The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-02
RIGHT USE OF THE BODY
SUNDAY EVENING SERMONS FOR THE
YOUNG PEOPLE.
DIR. III. w. Kellogg, of the CentraI-Ave-
nue. Church, Begins n Series-An
Interesting Discourse.

THE Right Use of Ourselves" is the SUBJ
ject on which Dr. H. w. Kellogg is to de-
liver a series of Sunday-evening addresses
TO young people at the Central-avenue NJ Z.
Church. He will treat, in the course of the
discourses, the various abilities and facul-
ties of the soul in their practical relation TO
success in life. The first of the series was
delivered last night on the topic. 1.-The
Right Use of the Body He said in part:
The formula for a man among the Greeks
was A sound mind in a sound body In
working to this that wonderful nation did
what has possibly never been duplicated
by any people. They produced at least twen-
~ great men in a single century. Great men
men who lowered above their fellows as the
snow-covered mountains rise above the COM
mon ranges. They are the eternal masters
of the world. They instruct US to-day in
art, literature, law, philosophy and methods
or thought that have made possible the
achievements of modern science. When
seek models We turn instinctively TO these
men OF Athens and We seek not in vain.
BY any other formula this result would
nave been impossible. Socrates, in the
athletic sports and in the military drill. was
preparing for the arena of intellectual strug-
gle where he would win the laurals of the
ages No educa tiOnal plan is worth consid-
ering that does not include the training of
the the body and in this we are coming back to
the better way To despise the cultivation
OF the body is neither good education. good
sense nor good religion.
Il take IL TO be a most reasonable pr0p0-
sition that the achievements OF life depend
finally on physical strength and endurance.
This is the same to say that successes of
life rest upon work and work is limited
to to 1.-The the ability of the body to accomplish and and
Genius is the ability TO do an infinite
amount OF hard work The difference be-
tween men is not so much original endow-
ment as disposition and qualification 10
carry out the hard tasks OF life As men
become successful they acknowledge it.
Name the great OF all the ages and every
one answering to the call Will bear wit
ness to this truth.
sEvEREsT TOILERS.
Even among great artists, poets. musi-
clans, where what has been named genius
| that indefinite, indescribable something that
has deluded the world into failure, would
| be expected to reign, we find the severest
toilers of the world. Who has not been
! impressed with this fact when looking upon
the unfinished statue of Michael Angelo in
the Cathedral of Florence. upon which this
aged worker was engaged when the evening
overlook him, but Ii found him still working
| and had the time been longer he would have
completed it. All the results OF time worth
mentioning are the result Of work; and work
| is energy applied.
This age has no sympathy with weak
ness. She makes her call for laborers early
| In the morning and If for any cause YOU
| are indisposed she moves on without knock
| ing the second time to the one who is
ready and scorns your excuses, turning you
oven to heartless fate. Physical ability is
| the demand for the hour. That boy or girl
who has had the opportunity of country
IL NE is almost sure to go to the front When
by the name of Richard Storrs was to oc-
| cupy neighboring pulpit and he must look
out for his honors Mr.. Beecher made = very
sensible reply, How much does he measure
around the chest? When told the probable
| size he replied, He will never take my
| honors.'
"A few things may be said concerning
| power of the body does not depend upon
| the size of it. 1t is doubtless an advantage
to possess large body, but If 1t lack fiber
| for endurance, or has weak places. its
size may be a burden and an embarrass-
ment. The worlds workers are of all
sizes, from the giant Phillips Brooks to the
| hours and more days in ceaseless toll than
| possibly any other man, never weighed
more than 10 pounds, Napoleon was a
WebsteT Whom i sdner Smith ssid ,oohnd whie
| like cathedral, is fine specimen of en-
during bigness. He was majestic, but no
| abler than Napoleon.
| More depends upon manipulating the
| machine than the size of IL. The body
is wonderful instrument and may, with
| proper use, produce vast results. 1t is also
| careful treatment. One weak place, a
single break. and it becomes worthless. It
| is capable of development and adaptation
| aud hence needs training. Take the hand
and the eye and what wonders they may
be brought to do IL properly managed.
| Every boy or girl should be furnished op-
qualify them for proper direction of the
| various physical organs. Manual training
| in schools is but in its infancy. Manual
training is the coming method of education.
MAY ACCOMPLISH MUCH.
1T should be said for the encouragement
| of many that through proper care and
| direction a poor and weak instrument may
be made to accomplish vast amount OF
| hard work, Many of the successful men
and women have labored throughout life
handicapped with frail and crippled bodies
Some one demonstrated with Joseph Choate
for overworking and warned him that he
would break his constitution. and the great
| lawyer replied, Sir, the constitution has
been used up for twenty years and have
| been working on the bylaws How few
/ men have sufficient physical energy to sus-
| tain the work required in these times and
| the only possible way to measure up in
| any degree TO the demand is to conserve at
| every point what energy they possess. No
| young man can hope TO succeed to-day who
is wasting in any way his body's strength.
| He must not only preserve but he must
| learn the art of restoring and recupera ting
| lost energy, or he will be laid aside early.
Care of the body to one who hopes to ex-
| eel becomes a fine art He must not dis
| sipate. He must keep free from alcohol
and narcotics. Better do what you can
with your natural strength than go on bor-
| rowed capital, for all must be paid back
and with interest. One of the unaccountabe
things we meet with is how any young
man of spirit and hope will waste his
strength on cigarettes. Hours of sleep
must be observed. Cheerfulness has more
to do with keeping up the working forces
of life than we are ready 10 credit Mr.
Stead thinks that faith In the providential
order of God what sustained Mr.
Gladstone and made ii possible for him To
continue SO long at the head Of his great
nation. Lincoln would have been crushed
but for the cheerfulness of his great soul
The mind and spirit has more effect on the
body than medicine, which we are fast
learning. 1t is not for success alone that
we are to learn the right use of the body
but for happiness as well.
who can be happy tied up with an old
broken-down, disarranged body? All that a
man hath will he give for his life. But
more than this, the body is a sacred thing
1t is holy a temple Of the divine spirit
Let no man defile it, Any sin against the
body is a sin against the soul and against
:. God. 1t Is the instrument by which We
are to glorify God, and to do less Is &c
prove unworthy OF a vast trust"
NEW MOTIVE.