Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-04-08

III VIII rest fatigue. Ii will Quell pas
Sion. IL will revive health. IL will re-
c.aim dissipation. 1t will strengthen
the immortal soul. In the battle of
Waterloo, Wellington saw that the
Highlanders were falling back lie
said: what Is the matter thcrcy" lie
was told that the band of music had
ceased playing, and he called up the
pipcrs and ordered them To strike IN
AN inspiring air. and no sooner did
they strike the air than the Highland
crs were rallied and helped TO win the
day. Oh, We who have been routed in
the conflicts of life, try by the force
of music To rally your scattered battal-
ions.
am glad to know that i'm our great
cities there is hardly night I'm which
there are not concerts. where, with the
best musical instruments and tho
sweetest voices, people may find enter
tainmcnt Fatronizc such entertain
ments when they are afforded you.
Buy season tickets, IL You can, for the
philharmonic" and the "Hnndcl and
Hayden" societies. Feel that the dol
lar and n half or two dollars that you
spend for the purpose of hearing an
artist play or sing is n profitable in
vestmcnt Let your academies OF music
roar with the reclamation of apprecia-
tive audiences assembled Mt the concert
or the oritorio.
Still further; commend, as worthy
of their support, the gymnasium. This
institution Is gaining In favor every
year, aud | know OF nothing more free
from dissipation. or moro calculated to
a
energies. While there are n good many
people who have employed in this in
stitution, there is vast number who
are ignorant of it's excellepcies. There
are men with crampcd chests and weak
sides and respondent spirits who,
through the gymnasium, might be
reused up to cNubcrapce and exhilara-
tion of life. There are many Christian
people Respondent from year To year,
who might, through such an institu
ton, be benefited in their spiritual re-
lations. There are Christian people who
seem to think that IL Is u good sign
To bc poorly; and because Richard
Baxter and Robert Hall were invalids,
they think that by the same sickness
they may como To the same grandeur of
character. want To tell the Christian
people OF my congregation that God
will hold you responsible for your in
validism IL it is your fnult, and when,
| through right exercise and prudence,
you might be athletic and we'll The
effect of the body upon the soul you
acknowledge. Put man of mild dis
position upon the animal diet OF which
the Indian partakes, and in a little
while his blood will change it's chemical
proportions. II will become like unto
the blood of the lion. or the tiger, or
the bear, while his disposition will
| change. and become fierce and unre-
lcnting. The body has n powerful eff
feet upon tho soul.
There are good people whose ideas of
Heaven are all shut out with clouds
| of tobacco smoke. There are people
who dare to shatter the physical vase
in which God has put the jewel OF eter-
nifty. There are men with great hearts
and intcllects, In bodies worn out by
their neglects-magnificen machinery,
capable OF propelling Majestic across
the Atlantic, yet fastened I'm n riclxety
North river propeller. Martin Luther
was so mighty for God, first, because he
| had n noble soul, and secondly because
| would have enabled him to thrash any
| five of his prosecutors, IL IL had been
| Christian enough To do so. Physical
development which merely shows itself
In fabulous lifting or in pcrilous rope
walking, or in pugilistic encounter, ex-
cites only our contempt; but we con
fcss To- great admiration for the man
| who has great soul in an athletic
body, every nerve. muscle and bone of
which Is concentrated to right uses.
Oh, IL seems to be outrageous that men,
through neglect, should allow their
| physical health to- go down beyond re-
| pair-a ship which ought, with all sail
set and every man mt his post, 10 be
carrying rich cargo for eternity, EN-
ploying all its men in stopping lealSages
| When you may, through the gymna
stun. work of your spleen and youi
querulousness and one-half OF your
| physical and mental ailments, do not
turn your back upon such u grand
mcdicament.
| Still further, ! commend TO you q
| large class Of parlor games and rccrea.
tions There is way of making ouI
homes hundred-f fold more attractive
than they are now. Those parents car
not expect to keep their children away
from outside designations unless they
make the domestic circle brighter than
anything else they can find outside OF
1t. Do not, then, sit i'm your home sur
ly and unsympathctic, and with half
condemnatory look because of the
spoctfulness of your children. You
were young once yourself; let your
children be young. Because your eyes
are dim and your ankles are stiff do
not denounce sportfulness in those
upon whose eyes there Is the first
luster, and in whose foot there is the
bounding joy of robust health.
thank God that in our drawing rooms
and in our parlors there are innumera-
BILE games and sports which have not
upon them the least faint OF iniquity.
Light up all your homes with limo
cent hilarities. Do not sit down with
the rheumatism, wondering how chill.
dren can go on So Rather thank God
that their hearts are so light, and their
laughter Is so free, and their cheeks
are so ruddy. and that their expecta-
tions are so radiant. The night will
come soon enough. and the hearth break
and the paDg. and the desolation-it
will come soon enough for the dear
children. But when the storm actually
clouds the sky IL will be time enough
for vns4 "a haul ont vn,,r e.