Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-02-24

his own attributes after different part.
OF them. His omnisclence-lt Is Gods
eye. His omnipresence-lt Is Cod!
ear. His omnlpotence-it is Gods arm
The upholstery Of the midnight heav
ens-it Is the work Of Gods fingers
His life giving power-it Is the breath
OF the Almighty. His domnlon-"the
government shall be upon his shoul
der" A body so dlvinely honored and
so dlyinely constructed. let us be care.
full not to abuse IL.
Christian Duty.
When 1t becomes a Christian duty to
take care OF our health Is not the
whole tendency toward longevity? If |
toss my watch about recklessly and
drop II on the pavement and wind it
up any time OF day or night happen
to think of II. and often let II run
down, while you are careful with your
watch and never abuse 1t and wind 1t
up Just at the same hour every night
and put II In a 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 it run
down.
Again, remark that practical rell-
glon is friend Of longevity In the fact
that II Is "A protest against designations
which injure and destroy the health.
Bad men and women live very short
life. Their sins kill them. | 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 Missolonghl at 36 years of age. him
self his own Mazeppa. his unbridled
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 alghted 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
snuffing. The hero Of Austerlitz, the
man who by one step Of his foot in the
center Of Europe shook the earth, kill
ed by n snuffbox! Oh, how many pev-
r.1o ma ho. 4, ,.-l, ka.
out half their DAYS because of their
dissipations and lndulgences. Now
practical religion is 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 misapproprlated trust funds. pro-
fessors of religion have absconded."
Yes, but they threw away their reli-
gion before they did their morality. II
a man on n 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 II n man jumps over
the gunwale of his religion and goes
Down never to rise Is that any reason
Tor your believing that religion has no
capacity TO take the man clear through?
In the one case If he had kept to the 6
steamer his body would have been {
'aved; in the other case If he had kept .
o his religion his morals would have (
)een saved. 7
A Healthy Balance. r
There are aged people who would G
AVE been dead % years ago but for {
he defenses and the eCupoise OF rell- Y
ion. You have no more natural re- b
istance than hundreds OF people who a
lie in the cemeteries today slain by v
heir own vices. The doctors made V
heir case as kind and pleasant as they Il
ould. and 1t was called congestion of b
he brain or something else, but the Il
makes nd the blue flies that seemed q
D crawl over the pillow In the sight of s.
he delirious patient showed what was Il
ne matter with him. You. the aged f
man. walked along by that II
nhappy one until you came to tAe
oldcn pillar of the Christian life. You D.
'ent to the right: he went to the left N
hat is all the difference between you. a.
h, II this religion Is protest against k
Il forms Of dissipation then it Is an H. 81
Istrious friend of longevity. with II
ng life will | satisfy him" al
Again. religion is n friend of longev- ia
Y in the fact that 1t takes the worry ia
1t of our temporaities 1t Is not work In
lat kills men: ii Is worry. When III
an becomes a genuine Christian, he ht
axes over to God not only his affec- hi
Dns. but his family. his business. his pl
putation. his body. his mind. his soul "1
everything. Industrious he will be. so
1t never worrying. because God Is by
anaging his affairs. How can he th
orry about business when in answer tn
his prayers God tells him when to ! tn
~ and when to sell. and. If he gain. ce
at Is best and. II he lose. that Is best? tn
Suppose you had a supernatural a
ighbor who came in and said: "Sh te,
want you to call on me in every ex- of
ency. am your fast friend. | could bl
Il back on S20.0O0.0O0. can foresee or
panic ten years. hold the control tn
lg stock In 80 Of the best monetary Al
5titutions Of this country. Whenever tn
u are In any trouble call on me. and iul
will help you. You can have my re,
)ney, and you can have my influence. Je
ere is my hand in pledge Of It," How Al
lch would you worry about busi- tn,
ss? Why. you would say. ''Ill do lif
e best can, and then I'll depend on Al
7 friends generosity for the rest" tn,
Now, more than that is promised to hil
cry Christian business man. God
Us to him: II own New York and .
ndon and st. Petersburg and Peking, an
d Australia and California are mine. er
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