Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-12

Chaplain OF the United States Army.
The text wss Matthew Tvs and a, And
thou be the Son of Goo, command that these
stones be made bread" The discourse was
in substance as follows:
The Devil paused for the answer; let the
world pause and hear and hearken. 1t II
written, yea Ii is written, man shall not
live by bread alone but by every word that
proce edeth out OF the mouth Of God"
There are few well-rounded lives in this
world few that even approach our worldly
ideal. We are all, for the most part, warped
In some manner. In fact, the vicissitudts
and exigencies place upon our persons some
passion, bent or weakness which amounts
to coercion. Every day we see men warped
into a life, a business, a calling, by atrain
of circumstances over which they appear to
have no control or power. Men are what
they are made, not what they would be-"
As with the pines growing near the snow
line on, our mountaius scathed on one
side unlil not bud or leaf exist SO with
men. The blasts of sorrow, adverslty or
other fates of human life, ruthlessly watts
them hither or thither, until the whole PEI
son is changed, physically and mentally.
and the mind is the dwelling
temple of the soul. As a rule, just as you
can form an opinion from the house
Il man lives in. so you will find IL in spir.
more we must become convinced that this
press of circu instances not only effects the
phi, sical but the spiritual. Take grand
example-that of Elijah. See the brave,
valiant self7cOntentment he exhibited,
while full of the spirit of God, when he
called fire from heaven; but 10! we behold
him later broken and in tears in the wilde
ness Look at Job and his noble wife As
long as he Yves the richest man in the king
dom, aud was surrounded with luxuries,
kind wife and dutiful children, no doubt
he felt that it was only natural to worship
God, and that life was indeed worth the
living What when the curse came?
Darker and darker the calamity grew, and
her husband wallowing in an ssh-heap and
scraping his flesh with pieces of broken jars
her spirit gave way and she cried out Can
you yet worship God? Curse Him and die"
/ cite these instances to illustrate the effect
that The body exerts over the mind. We
pay due allegiance to this body and 1t is
right and proper that we should, but it is
not all. Nay, hath not the Father said;
mothers are to-day laying down theil lives,
wearing them away, day by day, i'll orde,
that the fond child may be bodily provided
with houses, lands and raiments Dear
friends, how of their souls? Is that thought
of? Is it paramount consideration or
only a secondary one, or perchance not
considered at ali? But we have the oppo-
site extreme There are men who smut
themselves within stone walls to
deny the body. There are women
and go. to the nunnery. under solemn
conviction of duty. Neither is this confined
to one sectarian church, but it is found in
every one of them. Who does not know the
long faced, sad Christian who delights in
singing would not live always" They
generally are found to have more dyspepsia
than religion. Go to their homes, and you
generally find chronic grum blers and un-
cute the body, they are in constant terror
lest it be harmed, and upon analysis; fall
within the same category as those who bow
the knee to it. But is there no help for
those individuals SO diversely afflicted and
dwarfed? The devil applied to the Savior
people to-day. He was hungry, even to
starvation. hence, naturally the temp
taGon. ST thou be the Son of God,
command these stones be made bread" Can
alone as could emanate from mind OF in
finite wisdom and power. "Man cannot
live by bread alone" Christ loves the
beautiful and he taught us TO cultivate it,
which maketh the soul, that man should
esteem the soul above the body. You have
10 doubt read the story of the Prince who,
clad in armor. was placed in the bastiie
too late. Life had fed only few moments
b fore. The rusty helmet was broken from
the head, but, ah horrible sight! Such as
neither, pen nor Language. could describe.
NOW, now many fhmllleS are bnere
who are not hiding like horror. How
many would stand unabashed before God
to-day ii tina body were broken from the
soul. How many would shrink at such q
reve, alton, an uncovering How many
would not fain hide from their innocent
babes! But what the remedy? Is there no
pan acea, no balm in Gillead? Yes, it is at
thy hand. This precious Bible is "evety
word that proceedeth out of the mouth Of
God" But how neglected this sacred Orna-
ment! In many houses it is placed upon
the center table, and is used as a safe.de-
pOsit. Locks of hair, extracts of poetry
cooking receipts and such valuables sre
placed In It as the most safe and unmolested
spot in the house. All, Indifferent morrals
why thus? Do you believe? If SO then eat
of this bread ere it be too late. The fish in
the Mammoth cave have no eyes because
they need them not, Some mems souls are
sick, others dead-ycs dead. Does this book
seem old and dreary ito you? Do you find
nothing OF interest? Does, not your heart
warm and send the blood faster through
your veins when you read? II. not then
you are in danger. Here is bread-eat. If
your body is weak, eat. Ii society is at low
ebb-eat. If,you would work a moral re =
form, compel the people to eat. Yes,this
pib1a In VOL tho world