Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-06
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ent paris of them. His omniscience-
| it is Gods eye. His omnipresence-
| II is Gods ear. His omnipotence-it is
Gods arm. The upholstery OF the
| midnight heavens-it is the work or
| Gods fingers. His life-giving power
it is the breath of the Almighty. His
| dominion-"the government shall be
upon his shoulder" A body so divine
| ly constructed. let us be careful not to
| abuse 1t. When it becomes a Chris
| tian duty TO take care Of our health.
is not the whole tendency toward Ion
gevity? II toss my watch about reck-
lessly. and drop il on the pavement.
and wind it up any time OF day or
night happen to think Of it, and often
| let 1t run down. while you are careful
with your watch, and never abuse 1t.
and wind it up just at the same hour
/ every night, and put it in a place where
! it will not suffer from the violent
| changes of atmosphere. which watch
will last the longer? Common sense
answers Now, the human body is
| Gou watch. You see the hands Of the
y
but the beating OF the heart is the
ticking of the watch. Be careful and
| 90 not let it run down,
Again: | remark that practical re-
ligion is a friend of longevity in the
fact that it is a protest against dis
sipations. which injure and destroy the
health. Bad men and women live a
~;v 1t
/ know hundreds Of good old men. but
/ do not know half a dozen bad old
men. Why? They do not get old.
Lord Byron died at Missolonghi at
thirty-six years Of age. himself his
own Mazeppa. his unbridled passions
the horse that dashed with him into
the desert Edgar A. Poe died at Bal
timore at thirty-eight years OF age.
The black raven that alighted on the
bust 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
disease was induced by excessive snuff
VINO by one step Of his foot in the cen
ter of Europe shook the earth. killed by
a snuff box. How many people we
have known who have not lived out
half their days because OF their dis
sipations and indulgences! Now. prac-
teal religion is protest against all
designations Of any kind.
sHtrt ~
ligion have fallen. professors OF re-
ligion have got drunk. professors of re-
ligion have misapSropriatcd trust
funds, professors of religion have abb
seconded" Yes: but they threw away
their religion before they did their
morality. II a man on White Star
line steamer bound for Liverpool. 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 a man
jumps over the gunwale Of his religion
and goes down never to rise. Is that
any reason for your believing that re-
ligion has capacity 20 take the man
clear through? In the one case. II 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 twenty five years ago
but for the defenses and the eQuipoise
of religion. You have no more natural
resistance than hundreds of people
h. lie IN
by their own vices The doctors made
their case as kind ard pleasant as they
could, and il was called congestion OF
the brain, or something else, but the
snakes and the blue flies 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 ran. 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. If this religion is protest
against all forms of dissipation, then
it is an illustrious friend of longevity.
With long life will satisfy him"
n
gevity in the fact that it takes the
worry out Of our temporalities. It is
not work that kills men, it is worry
When a man becomes a genuine Chris
tan he makes over to God not only his
affections. but his family. his bust
ness, his reputation, his body. his
mind. his soul-everything. Indus
trious he will be, but never worrying.
because God is managing his affairs
How can he worry about business
when in answer 10 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 supernatural
neighbor who came in and said: "Sir.
| | want you to call on me in every ex-
| igency; | am your fast friend. could
fall back on $4,000. 600; / can foresee
a panic ten years; | hold the controll-
| ing stock in thirty OF the best none
tary institutions of New York; when
ever you are IN trouble. call on me and
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: I'll do the best
I can. and then I'll depend on my
friends generosity for the rest"
What do you want In the future
world? Tell me and you shall have it.
! Orchards? There are the trees with