The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-11

UNIV uHu pulpituion VI lnt hValt Nhl'h
you think came from God, when they came
from your own folly.
What right has any man or woman
TO deface the Temple OF the Ilo-
ly Ghost? What Is the carr Why, il
is the whispering gallery OF the human
soul. What is the eyer II is tho obscrv-
atory God constructed, its telescope sweep
ing the heavens. What is the handP An
instrument so wonderful that when the
Earl Of Bridgewator bcQucathcd in his will
$40, 900 for treatises TO be written on the
wisdom, power and goodness Of God, Sir
Charles Bell, the great English anatomist
and surgeon, found hisgreatest illustration
in the construction OF the human hand,
devoting his whole book 10 that subject.
80 wonderful are these bodies that God
names His own attributes after different
parts Of them. His omnscicnce-it is
Gods eye. His omniprcsenco-it Is God s
ear. His omnipotcnce is Gods arm.
The upholstery of the midnight heavens
II IL the work of Gods fingers. His life
giving powcr-it il the breath of the Al
mighty. His dominion" thc government
shall be upon His shoulder" A body 50
divinely honorcd and so diyinoly con
structed, let us he careful not to abuse IL.
When IL becomes Christian duty 10
take care Of our health, is not the whole
tendency toward longevity II ! toss my
watch about recklessly, and drop IL on the
pavement, and wind Il up any time of day
or night happen 10 think Of II, and often
let II run down, while you are careful with
your watch and never abuse II, and wind
Il up just at the same hour every night
and put il in place where IL will not suf-
fer from the violent changes of atmos-
phero, which watch will last the longer2
Common sense answers. Now, the human
body il Gods watch. You see the hands
OF the watch, You see the face OF the
watch; but the beating Of the heart is the
ticking of the watch. Oh, DO careful and
do not LET IL run down.
Agcin, / remark that practical religion is
a friend Of longevity, intho fact that II IL n
protest against designations which iniure
and destroy the health. Rad men and
women live very short life. Their sins
kill them. | know hundreds Of good old
men, but do not know half dozen bad
old men. Why They do not get old.
Lord Byron died nj Missolonghi ut thirty
six years of age, himself his own Mczcp-
pa, his unbridlod passions the horse that
dashed with him into the desert. Edgar
A. Poe died at Baltimore at thiriy-cight
years Of age. The black raven that
alightcd on the bust above his chamber
door was delirium tremens,
"Only this and soothing more
Napoleon Bonapnrto lived only Just be.
yond middle life, then died nj 81. Helena,
aud one OF his doctors said that his disease
was induced by excessive shutting. The
hero Of Austcriiz, the man who by ON,
step Of his foot in the center of Europ,
shook the earth, killed by snu0.boN
oh, how many people We have known wht
have not lived out half their DAYS bccnus,
OF their designations and indulgcnccs' Now
practical religion is u protest against all dis
sipaiion OF any kind.
"l,ut," YOU say, professors Of religion
have iailcn, predecessors Of religion have go
| drunk, prufcssors Of religion have miHap
propriaied trust funds, professors Of RELY
| Ion have alscondOd." Yes: but the
threw away their religion before they Ill
| their morality. N q man ON y white sta
! line steamer bound Tor Liverpool In mid
Atlantic Jumps overheard and is drowned
il that anything against the White sta
lines capacity 10 take the man across th,
ocean And " u man jumps over the gun
vale Of his religion and goes down ncycI
~ rise, Is that any reason for your brlicv
ing that religion has no capacity o. taxi,
the man clear through In the ono case 4
he had kept to the steamer his body would
have been saved. in the other case II h,
had kept to his religion his morals would
have been saved.
There arc aged people who would hav,
I.aN a.. T..
the dcicnzUs aud the cquipOiso 81 religion
You have no more natural resistance than
hundreds Of people Who lie In the ccmcic
rics today. slain by their own vices. The
d0ttuu made their case ~ Kind and pleas
ant NJ they could. and II was called
congestion Of the brain, or something
else, but the snakes and th,
blue flies that seemed to crawl over thS
pillow In the sight q the dclirious patient
showed what Wns the matter with him
You, the aged Christian man. walked
along 10y that unhappy one until You cam,
10 the golden pillar Of Christian life
You went Ia the right, be went to the left
That N all the difference between YOU
oh, II this religion Is q protest against al
forms Of dissipation, then Il II an illus
trious friend 81 longevity. "With long
life will satisfy him.
Again, religion IL a friend oi longevity
IN thc fact that Il takes the Worry out OI
our tcmpomlitics. II II not work that
Kills men, IL ~ worry. When a man be-
comes q genuine Christian be- makes over
"a God not only his affections, but hi,
family, his business, his reputation, hi.
body. his mind his soul everything In
dnstri0us be- will be, but never worrying
because God h managing bis Affairs. How
can he Worry about business when IN an
sWcf a. his prayers God tells him when {,
buy and when a. sell and II be- gain that
h best, aud u be- lose that u bcsi2
Suppose You hada supernatural neigh
Dor Who came in and said. ''Sir WanI
you 10 call on me In every oxigcncy, / am
your fast friend, ] could lall hack on $40,
10000 can iorcsce panic ten years;
hold the controlling stock In thirty ~ III,
best monetary institutions 81 New York
whenever you nru In trouble call on m,
and I will help you, you can have my
money aud You can have my influence
here n my hand In pledge for u" How
much would you worry about business
| Why YOU would say "lll do the best
can. and then III depend on my friend
generosity for the rest.
Now moro than that Is promised 4
every Christian business man. God say
10 him. II own New York aud London
and s. Petersburg and Pckin, and Austria
la and California are mine, can fofcacI
q panic n million years, have all the 70
sources Of the universe, and ! am you
fast friend, when you gst In bushes
trouble or any other trouble, call on M
aud will help, hers IA my hand in plodn
Of omnipo,ent doliycfcncc." How mucl
should that man worry Not much
| What lion will dare 10 nut his nav Ol