The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24

gallons OF bad tasting water at Saratoga,
| llomburg or Carlsbad-give TO God and
humanity the Bible 10 per cent OF all
! your income, and II will make new man
OF YOU, and from restless walking of the
tloor at night You shall have eight hours
sleep without the help OF bromide OF po-
taSslutn, and from no appetite YOU will
hardly he able 10 wait your regular meals.
and your wan check will ill up, aud when
YOU die the blessings Of those who but Tor
| YOU would have persisted will bloom all
over your grave with violets, II ii be spring,
or gladiolus, ii IL be autumn.
Perhaps some OF you will take this adj
vice, but the most OF you will not And
| you will try to cure your swollen hand by
| getting on Il moro fingers, and youi rhcu.
matte loot 10y getting ON II more toes, aud
there Will be sigh OF relief when YOU are
| gone out OF the world, and when over your
remains the minister rccltos the words
blessed are tho dead who die in the
| Lord, persons who have keen apprccn-
| ton Of the ludicruus will hardly be able to
keep their faces straight. But whether In
that direction my words do good or not,
am anxious that all who have only ord.
nary equipment bo thankful for what they
have and rightly employ IT, | think YOU
all have, tigumtivcly ~ well ~ literally,
fingers enough. DO not long for hindcring
suporluities. Standing IN the presence OF
this fallen giant of my text and in this post.
mortem examination Of him, lot us learn
how much better of We arc with Just the
usual hand, the usual foot. You have
thanked God for thousand things, but
warrant you never thanked him Tor those
implements OF work aud locomotion, that
no one but tho infinite and omnipotcnt
God could have ever planned or made the
hand and the loot. Only that soldier or
that mechanic who IN battle or through
machinery has lost them knows anything
about their value and only the Christian
scientist can hayca any appreciation oi what
| divine masterpieces they are. Sir Charles
He'll, the English surgeon, on the battle.
field Of Waterloo, while engaged In nmpu-
tations Of the wounded was ~ impressed
with the wondrous construction Of the
human hand that when the Earl of Bridge.
water gave $4,000 for essays on the wis
dom and goodness Of God, aud eight books
were written, Sir Charles He'll wrote his
entire book ON the wisdom aud goodness
Of God IN displayed IN the human hand.
| The twcnty-scycn bones In hand and wrist
with cartridges and lgaments aud pln-
lnngvs OF the fingers all made Just ready
10 knit, 10 sew, 10 build mp, 20 pull down,
10 weave, 10 write, TO pillow, 20 pound, "a
wheel, "a battle, Ia give friendly snula.
ton. Tho tips ol IT, fingers arc ~ many
telegraph offices hy reason II their scnsi
tiycncss Of touch. The bridges, the tuu.
ncls the cities Of the whole earth are tho
victories oi the hand. The hands are not
dumb, hut often speak ~ distinctly ~ the
lips. With our hands We invite, W. t..
pei, W. invoke. We cnirrat, We wiring them
In grici or clap them IN joy, ~ spread
them abroad IN hcuCdicliun. The NAL
formation Of the giants hand In the text
glurinrs the usual hand. Fashioned Oi
God more oXqusitely and wundrou,ly
| than any human mechanism that Nas ever
| contriVCd, I charge YOU use Il Tor Cod aud
unc lifting ot the world out OF It's moral
prcdicnmcnt. Employ II In the sublime
| work Ut gospel Handwriting. You can see
| tho hand IL Just made for that. -Four hn.
| grr- just st right to touch your neighburs
/ hand on one side and your thumb ut ~
~ in clrnch Il On the other side. by ell
~ bones, aud joints. aud muscles, and
| Cnrlilagys. aud igumvnts, the voice Ut ma
tun Joins with the voice Of tod command
ing YOU b. shake hands The custom iH as
old ~ the Bible anyhow. Johu said 10
lchuunlnh is thine heart right ~ INV
heart " with thine hearth II IL bee, give
no thine hand" When hands Join in
Christian sniuiaiiun u gospel electricity
/ thrills across the palm from heart Ia heart,
aud from ihc shoulder Of one 10 the shout
der oi lho other Shake hands oil around.
With the timid aud Tor their encourage
ment. shake hands. With the troubled
and Ia wurm.hvaricd sympathy, shake
hands With the young man just enter.
ing business aud discouraged at the small
sales aud the large expenses, shake hands.
With the child Who is new from Dol nnI
started on amending journey iui which lee
needs b. gather great supply uiEtrnWh and
who can hardly mach up a. you nov, be-
rausr YOU are ~ much taller. shake hands
Across cradles aud dying b,is nnd griy,s.
| shake hands. With your enemies Who
/ have done 90 a. d,ilmr aud hut sou, boot
whom yuu can nuuh tu iuuuNy, shake
/ hands a. tlr door II churches where
p.Uplr come in, nnl 40 the door ul
I churches whore people go out shlh"
/ hands 1T pulpit Hhlk, hands with pew,
and sabbath da, shake hands with week
! Ipy. nuI earth shake hands with heaven.
Oh tHr strange, thrmighiy, thu uuiyiuul
| the m.HiHuuIH, thr eternal power NJ 900
honest haulsh1iug. The difference h..
! tWruu ihpar times and the WII'uuu.Il Times
! b. that now SOME Hhrku hands bui then 900
will shake hauIs. throne Hul iuutHtu'u,
| nrrYs sHns. nation with nation, Good aud
! man. church militant aud chufyh iuum-
| phnut
Yrn. the mtlf1uualion ol this fallen
giant loot gIpn6us thu ordinary foot, lor
| which I iusr you have never once thanked
! Gol The twcniy.sk bones oi the foot
! are The elimination ui the nnAipmist. The
] arch ui the foot, fashioned with % gurr
/ and puisp that imiiuE arch 10 BUuDyuu.
/ ium. or Cuusilutun's arch nt Rome, ur
! arch oi Triumph NJ the end II Champs
! EIyrpla could not equal. ln09" arches
| stand where they were planted, but this
/ urrI of ihu foot " on adjustable arch, %
| welding arch. and frlly for movements
! uuumrmhIc The human foot sp fash.
! iuurl ag 90 enable man tD stand upright hs
/ uu other creature and leave the hand
| that would otherwise have 10 help in bale
1urfny the body free tur anything b.
/ rluu,H. the foot of the camel fashioned
! mr thr sand. thr foot Oi the bird fashioned
! Tor the tree branch. thc foot Ut the hind
/ fashioned for the slippery rock. thU foot of
| the hon fashioned ~ wnd ~ PROV ihr
! foot of the h0rsr fashioned iur
the pld earth, but the foot NJ
| man made io cross the desert, or climb The
tree. ur scale the cliiI, ~ walk the earth,
or su anywhere De- needs 10 20. With
that divine triumph II anatomy In your
| possession, whore do YOU Nilk1 Ia what
/ path of righteousness " what path 81 sin
have YOU art it down. Where have you
lpn iGr mark IT your io0,slcps3 Amid The
! priuhrtiuus IN the rocks have been found
! iho marks Of the i,ot oi birds and beasts