The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-06

Rev. DR.. NJ. w. Stryker. president of
Hamilton college, preached an analo-
gous sermon last night in the Second
Presbyterian church, likening the
human body and the individual to a
locomotive and locomotive engineer,
and showing that the same rules and
regulations which must be observed by
the latter apply to the former as well.
The doctor took for his text Romans,
12:1, II beseech you, therefore, breth-
ren. by the mercies of God, that We
present your bodies Il living sacrifice.
holy. acceptable unto God. which is
your reasonable service" After refer
ring to the American locomotive as a
witness to the world of the enterprise
and power that lies in free manhood
DR.. Stryker said:
What II wonderful thing this thing
OF steel and steam is The mnnufac-
ture OF locomotives has always been an
evolution. and the machine itself ut
every stage has borne the touch OF
mind. Every perfected contritance on
modern locomotive represents Il
thought. the great machine itself is an
idea in iron. Swift or slow. but always
sure. it is a wonderful epitome of man $
control of material things and Il Won
derful parable showing that the great
forces of nature can be transformed
into uses.
ABOUT OUR BODIES.
Your bodies. like the locomotive, are
fearfully and wonderfully made. They
are compactly lined, tubed and jointed.
Who can say that they are less ex-
pressive of the work of master me-
chanic than is the locomotive? The
Master Mechanic in this instance is
more than man, and should the en-
gineer say to Him, why hast thou
made me-? or why am l here?'
The owner of q locomotive has the
right to use and the authority to con-
troll it as he will. 1t is his, it was made
for him and he can do with it as he
Wills. He puts an engineer in charge
and transfers to him his authority to
run the engine. 1t becomes the en-
gineer's engine for the time being. and
1t is for him to use or abuse. If he is
careless or drunk, the engine may be
wrecked and with it other engines. If
he is wise, he will care for his engine.
He will protect it and force it to do it's
best.
But do with it what he may. he will
be held responsible for it in the end.
and will be called to answer for it's
condition, Just as YOU and / will be
called upon to answer for our steward
ship of that intricate, wonderful, dam
gerous machine, the human body. We
dare not say we are not the engineers
and that we are the whole road, be-
cause we each of us know that our con-
troll of this human engine is but n
delegated control and our authority but
an authority vested in us by God.
Make NO PROGRESS.
81 suppose all of you are familiar
with the models of locomotives which
we sometimes see enclosed in glass
cases. You drop Il coin in the slot and
the wheels move, but the little engine
stands still. How many of us there are
who have motion, but who make no
progress. pathetic story causes us
to feel and move, and we just begin to
make a fair show when we suddenly
stop.
"Oh, let us couple on to the cars,
forty or sixty of them, according to the
load. Let us send more steam to our
cylinders and less to our whistles. Let
us bite the track and keep out of the
repair house as much as possible. Let
us run on the track and not off. The
rails are Gods commandments. There
is nothing more pitiable than to see a
great engine off the track and out of
use for the time.
Let us remember to heed orders. no
matter when or how they come. If they
tell us TO stop, let us stop. If they tell