The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-09

young men try this heavenly art upon
their nature. Those who have gone
into it. fully have found In it illimit-
able recreation az amusement. Dark /
DAYS. stormy nights, seasons OF sick
ness. business disasters will do little |
toward depressing the soul which
can. gallop off over musical keys, or
soar in jubilant lay. 1t will cure
pain. 1t will rest fatigue. 1t Will
quell passion. 1t will revive health.
It will reclaim dissipation. 1t will
strengthen the immortal soul. In the
battle of Waterloo Wellington saw
that the Highlanders were falling
back. He said: what is the matter
therc?" He was told that the music
had ceased playing, and he called up
the pipers and ordered them to strike
up an inspiring air; and no sooner did
they strike the air than the Highland
were rallied, and helped to win the day.
Oh. We who have been routed in the
conflicts of life, try by the force OF mu-
sic to rally your scattered battalions.
Still further: 1 commend, as worthy
of their support. the gymnasium.
This institution is gaining in favor
every year, and know nothing more
free from dissipation, or more calcu-
lated to recuperate the physical and
mental energies. While there are
good many people who have employed
this institution, there is vast num-
Der who are ignorant of its ex-
cellencies. There are weak and
respondent spirits who through
the gymnasium might be reused up
to exuberance and exhileration of life.
There are many Christian people
Respondent from year to year, who
might, through such an institution, be
benefited in their spiritual relations.
| There are Christian people who seen,
| to Think that it is a good sign to be
poorly; and because Richard Baxter
and Robert Hall were invalids, they
thinksthat by the same sickness they
may come TO the same grandeur OF
character. / want to tell the
Christian people of my congregation
that God will hold you responsible
for your invalidism if it is your
fault, and when, through right exer-
else and prudence, you might be athlet-
Nc and we'll The effect of the body
upon the soul you acknowledge. Put
a man of mild disposition upon the ami
NAL diet of which the Indian partakes.
and in little while his blood will
change its chemical proportions. 1t
will become like unto the blood OF the
lion, or the tigar, or the bear. while his
disposition will change and become
fierce and unrelenting. The body has
a powerful effect upon the soul.
There are good people whose ideas OF
Heaven are all shit out with clouds OF
tobacco smoke There are people who
dare to shatter the physical vase in
which God has put His jewel OF eter
nifty. There are men with great hearts
and intellects, in bodies worn out by
their own neglects ma
, chinery, capable of propelling Ma
iestic across the Atlantic, yet fastened
) in riclxety North river propeller. Mar
tin Luther was so mighty for God, first
. because he had noble soul, and sec
! ondly, because he had muscular de
5 velopment which would have enabled
, him to thrash any FIVE of his perse
r cutors. If it had been Christian so t.
: do. Physical development which
!: merely shows itself in fabulous lifting
or in perilous rope-walking, or In pu
gilistic encounter. excites only on
| contempt; but we confess to grea
= admiral ton for the man who has
!. great soul in an athletic body
4 every nerve, muscle and bone @
4 which is concentrated to right uses
r Oh, it's seems to me outrageous tina
n men, through neglect. should allo'
3 their physical health to go down be
d yond repair-a ship which ought, wit
{ all sail set and every man at his pos
d to be carrying rich cargo for eternity
IS employing all it's men in stopping u
. lcakagesl When you may, throug
q the gymnasium, work off your splee'
= and your querulousness and one-hal
e of your physical and mental ailments
Q do not turn your back upon such
d grand medicament.
:, Still further: / commend to you
3, large class of parlor games and recre'
E. t!ons. There is a way of making ou
IS homes hundred-fold more attractiv
lie than they are now. Those parent
n can not ex pect to keep their childre
he away from outside dissipltions unles
d. they make the domestic circle bright
m than anything they can find outsio
Sc of it. Do not, then, sit in your hon
il surly and unsympathetic, and wit
id a half-condemnatory look becau'
lie. of the sportfulness of your chi
is dren. You were young once you
L self; let your children be young. b
~ cause your eyes are dim and yo'
ct ankles are stiff, do not denounce spol
lie fulness in those upon whose eyes the
cd is the first luster, and in whose TO
Is, there is the bounding Joy of robu
ys health. l thank God that in our dra
ing rooms and in our parlors there
en- innumerable games and sports viii
mt have not upon them the least faint
no iniquity.
ly Light up all your homes with inI
to cent hilarities. Do not sit down wi
he the rheumatism, wondering how ch
he dren can go on so. Rather thank G
las that their hearts are so light, and tn
hi laughter is so free, and their chez
we are so ruddy, and that their expec
le- lions are SO radiant The night W
1 come soon enough, and the hea
sro | l~oolx ,-d tho rann and the desc