The Portland daily press., 1896-12-02
THE ITlNERANTS.
A Most Interesting Session Of The
Institute.
TWO NOTED EDUCATORS MAKE
SHORT ADDRESSES.

DR.. searle of Portland Speaks on the
Health of the Ministers-Chanoellor
Day and Dr. Buell. In Attendance-Fine
Program me for Today.
The second day of the Itinerants Insti-
tute at South Portland began at 8. 80 a. m.
by a prayer service led by Rev. A.
Hamilton which WAS well attended. The
remainder of the forenoon was spent in
class work. At noon dinner was served
In the lecture room.
The afternoon services were begun at 2
O'Clock by lecture on health of
ministers by DR.. B. e. Searle of Port
land. This carefully prepared and high
~ interesting article was listened to
with much interest.
DIR. SEARLE'S PAPER.
After a short introduction DR.. Searle
said: Everything in this world worth
the having is bought at a price, else
things would have no value. l know
that you will all agree with me when
say that health is very great blessing.
Being great blessing it is worth
striving for. Being a great Blessing it
costs something. wish first of all to
give few reasons why you being good
men and true, are in duty bound to care
for your physical body and to Keep it in
condition of health. Whether you are
active or passive agents for good in the
world depends to large extent upon
your physical well being. How can you
fulfill your high mission how can you
minister unto others. If you are sick
and your body is weak and weary? Life
Is great responsibility. That all life is
sacred is the object lesson which nature
teaches and tho truth which Holy Writ
declares. Tint is especially true of
human life; the continuance of human
life with all Its great possibilities and
manifold duties and pleasures. has been
made dependent upon the integrity of d
perishable body. The human body-tne
most wonderful production of the
material world, the crown and master
work of the whole creative process, is
subject, as is the rest of the physical
world to fixed and immutable natural
laws. To understand and obey the
natural laws ensures the fullest physical
life. To seek out these laws and to regu-
late the daily life in accordance with
their requirements becomes, therefore,
each PERSONS first duty. The necessity
for obedience to the laws wnioh govern
our we'll being becomes more and more
apparent when we came to realize that
the physical lite is the basis of all life
No great intellectual advancement, nc
great spiritual development is possible &C
long as the physical body is weak and
diseased. The mind Of man with all its
remarkable powers is restricted in its
actions by such material things as
stomachs nerves, and livers. The immor-
tai soul is Gagged in tabernacle of clay.
elf these things are true, and what
thinking man can doubt their truth, the
human body is sacred possession, it's
care is sacred trust and to keep it in a
healthful condition is sacred duty.
"Tne su distance OF the first reason why
every man is in duty bound to look out
for his health lies in the fact that man
nourishes end sustains his body by food
Which repr ssents the life work and the
death sacrifices of large numbers OF
plants and animals. The lower orders of
life are sacrificed every day that man
mayshave sustenanoe. II you feed your
body at such fearful expense you ara in
duty bound to care for it and to make
the most possibls out of your life. The
plants and lower animals have done their
part. 1t remains for you to do yours.
Further, TINT man, on account of the
sacrifices made in his behalf Is under
obligation to extend the right hand of
fellowship and the aegis of protection to
his lowly brethren, the plants and
animals.
1.-THE substance OF the second reason lies
in the fact that every man has duty
which he owes to himself. The human
body is the instrument through which
tho life principle manifests itself. 1t is
the tenement of clay which the immortal
soul occupies. Proper care of the body
results in healthy state of existence.
Good heni tn insures full physical life,
The fuller the physical life the greater
the intellectual advancement posi- BILE
and the more complete are these two,
other things being equal. the greater the
spiritual development.
"The substance of the third reason is
embodied in the fact that besides the
duty which each man owes to the lower
orders of life, and the duty which each
man owes to himself he owes duty to
his fellowman and to his race. Since
man in endowed with physical, an in
tellectual and spiritual nature. the per-
feet development of the individual re-
quires harmonious developments of
these three natures, and since these three
elements enter into mans nature. tber
also enter into all the great practical
problems of the race -
The second part Of the lecture was de-
voted to showing in general way. how
the human body is to be kept in n con.
dition of health.
"It is no necessary to tell you that The
human body is much more than a mere