The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
DR.. KILGO ON BLUES
The Cause and Effect Dis
cussed and Explained.
,pIENEss THE CHIEF CAUSE

Il
IDLENEss THE CHIEF CAUSE
IL is the Lazy Loafing Crowd all Over
r the Country That Has the "Biues'
.--SeyeraI Causes for the Malady---
Ii Depresses and Casts Down the
Soul.
"why art thou cast down, o my soul'
and why art thou disquieted within me'
hope in God; for shall yet praise him
who is the health of my countenance'
and my Psalms Kills.
The above was the subject of DR.. J. c.
Kileo at Main Street church last Sun
day evening at O'Clock. There was
good sized crowd out and he preached
sermon that charmed his hearers and
held them spell bound throughout the
entire discourse. 1t was a sermon on
"blues" and their cause.
The Doctor started off by saying that
David had the blues when he wrcte
this song. He was depressed in his soul
and was cast down" 1t is an awful lone
illness aud helplessness which comes to
a man under spirituous depression.
David had at this time. to use common
phrase, the "blues;" it runs all the way
through the song. He was an intense
man-he was always on the mountain or
in the valley, this time he was IN the
valley. There is nothing as depressing
as spirituous depression; one OF the
largest elements of success is the spirit
at which person goes att. Success IS
more question of physical condition
than resources.
have very little patience with your
melancholy singing; YOU can sing them
over me when die; there are plenty oil
songs that actually make me weep
Cheerful songs make persons hopeful.
The best men of the nation come from
homes where everything is pleasant 1t
is pleasautness that stirs man up and
moves him TO action. There are a GOOD
many causes for the blues" Men
often times grieve and become despond-
ent on account of disease over which
they have no control.
Man get too tired some times to pray
and the Master does not expect 1t OF
him. A preacher, who is broken com
pletely down, when he comes in at
night and says Lord, / am too tired to
pray" has His protection as much IS il
he had sent up a long petition. Some
men stammer through long prayer,
half asleep, and commit idolstry. The
Lord does not expect more of us than
we can do.
Idleress causes "blues." Old Elijah
when be had sat around in the noun
tains for a long time became blue ant
began to grumble and say there was no
another good man or earth. The Lore
came TO him and asked him what wa
the matter; be was fed and then ordere'
to 20 across the country four hundre'
miles and anoiut king. After he ha'
taken the long journey he did not hav'
the "blues" any more. Work cure'
him. A hungry man is blue. Man!
times dose Of medicine will cure
man when the scripture will not. Their
is time to read Isiah and time TO tax
medicine.
Very often the sanitary condition OF
place cause the blues and depres
your spirit. You never heard Of an an
srchist coming from the country. III
comes from the cellars in some larg'
city where be caunot get the pure fresl
air. II / was going TO conduct a meet
ing in some places I would rot hol'
prayer.meetiug the first week. ! woulC
get securing broom and clean up first
A poor cook sometimes cause blues
and "blues" are inherited by some
Melancholy Is often produced by III
imagination. II j. no wonder that som
people see kHV-tss ~ - ~ t1Sh a@4~b'
nation. The iwaginatious Of some chat
them At their door Of hell and the oul
thing they hear is the groaus Of th
damned.
A Iosing man generally has th
a5lues" He can make midnightin da
time and can veil Gods sun 50 a "a
cannot penetrate within. II Is the laz
loaiing crowd all over the country ths
have the "blues."
David's cause for the blues came froi
adeeper cause than any named befoTI
Itcame from misplaced trust and frient
ship. That il the most desolaie OF a
IonIiness. His friends, who he had d
Tended on thousand battle fields, hs
left him. II was awful, but he locke
to God.
Our space Is 50 united that we can Civ
only q short synopsis Of his powerii
explanation Of one Of the create
cause Of human Woe-The "Blues."
Death In RoSboro.
The many frisuds Of John Lunsfoi
in this city will regret 20 learn that
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