Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-12-02
AN OBNOXIOUS DIET.
Or. TALMAGE TALKS ABOUT MANS
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
He Remarks That the Heart and the
Liver Are Oniy . Few Inches Apart.
and What Affects One Affects the Other.
Some Dieting PARALLELS

and What Affects One Affects the Other.
Some Dieting PARALLELS.
BROOKLYN, Nov. 25.-At the Taber-
nacle this evening the great congrega-
ton sang the hymn beginning:
Awake. my soul, TO joyful lays,
And sing the great Redeemer's praise
Rev. I. De Witt Talmage, DID,,
preached, taking for his text: "And
these are they which ye shall have in
abomination among the fowls: the
owl, the vulture and the bat. These
also shall be unclean 10 you among
the creeping things that creep upon
the earth: the chameleon and the
snail" Leviticus xi, l3, 80. Follow
ing is the discourse in full:
The Bible offers very possible va
riety Of theme, ol argument, and Of
illustration. We care not much in
what kind of a pitcher the water of
life is brought, if it is only the clear,
pure water. God gave the ancients a
list of the animals that they might
eat and a list of animals that they
might not eat. These people lived in
a hot climate, and certain forms Of
animal food corrupted their blood and
disposed them to scrofulous disorders,
depraved their appetites and bemeaned
their souls A mans food, when he
has the means and opportunity Of Sc
lecting il, suggests his moral nature.
The reason the wild Indian is as cruel
as the lion is because he has food
that gives him the blood Of the
lion. A missionary among the In
dians says that by changing his style
Of food 10 correspond with theirs, his
temperament was entirely changed.
There are certain forms Of food that
have a tendency TO affect the moral
nature. Many a Christian is trying to
do by prayer that which cannot be
done except through corrected diet.
For instance, he who uses swine's flesh
for constant diet will be diseased in
body and polluted Of soul-all his
liturgies and catechisms notwithstand.
ing. The Gadarene swine were pos
sessed Of the devil, and ran down a
steep place into the sea, and all the
swine ever since seem to have been
similarly possessed. In Leviticus, God
struck this meat off the table Of his
people, and placed before them a bill
of fare at once healthful, nutritious
and generous.
But, higher than this physical rea-
son there was spiritual reason why
God chose certain forms Of food foI
the ancients. God gave a peculiar
diet to his people, not only because he
wanted them to be distinguished from
the surrounding nations, but because
certain birds and animals, by reason
of their habits, have always been sug
gestive of moral qualities. By the list
OF things from which they were to alb
stain, God wished TO prejudice theiI
minds against certain evils; and in the
list Of lawful things given he wished
TO suggest certain forms Of good.
When God solemnly forbade his peo.
pie 10 eat the owl, the vulture, the
bat, the chameleon and the snail, he
meant 10 drive out Of bis people all the
sins that were thus emblemized.
BALEFuL EFFECTS OF owLIsHNEss
AMONG MEN.
take the suggestion Of the text, and
say that one OF the first unclean things
the Christian needs to drive out Of his
soul is the owl. The owl is the mel
ancholy bird Of night II matches out
whole broods of superstitions IL is
doleful and hideous. When il sings.
il sings through its nose. II loves the
gloom Of night better than the bright
ness OF the day. Who has not slept
in the cabin near the woods, and been
awakened in the night by the dismal
'too-hoo" of the owl1 Melancholy is
the owl that is perched in many q
Christian soul. II is an unclean bird,
and needs TO be driven away. A
man whose sins are pardoned,
and who is on the road To
heaven, has no right 10 be
gloomy. He says; II have so many
doubts. That is because ''you are
lazy" Go actively TO work in Christ's
cause, and your doubts will vanish.
You say; II have lost my property; :
but ] reply, "You have infinite treas
ures laid up in heaven" You say: u
am weak and sickly, and going TO die. ,
Then be congratulated that you are sc
near eternal health and perpetual glad
ness. Catch few morning larks fol
your soul, and stone this owl of your
premises.
CHEERFULNEss AS A PAYAcEA FOR ALI
EVIL.
As a little girl was eating, the sun
dashed upon her spoon, and she cried
20, mamma, have swallowed q
spoonful OF sunshinen Would God
that we might all indulge in the same
beverage Cheerfulness-it makes the
homeliest face handsome; il makes
the hardest mattress soft il runs the
loom that weavcs buttepups and rain.
bows and auroras. God made the
grass blacki No; that would be too
somber. God made the grass rcdi No;
that would be too gaudy God made
the grass green. that by this parable
all the world might be led 10 q sub
dued chccriulness. Read your Bible
in the sunshine Remember that your
physical health Is closely allied 10
your spiritual. The heart aud the liver
are only Slew inches npart, and what
affects one affects the other A hls.
torian records that by the sound OF
great laughter in Rome, Hannibal's
assaulting army was frightened away
I'm retreat Aud there is IN the great