The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-27

the latter. What made all this differ
ence? asks the author. One condi-
ton only: the French are victorious,
the Austrians have been defeated.
So, my dear brother, the road you
are travelling is the same you have
been travelling a long while, but the
difference in your physical conditions
makes it look different, and therefore
the two reports you have given of
yourself are as widely different as the
reports in the London Times from the
two correspondents. Edward Payson,
sometimes SO far up on the Mount that
it seemed as if the centripetal force
of earth could no longer hold him,
sometimes through physical disorder
was so far down that it seemed as If
the neither world would clutch him.
Poor William CoWper was d most ex-
cellent Christian, and will be loved in
the Christian church as long as it
sings his hymns beginning There is
fountain filed with blood ooh,
for closer walk with God, What
various hindrances we meet and
"God moves in mysterious way"
Yet was he so overcome of me1an-
choly, or black bile, that it was only
through the mistake Of the cab driver
who took him to a wrong place, in
stead of the river bank, that he did
not commit suicide
Spiritual condition so nightly af-
fected by the physical state, what
hi civ
Christian physician, for he can feel at
the same time both the pulse OF the
body and the pulse of the soul, and
he can administer to both at once, and
| if medicine is needed he can give that,
and if spiritual counsel is needed ne
| can give that-an earthly and Dl-
vine prescription at the same time.
and call on not only the apothecary OF
earth, but the pharmacy OF heaven!
| All, that is the kind of doctor | want
at my bedside, one that cannot only
count out the right number OF drops,
but who can also pray. That is the
kind of doctor have had in my house
when sickness or death came. l 40
notwant any Of your profigate OF athe-
istic doctors around my loved ones
when the balances of life are trem-
bling. A doctor who has gone through
/ the medical college, and in dlssectlng
room has traversed the wonders OF the
human mechanism, and found no COD
in any of the labyrinths, is fool, and
cannot doctor me or mine. But on,
the Christian doctors! What COM
| IN
households! And they ought to have
warm place in our prayers as well as
praise on our tongues.
My object at this point is not only to
emoliate the criticisms of those in good
health against those in poor health,
but to show Christian people who are
atrabilious what is the matter with
them. Do not charge against the heart
the crimes of another portion OF your
organism. Do not conclude that be-
cause the path to heaven is not arbored
with as fine a foliage, or the banks
! beautifully showed with = exquisite
!. chrysanthemums as once, that there
fore you are on the wrong road. The
roadrswill bring you out at the same
|
of an athlete or come up on clutches,
Thousands of Christians, morbid
about their experiences, and morbid
about their business, and morbid about
the present, and morbid about the fu-
ture need the sermon I am now
preaching.
Some years ago scientific lecturer
went through the country exhibiting
; on great canvas different parts Of the
. human body when healthy, and the
same parts when diseased. And wha
the world wants now is some eloquen
scientist to go through the countr,
} showing to our young people on blaz
ing canvas the drunkard's liver, tht
idler's liver, the libertine's liver, tn,
, gamblers liver. Perhaps the spec
4 tacle might stop some young man be
! fore he comes to the catastrophe, an.
the dart strike through his liver.
Y My nearer, this is the first sermon
e you have heard on the Gospel O
: Health, and it may be the last you viii
e ever hear on that subject, and
e charge you, in the name of God. an
: Christ, and usefulness, and eternal des
: tiny, take better care of your health
0 When some Of you die, if. your friend
!. put on your tombstone a truthful cpl
e taph, it will read: Here lies the vic
e tim of late suppers;' or it will be
e Behold what lobster salad at mid
: night will do for man." or it will be
J. "Ten cigars a day closed my earthl
) existence" or it will be: Thought
: could do at seventy what I did q
: twenty, and I am here;;'' or it will bs
e Here is the consequence of sitting
half day with wet feet;'' or it will b.
''This is where have stacked my hal
+ vest of wild oats;'' or, instead of word
the stone-cutter will chisel for an ep
: taph on the tombstone two figures
= namely. dart and liver.
!. There is a kind of sickness that
o beautiful when it comes from ovel
q work for God, or ones country. {
e ones own family. have seen wound
o that were glorious. have seen a