The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-29
who are atrabilious what il the matter

who are atrabilious what 10 the matter
with them Do not charge against the
heart the crimes of another portion Of
your organism Do not conclude that
because the path to Heaven is not
arbored with as fine a foliage. or the
banks beautifully showed with ex-
I, quisite chrysanthemums as once. that.
therefore, you are on the wrong road
1 The road will bring you out at the same
I gate whether you walk with the stride
1 of an athlete or come up on crutches
Thousands of Christians, morbid about
| their experiences. and morbid about
/ the present and morbid about the fu-
/ ture, need the sermon am now preach
/ ing.
I Another practical use of this SUBJECT
( is for the young. The theory IS abroad
! that they must first SOW their wild
oats, and afterwari Michigan wheat
Let me break the delus!on. Wild oats
are generally sown in the liver, and
they can never be pulled up. They 50
preoccupy that organ that there is no
room for the implantation of right
eous crop. You see aged men about Va
AZ 20, erect, agile, splendid grand old
men. How much wild oats did they
SOW between IS years and 90?
None, absolutely none. God does
no, often honor with old age
those who have in early life sac
riticed swine on the altar OF the bodily
temple. Remember. o young man,
that while in atter-life. and after years
OF dissipation, you may perhaps have
your hear: changed. religion does no,
change the liver. Trembling and star
gering along these streets to-day s-e
men. all beat and. decayed. and Pr<-
u,a,urely old for the reason that theS
are paying for leins they put upo-i
their physical estate before they wen!
80. b. early dissipation they pa!
on their body a first mortgage.
and a second mortgage, and .
third mortgage to the devil: and
these mortgages are now being fore
closed. and all that remains OF. their
earthly estate the undertaken viii soon
put out OF sight. Many years ago, IN
tultillment Of my text, dart struck
through their liver. and IS :here ret
God forgives. but outraged physical
law never never. never. That has a
Sinai. but no Calvary. solomon, IN my
text. knew what he was talking about
and he rises up on his throne of world
IL splendo- 70 shrek out a warning 10
all the centuries.
What? VIII amans body never COM
pletely recover from early dissipation
in this world? Never. How about the
world to come? Perhaps God will Ak
il UP in the resurrection body so that
it viii not have TO go limping through
all eternity; but get the liver thor
oughly damaged and it will stay dam
aged as long as YOU are here. Ply
sicians call it cirrhosis of the liver. or
inflammation Of the liver, or fatty de-
generation of the liver. but solomon
puts all these pangs into one figure and
says: Till a dart strike through his
liver
That young man smoking cigarettes
and smoking cigars has no idea that
he is getting for himself smoked liver.
That young man has no idea that he
has by early dissipation so depleted
his energies that he will 90 into the
battle only half armed. Here is an
other young man who. If he put all his
forces against the regiment OF youthful
temptations in the strength of God.
might drive them back, but he is allow
ing them to be re-enforced by the
whole army Of midlife temptations. and
what but immortal defeat can await
him?
My nearer. this is the first sermon
you have heard on the gospel of health,
and it may be the last you will ever
hear on that subject. and charge you.
in the name of God. and Christ. and
usefulness. and eternal destiny. take
better care Of your health. When
some of you die, il your friends put on
your tombstone a truthful epitah. it
Will read. Here lies the victim
OF late suppers," or it will be,
"Behold what lobster salad at
midnight will do for a mani" or it
will be. Ten cigars a day closed my
earthly existence" or it will be.
Thought | could do at 20 what did
at 20, and | am here" or it will be,
Here is the consequence of sitting a
half day with wet feet" or it will be.
This is where | have stacked my har-
vest of wild oats" or. instead Of
words. the stone-cutter will chisel for
an epitaph on the tombstone two tg-.
ures- namely, a dart and liver.
IF we must get sick and worn out.
let il oe in Gods service, and in the ef-
fort TO make the world good. Not in
the service of sin. No, No. One of the
most pathetic scenes that 1 ever wit
ness and often see it, is that of men or
women converted in the fifties or six
ties or seventies wanting TO be useful.
but they SO served the world and
Satan in the earlier part of their life
that they have no physical energy left
for the service of God They sacrificed
nerves. muscles. lungs. heart and liver
on the wrong altar. They fought on
the wrong side. and now when their
sword is all hacked up and their am
munition all gone, they enlist for En-
manuel. When the high-mettled cav
airy horse, which that man spurred
into many cavalry charge with
champing bit and flaming eye and
neck clothed with thunder, is worn out