Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21

stead or the river bank, tnat he ulC
not commit suicide
Spiritual condition so NIGHTLY af-
fected by the physical state, what
great opportunity this gives to the
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, ana
If medicine is needed he can give that'
and if spiritual counsel is needed ne
can give that-an earthly and a d.
| 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 ohly
count out the right number of drops
but who can also pray That Is the
kind of doctor have had in my mouse
when sickness or death came. | do
not want any of your profligate or athe-
istic doctors around my loved ones
when the balances of life are trem-
! bling. doctor who has gone through
| the medical college, and in dissecting
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| human mechanism. and found no God
| in any of the labyrinths. is fool, and
! cannot doctor me or mine. But, on,
/ the Christian doctors. What COM
| fort they have been in many OF our
households. And they ought to have
warm place in our prayers as we'll 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
atrabiIious 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
road will bring you out at the same
gate whether you walk with the stride
of an athlete or come up on crutches.
Thousands of Christians, morbid
duOuL lHcII CAptl itllIIo, uHh lHOl DlIi
about their business, and morbid about
the present, and morbid about the flu
ture. need the sermon l am now
preaching.
Some years ago a 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 what |
the world wants now is some eloquent |
scientist to go through the country
showing to our young people on blaz-
ing canvas the drunkard's liver, the
idlers liver, the libertine's liver, the
gamblers liver Perhaps the spec |
tacle might stop some young man be- |
fore he comes TO the catast 0phe, and i
the dart strike through his liver.
My hearer, 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 7
charge you, in the name of God. and
Christ, and usefulness, and eternal dns-
tiny, take better care of your health.
When some of you die, if your friends y
put on your tombstone a truthful cpl
taph, it will read: Here lies the vic
tim of late suppers;" or it will be:
Behold what lobster salad at mid
night will do for a man." or it will be.
Ten cigars day closed my earthly
or it will be: Thought I
could do at seventy what | did at
twenty, and l 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 cpl
taph on the tombstone two figures
namely, dart and liver.
There is a kind of sickness that is
beautiful when it comes from over
work for God. or ones country. or
ones own family. I have seen wounds
that were glorious. | have seen an
empty sleeve that was more beautiful
han the most muscular forearm.
nave seen green shade over the eve
shot out in battle, that was more beau
lful than any two eyes that had passed.
without injury. | have seen an old
missionary worn cut with the malaria
II African jungles, who looked to me
more radiant than a rubicund gym
last. l have seen a mother after six
weeks watching over a family of chill
lren down with scarlet fever, with Il !
;lory around her pale and wan face
hat surpassed the angelic. 1t all de-
'endS on how you got your sickness
nd in what battle your wounds.
If we must get sick and worn out. ;
ct 1t be in Gods service and i'll the ! {
fort to make the world good. Not
n the service of sin. No, No, One
# the most pathetic scenes that | ever
and | often see it, is that
# men or women converted in the fif-
les or sixties or seventies wanting to t
'e useful. but they SO served the world |
md Satan in the earlier part OF their
ife that they have no physical energy
eft for the service of God. They sac
ibced nerves, muscles, lungs, heart (
md liver on the wrong altar. They .
ought on the wrong side. and now :
shen their sword is all hacked up and
heir ammunition all gone. they enlist
or Emmanuel. When the high-met- 4,
led cavalry horse, which that man
purred into many a cavalry charge
fith champing bit and flaming eye and
leck clothed with thunder, is worn
ut and spawned and ring -boned anil