The Portland daily press., 1896-12-02

| the fire box of the locomotive. Food ia
the fuel. The waste products of the
body pass off by way of tho intestines.
the kidneys the skin and the lungs. If
these exoretory organs fail to do their
work, the waste products collect, clog
the machine, and interfere seriously with
its proper running. The fact is also to
be noted that these waste products are
poisonous and if not Immediately re
moved they become rea bsor bed into the
blood and cause such serious disturb
ances of the vital functions that often
death results. "
| DIR. Searle went on to describe at
length many of the most common unin-
tended abuses of the various organs of
the human system and pointed the care
necessary to good health.
The rest of the lecture was devoted to
urging the need of pure air in houses
and especially in sleeping apartments
and the necessity of each family organIz-
ing "home board of health to look out
for the cellars and back yards, and to
keep the home premises in a general
| SANITARY COnQ1G10n. -
In conclusion the doctor said: eff you
put the home premises in hygenio
condition and keep your body in a state
Of robust health, you will have reared
the best safeguards against contagious
diseases. for the cells of healthy tissue
posses normal resisting power againat
the encroachment of every disease. -
AT 8.15 DR.. E. .. Thayer introduced
Dean Marcus d. Buell. of Boston Univer-
sitY, School Of Theology, who gave the
first of three lectures to be given by him
on the "Epistle of the Galatians" DR..
Buell. first gave his reasons for taking
this epistle rather than any Of the other
epistles at this time as follows: LIST, On
account of its brevity and because OF the
short space of time allowed for the
lectures.
Cd. Because he considered it as making
a perfect whule and in the right position.
firstly first, secondly coming second, and
conclusion coming last.
Sd. Because he believed that the time
Of the writing " as a critical time in the
| AiduOly VI 0CAt1lo 1o
traced the movement of the Galatians
from their origin to their settling in
Galatia and then proceeded to trace
Paul's journeyings up to the time of the
writing of the epistle.
EVENING SESSION.
The fact that Chancellor j. r. Day of
Syracuse college had arrived during the
day and was to speak served to pack the
house in the evening. DR.. Day does not
look day older than when he was the
beloved pastor of Chestnut Street church,
Portland. lie is as eloquent and witty
as ever and was listened to with srapt
attention throughout his entirely in
formal talk. He talked to the ministers
directly and his address was the
strongest kind of plea for ad-
vanced education of the ministry. No
minister could appreciate the beauty, the
strength and the real JOY of service in
the Masters vineyard, until he had
fitted himself by years Of application and
study.
AS general rule the really successful
minister of today must be man of ex-
trsmely cultivated mind. The world has
reached a time when the magnitude of
the man counts for much. A man must
have more horse power than he used to-.
We are not made of the stuff that made
the old heroes of the faith, men who
were made masters and wonders by the
peculiar intensity of the ciroum
stances which produced them and the
stirring history Of which they were
q part
Don't be in hurry to preach! There's
time enough for it. know
how strong the desire to get to
work preaching is. I have been through
it. AS soon as was converted / wanted
to get to preaching. A good and wise
minister said "Don't! Study year.
then try" studied year and found l
knew less than when I commenced. |
kept studying, year after year for
seven years. Then was terribly disap-
pointed to find out how little knew.
Study that you can learn to think far
yourself. Why there are preachers and
| pFeaCuoIb guluR OVef your Methodist
circuits here who never expressed an or.
iginal thought in their sermons. They
would be frighted to death if they had
one. Study and study that you may
amount to something. Study that you
may get thinking machine Of your
own. Think and present your own
thoughts instead of struggling along on
homolectio stills By advanced study
ana knowledge your faith and service in
Christ you will became an ecstatic.
This is an age Of critics. Th ankGod for
thu severe critic. If there's one thing
more than any other I am grateful to
heaven for, it is that / have had a severe
critic at my elbow for 90 years. My wife
is my critic. She at least doesn't believe
her preacher is infailible. Brothers listen
to your wives. She Is the most honest
critic of all. II you haven't any get one
for crisic at once and keep her busy,
DR.. Days peroration was a touching