Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-03-21

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WASHINGTON, March 1G.-In this dis
course DR.; TaImage advocates the idea
that the Christian religion is as good
for this world as the next and will help
us to do anything that ought to be
done at all; | Timothy iv. 8, "Godli-
ness is profitable unto all things, hav-
ing promise of the life that now is and
Of that which is to come"
There is a gloomy and passive way
of waiting for events to come upon us.
and there is a heroic way Of going out
to meet them, strong in God and fear
ing nothing. When the body of Catiline
was found on the battlefield it was
found far in advance of all his troops
and among the enemy, and the best
way is not for us to lie down and let
the events Of life trample over us, but
to go forth in a Christian spirit deter
mined to conquer. You are expecting
prosperity, and | am determined. so far
as | have anything to do with it, that
you shall not be disappointed, and
therefore, | propose, as God may help
me, to project upon your attention a
new element of success. You have in
the business firm frugality, patience,
industry, perseverance, economy a
very strong business firm-but there
needs to be one member added, might
Ter than them all. and not Il silent part
ner either, the one introduced by my
text, Goodness, which is profitable uE-
to all things, having the promise of the
life that now is as well as of that
which is to come"
! suppose you are all willing to admit
that godliness is important in its eter-
nal relations, but perhaps some Of you
say, "All | want is an opportunity to
say prayer before die and all will
be we'll" There are great many pcO-
pie who suppose that if they can finally
get safely out of this world into a bet
ter world they will have exhausted the
entire advantage of our holy religion.
They talk as though religion were a
mere nod of recognition which we are
to give to the Lord Jesus on our way
up ~ Il ACel htulg iAltAnoiOls ho AlOuEl IL
were an admission ticket, of no use
except to give in at the door of
heaven. And there are thousands of
people who have great admiration for
religion of the sllrOud and religion
Of the coffin and Il religion of the
hearse and a religion of the cemetery
who have no appreciation of religion
for the bank for the farm, for the
factory, for the warehouse. for the jew
eler's shop, for the Office Now, while
| would not throw any slur on a post
mortem religion, | want today to eulO-
giZe an antemOrtem religion. A religion
that is Of no use TO you while you live
will be of no use to you when you die,
Goodness is profitable unto all things
having promise of the life that now is
as well as of that which is to come
And | have always noticed that when
| grace is very low in a mans heart he
talks a great deal in prayer meetings
about deaths and about collins and
about graves and about churchyards
| have noticed that the healthy Chris
tian, the man who is living near to God
ard is on the straight road to heaven
is full of jubilant satisfaction and talks
about the duties of this life, under
standing well that if God helps him tC
live right he will help him to die right
What GOdIiness Is Good For.
Now. in the first place, | remark that
gOdliness is good for a mans physical
health. | do not mean to say that il
will restore u broken down cOnstitu
ton or drive rheumatism from the
limbs or neuralgia from the temples OIL
pleurisy from the side, but do NEAR
to say that it gives one such habits anC
puts one in such condition as are mos
| favorable for physical health. That
believe, and that avOw. Everybody
knows that buOyancy of spirit is goOC
physical advantage. Gloom, unrest
detection, are at war with every pull
satiOn of the heart and with every res
piration of the lungs. They lower th,
vitality and slacken the circulation
while exhilaration of spirit pours the
very balm of heaven through all tn,
currents Of life. The sense of insecur
ity which sometimes hovers over al
unregenerate man or pounces upol
him with the blast of ten Thousand
trumpets of terror is most depletin;
and most eXhausting, while the feelin;
that all things are working togethe
for our good now and for our everlasi
ing welfare is conducive to physica
health.
You will observe that godliness in
duces industry, which is the founda
ton of good health There is no Law
Of hygiene that will keep a lazy ma
we'll. Pleur;sy will stab him. erysipe
las will burn him, jaundice will dis
color him, govt will cripple him, an
the intelligent physician will not Pre-
scribe antiseptic or febrifUge or anC
dyne, but saws and hammers and yard
sticks and crowbars and pickaxes
There is no such thing as good physiC
al condition without positive work G
some kind. although you should slice
on down Of swan or ride i'm carriage O
softest upholstery or have on your t.
), bic all the luXuries that were poure
q from the wine watts of Ispahan an
, ShiraZ. Our religion says: Away t
: the bank, away to the field, away to tn
5 shop, away to the factory! Do SOM
s thing that will enlist all the energit
5 Of your body. mind and SOUL" "Dn
r ! gent in business, fervent i'm spirit, ser
ing the Lord" while upon the bar
! back of the idler and the drone com,
down the sharp lash of the apostle {
he says. "lf any man will not wor
neither shall he eat"
Oh, how important in this day. wht
so much is said about anatomy al
> physiology and therapeutics and son
new style or medicine is ever and ans
springing upon the world, that VI
should understand that the highe
schOUl OF medicine is the school
- Christ, which declares that "godline
:. is profitable unto all things, havil
the promise of the life that now is
well as of that which is to come"
ell if you start out two men in the wor
with equal physical health, and tn,
one of them shall get the religion
Christ in his heart and the other 81;
o. not get it, the one who becomes a s,
of the Lord Almighty will live 4
longer. with long life will l salts
him and show him my salvation"
Religion and the Intellect.
es Again l remark that godliness is go