Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22

firm-hut there needs to he one member
added, mighter than them all. and not
a silent partner. either, the one intro
dueed by my text, Goodness. which is
profitable unto 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 goodness is important in its cter-
nal relations, but perhaps some of You
say, "All | want is an opportunity TO
say prayer before | die. and all will be
Well There ar a good many people
who suppose that if they can finally get
safely out of this world into Il better
world they will have exhausted the entire
advantage of our holy religion. They
talk as though religion were mere nod
of recognition which We are to give to the
Lord Jesus on our way up to a heaven
IL mansion; as though il were m ad-
mission ticket. of 10 use except To give
in at the door of heaven. And there are
thousands of people who have great ad-
miration for 4 religion of the shroud and
a religion OF the coffin and a religion Of
the hearse and a religion of the cemetery
who have no appreciation Of a religion
for the bank. for the farm, for the fac
tory, for the warehouse. for the jeNeler' :
shop, for the office. Now. while / would
not throw any slur on post-mortem re-
hgion, want to-day to eulogize an ante
mortem religion 4 religion that is of o
use to YOU while YOU live will be of 10
use to you when you die. 'Godliness is
profitable unto all things. having prom
Use of the life that now is rs we'll as Of
that which is 10 come" And | have al
ways 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 Christian. the man who is living
near TO God and is on the strright road
to heaven, is full of jubiant satisfaction
and talks about the duties Of this life
understanding we'll that if God helps him
10 live right he will help him to die right
What GOdlincss 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 Il brokcn-down constitution
or drive rheumatism from the limbs or
neuralgia from the. temples or pleurisy
from the side. but do mean 10 say that
it gives one such habits and puts one IN
such condition as are most favorable for
physical health That | believe, and
that | avOw. Everybody knows that
buoyancy of spirit is good physical ad,
vantage. Gloom. unrest, detection. are
at war with every pusation of the heart
and with every respiration Of the lungs
They lower the vitality and slacken he
circulation. while eXhilarati0n of spirit
pours the very balm OF heaven through
all the currents of life The sense Of
insecurity which sometimes hovers over
an unregencrate man or pounces upon
him with the blast Of ten thousand trmn-
pets of terror is most depicting and most
exhausting. while the feeling that all
things are working together for orr good
now and for our everlasting welfare is
conducive to physical health.
You will observe that godlincss in
duces industry. which is the foundation
Of good health. Thcre is no law Of by
Eiene that will keep lazy man well.
Pleurisy will stab him. crysipclas will
viii cripple him, and the intelligent ply
stefan will not prescribe antiseptic or feb
rifuge or anodyne. hut saws and ham
mers and yardsticks and crowbars and
lickaxcs. There is no such thing as good
physical condition without positive work
Of some kind, although you should sleep
on down Of swan or ride in carriage Of
softest upholstery or have on your table
all the Injuries that were poured from
the wine watts of Ispahau and Shiraz.
our religion says: Away to the bank.
away to the field, away 10 the shop. away
10 the factory. DO something that will
enlist all the energies Of your body. mind
and soul" "Diligent in business. fer
vent in spirit. serving the Lord while
upon the bare back Of the idler and the
drone comes down the sharp lash OF the
apostle as he says. If any man viii not
work, neither shall he eat"
Oh, how important in this day, when
so much is said about anatomy and ply
siOlogy and therapeutics and some new
style Of medicine is ever and anon spring
ing upon the world. that you should un-
that the highest school OF medi-
cine Is the school Of Christ. which de-
clares that ''godliEess is profitable unto
all things, having the promise Of the life
that now Is as well as Of that which Is
to come" SO II you start out two men
in the world with equal physical health,
and then one Of them shall get the relig-
ion Of Christ In his heart and the other
shall not get il. the one who becomes a
son Of the Lord Almighty will live the