The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-02-24
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Wasai1ro1 Fst "a
Thia sermou Of Dr. Tslmzge pre-
sen,s a goapsl for this life a. vel a.
the next and sa0ws What religion does
for The prolonKai0n o. earthly exist
encs; text. Psall xd- 70, With Tong
lie wiu ! satisfy him
uhrsngh the mistake Of it, friends
religion has besn chiefly associated
with siekOeds ard g~rEveyardA The
whole subject u many PeoPies odor-
Ous NitA Chlorine and earoo1e sed
There are people who cannot pro
nouncs the word religion without
bearing in Il the clipping ehissl ct
the t0mbEtone cutter. II is high time
that this thing were changed and that
religion instead Of being represented
as q hearss 70 carry out the dead
should b. Represented az a chariot in
which the living are % triumph
Religion. 30 far from subtrzctlng
from ones vitality i a glorious sddi-
tion. II Is ssnitive. curative, kygisnie.
Il Is good for the eyes. good for the
e1n. good for the spleen. good for
the digestion, good for The nerves
good for TIE muscies. When DAVID.
in another part Of the Psalms, P-ays
that religion may Be dominant, he
does not speak Of il As . mild sick
nsss or az emancipation or an at
tack q m0Tal and spiritual eramp
He speaks % Il as the saving health
q az nations while God in the text
premises longevity to the pi0us say
ing: With long life viii ! satisfy
him
Tbs fact L. that men and women
die TOO soon. 1t is high time that re-
ligion joinet the hAuc Of medical SCI
nee in attempting 10 improve human
longevity Adam lived go years.
Me,hessish lissd so year, As late
ia the history Of the world ~ VssPa-
sian there were al one time In his en-
pirs ~ people l3s years Old. So far
down a. the sixteenth century Peter
Tartan died 81 ls year. Of age. do
not say that religion will ever take
the race bsck 10 anisdiluTlan lOngsE-
.iy. but I do say that the length Of hu-
man life will be greatly improved.
Il Is said in Isaiah lxT., %: The
child shah die a hundred years old"
Vow. II, according 10 Sculpture, the
child is 20 be q hundred years old,
may not the men aud wOnen reach
20 DO and 40 and 800? The fact is
that We sre mere dwzrfs and skele-
tons compared with some Of the gen
e1tiOns that are 10 come. Take the
African race They have been under
bondage for centuries. Give them a
chance and they develop q Tousssini
rOuveriure And II the white race
SHAH be brought out from the serf.
dom u sin what shah be the body
What shall he the soul2 Religion ha,
only ju1t touched our world Give Il
fuh power for : few centuries. and
who can tell what will be The strength
u man and the beauty OF Woman and
the longevity Of all?
Ms design is to show that prastiea'
religion IL the friend % longevity:
prove Il. frst. from the fact that 4
makes the care Of your health a posi-
tive Christian duty. Whether we shall
keep early or late hours, whether W,
shall take food dlgestibie or indigesti
bic. whether there shall be thorough
or incomplete mastieation, are ques
tions very often referred 10 the realm
Of whlnsicslity, but the Christian maj
lifts this whole problem Of health int
the accountable and the divine. II,
says: God has given me this body
and he has called II the temple Of tn
Holy Ghost, and 10 deface lis altar
or mar It's walls or crumble It's pillar
is a God-defyisg sscrilege.- He see
Gods e~aligraphy In every pagan
atOn.cal and physiological. He says
God has given me q wonderful bod,
for noble purposes" That arm witt
% curious bones welded By 40 Gu
! rious muscles, and all under I'll
brains telegraphy-ss0 pounds o
! blood rushing through the heart ever
, hour-the heart In "a hours beatinI
100000 times, during the same tim
the lungs taking in 81 hogsheads q
cir. and all this mechanism 0 NOR
mighty than delicate and easily dis
tnrbed anG demolished.
The Christian man says 10 himself
III | hurt my nerves, If ] hurt m
brain. II / hurt any Of my physica
faculties, ! insult God and call 10
dire retribution" Why did God te.
the Leyites not to offer TO Him
sacrifice animals imperfect and dis
eosed? He meant to tell u in a
the ages that we are TO offer 10 Go
our very best physical condition, an
d man who through irregular or glu'
tonouE eating ruins his health. is nc
! offering 10 God such 4 sacrifice. VIII
\ did Paul write for his cloak 81 Troas
| Why should such q great man ss Pa
! be anxious about a thing so insignit
I cant as an o~yeTroat2 II was bscaui
he knew that with pneumonia sn
: rheumatism be would moi be wort
half aE much 10 God and the churc
az with respiration easy and foot FIRE
An intelligent Christian man woul
consider 1t an sbsurdity TO kneel dow
at night and pray and ask Gods pr
lection while at the same time he keI
the windows OF his bedroom tight shI
against fresh air He would just
. soon think Of going 10 the top OF b
house and leaping OF snd then pra!
ing TO God to keep him from gettiI
hurt. Just as long as you refer III
whole subject Of physical health
the realm Of whimsicality or 10 Il
pastry cook, or TO the butcher, or
the bakef. OF 10 the apothecary, or
D the clothier sou arf not acting lil
q Christian. Take care NJ all yoi
physical foroes-neryouS. muscula
bone. brain, cellular tissue-for all u
must be brought to judgment.
Smoking your nervous system In
ndgrts, burning out the coating
your stomach with wine logwood'
and ttrychnined. walking with tn
shoes TO make your feet look delicai
pinched at the waist until you a
nigh cut In two, and neither pa
worth anything. groaning about si'
beadaehe and palpitation Of the heal
which you think came from 90
When they PANE from yonr own foil
What right has any man or wont
20 deface the temple Of the 10
Ghost? What Is the earl Why u
j the whispering gallery Of the humi
sOul What IL the eye? II Is the o
seryatory God constructed, Its tel
scope sweeping the heavens. So wo
derful are these bodies that %
names his own attributes after d
fcrent parts Of them His o1nniscien