Milford chronicle., 1888-06-15


the watch; but the beating Of the heart is
the ticking Of the watch. Oh, be careful
and do not let it run down.
Again, / remark that practical religion is
a friend Of longevity in the fact that it is a
protest against designations which injure and
destroy the health Bad men and women
live very short life. Their sins kill them.
l know hundreds Of good old men, but 1 DO
not know half dozen bad old men. Whyl
They do not get old. Lord Byron died at
Missolonghi at thirty-six years Of AGE, him.
self his own Mazeppa, his unbridled D. assions
the horse that dashed with him into the
desert. Edgar A. Poe died at Baltimore at
thirty-eight years Of age. Tho black raven
that alighted on the bust above his chambe.
door was delirium tremens-
Only this and nothing more.
Napoleon Bonaparte lived only Just beyond
midlife, then died at ST. Helena, and one of
his doctors said that his disease was induced
by excessive snufIing. The hero Of Auster-
litz, the man who by one step Of his foot in
the center Of Europe shook the earth, killed
by a snuff box Oh, how many people we
have known who have not lived out half
their days because OF their dissipations and
indulgencesi Now, practical religion is a
protest against all dissipation Of any kind
''Blt," you say, professors of religion
have fallen, professors Of religion have got
drunk, professors Of religion have misappro-
priated trust funds, professors OF religion
have absconded.n Yes; but they threw away
their reigion before they did their morality
If man on White Star line steamer bound
for Liverpool in mid-Atlantic jumps over
board and is drowned, Is that anything
against the White Star line'scapacity to take
the man across the ocean? And if man
jumps over the gunwale of his religion and
goes down never to rise, is that any reason
for your believing that religion has no ca
pacity TO take the man clear through9 In the
one case if he had kept to the steamer his
body would have been saved; in the other
case, il he bad kept to his religion his morals
would have been saved
There are aged people who would have
been dead twenty-five years ago but for the
defenses and the equipoise of religion. You
have no more natural resistance than hun
dreds of people who lie in the cemeteries to-
day, slain by their own vices. The doctors
mado their case as kind and pleasant as they
could, 0nd it was called congestion of the
brain, or something else, but the snakes and
the blueGies that seemed 10 crawl over the
pillow in the sight of the delirous patient
showed what was the matter with him. You,
the aged Christian man, walked along by
that unhappy one until you camo to the
golden pillar Of a Christian life. You went
to the right; he went to the left That is all
the difference between You. Oh, if this re
ligiOn is Il protest against all forms of dissi-
patton, then it is an illustrions friend of
llngevity. "With long life will satisfy
him. r.,
Again, religion is friend of r.
the fact that it takes the
ItieCOttOn G1ngevity in
j; is TGrry gh tho work " TQTy t6S 9ai R 81 en oar
of hen a man becomes a genuine
/. ne makes over to God not only his
,IIIl1cfions but his family, his business, his
reputation, his body, his mind, his soul
everything. Industrious he will be, but
never worrying, because God is managing
his affairs. How can he worry about husi-
ness when in answer to his prayers God tells
him when to buy and when to sell; and if he
Gain that is best, and if he lose that is best!
Suppose you had a supernatural neighbor
who came in and said: 'Sir, want you to
call on mo in every exigency; am your fast
friend: 1 could fall back on S20O0O,000; can
foresee a panic ten years; hold the control
ling stock i'll thirty of the best monetary in
stitutions of New York; whenever you arc
in trouble call on me ard 1 will help you;
Won can have my money and you can have
nv 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 Ill depend on my
friends generosity for the rest
Now more than that is promised TO every
Christian business man. God says to him:
II own New York and London and st.
Petersburg and. Pel1in and Australia and
California are mine; 1 can foresee panic a
million years; have all the resources Of the
universe, and am your fast friend; when
Won get in business trouble or any other
trouble, call on me and will help; here is
my hand in pledge of omnipotent deliver
ance.n How much should that man worry
Not much. What lion will dare to put his
paw on that Daniel! Is there not rest in
this. Is there not an eternal vacation in this
"Oh," YOU say, "here is man who asked
God for a blessing in n certain enterprise
and he lost five thousand dollars in it. Ex
plain that 1 will Yonder is a factory
and ono wheel is going north and the Other
wheel is going south, and one wheel plays
latorally and the other plays vertically.
90 to the manufacturer and l say: 80 manu-
! facturer. your machinery Is a contradiction
Why do YOU not make all the wheels go on,
wavF "NVell," !" he says, Il made them to go il
opposite directions on purpose, and they pro
| duce the right result lou go dewnstair
and examine the carpets We arc turning ou
in this establishment and you will sec"
| go down on the other floor and l SCI
the carpets, and am obliged to confess tina
! though the wheels in that factory go i'll op
posite directions they turn out beautiful re
suit: and while 1 am standing there lookin;
at tho exquisite fabric an old Scriptur
passage comes into my mind, "All thing
work together for good 70 them who Low
Cod Is there not rest in that' Is ther
not tonic in thatl Is there not longevity j
thata
Suppos, a man is al the time worrie
about his regulations One man says lie lies
another stys he is stupid, another says he
dishonest and half a dozen printing estat
ushments attack him, and he is in gren
state of excitement and worry and fumc, an
cannot sleep: but religion comes to him IN
says. "Man. God is on your side; he wi
take care OF your reputation; if God be fc
YOU. who can be against your How muc
slould that man worry about his reputation
Not much If that broker who some yeal
AGO in Wall street, after he had lost money
sat down and wrote a farewell le
ter TO his wife before he blew b
brains out-if instead Of taking out of h
pocket a pistol he had taken out a well rea
New Testament there would have been on
less suicide Oh, nervous and feverish poop
! of the world, try this almighty sedativ
You will live twenty-five years longer und'
its soothing power. It is not chloral th'
YOU want, or morphine that you want; it
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. ''With long Iii
will 1 satisfy him."
Again, practical religion is friend
: longevity in the fact that it removes all co
e roding care about future existence. Ever
man wants to know what is to become
0 him. If you get on board n rail train yC
, want to know at what depot it is going
; stop; if you eet ON board a ship you want
: know into valt harbor it l. going to run, al
= il YOU shon I'll me you have no interest
G what Is n our future destiny, would
Z as pola M as know how tell you d
I not d ou Before I had this matt