one hundred thousand tunes,
during the tSanty-!our hours overcoming
resistance amounting to 2@l,UOu, ,ouu
pounds weish', duTlag the same time he
lungs taking in fifty seven hogsheads Of
air. and all this mechanism. not more
mighty than d,lcaty, aud easily disturbed
and demolished The Christian man says
10 himself ~ hurt my nerves, 1t | hurt
nv brain, il hurt any OF my physical fac
. ulfleS, Insult bOu Nnu ShIl AOA N''N AC'''
button. Why did tod tell the Levltes
rot TO oHrr 10 him in sacrifice animals I'M
perfect or diseased lie meant to tell us IN
all the ages. that we are to otter 10
God ou- very best physical condition; and
a man who through IRREGULAR or g luito-
nous eating ruins his health, il not offer
ing u God suyh IA sacrifice Why did Paul
write ior his cloak at Troas Why should
surs p great man rs Paul be anxious
nbout Ia thing so insignificant ss an over
cont. 1t was hacsuse he knew that with
ppeumonia and rheumatism be would not
no WORTH half as much 10 God and the
church as with respiration easy and foot
free
An intelligent Christian man
WOULD yoEslpER lrAN AnSrRplTY
- kpe.l down st night and pray aud ask
Gods protection, while at the same time
be kent the windows OF his bedroom tight
shu, sgaiusr .,esh air tie would INST as
soon think Of going ouJ out on She bridge
1etween New York and BrooDiyu. IesPing =
off and then prryino God 10 keep him