The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30
ElOY LONG LIFE.
.,., Prepared by Rev.
DR.. Talmage'
-, unset the DIssipati"ns
n,,ro,ers of Lifetime
In chariot for
the Living
tSa hy Louis Klopsohl
shttli trssliugton

.,,,d. 1859, by LOUIS i Niop7'"'
sh''' Washington
,,-.,,r,e Or. falmage gives
o''' ror the prolougation of
ioi. me the gospel of physical
g,eyt Is Psalms 81, 10, with
I'M N satisfy him" ,,.....
WA .bc mistake of its friends re-
sscn chiefly associated with
- md graycyards' The whole ,..,.s
many people is odorous with
10 ',' c,rbolic acid. There are
','c cannot pronounce the word
o o"D.,fthout hearing in it the clip
lnf The tombstone cutter, 1t
.,ne that this thing were
and that religion, instead OF
tented as a hearse to carry
Head, should be represented as
IN which the living are to trl-
50 far from subtracting
| vitality, is a glorious add
,s sanatiye, curative, hygienie.
al for the eyes, good for the
,oJ for the spleen, good for the
u. good for the nerves good for
H.. When David in another
tbe psalm prays that religion
4 5ominant. he does not speak OF
i ..;rd sickness or an emaciation or
{..gof moral and spiritual cramp'
sCs Of it as the saving health OF
ANS while God in the text prom
soogeyity TO the pious, saying;
la1r lie will l satisfy him" The
bot men and women die too
n is high time that religion
4 ,be hand of medical science in at
s,rg TO improve human longevity,
lived $50 years; Methuselah lived
E,rs As late in the history of the
as yespasian there were at one
H. his empire As people 1876 years
=, Ger down as the sixteenth CEN
..or Tartan died at 1S5 years of
h do not say that religion willeyer
Inc race back to antediluvian lon
hint do say the length Of life
+ increased,
aid in Isaiah: "The child shall
hundred years old" Now, it, ac-
'oc ia Scripture, the child is to be
r5red wears old. may not the men
,romen reach to 800 and 400? The
X that we are mere dwarfs and
toms compared with some OF the
rotions that are to come. Take
African race. They have been un-
5ondaoe for centuries. Give them
,nce. and they develop a Frederick
,lass or a Toussaint E'0uverture,
If the white race shall be brought
under the serfdom of sin, what
he the body, what shall be the
? Religion has only just touched
world. Give it full power for a few
rrips and who can tell what will be
strength of man and the beauty OF
len and the longevity of all2
design is to show that practical re-
m is the friend of long life. lproVt
st from the fact that it makes the
Of our health a positive Christian
. Whether we shall keep early Of
hours, whether we shall take tooC
stible or indigestible, whether there
be thorough or incomplete mast
IN, are questions very often de
sdtothe realm of whimsicality. Bu
man lifts this whole prob
of health into the accountable are
Divine. He says; God has givel
this body, and He has called it tn
pie Of the Holy Ghost, and to dc
its affairs or mar its walls or crum
its pillars is a God defying sacrl
y lie sees Gods caligraphy Il
y page, anatomical and physiolog
Hesays: God has given me a won
III body for noble purposes tina
with so curious bones-wielded b
urious muscles and all under tn
MS telegraphy, $50 pounds OF bloo
ing through the heart every houI
heart in "a hours beating lOO,Ou
IS, during the "A hours the lung
ng in 81 hogsheads of air, and Il
mechanism not more mighty tina
cate and easily disturbed and az
shed. The Christian man says
self: If | hurt my nerves, if ! hui
brain, if | hurt any of my physics
lilies, insult God and call for On
Why did God tell the l.
S not to offer to Him in sacrifice an
S imperfect and diseased? He meal
ell us in all the ages that we are
r to God our very best physical co.
IN, and a man who through ire
or gluttonous eating ruins h
lib is not offering to God such a sa
e. Why did Paul write for his cloa
Iroas? Why should such a gre
as Paul be anxious about TIM
Insignificant as an overcoat? 1t w
luse he knew that with pneumon
rheumatism he would not be wor
as much to God and the church
b respiration easy and foot free.
n intelligent Christian man won
slider it an absurdity to kneel doV
light and pray and ask Gods prote
while at the same time he kept t
dow of his bedroom tight sh
inst fresh air. He would just as So
TX of going out on the bridge
en- New York and Brooklyn. lea
off and then praying to God to Ike
from getting hurt. Just as long
refer this whole subject of physl'
lth to the realm of whimsicall
othe pastry cook or to the butcher
he baker or to the apothecary or
clothier you are not acting Ike
.istian. Take care of all your ply
forces-neryous, muscular, Do
in, cellular tissue-for all you mt
brought to judgment. Smoking yo
yous system into fidgets, burn
the coating of your stomach w
ie longwooded and strychnln
king with thin shoes to make yt
look delicate Dinched at the wa