The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-03

pietely unrnnnaxeable. There is such a thing as Gospel hygiene. ss Christian pharmacy. as Divine materia medtca That Is foolish man who, in case of sick ness, goes only to kuman resources, when I we have these instances of the Lord 2 help in the sick room. Before yoa call the doctor, while he Is there, and after hs goes away, look up to Him who cured ] Herekiah. Let the spotheeary send th q poulsice. but God makes it draw. Oh. am glad to have . doctor who knows how n pray. God send salvation b all the docsorsl Sickness would he ofecneY baked. death would be oftener hurled
 back from the doersill if medical men came into the sick room. like Isaiah oE tho I tsxt. with . prescription in their hands and the word of she Lord in their mouth. ! John Abercromhie, the most celebrated ] physician ef Scotland, prayed when he went into the sick-roons, aud he wrote 10
 more ably about diseases eg tho hrasa''
 than abons ssthe phsloseph y ef the naefal feelings" aoAt knew how much eE tae medical success og Sytienhahl and Cooper, and Harvey, and kN@h, aoeeAas I ei ussoa she fact that they knew hew so pray as well ss se preSesiee~ l deAT I wMas a phyStciaa who sees ao God tA Aar ! | II es<,d saasse Us gana tAsak He dssiNs and 1 is the Bible ss trae (aad anu rather dis-
 posed te thsnk it isl, then it k not strange [ that pvayer does traverse natural cause
 aye. that it satsedue@S new cause. " ben God made tne law, lie did net make 1 ss so strong He could not break tt, 1T tod
 made esar bodies, when they arc broken, < He is the one 10 mend them, and it Is req soaahle that VIC should call Him in Co do
 is- If my furnace in the cellar breaks | down. there is no cue sa competent 10
 repair it ss the manufactures. Ifmy watch stops, there Is no one so competent to set | it going as the one who made it. If the body Is disorierei. call in the Maker Of | k IL is not sll- as these physicians tell Us, matter cf ventilation or poisoned air, Of cleanliness or dirt, or nutritious diet Or poor fare. have known people 70 get well in rooms where the windows hsd I been six weeks down. tight shut. and l have known them to die right under patent ventiiators have known children sick 1 ly xho every day had their bath and l
 have known children robust the washing of whose faces would make their features
 unrecognixsble.
 God did not make the law and then run
 away from t. What Is . law Of nafures It is only Gods usual way of doing things.
 But He has said that fl His children ask Him to do s thing. and He can consist rnfgy do t. He will do it. Go on with your pills, and plasters, and nostru1aS, and elfxirs. and your catholicon, but re1en- Der that the rnightieSt agency in your re- c0very is prayer. Prayer to God wrought the Kings cure, the lump of figs being the
 God-iirected human instrume nfahty.
 Iwoald have you also see-for it is an- other lesson of the same subject-fhat o1r
 prayer must be accompanied by means.
 IL is an outrage fo ask God to do thing
 while we sif insIolent- The prayer to be acceptable. must come not only from the heart, but from the hands. We must work
 while we pray, devotion and work going
 together. Isuther came to Aslancthoa's bedside and prayed for his recovery, and insisted at the same time, that he should take some warm soup, the soup being inst
 as important aS the prayer h the time
 os the great plague that came to York; o-
 England, the priests prayed all night and
 all day for the removal os the plague but
 did not think of cleaning out the dead dogs and cats that lay in the gutters- cauSing the sickness. We must use
 means as well as supphcations- II
 man has seTeuing praysrs,H asking
 for health. and them sits down to fEll
 supper Of indigesHbles at eleven o'clock as night, his prayer is s mockery. A
 farmer has no right to pray for the safety Of his family when he knows there is no
 cover on his cisterz- The Christian man.
 reckless about his health ought not to
 expect the same answer 10 his prayer as
 the Christian man expects who retires
 regularly at ten o'clock as night and takes
 his morning bath with the appendix ot 8
 Turkish towel. Paul said to the passer-
 gers os the Alex2ndrian corn ship that they
 should get safe ashore, but he told them
 that they must use means and that Eas:
 ''Stick to the old shiP.r God is not weak,
 needing our help, bat God is ssroag. and
 asks Us to cooperate with Him that we
 may be strong. too. Pray by all means,
 but don't forget the fig poulSiee-
 That God answers prayers offered in the
 right spirit, seconded by our own efforts,
 is the first and the last lesson of this text,
 and it is a lesson that this age needs 10
 learn If all communication between
 Heaven and earth is cut of. let us know it.
 II all she Christian prayers that are going
 up toward God never reach Him, then,
 say. let silence srli;e the lips Of the
 afflicted world, and the nations smother
 their groans and die quietly. God does
 answer prayer. The text shows ii. To1 saY: T don't believe the Bible; think
 those things were merely coineidences,
 which are often brought as answers 10
 prayer" Do yoa say thats Was it mere
 hsppeu-so that Elijah prayed for rain
 just as the rain was going 10 come any
 how: Did Daniel pray in the vild beasts' z -r rhArx aff
 happened 10 have the Iockjaw, Did Jesus pray at fhe grave ot Lazarus just at the
 time when Lazarus was going 10 dress himself and come out anyhow. Did Jesus
 lose His place in His sermon. and make
 mistake. when He said: .-Ask. and il shall
 be given you: seek. and re shall fndi
 knock. and it shall be opened unto yo1s"
 And. lest some were so stupid they could
 not understand il, He goes on: 'For every one that asketh rsceiTeth: and he that
 seekefh hndeth; and tO him that knoeksth il shall be opened"
 But some one persists in saying; T
 don't believe any thing Of the Bible" !" Then I appeal 10 your own instinct. Prayer in certain circumstances Is as nat
 ural 10 man As the throbbing in the pulse,
 as the respiration Of the lungs. Put eompany of men--I don't care how bad they are-in some imminent peril, and they will cry out: God have mercy on us n' l challenge fha, these men who don't believe prayer charter s steamer, go out in the ~Narrows,- swing out eight ! or nine hundred miles to sea and then < heave 10 and wait for a cyclone And after the cyclone comes and the vessel
 has gone under ten times, when they did ! not expect it wo1ld rise again, and the bulxarks have been knocked in and the
 rasts are gone-it hey do not pray will surrender my theory. Do you tel me ! that this instinct which God has put in us { He put therp just 10 mock us for His own | cruel Anss1sernents If God implanted that < instinct in the human heart it was be- ! cause h His Own heart there vas some