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

ing haii, wntch mas been Aouorcd 6Y
the names of Agassiz in natural HISTORY.
Doremus in chemistry, Boyntou In 70
ology. Mitchell in astronomy, John b.
Cough in moral reform, and scores and
hundreds of men who have poured their
wit and genius and ingenuity through
that particular channel upon the hearts
and consciences and imaginations Of
men, setting this country 80 years fur.
Their in advance than II would have
been without the lecture platform.
rejoice in the popularization of out.
door sports. hail the croquet ground
and the hsherman's rod and the sports
mans gun. In our cities life Is so UNI
healthy and unnatural that when the
census taker represents n city as hAv.
ing 100000 inhabitants. there are only
soo,ooo, since IL takes 1t least two men
10 amount to one man, 90 depicting and
unnerving and cxhausting IN this met
ropoiitan life. We want more fresh air,
more sunlight, more of the abandon Of
field sports / cry out for Il in behalf
of the church of God ms well us in be.
half of secular interests. I wish that
our ponds and our rivers and capitoline
grounds might be all aqualSc with the
heel and the shout of the swift skater.
comes, the graceful oar might dip the
stream, and the evening tide be- req
onant with boatman's song, the bright
prov splitting the crystalline billow.
We shall have the smooth and grassy
lawn, and we will call out people Of
an occupations and professions and ask
them To join in the bali players sport.
You will como back from these out
door GNRreiena mud
strength I'm your arm and color In your
cheek and flash i'm your eye and cour.
age in your heart. In this great battle
that Is opening against tho kingdom OF
darkness, we want not only n conse-
Grated soul, but N strong arm and stout
lungs and mighty muscle. 1 bless God
that there are so many recreations that
have not on them any faint of iniquity,
recreations i'm which we may engage
for the strengthening of the body, for
the clearing of the intellect, for the II.
Elimination of tho soul
There Is still another form OF recrea.
ton which 1 commend To you, and that
is tho pleasure of doing good. have
seen young men, weak and cross and
sour and repelling i'm their disposition,
who by one Heavenly touch have wax.
cned up and become blessed and buoy.
ant, the ground under their feet and
the sky over their heads breaking
forth into music. "Oh," says some
young man I'm the house to-day, II
should like that recreation above all
others, but have not the means" NV
dear brother, let us take an account of
stock. You have large estate II you
only realize IL. Two hands. Two feet.
You will have, perhaps, during the
next year mt least ten dollars for char,
liable contribution. You will have
$500 cheerful looks, II you want tc
employ them. You will have 5000
pleasant words II you want to speak
them Now what an am ount that Is "a
start with
You go out tomorrow morning and
you see II case of real restitution by the
waysidc. You give him two centa
The blind man hears the pennies rat
ties In his hat and he says: "ThanL
you, sir; God bless your You pas,
down the street, trying to look indif
ferent, but you feel from the very
depth of your soul n profound satisfao
ton that you made that man happy.
You go still further and find poor boy
with wheclbarrow trying TO get il ur
ON the curbstonc. He fails in the at
tempt You say, "Stand back, my lad
lets me try" You push IL up on the
curbstone for him and pass on. lie
wonders who that well-dressed man
was that helped him. You did kind
ness To the boy. but you did great Joy
To your own soul. You will not get
over IL all week.
On the street tomorrow morning
| you will see "a sick man passing along
| All" you say, what can / do TO MAXI
this man happy? He certainly does moi
want money; he is not poor, but hi
Is sick" Give him one of those twenty.
| five hundred cheerful looks that you
have Rarncred up for the whole year.
| Look Joy and hopefulncss into his soul.
| IL will thrill him through and there
! will be "A reaction upon your own soul.
! Going little further on, You will come
To the store of n friend who is embar
raised in business matters. You will
| go in and say: What n fine store YOU
| have! / think business will brighten
up, and you will have more custom af.
ter awhile. / think there is coming a
great prosperity to all the country.
Good morning" You pass out. You
have helped that young man, and you
have helped yourself.
Col. Gardner, who sat with his elbow
ON a table spread with all extravaganl
viands, looking off at dog on the rug,
saying, How / would like TO change
places with him-I be the dog and he b
Col. Gardiner;" or, those two Moravian
missionaries who wanted TO go into the
lazaretto for the sake of attending the
sick, and they were told: "If you 90 In
there you will never come out. We
never allow any one 10 come out, fof
he would bring the contagion." Their
they made their wills and went in, first
to help the sick and then to die. Which
was the happier-Col Gardiner, or the
Moravian missionaries dying for 9TH
ers? Was IL all sacrifice when the mis-
! sionaries wanted TO bring the gospel te
the Negroes in the Barbadoes, and, be
ing denied the privilege. sold them
selves into slavery, standing side by
side, lying side by side, dowr
in the very ditch of suffer
ing, in order that they might bring
those men up TO life and God and
Heaven? Oh, there IL a thrill In th.
Joy Of doing goodl IL is the most mag
nihcent recreation 10 which man ever
/ put his hand, or his head. or his heart
But, before closing, want TO imprea
Il a Il.