The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-02-21
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heavens. 80 WONDERFUL are tIfeSe DOdleS
that God names his own attributes after
different parts Of them. Ills omnisciencc
it is Gods eye. His omnipresence-it
is Gods ear. His omnipotence-it is
Gods arm. The upholstery of the mid
night heavens-it is the work of Gods
fingers. His life giving power-it is the
breath Of the Almighty. His dominion
''the government shall be upon his shout
der" A body so divinely honored and so
divinely constructed-let us be careful not
to abuse it.
When it becomes Christian duty to
take care of our health, is not the whole
tendency toward longevity? If | toss
my watch about recklessly and drop it on
the pavement and wind it up any time
of day or night L happen to think of it
and often let it run down while you arc
careful with your watch and never abuse
it AID wind it up just at the same hour
every night and put it in 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 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.
Protest y gainst Dissipation.
Again. [ remark that practical religion
is Il friend of longevity in the fact that it
is Il protest against designations which in
jure 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 Missolonghi at
SO years Of age, himself his own Mazep-
pa, his unbridled passions the horse that
dashed with him into the desert. Edgar
A. Poe died at Baltimore at 80 years OF
age. The black raven that alighted on
the bust above his chamber 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 dis
ease was induced by excessive shutting.
The hero of AusterlitZ, the man who by
one step Of his foot in the center of Eu-
rope shook the earth, killed by a snuff
box! Oh, how many people we have
known who have i,"t lived out half their
days because Of their designations and
indulgences! Now. practical religion is
protest against all dissipation of any
kind.
But" you say, professors OF religion
have fallen, professors of religion have
got drunk, professors Of religion have
misappropriated trust funds, professors
of religion have absconded" Yes, but
they threw away their religion before
they did their morality. If a man on a
White Star line steamer bound for Liver
pool, in md-Atlantic jumps overheard
and is drowned, is that anything against
the White Star lines capacity to take
the man across the ocean? And if a 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 If he had kept
to the steamer his body would have been
saved; in the other case if he had kept
TO his religion his morals would have
been saved.
Takes Away Worry.
Again, religion is friend of longevity
in the fact that it takes the worry out of
our temperatures. 1t is not work that
comes genuine Christian, he makes over
to God not only his affections, but his
family, his business, his reputation. his
body, his mind, his soul-everything. In
du> -rious he will be, but never worrying,
because God is managing his affairs.
How can he worry about business when
in answer to his prayers God tells him
when to buy and when to sell, and if he
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best?
Suppose you had a supernatural neigh
Dor who came in and said: "Sir. | want
you to call on me in every exigency. l
am your fast friend; could fall back on
$50 100000; | can foresee panic ten
years; | hold the controlling stock in
thirty Of the best monetary institutions of
this country; whenever you are in any
trouble call on me and l will help you;
you can have my money and you can
have my influence; here is my hand in
pledge of it." How much would you
worry about business? Why, you would
say, III do the best I can, and then I'll
depend on my friends generosity for the
rest"
Now more than that is promised to
every Christian business man. God saws
to him: Il own New York and London
and st. Petersburg and Picking and Aus
traia and California are mine: I can
foresee panic thousand years; l have
all the resources Of the universe; and |
am your best friend; when you get in
business trouble or any other trouble, call
on me and | will help here is my hand
in pledge of omnipotent deliverance."
How much should that man worry? Not
much. What lion will dare to put his
paw on that Daniel? Is there not rest
in this? Is there not an eternal vacation
in this?
"Oh," you say, ''here is man who
asked God for blessing in certain en-
terprise, and he lost $4,000 in it, Ex-
plain that" / will. Yonder is a factory,
and one wheel is going north, and the
other wheel is going south, and one wheel
plays literally and the other plays verti-
cally. | go to the manufacturer, and l
say: 20 manufacturer, your machinery
is a contradiction. Why do you not
make all the wheels go one way?"
WELL he says, Il made them to go in
opposite directions on purpose, and they
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