Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-15
the eyer II is the observatory God con-
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| wonderful that when the Earl OF Bridge.
water bequeathed in his will S40,0 900 for
treetises TO be written on the wisdom,
power and goodness OF God, Sir Charles
Bell, the great English anstomist and
surgeon found his greatest Illustration In
the construction OF the human hand, de-
voting his whole book to that subject. So
wonderful are these bodies that God
names His own attributes after differen.
parts Of them. HIS omniscience-it is
Gods eye. His omnipresence-it is G DDS
ear His omnipotence-it is Gods arm.
The upholstery Of tie midnight Reavens-
IL is the work Of Gods f1gers. His life.
giving power-it is the breath of the Al
mighty. His dominion-"the government
shall be upon his shoulder" A body 80
| divinely honored ard SO divinely con-
structed, let Us be careful not to abuse It.
When it becomes 3 Christian duty to
take care Of our health, is not the whole
tendency toward longevity II toss my
watch about recklessly and drop it on the
pavement and wind 1t up any time OF day
or night happen to thin
of 1t, and often let 1t run
down, While you are careful with Yout
watch and never abuse 1. and wind II a.
at just the same hour every night and
put it in place where it will not suffer
| from the violent changes Of atmosphere,
which watch will last the lorgeI3 Common
seDse Answers. Now, the human body is
! Gods watch. You eee the hsIds Of the
watch, you see the face Of the watch; bu:
the beating of the heart is the ticking Of
the watch. Ga, be careful ana do not let
it run down!
Again, I remark that practical religion
Is friend of longevity in the fac. that 1t
is protest against dissipstions which IN
iure 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
osd old men. Whyf They do not get
old. Lord Byron died at M!ssolonghi at
thirty six yesrs OF age, himself his own
hazepps,
HIS UNkRIDLED PASSIONS
the horse that dashed Sith him into the
desert. E1gsr A. Poe died at Baltimore
st thirty eight years of age. The blsck
raven that sltghted on the bust ab0vs his
chamber door was deltrium tremeIs-
Only this and nothing more.
Napoleon Bonsparte lived only inst be-
yond midlife, then died st St. Helena, and
vas induced by excessive snufiDg. The
hero Of Austerlitx, the man who by one
step of mis- foot In tae center of Europe
shook the earth, killed by IL SNUFF
box! GA, how many people We have
known who have NOT lived out half their
days because OF their designations and in
auIgences! H3w practical, religion is
protest against ali dissipation Of any kind.
nj
have fallen, professors Of religion nave
got drunk, professors of religion nave
misappropristed trust funds, professors
Of religion have absconded." Yes; out
they threw away their religion before they
did their morality. If msn ON a White
Star Line steamer bound for Liverpool in
mid-Atlsntic jumps overheard and is
crowned, is that anything against the
White Star Lines capacity to take the
man across the ocean? And II man
jumps over the gznwsle of his religion
and goes dowa never to rise is
that any reason for your believing that
religion has no capacity to take the man
clear through? la the one case II he had
kept to the steamer his body would have
been saved; in the otUer If he had kept TO
mis- religion his morals would have been
saved.
There sre aged people who would have
been dead twenty-five years ago but for
the defenses and the equipoise OF religion.
You nave no more natural resistance
than hundreds Of people who lie in the
cemeteries to-day, slaia by their own
vices. The doctors made thsir case as
kind aad pleasant as they could, and 1t
was called congestion of the brain, or
something else, but the snakes and the
blue flies that seemed to crawl over the
pillow in the sight Of the eelirous
patient showed what Was the mstter with
MIN. You, the aged Christian man,
walked along by that unhappy one until
you came to the golden pillar of 8 Chris
tain life. You went to the right; he went
TO left. That is all the difference be-
tween you. On, II this religion Is pro-
test against
ALL worms OF DISSIPATION,
then 1t is su illustrious friend of long
evity. "With long life will l satisfy
nim.'
Again, religion is friend OF longevity
in the fact that II takes the worry out Of
our temperatures. It is not work that
becomes q nuine Christian he makea
ONCI " bOd hOE why Lib oLcStIOu6 Uus
mis- family, his business, his reputation,
Ills body, his mind. his soul-everything.
Industrious he Will be, but never worry
ing, because God is managing his sfairs. |
How can he worry about business when |
in answer to his prayers God tells him
whsn to buy and when 10 cell; and il he
gain that is best, and II ne lose that Is
best?
Suppose you hsd supernatural neigh.
Dor who csme in and said: "Sir, wasn't
you to call on me in every e1igency;
km your fast friend; could fsll back On |
$40, 900, 900; l csn foTesee panic ten
years; hold the controlling stock in
thirty OF the best monetary Institutions
of New York; whenever you are In trou-
Gle call on me and viii help you; you
can have my money aud you can hsve ny
influence; here is my hand IN pledge for
It." How much would you worry about
business? Why, you would say: "I'll do
the best can, and then I'll depend on
my friends generosity for the rest"
Now, more than that is promised to ev-
cry Christian business man. God says to
him: 81 own New YORK and London and
St. Petersburg and Pekip, and Australia
and Californi. are mine; Can foresee
panic million years; 1 have all the re.
sources Of the universe, and SIN your
last friend; when you get in business
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