The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-14
TERSE COMMENTS ON THE
RELIGION Of HEALTH
civilian T. Ellis in Louisville Even
inc poet

civilian T. Ellis in Louisville Even
ing Post)
The fad for physical culture which
two or three years ago swept over
the land has largely abated. This
was inevitable, for it was excessive
and as ill-proportioned as the worst
of the bodies which it proposed to
mend. A residuum remains, how
ever. People have a saner mind to-
ward their health. The world more
clearly understands than ever before
the Importance of good physical
condition. Sound bodies are the basis
of all. Nor is there anything I'M
seemly in this present topic for con-
sideration by the young peoples So
cieties: THE conservation of our
bodies" We know better than those
saints of the middle ages who
thought they could glorify God by
Notifying the flesh. A perfect body
is the best temple of the spirit of
God. The we'll man is best qualified
to be the good man.
A personality is the first and best
gift that any devotee can give to his
lord Before you can be anybody for
Him, you must be somebody in your
self
Robust religion is most natural
when accompanied by a robust body.
There is something askew when the
weak and sickly and miserable pre-
dominate in a company of Christians.
The modern young peoples move
ment has wrought nightly in that
it has shown that vigor of body and
spirits is entirely consistent with the
highest religious standards.
The Christian. worker who breaks
down because he has lacked the
courage and Judgment to care for his
health is answerable for two sins;
his own impaired health and that
work that is undone because of neg
lected health.
A traveller in Ceylon is impressed
with the splendid physiques of the
men. They are veritable black
Apollos. But nine out of ten of them
will cringe and fawn for a gratuity.
They are miserable beggars, lacking
the stamina of true manhood. Per-
lection of body does not in itself
constitute manliness or womanli-
ness; but a noble spirit does, what
ever it's outward form. Better a
great heart in a frail body than a
frail heart in great body.
Old Paul had penetrating pen
and he loved to puncture shame and
fallacies. Take his thrust at the
mistaken notion that spirituality is
something ASSOCIATED from the
everyday actualities of life. Paul
says, Present your bodies a living
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God
which is your spiritual worship.
Spiritual worship'-the dedication
of the body! That is what Paul
says. One does not have to expert
ence ecstatic flights of emotion in or
der to be spiritual; the real test OF
spirituality is surrender of the per.
son to the holy will of God. Apart
from this practical service there is
no spirituality; although spirituality
does rise to still greater heights. But
it never gets off this base. The sur
rendered body is the test of the con-
secrated will.
As Christ gave His body to save
mems souls, so men should give theil
bodies to honor His sacrifice.
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The Lord can use broken vessels
but no dirty ones. The life that is
clean within and without is alone
meet for the Masters use.
They who sin in the body. suffer
in both body and spirit.
Churches are not used for stables
or factories, because the innate rev.
erence of mankind revolts against
such sacrilege. So 1.-The temple of
the Holy Ghost which is the high
title the Scriptures apply to the
Christians body-must be kept from
pollution and in good repair.
II II
The body is not an end, but a
means to an end.
Since the Creator took such pains
in fashioning the body so wondrously
the creature should take pains to
conserve it carefully.
Some body once asked Mr. Moody
if one could be Christian and
smoke. Eyes, a dirty one," was the
terse reply.
Though it is wisdom to take prop
er care of the body, it is weakness to
be fussy and fastidious about it.
Some persons are so anxiously care
full of their health that they accom-
plish nothing with either their bo-
dies or their minds; and one is
tempted to ask whether the result is
worth the effort. A tool is taken
care of not for the tools sake, but for
the sake of the work it may do. The
chief warrant for taking precaution
about ones health is that the latter
may be a means to service.
NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS.