The sun., 1897-06-07
HOW TO WIN LIFE'S PRIZE.
DIR. SAVAGE ON THE GREATEST OF
HUMAN PROBLEMS.

the Physical. Mental, ana Moral Requisites
Necessary TO Carry 1t On-A Sermon
Preached at the Church OF the Messiah.
Recreation was the theme of the sermon
preached yesterday forenoon at the Church Of
the Messiah by tho Rev. Minot J. Savage. 1t
was the closing one in the series which Mr.. Saw.
age has been preaching at this church. In tho
course Of 1t he said:
THE Apostle Paul was presumably q lover Of
common sports. for he pictures this life as race.
He was careful. however, to point out this
difference between the race Of life and the
races which were commonly witnessed In
tho arena: those who In the latter
for q crown which only one OF tho
contestants could win, while all of us
can win the life prizo IL we will; and will COM
plement that by saying that we can all lose It.
Right here should ask what is the life prize
In human society one may seem to DO striving
for human indulgence, another for god another
for social distinction. There are large number
of goals toward which the human race is run
ming, but IL we analyze the problem carefully
We find that the real object in life is living.
We care for these other things only as they may
contribute to the satisfaction of life.
1.-THE first desire In life is continuance. We
want q long life, and yet IL that was all 1t
wouldn't be worth much. II it were only eating
and sleeping 1t would be uncomfortable. The
principal thing of life to care for is that which
we get out of 1.-THE contents, might say, the
fulness the high tide. the excitement. tho ex
hilaration. Therefore the question is what part
OF the special contents OF life ought we to
desirei What are the things we should
seek to, attain at the end OF the, life
Of humanity we find that man 10 an affectionate
being. He seeks the companionship Of those he
loves. Therefore wc desire home friends,
lovers. Another thing he should desire is a
knowledge of the worlds literature. We may
not DC able 70 the soSety we shouo %
| Of us can do that. have nothing to say against
the newspapers have the greatest admiration
for them as one of the wonders of our time.but
do say something against persons for spending
too much time reading them when, you could
the events OF the day that a person should be in
touch with, and LEI the other news go; Read
,9r & 6 M r enter & he e Horse 1I fn
miliar with Shakespeare and Milton. and then
! take up the Bible as the great text book of re-
| ligion. When you have done this you Will know
a hundred times more than most scholars know
when they die. Desire to take out OF life the
| satisfaction derived from reading.
Then seek something OF the worlds beauty.
| The principal thing we need in this case is not
70 ouy Dat I eyes no seG Thew npn
| to seek music. and, lastly, learn to seek the
secret JOY resulting when you strive to do ser:
out Unfortunately on your fellow men Just as
the sunshine lights up the dirtiest thing in the
| gutter. The moro We give the richer we are
"Thc conditions necessary to do these things
| are many, but the principal one OF them Is
| health. The prime moral duty of every man is
to be well. know there are a lot OF invalids
| who do good, but invaidism is a source OF weak
ness and not Of strength, The second condition
| is mental sanity and health.
We come now where our subject touches the
| rhythm of life. There Is a time to run and time
to play. Recreation is quite as necessary as
work. Puritanical people have an idea that
! there is something sacred in work. Get that out
OF your head Immediately. Such people boast OF
| not having vacation. There's not "A particle
| OF virtue in working in its own sense. Thou
work and spend their whole life getting ready
! 10 live, and never live at all. There Is more
however. in recreation than the mere relaxation
from work. There is the question OF food. We
those things which will help u.s. 1t is not
question of physiology; 1t is question o.
morals. believe that more harm Is wrought
in the United States by bad eating than b!
do not go wild and break furniture. but 1t I
quite possible 10 get blue and become fault-find
ing and complaining from this source. II Il
quite true. too, that as much unhappiness result
from eating us from drinking. The next thinI
is sleep How much shall we sleep People ar
the best judges OF this themselves. Some peop
regard 1t MS a virtue to get UP carly in the morn
ing. They are wrong. sleep enough.
one kind of play that is recreation and anothe
that is dissipation. There are men in thi
country who live in luxury and whose who'll
life is given up in searching for new sensation
1t is IA wcll-known fact that we arc always with
in two three years OF starvation: that tn
accumulation of productions is very small
What do you think. then. OF man who take
out OF this little pile and puts nothing back
Tho last thing necessary is trust in God
Learn that ii is hest not to worry, but to I'm
out The Divine drift of things and help out III
accomplishment OF that which He is etfectn
through the ages