Dodge City times., 1888-06-21


Again: remark that practical religion
is a friend OF longevity in the tact that
is protest against dlssipaiions which in
jure and destroy the health. Bad men ant
women live ',ery short life. Their sin!
kill them. / know hundreds of good o't
men. but do not know half dozen bac
old men. Whvl They do not get old
Lord Byron del at Mssolonghi at thirty
six years OF age, himself his own Mazeppa
his unbriiled passions the horse that dashed
with him into the desert. Edgar A Poe
| died at Baltimore at thirty-eighs years oi
| age. The blacl. raven that a!ighted on the
| bust above his chambe: door was dellriun
tremens. Only this and nothing more.
Napoleon Bonaparte lived only just be
yond midlifr. then died at st. Helena. and
one Of his doctors said that bis disease was
induced by excessive snuhing. The hero
| Of Austcrlitz, the man who by one step OF
his loot in the center OF Europe shook the
earth, killed by a snuff box. On, how many
people We have known who have not lived
out half their days because of their dissi.
pations AMI indulgences! Now practical
religion is protest agAinst all dissipation
OF any kind
''But," you say, pr fessors Of religion
got drunk; professors of religion hare N S.
appropriated trust funds; professors OF re-
liglon have absconded." Yes, but they
threw away their religion before they did
their morality. If man on White Star
line steamer bound for Liverpool in mid
Atlantic jumps overheard and is drowned
is that any thing against the White Star
lines capacity to take him across the ocean /!
Ani if tho UuCwalp of
his religion and goes down never to rise, is
that any reason for your belle ing taat re-
ligion mas nc capac ty to take the man clear
through! In the one case if he had kept to
the steamer his body could lave been
saved: in the other case if he had kept to
his religion his morals would have been
saved.
There are aged people who would have
been dead twenty 1--we years ago but for
the defenses and the equipoise OF religion.
You have no more natural resistance than
hundreds of people who lie in the Gene
teries to-day, slain by their own vices.
The doctors made their case US kind and
pleasant as they could, and it was called
congestion OF the brain, or something else.
but the snakes aud the blue flies that
seemed to crawl over the pillow in the sight
w
the matter with him.
You. the aged Christian man, walked
along by that unhappy one until you came
to the golden pillar of Christian life. You
went to the right; he went to the left.
That is all the difference between YOU. .,
if this religion is IA protest against all forms
of dissipation, then it is an lllustrlous
friend of longevity. with long life will
l satisfy him."
Again, religion is friend of longevity
in the fact that it takes the worry out of
our temperatures. 1t is not work that
kills men, 1t is worry When a man be-
comes genuine Christian he makes over
to God not only his affections but his
family, his business, his reputation. his
body, his mind. his soul-every thing. In
dustrious he will be, but never worrying,
because God is managing his affairs. How
can he worry about business when in
answer to his prayers God tolls him when
to buy and when to sell; and if he gain that
is best, aud If he lose that is best.
Suppose you had supernatural neigh
Dor who came in and said: ''Sir, l want
you to call on me in every exigency; am
your fast friend; l could fall back on So
OO1oO0; can foresee panic ten years; l
hold the controlling stock in thirty Of the
best monetary institutions in New York;
whenever You are in trouble call On me and
l will help you; you can have any money
and you can have any influence; here is
my hand in pledge for it." How much
would you worry about business! Why,
you would say: '.pll do the best can,
and then I'll depend on my friends gener-
osliy 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 Pekin, aud Australia and
California are mine; can foresee panic
a million years; l have all the resources of
the universe, and am your fast friend;
when you get IN business trouble or any
other trouble, call on me and will helm;
here is my hand in pledge Of omnlpotent
dellverance"
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!
'O." You say, ''here is man who asked
God for blessing in a certain enterprise,
and he lost five thousand dollars in it, Ex-
psain that" l will Yoader is factory
and one wheel is going north and the other
wheel is going south, and one wheel plays
laterally and the other plays vertically. l
go to the manufacturer and l say: 80,
manufacturer, your machinery is Il contra
dction. Why do you not make. all the
wheels go one way!' well" lie
says, 81 made them to 60 in op-
positc directions on purpose. and
they produce the right result. You 90
down stairs aud examine the carpets we
are turning out in this establishment and
you will see.' l go down on the other
floor and | see the carpets and am obliged
10 confess that though the wheels in that
factory 60 In opposite directions, they turn
out a beautiful result; and while | am
standing there looking at the exquisite
fabric AN old Scripture passage comes in.
to my mind: "All things work together for
good to them who love God" Is there no.
rest in that! Is there not tonic in that! Is
there not longevity in that.
Suppose a man is all the time worried
about his reputation! One man says he
lies, ano her says he is stupid, another saws
he is dishonest, and half dozen printing es-
adjustments attack him, and be Is in
great state Of excitement and WORRY and
fume, and can not sleep: but religion comes
to him and says: MAN, God is on your side;
He will take care OF your reputation: il God
be Tor you. whocan be against you!" How
much should that man worry about his
reputation. Not much.
1t the broker who some years ago in Wall
street, after ne had lost money, sat down
and wro'e fare we'll letter before he blew
his brains out-!f instead Of taking out of
his pocket pistol he had taken out well
read New Testament there would have
been one less suicide. ., nervous and fe-
verish people Of the world. try the al
mighty sedative. You will live twenty-five
years longer under its soothing power. 1t
is not choral that you want. or mo rphine