Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-01-13

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prescribe antisepuc, or febrifuge,
or anodyne, but saws and ham
mers and yardsticks and crowbars and
pickaxes. There is no such thing as
good physical condition without posi-
tive work Of some kind, although you
should sleep on down of swan, or ride
in carriage Of softest upholstery, or
have on your table all the luxuries
that were poured from the wine watts
OF lspahan and Shiraz. Our reli-
gion saws AWAY to the bank
away to the field! away to
the shopl away 10 the factory! do
something that will enlist all the ener-
gies Of your body, mind and soul. "
"Diligent in business, fervent in spirit.
serving the Lord;" while upon the
bare back Of the idler and the drone
comes down the sharp lash of the
apostle as he says: IF any man will
not work, neither shall he eat"
RELIGION Is GOOD FOR THE HEALTH.
Oh. how important in this day. when
so much is said about anatomy and
physiology and therapeutics and some
new style of medicine is ever and
anon springing upon the world. that
you should understand that the highest
school Of medicine is the school Of
Christ, which declares that "Godli-
ness is profitable unto al things. hav-
ing the promise Of the life that now is
as well as of that which is 10 come. "
So If you start out two men in the
world with equal physical health, and
then one Of them shall get the religion
Of the Lord Jesus Christ in his heart.
and the other shall not get il, the one
who becomes a son Of the Lord Al
mighty will live the longer with
long life will satisfy thee. and show
thee my salvation"
Again | remark that godliness is
good for the intellect. | know some
have supposed that Just as soon rs q
man enters into the Christian life his
intellect goes into a bcdwarling pro.
cess. So far from that. religion will
give new brilliancy Ia the intellect.
new strength 10 the imagination. new
force to the will, and wider swing 10
all the intellectual faculties. Chris
tanity is the great central fire at
which philosophy hes lighted its
brightest torch. The religion Of the
Lord Jesus Christ is the fountain
out of which learning has dipped
its clearest draught The Helicon
poured forth no such inspir
ing waters as those which flow
from under the throne Of God clear Us
crystal Religion has given new en-.
ergy to poesy, weeping in DIR. Young's
I Might Thoughts. teaching in Cow
per's Task, flaming in Charles Wes
lcy's hymns, and rushing with arch
angelic splendor through Millions
Paradise Lost" The religion of
Jesus Christ has hung in studio and
in gallery OF art and in Vatican, the
best pictures-Titians Assumption,
Raphael's TRANSPORTATION" Rubens'
Descent from the Cross" Claude's
Burning Bush, and Angeles Last
Judgment" Religion has made the
best music of the world-Haydn's
Creation" Handel's Messiah" No
zarts Requiem" Is il possible that
d religion which builds such indestruc-
tible monuments, and which lifts its
ensign on the highest promonto
ries Of worldly power, can have
any effect upon a mans intellect but
elevation and enlargement Now, |
commend godliness as the best mental
discipline-better than belles-lettres
10 purify the taste. better than mathe.
mates To harness the mind 10 all in.
tricacy and elaboration. better than
logic 10 marshal the intellectual foraa.
for onset and victory. Ii will GO wish
Hugh Miller end show him the foot
prints of.tho Creator in the rcd sand
stone, II will 90 with the botanisl
and show him celestial glories on.
campod under the curtain Of q water
lily. Y will 90 with the astronomer
on the great heights where God shep
herds the great flock Of worlds. that
wander on the hills Of heaven answer
ing bis voice as he calls them all by
their names.
HOW RELIGION PREVENTS DEspoND-
ENcY AND GLooMREss.
Again | remark that godliness is
profitable for ones disposition. Lord
Ashley. before he went into great
bottle. was heard 10 offer this prayer:
20 Lord. shall be very busy today;
If forget thee. forget me not" With
such Christian disposition as that, a
man is independent OF all circum.
stances. Our piety will have a tinge
Of our natural temperament II man
be cross and sour and fretful natu.
rally, after he becomes Christian he
will always have TO be armed against
the rebellion OF thoseevil inclinations;
but religion has tanned the widest ma
turc; ii has turned fretfulness into
gratitude. dependency into good
cheer, and those who were
hard and ungovernable and un.
compromising have been made
plia6lc and conciliatory. Good reso-
luton, reformatory effort, will not
effect the change. II takes a mightier
arm and mightier hand 10 bend evil
habits than the hand that bent the bow
OF UI,sses. and il takes stronger
lasso lan ever held the buffalo on the
prairie. A man cannot go forth with
nny human weapons and contend sue
ccssfully against these Ttans armed
with uptorn mountain. But you have
known men inlo whose spirit the In
Iluence Of the Gospel Of Christ came,
until their disposition was entirely
changed. So Il WA with cro mer'
chants in New York. They were very
antagonistic. They had done all they
could 10 injurc each other They were