The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-25

Old. lord Byron died at Missoionghi d
80 years of age. himself his own Masep
pa, his unbridled passions the horse tina
dashed him into the desert. Edgar A
Poe died at Baltimore at 80 years of age
The black raven that alighted on the bus
above his door was delirium tremens-
Only this and nothing more.
| Napoleon Bonaparte lived only Just be
yond midlife, then died at st. Helena
and one Of his doctors said that his dis
ease was induced by excessive shutting
The hero OF Austeriitz, the man who By
one step of his foot In the center of Eu
rope shook the earth, killed by a snuff
box! How many people we have known
who have not lived out half their days be.
cause of their dissipations and indulg
ences! Now, practical religion Ia a pro.
test against all designations Of any kind.
But" you say, professors of religion
have fallen, professors of religion have
got drunk. professors of religion have
misappropriated trust funds, professors
OF religion have absconded." Yes, but
they threw away their religion before
they did their morality. II man on a
White Star line steamer, bound for Liv-
| erpool, In mid-Atlantic jumps overheard
and is drowned, is that anything against
the White Star lines capacity to take the
man across the ocean? And IL q man
jumps over the gunwale Of his religion
and goes down never to rise, Is that any
reason for your believing that religion
has no capacity to take the man clear
through In the one case, IL he had kept
to the steamer, his body would have been
saved; In the other case, IL he had kept
to his religion, his morals would have
been saved.
There are aged people who would have
been dead rs years ago but for the de-
lenses and the eQuipoise of religion. You
have no more natural resistance than
hundreds of people who lie in the Gene
teries today slain by their own vices. The
doctors made their case as kind and
pleasant as they could, and it was called
congestion Of the brain or something else,
but the snakes and the bluefiies that
seemed to crawl over the pillow in the
sight Of the delirious patient showed
what was the matter with him. You, the
aged Christian man, walked along by
that unhappy one until you came to the
golden pillar Of a Christian life. You
went to the right; he went to the left.
That Is all the difference between you.
II this religion Is a protest against all
forms Of dissipation, then 1t is an illus
triosis friend Of longevity. "With long
life Will satisfy him."
It Takes Out the Worry.
Again, religion Is a friend of longevity
In the fact that 1t takes the worry out Of
our .temporalities. 1t Is not work that
kills men; 1t is worry. When a man be-
comes genuine Christian. he makes
over to God not only his affections, but
his family. his business, his reputation,
his body, his mind, his soul, everything.
Industrious he will be, but never worry
ing, because God 10 managing his affairs.
How can he worry about business when
in answer to his prayers God tells him
when to buy and when to sell? And If
he gain, that is best. and If he lose, that
is best.
Suppose you had a supernatural neigh
Dor who came In and said: "Sir, I want
you to call on me in every exigency.
am your fast friend. I could fall back
on $20,OO0,O00. can foresee panic ten
years. hold the controlling stock In 30
Of the best monetary institutions of New
York. Whenever you are In trouble call
on me. and I will help you. You can
have my money, and you can have my
influence. Here is my hand in pledge for
it." How much would you worry about
business? Why, you would say, "Ill do
the best can. and then I'll depend Oh
my friends generosity for the rest"
Now, more than that Is promised to
every Christian business man. God says
to him: Il own New York and London
and st. Petersburg and Picking, and Aus
tralia and California are mine. l can
foresee panic hundred years. have
all the resources Of the universe, and
am your fast friend. When you get In
business trouble or any other trouble,
call on me, and I will help. Here is my
hand in pledge of omnipotent deliver
ance." How much should that man
worry? Not much. What lion will dare
to put his paw on that Daniel? Is there
not rest in this? Is there not an eternal
vacation in tfis3 "Oh," you say, there
Is man who asked God for blessing in
a certain enterprise, and he lost 5000 in
it. Explain that"
I will Yonder is factory, and one
wheel is going north, and the other wheel
is going south, and one wheel plays lat
orally, and the other plays vertically.
go to the manufacturer, and say: 80
your machinery is a con-
tradiction! Why do you not make all the
wheels go one wayT "Well," he says,
II made them to 80 in opposite directions
on purpose, and they produce the right
result. You 60 down stairs and examine
the carpets we are turning out in this
establishment and you will see." l 60
down on the other Aaor, and l see the
rarpets, and l am obliged to confess that,
though the wheels in that factory go in
opposite directions, they turn out beau
Liful result, and while am standing
there looking at the exquisite fabric an
Did Scripture passage comes into my
mind, "All things work together for good
to them who love God" Is there not
tonic in that? Is there not longevity in
that?
Suppose man is all the time worried
about his reputation? One man says he
les, another says he is stupid, another
ays he Is dishonest, and half dozen
printing establishments attack him, and
lie Is in a great state Of excitement and
worry and fume and cannot sleep, but
eligion comes to him and says: Man,
Tod is on your side He will take care
Il your reputation. II God be for you,
Who can be against you?" How much
hould that man worry about his reputa-
ion? Not much. If that broker who
ONE years ago in Wall street, after he
lad lost money, sat down and wrote
arewell letter to his wife before he blew
lis brains outfit, instead of taking out |
f his pocket pistol he had taken out
veil read New Testament, there would |
ave been one less suicide.
o nervous and feverish people of tho |
World, try this almighty sedative! You
will live % years longer under its sooth-
ng power. 1t Is not choral that you
want or morphine that you want. 1t is
he gospel of Jesus Christ. with long
fe will satisfy him."
Again, practical religion Is friend Of
'ngevity in the fact that it removes all
orroding care about a future existence.
VERY man wants to know what is to be.
ONE of him. If you get on board rail
ain, you want to know at what depot it
J going to stop. II you get on board
hip, you want to know into what har.
or it is going to run. And If you should
II I