The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-20
II[AIGFs SUNDAY SERMON.
,s ELOQUENT DISCOURSE.

.,r,,ual and Physical Conditions
T.rreiy Dependent Upon Each
-. warning Against Dissipation.
.rill a dart strikes through his
~ y Proverbs VIII, ~.
,r,s anatomical and physiological
omya we're so very great that he was
aaoo y.ars ahead of the scientists of
NJ, more than 1000 years before
aN a'ned 10 know about the circula.
he blood. which Harvey discovered
vssr. after Christ, for when Solomon
,ls.iastes. describing the human body,
- of the pitcher at the fountain he
s,Iy means the three canals leading
'. .ss heart that receive the blood Ike
w when he speaks In Ecclesiastes
n'.Ii liver cord of life. he evidently means
nai marrow. abou. which In our day
Gsyo and Carpenter and Dalton and
aa a"a Brown-Sequard have experiment
"a Solomon recorded in the Bible,
u ~ of wears before scientists discov-
!, that in his time the spinal cord re-
I, old age. producing the tremors of
.na head, "or the silver cord be
~, .lo ,s,t he reveals the fact that he had
IsS that largest gland OF the human
um the liver. not by the electric light
y modern dissecting room, but by the
isbt Of comparatively dark age, and
~ seen its important functions in the
sn;i, ,.stle of the human body, its Sc
ac "a and secreting power, its curious
t. elongated branching tubes, u di-
mo,kmanship in central and right and
lobe and the hepatic artery through
n eov the crimson tides. Oh. this
organ is like the eye Of God in that II
n sleeps!
lomop knew OF it and had noticed
In yiyisection or post mortem what
attacks sin and dissipation make
il until the fiat Of Almighty God bids
adv and soul separate, and the one it
rends TO the grave and the other II
10 Judgment. A javelin Of retribu-
no, clancing Off or making a slight
IA Init piercing it from side to side
dart strike through his liver
len and Hippocrates ascribe to the
the most OF the worlds moral depres-
and the word melancholy means black
reach to you the gospel OF health. In
u diagnosis of diseases of the soul
mist also take u diagnosis of diseases
body. As II to recognize this, one
book Of the New Testament was
IN by a physician. Luke was
ral doctor. and he discourses much of
Ihysica conditions, and he tells Of the
Samaritan's medication OF the
ds by pouring in oil and wine. and
nlZes hunger as a hindrance to hear
be gospel. so that the 5000 were fed.
so records the sparse diet of the
caI away from home and the eytin-
ed eyesight of the beggar by the way
and lets us know OF the hemorrhage
wounds of the dying Christ and the
uOus post mortem resuscitation. Any
ate Of the spiritual condition that
bO, include also the physical condition
bmplete.
tn the doorkeeper OF Congress fell
from excessive JOY because Burgoyne
kurrendered at Saratoga, and Philip
Spain, dropped dead at the news Of
untry's defeat in battle, and Cardinal
faded away as the result of Henry
anathema, 1t was demonstratedthat
bdy and soul are Siamese twins, and
yOu thrill the one with Joy or sorrow
brill the other. We may as well recog-
be tremendous fact that there are two
iOrtresses In the human body, the
and the liver, the heart the fortress
graces, the liver the fortress OF the
You may have the head filed with
ielectualities, and the ear with all
q! appreciation, and the mouth with
bquence. and the hands with all in
rs, and the heart with all generosities,
1t "a dart strike through the liver"
I, let Christian people avoid the mis-
hat they are all wrong with God be-
they suffer from depression OF spirits.
a consecrated man has found his
pal sky befogged and his hope of
blotted out and plunged chin deep
slough of despond and has said: "My
Is not right with God. and l think
have made a mistake and in
Of being child Of light am child
sness. No one can feel as gloomy as
and be Christian" And he has
. his master for consolation, and he
pllected Flavel's books and Cecils
and BaXtcr's books and read and
hd read and prayed and prayed and
and wept and wept and wept
loaned and groaned and groaned. NV
'r, your trouble is not with the heart;
gastric disorder or rebellion of the
You need physician more than you
iergyman. II is not sin that blots
ur hope of heaven, but bile. 1t not
yellows your eyeballs, and furs
Iongue, and makes your head ache,
oops upon your soul In objections
rebodings. The devil is after YOU.
Jailed to despOil your character,
does the next best thing for him
les your peace OF mind. When he
pat you are not n forgiven soul, when
You are not right with God, when
'nat you Will never get to heaven,
II you are In Christ you are Just as
heaven as though you were there
But satan, finding that he cannot
you OUT OF the promised land of
mas determined that the spies shall
w you any OF the Eschol grapes be-
~, ana that you shall have nothing
pAly pear and crabapple. You are
inuch a Christian now under the
you were when you were accus-
~ rise III the morning at 5 O'Clock to
~ sing "Halleluiah, It's done!"
liehu' hey. DR.. Joseph +. Jones, of
'phia, translated spirit now wrote
entitled, Man, Moral and Physi-
winch he shows how different the
ihgs may appear to different peo-
~ says: After the great battle on
Gio IN 1859, between the French and
'lhiahs on the one side and the Aus.
~ 'he other, so disastrous to the
'ne defeated army retreated, fol-
the vlctors. A description OF the
each army Is given by two CORE
~ OF the London Times, one of
,aveied with the successful host the
WI 'he defeated. The difference in
Nv statements OF the same place
wv events Is remarkable. The for,
s sala TO be marching through a
n, anu laxuriant country during the
" ' night encamping where they are
Wi'h an abundance of the best
hr ana all sorts NJ r,r.i 1,iu.ta