Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-31

dolph. Jr.: without health there Is no
happiness. Our attention to health,
then. should take precedence or every
other object. The time necessary 10
secure this by active exercise should be
devoted to it in preference to every
other pursuit know the difficulty
with which busy man tears hlmselr
away from his work at any given mo-
ment of the day. but his happiness and
that of his family depend upon 1t. The
most uniformed mind. with healthy
body. is happier than the wIsest vale
tudinaran." Good advice for Thomas
Jefferson 10 give 100 years ago; just as
good advice to give to the young people
of the present day.
Value of Health.
Not only happiness, but also most OF
temporal and spiritual usefulness IS
deprndent upon physical health. We
read with umaZement what Alexander
II Stephens was able TO accomplish
when he. as an invalid. confessed to
Senator Vest that for over forty years
he had never seen day without SUI
fering physical pain. We study with
! wonderment the gigantic work OF the
invalid Robert Hall. Of the Invalid
Frederick W. Robertson. of the invalld
Robert Louis Stevenson, OF the lnvallu
l. r. Green and of the invalid Henry
Kirke White, who continued TO WORK.
although he was fighting death step
Inv step. Yet for the most part you
will find that the great leaders OF the
world have had strong bodies. 10
| and sit today in the gallery of the Unit
ed States senate, and you cannot gam
say this fact. Some Of the United
States senators are now very ageu
men. vet even in the decay OF their
physical organisms. as among the ruins
Of Nelrose abbey, you can still trace
the strength and the power OF DySohe
days. But. though the necessity OF
physical health should be an axiom
vet the strange fact remains tnat most
people by countless follies are fragrant
" undermining the physical walls OF
the temple of the Holy Ghost. They
are overworliing the body. as you
sometimes see tired horse compelled
to pull too big load. They are abus-
Ing the body with the idea that Coo
will forgive them because they are Try
ing TO do his work. No, no. my friends
This abuse Of the body must not be
The temple Of the Holy Ghost should
be physically strong temple. Inc
broader a mans shoulders the heavier
Is the load he can lift for Christ Inc
louder his voice the farther. all Things
being equal. he can sound forth thu
message of Saviour's sacrifice.
Moral Cleanliness.
The temple of the Holy Spirit, In I'M
next place, should be clean Dody
There are some men whose bodies ar
given over to moral flthiness. The!
are like some Of the ancient heathel
TEMPLES which were avowedly dedlcat
, cd TO the deities of lust. drunkenness
, and debauchery. the existence OF whicl
was n national dishOnor. The worship
, performed in those temples was so VII
!, that YOU could not describe it In pu0ll
without bringing a blush OF shame I
, every modest check and Il demand IL
silence from every modest lip. Ihe PIC
lures found on the walls OF the eA
humed city Of Pompeii show that thos
temples were veritable charnel houses
! where bats and owls and carrion Dlru
y rorged themselves on the decayln
l. corpses Of truth. purity and love. Le
5 the temple Of your body be clean' a
. Christ wanted the Jerusalem tempt
IN he clean when he drove the trader
Il ont Of that temple. crying, rs 1t nc
{ written NY house shall be called or a
= nations the house of prayer. out
. have made il den Of thievesF clea
/ ne David wanted his physical altar
Il no clean when lie uttered the agoni
Ii ing prayer. Wash me thoroughly trol
, my iniquity and cleanse NE from III
Il sin" or that other pleading beseecl
Il mont "Cleanse thou me from secr'
Il foults" or clean as Paul meant us
II he clean when in this same letter
Il the Corinthian church he wrote the'
le warning words: IF any man defile Il
sc tomnle Of God. him shall God destro
" for the tpmplp Of God is holy. who
III tomnle ve are" Oh. the terrible co
NJ domnntion which is to be visited upt
1t those whose bodies are dehIed by u
s. INDULGENCE of degrading vices. Oh. Il
Sc awful doom awaiting the spiritual de
Sc ecration of the temple of the do
:. Ghost.
Ut Consuming Fire.
le Have you ever seen sanctuary
" hrick and stone which has been DEF
at Gated TO God destroyed by earthqua
~ or by fire? Well. have. On daI
ne stormy night was awakened in 4
Rrooklyn home by the rumbling OF
''c fire engines. heard a quick rap
% nv door. as my sister called: wa
IL mn The Tabernacle is In flames!
VI hurriedly dressed and ascended to I
ne croola of our house. which overlook
~ ~ tLt city. There the whole family we
"e gathered. The air seemed charg
y, and surcharged with electricity.
"a IN the distance the public buildings
.,u me city looked like the great WI
u! mansions Of celestial city. making
=" contrast the scene more dramatic. l
" "ne church did not burn as other buildiI
~ seemed to burn, but its roof in its
u" ~, tirety was mass Of living Goals.
''- looked like an altar. Il huge altar uT
10 which was being sacrificed the wh
~. iv' lifes ministry Of the noble father W
W ~. stood by my side. Suddenly it sway
M Id and shivered, like unto a dazed
'le dying man. "rhere it goes" S
'r '"' mother. Yes. there it went. with
ow lurch 1t was gone. while we stood b
,ot died together in the darkness. My
,od ther and | put on our greatcoats
,ve started out in the storm. AS we pl
tho ed through the. crowds outside
COS guarding ropes we found the congr'
tion there assembled. not by the chu