The Washington weekly post., 1899-05-16
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my youth What? VIII a mans body
never completely recover from early dis
sipation in this world? Never. How
about the world to come? Perhaps God
will fix it up in the resurrection body so
that il will not have to go limping
through all eternity; but get the liver
thoroughly damaged and II will stay dam
aged. Physicians call II cancer OF the
liver, or hardening OF the liver. or clrrho-
sis of the liver, or Inflammation OF the
liver, or fatty degeneration of the liver.
but Solomon puts all these pangs into ole
figure. and says: Till the dart strike
through his liver
'Hesiod seemed TO have some hint OF
this when ne represented PrOmetheus;
for his crimes, fastened TO pillar ana
an eagle feeding on his liver, whicn -oc-
currence was repeated each night, SO
that the devOuring went on until hnaily
Hercules slew the eagle and rescued
Prometheus And a dissipated early lie
assures a ferocity pecking away and claw
ing away at the liver year IN ana year
out, and death is the only Hercules VINO
can break the power of its beak or IN
clench its claw. So, also. Virgil and ho-
mer wrote fables about vultures preylns
upon the liver; but there are those all
ABOUT us with whom IL Is no taole, cut a
terrific reality.
Half Armed for Battle.
"That young man smoking cigarettes
and smoking cigars has no idea that ne
is getting for himself smoked liver. That
young man has no idea that ne has by
early dissipation so depleted his energies
that he will go into the battle only half
armed. NAPOLEON lost Waterloo days be-
fore il was fought. Had he attacked the
English army before ii was re-enforced
and taken it division by division, he
might have Won the day; but he waited
irS -
eco And here is a young man who, II he
put all his forces against the regiment or
youthful temptations. in the strength of
God. might drive them back. but he is
allowing them to be re-enforced by the
whole army of midife temptations, and
when all these combined forces are mass
ed against him. and no GrCuchy comes to
help him. and Blucher has come 10 help
his foes. what but immortal defeat can
await him?
''Oh, my young brother. 10 not make
the mistake that thousands are making
in opening the battle against sin too
late. for this world. too late and for the
world TO come. too late. What brings
that express train from Chicago into your
depot three hours late? They lost fifteen
minutes early on the route. and that ef
fected them all the way: and they had To
be switched of here and switched of
there. and the man who loses time ana
strength in the earlier part OF the jour
nev of life will suffer for il all the way
through. the first twenty years Of life
damaging the following fifty years.
Religion Gond for Health.
AT this point / assert that our holy
religion is good for d mans physical
health. / do not mean to say IL will re-
store a brOken-dOwn constitution, or
drive rheumatism from the limbs, or
neuralgia from the temples. or pleurisy
from the side: but | do mean 10 say that
it gives one such habits and Duts one In
such condition as is most favorable for
physical health. Everybody knows that
buoyancy of spirit is a good physical ad-
vantarc. Gloom. unrest, detection are al
war with every pulsation OF the heart,
and with every respiration of the lungs
They lower the vitality. they slacken the
circulation. while eXhiaratiOn OF spirit
pours the very balm OF Heaven through
all the currents OF life. The sense OF in
security which sometimes hOvers over an
unregeuerate man, or pounces upon MIN
with the blast OF ten thousand trumpets
OF terror. is most depicting and most ex-
hausttng, while the feeling that all things
are working together for our good now,
and for our everlasting welfare is con-
QUclVe 10 physical health.
You will observe that GodIiness in
duces industry. which is the foundation OF
good health There il no la OF hygiere
that Will keep a lazy man wSii Pleurisy
will stab him. eTySipelas VIII burn him,
jaCndice viii discOlOr him. gout viii Grip
pie him. and the intelligent physician viii
not prescribe sniiseptic, or feDrlfuge. or
anodyne, but activity IN busin0ss or saws
and hammers and yardsticks and crow.
bars and pickaxes. Tbsse T. no such thing
as good physical cOnCiti0n without posi-
tive work OF some Kind although you
should sleep upon down Of swan. or ride
in carriage OF sOftest upholstery. or have
on your table all the luxuries that Were
ShiraZ Our religion says: Away 10 the
bank away 10 the slSDi away 20 the fac
tory. do something That viii enlist All the
energies Of your body. mind. and soulr
'Diligent In business. ferVent IN sL!Fu
serving the Lord" While upon The bare
back OF the idier and the drOne comes
down the sharp lash Of the apostle az he
says: If any man will not work, neither
shall he eat Oh. how important IN this
dag. when 20 much ls said about anatomy
and physiology and therapeutics. and
anon springlng upon the world that you
should understand that the highest school
u medicine II the school Of Christ which
1eriares that Goodness Is profitable unto
all things. having the promise Of the life
that now Is a. ~ell as Of that which Is to
come
4 Needed Exhibition.
Some years ago scientific lecturer
Went through the country exhibiting on
great canvas different parts u the human