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know hundreds Of good old men, but / d
not know half u dozen bad old men. why
They do not get old. Lord Byron died il
Mis- 'olODghi at 36 years OF age, himself la
own Mazeppl, his unbridIed passions tn
horse that dashed with him into the desert
Edgm A. Poe died at Baltimore at - wear
Of age. The black raven that alighted Of
the hust above his chamber door was de
lir.um tremeus-
Only this and nothing more.
Napoleon Bonaparta lived only rust be
yOnd mIdlfc, then died at st. Helena, ant
one OF his doctors said that his disease wa,
induced by excessive shutting. The hero 81
AustCrlitZ, the man who by one step Of hi,
foot in the center of Europe shook the earth,
killed by a Snuff-OOx! Oh, how many pao'
pie we have known who have not lived out
half their days because of their ~dIssIpatiOns
and ~indulgcnCtUs! Now practical religion
Is a protest against all dissipation Of any
kind.
"But," you say, professors Of religion
have fallen, professors Of religion have got
drunk, professors Of religion have mi,ap.
proprlated trust funds, professors Of religion
have ~absCOnded." Yes; but they threw
away their religion before they did their
morality. If a man on q White Star line
steamer bound for Liverpool in mid-AIantiC
jumps overheard and is drowned. j, th It
anything against the White star lines ca
parity to take tho man across tie ocean:
And 1T man Jumps over the gunwale Of his
religion and goes down never to rise is
that any reason for your believing that re-
liglon has no capacity to take the man clear
through? In the one case, il he had kept to
the steamer his body would haze been saved ;
in the other case, If he had kept TO hi, re-
lIgion his morals would have been saved.
There are aged people who would have
been dead TWENTY-FIVE years < hut for the
| upienSpS and the pUIlIOiSA of rpIlUiOu NDJ
have no more natural resistance than hun
dredS OF people who lie in the cemeteries
to-day, slain by their own vices. The doc
tors made their case as kind and pleasant as
they could, AND 1t IVES called congestion of
the brain or something else, but the snakes
and the blue Mos that seemed to crawl over
the pillow in the sight of the delIriOuS pa
tient showed what was the matter with him..
You, the aged Christian man walked along
by that unhappy one until you came 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
religion IS a protest against all forms Of dis
sipattOn, then iC is an lllustriOus friend Of
longevity. .L"With long life will l satisfy
him"
Again, religion 10 friend of longevity in
the fact that it takes the worry out Of our
temperatures. 1t Is not work that Kills
men, it is worry. When 4 man becomes a
genuine Christian he makes over to God not
only his affections but his family, his bust
ness, his reputation, his body, his mind, his
SOul-cveTything. industrious he will be,
but never worrying, because God is manage
ing his affairs. How can he worry about
business when in ans wei to his prayer God
tells him when to buy aud when 10 sell; and
II he gain that is best, and if he Lose that Is
best.
Suppose you had a supernatural neighbOr
WHO came In and said: ''Sir, | am you fast
friend; | want YOU to call on me in every
~eXigency; ! could fall back on $4,000, 900; l
can tOreSee a panic jeh years. l hold the
controlling stock in thirty of the best mon
etary institutions Of New York whenever
You are in trouble call on me and / will help
you; you can have my money and you can
have my 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 Pill de-
pend on my friends generosity for the rest"
Now more than that is promised to every
Christian business man. God says to hlm:
II WI New York and London and st.
Petersburg and Pekin, and Australia aud
California are mine: i can foresee a panic a
million years; / have all the resources of the
universe, and | ann your fast friend; when
you get IN business trouble or any other
trouble call on me and | will help; here Isl
hand in pledge of omnIpotent deliver
anee." 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 All eternal vacation in
this?
son. you say, t'here is q man who asked
God for a blessing in 4 certain enterprise
and he lost 5000 in it. Explain that.5 /
will. fonder is a factory, aud one wheel is
going north and the other wheel is going
and one wheel plays l~aterally and the
other piaSs vertically. 1 go 10 the manufac-
turer and l say: 't0h, manufacturer, your
machinery is . contradiction. Why do you
not make all the wheels 60 one way?"
"Well, he says, II made them to 20 III OPP
posite directions Oh purpose and they pro-
DUE the rightresult. You 70 down stairs
and examine the carpets we are turning out
In this establishment and you wifi seq /
go down on the other fo5r and / see the
carpets and ! am Obliged to confess that
though the wheels in the factory 90 IN opp0-
site directions, they turn out q beautiful
result; and while / am standing there look
ing at the exquisite fabric an old scripture
passage comes into my mind: "AlI things
work together tor good to them who love
God" is there not rest in thaty Is there
not tonic IN that! Is there not longevity In
thatg
Suppose a man Il ali lifetime worried about
his reputation. One man says he lies, another
ssys he is stupid, another says be Is dishonest,
aud half q dozen printing establishments at
LICK hin, and ne IL IN q great state or excite
meut and worry and fume. and can not sleep;
MAN, God Is on your side lie will take care
but religion I'm to HIM and says
Of your reputation; II God be for you who
can be ayainst your How much should
that man worry about hts reputation Not
much. II that broker who some years ago
in Wall street. after be had lost money, sat
and wrote q farewell letter 10 his wife
before be blew his brains outfit, instead OF
taking put OF his packet q pistol, he had
taken ont a weil-read new testament there
would have been one lesssulclde. Oh, merry
Gus and feyerish people Of the world, try
this almighty sedatlye. You will live
years longer under sits soothing
power. I'll not chloral that you want or
morphine thai you want; il IS the gospel OF
Jesus Christ. "With long lite Will I satisfy
him.
Again, practical religion Il a friend OF
longevity Ia the fact that II removes all cor
fodlng care about 4 future existence. Ey.
cry man witnts 10 know what Is TO become
Of him. II you get on board a rail-tfain You
want 10 know at what depot il il going 10
stop; Il yor get on board a ship you want to
know into what harbor IL Is going to run;
and, II you should tell me you have no in
terest Ia what - to be your future destiny, \
I would. In As polite a way as / know how,
tell you ] did not believe You. Before I had
this matter settled with references ID my I'll.
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