The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-10

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their support. tho gymnasium. Iala imtliu- /
u0n d galnus in favor every year. ana ] |
know of nothing more FREQ from dissipation |
or more calculated 90 roeuuenie tha uhyt |
eal and mental energies While ihrrH HfH |
good many people who have employed che |
Institution there b. & vast number Whp uo
ignorant OF la rKceilencleH There Hu
men with oramped chests ana Wait
sides and dependent rpr.a WHO through
tho gymnasium might be reused up lo lhe
exubouuca aud uxhllaut0n 0i llie. IHors
are many Christian people Respondent TON
year 90 yeaf who might through auoh nn ln'
6fltuten DO benefited boz their spiritual fsla.
tons. There are Christian people who seem.
90 think that it is good sligo On bo poorly.
and because Richard Baxter and Robert Hall
wore invnllds they think that by the same
ackllnes8 they may come 60 the same
grandeur of character j want 90 tell tho
Christian people Of my congregation that
God win hold you responsible Tor your in-
Yalidism ~ IL is your fault and when, through
right exercise aud prudence, you might be-
athletic and we'll. The effect Of the body
upon the soul sou acknowledge Put man
Of mild disposition upon the animal diet OF
which tho Indian pariakas. and I'M q little
while his blood viii change its chemical pro-
portions. II will become like unto the blood
Of tho lion or the tiger or the bear, while his
disposition win change and be,Ome fierce
and unrolenung. The body has a powerful
effect upon the soul.
There arc good people whose ideas Of
heaven arH an shut out with clouds Of to-
baceO smoke. There are people who dare 20
shatter the physical vase In which God has
put the jewel OF eternity. There are men with
great hearts and intelleets Ia bodies worn
out by their own neglects magnificent ma
= .tWnnHfa Of HsrnFtnINHHrr n HTn HaafNfs
across the Atlantic. yet fastened in a rlckoty
North River propeller. Martin Luther was
so mighty for God, flrst. because he had a
noble soul, and, secondly, because he had a
muscular development which would have
enabled him 20 thrash any five of his perse-
outors II IL had been Christian so 20 do.
Physical development which merely shows
itself In fabulous lifting, or In perilous rope
walking, or IA pugllistic encounter, exeites
only our contempt, but we confess to great
admiration for the man who has q great soul
In an athletic body, every nerve, muscle and
bone Of which is consecrated to right uses
Oh, 70 seems 70 me outrageous that men,
through neglect, should allow their physical
health 20 20 down beyond repairs ship
which ought. with all sail set and every man
az his post, 20 be carrying a rich cargo for
eternity, employing all rs men in stopping
no leaknges. When YOU may, through the
gymnasium, work of your spleen and your
! quorulousness and ono-half OF your physical
I and mental ailments, do not turn your back
/ upon such grand medicament,
SHll further commend to YOU a large
/ class Of parlor games and recreatlOns. There
/ IL a way Of making our homes "a hundred
| fold more attractive than they are now.
/ Those parents cannot expect 10 keep their
| children away from outside designations un-
i less they make the domestic circle brighter
/ than anything they can find outside Of it.
| Do not, then, sit In your home 5urly and I'M
| sympathetic and with half eondemnatory
look because Of the sportfulness OF
your children. You were young
once yourself; let your children
be young. Because your eyes are
dim and your ankles ara stiff do not de.
nounce sportfulness In those upon whose
| eyes there is the first luster aud ia whose
foot there is the bounding Joy Of robust
health. thank God that in our drawing
rooms and in our parlors there are innumer
able games and sports which have not upOr
them the least faint Of iniquity.
Light up all your homes with innocent
hilarlties. Do not sit down with the rheuma
tism, wondering how children can 20 on so
Rather thank God that their hearts are 81
light, and their laughter is 80 free, and thei
cheeks are so rudy aud that their expecta
tions are so radiant. The night will com,
soon enough, and the heartbreak and tn,
pang and the desolation-it will come soor
enough for the dear children. But when tn,
storm actually clouds the sky It will DO tim,
enough for you to haul out your reef tackles
Carry, then, into your homes not only thu
innocent sports and games which are the in
venhons Of our own day, but the games
which come down with the sportfulness 0
all the past ages-chess and charades anC
tableaux and battledoor and calisthenics AM
lawn tennis and all those amusements whicl
the young people Of our homes know so wei
how to contrive. Then there will be tn
parlor sociallties-groups Of people Assem-
bled in your homes, with wit and mimicr
and jovlality, filing the room with Joy fror
door to mantel and from the carpet to tn
ceiling. Oh, Is there any exhiaradon like
score OF genial souls in one room, each on
adding contribution of his own indivldua
merrlment to the aggregation of genera
hilarity7
Suppose you want to go abroad in the city
then you will find the panorama and the al
gallery and the exquisite collections Of pic
lures You will find the museum and III
historical society rooms full OF rare curlos
ties, aud scores of places which can stan
plainly the test of what is right and wron
, in amusements. You will find the lecturin
mails NlADA1 htto bODAA lOAOlfQ ny FAub udiUt
: Of Agassiz in natural history, Doremus /
chemistry, Boynton in geology, Mitchell 1
: astronomy, John B. Cough in moral reforl
and scores and hundreds of men who ha,
, poured their wit and genius and ingenul
i through that particular channel upon Il
q hearts and consciences and imaglnations
i man, setting this country fifty years farth
4 in advance than it would have been withol
q the lecture platform.
rejoice in the capitalization OF Guido,
= sports. / hail the croquet ground and Il
y iisherman's rod and the sDortsman's gun.
y our cities life is so unhealthy and unnatur
y that when the census taker represents a ci
!, = as having 400, 900 inhabitants there are on
, 100000, since 1t takes at least two men
: amount to one man, so depicting and u
- nervlng and exhausting Is this metropolit,
y life. We want more fresh air, more sunligE
y more OF the abandon OF field sports. G
7, out for it in behalf Of the church OF God
= we'll as in behalf of secular interests. I wi
E that our ponds and our rivers and our cal
- toline ground might be all aquake with t
n heel and the shout Of the swift skater
=, wish that when the warm weather CON
Alxa .f,.l tiki q Al.