The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-21

organs are healthy proves that be nev.
er knew he had a liver or spleen o,
kidneys 2? In one sense. my brother
your answer is right When Il man
loses his good health he is ready tc
give up almost everything he has &c
win it back. If his lungs are diseased
he will sell out his business to so and
live in Los Angeles, Cal, or san An
tonic, Tex, or in some mild climate of
Arizona. If he has gallstoneS he will
gladly cross the seas in the hope that
the Carlsbad waters may diSsolYe
them. If he has cancer willingly
does he lie down upon the operating
table in the hope that the surgeon 9
knife may cut out the fatal destroyer.
But in another sense, my brother. your
answer is wrong. Though most of Us
may be healthy, yet there was time
when nearly all well persons were
sick, and awfully sick. We know what
it is to have the tempera ture run up to
104 and 105 and the pulse, like a trip
hammer, beating 100 times to the min
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monia or typhoid fever or appendicitis.
And from the past experience of those
sicknesses we should fully realize the
blessing of good health and be willing
to pay a great debt of service to God
for that health. When visiting the
Isle of Wight in 1885 we saw the
queens physician every morning ride
up to the royal palace. He did not go
there because the queen was i'll, but
in order to prevent her from becoming
sick. If the royal courts of Europe
have their attending physicians, who
are paid large salaries to keep the rui-
ers we'll, shall we not pay in service
anything to our Heavenly Physician
for the physical strength with which
many of us are endowed?
Capital of Good Health.
"Oh," said a poor laborer to a mis-
sionary one day, II do not owe any
debt to God. He has done nothing for
me-" Nothing for you" exclaimed
the missionary. "Would you be will
ing, poor as you are, to take mil
lion dollars cash for your two eyes,?
mo-" answered the laborer, Il would
not" Would you be willing to take
a million dollars for your two legs, and
all the rest of your earthly days have
to be wheeled around as cripple?
Would you be willing for a million dol
lars to exchange your good lungs for
those of consumptive?" No. said
the laborer. Il would not" Then"
said the minister, you owe to God
gra titude and service to the amount of
at least $3,OO0,OOO capital for good
health"
We have all followed with intense
interest the operation which the ia
nous Vienna surgeon, DR.. LOrenZ, per-
formed on the little daughter Of
Chicago millionaire. Twice has the
great doctor crossed the seas within
a few months to visit his little patient.
1t has been said that for each trip he
was paid $4,000. oh" you say, "let
that Chicago father pay 100000. pay
anything. if he can only have his Grip
pied daughter cured" Then. my broth
Pr. do we not owe God q greater debt
than Mr.. Armour owes to DR.. Lorenz?
Have we nc debt to pay because We
were born with two straight legs and
have had for years the blessing of good
health?
A big debt, for food and clothing and
house rent, find charged against US
n the divine ledger. A noted French
has compiled the following
summary of how an average man,
fifty years of age, has spent his past
life: He has, slept 5000 days; played
1000 days; was eating 1900 days and
has been sick 500 days. During his
800 days of feeding, he has eaten
Whole car load of broadly 900 pounds;
|, whole car load of meat-16,OOO
pounds; 1900 pounds of vegetables,
'ggs and fish. and has drunk 1000 gal
ons of liquids. He has worked only
800 days out Of the 1880 days which
lie has lived. In other words, he has
lept nearly as long as he has worked.
Then when you further estimate all
he expense of mans clothing and
ost of travel during his life, you can
o some extent compute the financial.
-alue of the food and clothes with |
which God has endowed one of his |
hildren up to the half century mile
tone.
Friend of Infancy. |
But though the divine debt for food |
nd raiment may be very great are
gu going to try to cancel it by merely |
dollar for dollar. how much
he beefsteaks and the chops and the |
etatoes and peas and barrels of apples |
nd the garments have cost? Oh. no.
hat would not be right. You. strong
nan, with the earning capacity you
ow have, owe to God financially more
han that You have moral debt as
Tell as financial one. Ii I should |
ONE to you in a business crisis of /
our life and help you. you would
ever forget it. If should say: "Mr.
o-and-so, I hear the banks are begin
ing to push you. Never mind. will
ee you through this crisis. Bring your |