Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-19

his own attributes after different parts
Of them. HIS omniscience-it is Gods
eye. His omnipresence-it Is Gods
ear. His omnlpotence-it is Gods arm.
The upholstery of the midnight heay-
ens-it Is the work of Gods fingers.
His life giving power-lt is the breath
of the Almighty. His dominion-"the
government shall be upon his shoul-
der" A body so divinely honored and
so divinely constructed, let us be care
full not to abuse It.
Christinn Duty.
When It becomes Christian duty to
take care of our health, is not the
whole tendency toward longevity? If l
toss my watch about recklessly and
drop 1t on the pavement and wind 1t
up any time Of day or night I happen
to think of 1t, and often let II run
down, while you are careful with your
watch and never abuse it and wind 1t
up just at the same hour every night
and put 1t In place where 1t will not
suffer from the violent changes of at
mosphere, which watch will last the
longer? Common sense answers. Now,
the human body is Gods watch. You
see the hands of the watch. You see
the face of the watch. but the beating
Of the heart Is the ticking Of the watch.
oh, be careful and do not let 1t run
down!
Again, I remark that practical reli-
glon is friend Of longevity in the fact
that 1t is a protest against designations
which injure and destroy the health.
Bad men and women live very short
life. Their sins kill them. l know
hundreds of good old men. but do not
know half dozen bad old men. Why?
They do not get old. Lord Byron died
at Missolonghi at SO years Of age. him
self his own Mazeppa. his unbrldled
passions the horse that dashed with
him into the desert. Edgar A. Poe
died at Baltimore at 3S years Of age.
| The black raven that allghted on the
bust above his chamber door was de-
lirium tremens,
Only this and nothing more.
Napoleon Bonaparte lived only just
beyond midlife, then died at st. Hell
ena. and one of his doctors said that
! his disease was induced by excessive
snufiing The hero of Austerlitz, the
man who by one step Of his foot in the
center Of Europe shook the earth, kill
ed by snuffboxl Oh, how many peo-
pie we have known who have not lived
out half their DAYS because of their
designations and indulgences. Now
practical religion is a protest against
all dissipation of any kind.
But" you say, professors Of reli-
gion have fallen. professors Of religion
have got drunk, professors Of religion
have misappropriated trust funds, pro-
fessors Of religion have absconded."
Yes, but they threw away their rell-
gion before they did their morality. II
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 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 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. ole t519iayg
A Healthy Balance.
There are aged people who woult
have been dead 25 years ago but fol
the defenses and the equipolse of reli
glon. You have no more natural re
slstance than hundreds of people who
lie In the cemeteries today slain by
their own vices. The doctors mad,
their case as kind and pleasant as they
could and 1t was called congestion o.
the brain or something else. but til,
snakes and the blue flies that seemed
to crawl over the pillow in the sight o.
the delirious patient showed what wa
the matter with MIN. You, the aget
Christian man. walked along by tina
unhappy one until you came to th
golden pillar of the Christian life. Yo,
went to the right; he went to the left
That is all the difference between you
Oh, II this religion is protest agains
all forms Of dissipation then it Is an Il
lustrious friend of longevity! "Witl
long life will satisfy him."
Again. religion is friend of longev
ity in the fact that it takes the worr.
out Of our temporalities. 1t Is not worl
that kills men; 1t Is worry. When
man becomes genuine Christian, h
makes over to God not only his affec
, tons. but his family. his business. hi
reputation. his body, his mind, his sou
, everything Industrious he will be
but never worrying. because God |
, managing his affairs. How can b
worry about business when In answe
, to his prayers God tells him when I
buy and when to sell, and. II he gair
, that Is best and, II he lose. that is best
! Suppose you had supernatura
, Deighbor who came in and said: ISL
! ! want you to call on me IN every eS
, igency. am your fast friend. coul
, fall back on S20.000,000 can forese
. n panic ten years. hold the contro
, ling stock In 80 of the best monetar
, institutions Of this country. Whenevc
, you are In any trouble call on n,e. nm
! will help you. You can have III
money. and you can have my influenc,
: Here is my hand In pledge Of H." Ho'
, much would you worry about bus
ness? Why. you would say, I'm
: the best ! can, and then I'll depend o
: my friends generosity for the rest"
: Now, more than that is promised I
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