The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
DR.. ALEXANDER gRlhlh|
on GOSPEL AElL1H|.
Addresses the Christian Endsavor
Society Of Second Presbyter-
Ian Church Sunday Evening.
Subject When and How to Be
Healthy From New Tesla ii
ment Standpoint. -

Healthy From New Tesla
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Doctor Alexander Graham Of 500
Burrows bldg, addressed the Chris
tian Endeavor society Of the Second"
Presbyterian church on Sunday. even
ing. The subject for the occasion was.
why and How to be Healthy" based
on first Corinthians 9Th chapter, verses
1920. DIR. Graham spoke in part as
follows: -
Dr.. Grahan,'s Address.
The subject assigned to me, '''Why
and How to be Healthy" is based by
my preceptor, Mr.. Mcbride. upon the
9Th chapter Of first Corinthians, 1920
verses. which read as follows: ', -.
what? know We not that your body
is the temple Of the Holy Ghost which
is in you, which you have Of God; and
We are not your own? - r.
For We are bought with a price;
therefor glorify God in your body. and
in your spirit, which. are Gods"
|: Il presume the how Il the subject
had more to do with my being Sc
lected to address you than the why
Of: the subject. Be this as it may,
shall very briefly dwell upon both
phases Of the question; and let me
say with all reverence due to the great
apostle Of the Gentiles that he has not
exhausted all that could be said un-
der the reason :"why.'' =:
The Apostolic Idea.
I think that the idea implied by the
apostle is, that we are in duty bound
to be healthy, and that to exercise
those moral precautions to keep. we'll,
is because we are unquestionably the
trustees Of an express trust, and our
| responsibilities for its faithful per-
Torrance is, that the Creator has en-
| dowed us with life and that our
bodies are the temples Of the Holy
Spirit, and that therefore, it 'beconeth
! us as a bounden duty to honor the
| body, not only for its own sake, but
| In recognition of: the glory and honor
| due to it's occupant: 30. r. T..
| This leads me to conclude that the
why" Of the subject has a .two-fold
Significance: the first implying a duty
| to Cod and the second necessarily
following the first duty to ourselves.
The sum of the whole matter then is,
that "why to be healthy is answered
by saying that It is a religious duty
we own to God and to ourselves.
A Word Of Caution. I m.
Please don't let me be misunderstood
in this for take it that we shall. all
have fulfilled the requirements of the
apostles thought, when we shall re-
gard our bodies as sacred instruments
Of the will Of the Spirit which Paul
says dwelleth. in us, and Of which our
bodies are the temple. i. =
On rejecting upon these two pas
sages, l am impressed more than eve,
with the: bounden duty of everyone tc
exercise the highest degree OF care
and diligence In avoiding evil, and
practicing those virtues that in thei,
very nature are calculated TO con-
tribute to healthfulness Of body and
mind. = 80. ~
think it was Henry Drummond
who divided violations of the moral
law of God into sins Of the body and
sins of the SOUL The sins Of the body
he classed as those which directly
affect ourselves, and In a remoter
sense our neighbour; while sins OF the
soul were such as dishonor the glory
power and goodness Of God.
For elementary purposes this .classi:
f1cation may do. but think the pres
ence Of one class of sins is pretty
conclusive proof Of the other, and that
an affirmative answer to the .:"why'
of our subject would be, because all
the mischiefs indicated in both classi .
fications would result from the con-
trary practice. 49, =. =.
How to Be Healthy.
Now as to the 'how Of the subject
or how to be healthy. am treadins
somewhat on ticklish ground. We have
as many therapeutical systems and
PHILOSOPHERS on the subject as there
are leaves in the tabled gehenne, and
each one arrogates to itself to have
a monopoly of teaching men how to
be healthy, or making them 80.
am not going to enter upon q
discussion Of any Of these PHILOSOPHERS
because If did I would give my owr
system precedence and this is no place
to extol the merits of any school OF
therapeutics besides I have a. convic-
ton that the writer Of first Corinth-
ians had no such thought in mind
when he wrote the two verses we are
considering. -
Let me say however, that haven't
any doubt in the world but Paul asso-
ciated the idea Of physical health
much more closely with spiritual
health than we are wont to- do today.
Do not infer for moment that I an,
| even by implica tion .cha ro,1n~, W., ~.
individual physical infirmtties Of our
time to any departure on part Of such
individuals from the prescribed stand
ards Of moral excellence.
Other Religious Bodies. i.
know there are religious bodie,
not Of the Presbyterian allegiance, who
make such beliefs the basis of theft
creed, but that Is clearly magnifyina
q half truth into a whole @or n,istak-
Ing a fractional part OF the antiritv