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ORGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH.
ABLIJ .D IN 1855.
RALEIGH, N. C, AUGUST 2, 1899.
New Series. Vol. 1, No. 24.
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EDITORIAL
A PLEA FOR THE BODY.
intended we should preach more than
twice a day. We do not believe that God
intends that we should conduct a revival
service during the whole night. Our pro
fessed worship is often nothing more than
emotional dissipation. Many of our
preachers break down and die simply be
cause in their exaltation of the spiritual,
they have dishonored the physical. In
remembering God they forget humanity.
We should covet the best gifts not only
of soul but of body. God wants soldiers
of strong bodies as well as of strong
hearts. God has oidained, that we shall
be of more service in living for Him than
in dying for Him.
Yet, let it not be forgotten that it is
better to lay the body as a premature sac
rifice on the altar of God, than to with
hold it altogether in a long life of idleness.
many occasions that the number of col
ored passengers exceeded ' that of the
white passengers. In the light of this
fact, if it be a fact, the Southern acted
naturally in the present division of space.
If the travel of the colored race has de
creased since the law went into effect,
making the present arrangement of space
unsatisfactory, we believe that the South
ern is disposed to do the proper thing.
We have never received from the South
ern any favors not accorded to any one
else, and we take pleasure in saying that
this road as well as the others have im
pressed us as not only desirous of giving
the traveling public the fullest accom
modations, but of adhering strictly to the
laws.
TOO MUCH SPACE.
We notice that our religious papers
are devoting much space to the consider
ation of the life and death of Col. Rob
ert Ingersoll. Indeed more has been
said concerning: his death than that of
God places a high estimate on the value Bish Newman who died a few weeks
of the human body. He poured into it
His own breath. He makes it the high
est manifestation of creative wisdom and
power. He taught the Jews that it is a
sacred thing. The laws of health em
bodied in those wonderful laws given on
Sinai can be studied with profit by all.
God has honored the human body by
making it the abode of His Son. " And
the Word was made flesh and dwelt
WTe are told in Holv
among us," etc.
ago.
At this we must confess a degree
of surprise. Years ago we read much of
the writings of Mr. Ingersoll. We came
to the conclusion that he was a brilliant
orator without true eloquence, a large
hearted sunny nature almost incapable
of looking seriously on any phrase of life,
an artist in words but a bungler in
PHYSICAL CULTURE AT TRINITY COLLEGE.
and the games and baths among
thoughts, unusually strong in the poetic,
but very weak in the logical, faculty.
His argument, in our opinion, never rose
Writ that the body is the temple of the above the Debating Society standard.
Holy Ghost. The body and the spirit p0r instance, in his "Mistakes of Moses,"
are strangely interlinked. The physical he misquoted Scripture seemingly with
life is the platform on which the spiritual the intention of carrying his point. We
He elaborates its richest products. De- neVer believed Col. Ingersoll to be en
stroy this platform and you destroy the tirev s;ncere. He knew the weakness of
possibilities bound up in the intellectual
and purely spiritual. Christ realized the
value of the body by taking care of it.
The fact that He rested at the well of
Samaria is very interesting and suggest
ive. He did not overtax his physical en
ergies. He knew that the care of his
body had much to do with his work of
preparing for the sad work on Calvary.
He never echoed the sentiment, so often
expressed, that it is better to "wear out
than to rust out." He rather exemplified
the fact that it is better to do neither.
It is strange that the Christian Church
ever indirectly taught that the body is to
be despised and humiliated. It seems
impossible for. men to believe that to
starve the body is to please God. The
wrongs inflicted on the body by the early
(and latter) saints cry out to high heaven.
The body is still despised. It has not yet
received the consideration and respect to
which it is entitled. It is a sad fact that
the Christian ministry in a most practical
way evinces a lamentable ignorance
of the value of the body. They trample
upon the sacred claims in the name of
God. They forget that when Christ said,
"Be ye therefore perfect even as your
Father in heaven is perfect," He was re
ferring to the body as well as to the mind
and heart.
This indifference to the demands of the
body is shown in many ways. Some
preachers eat unwisely. Several years
ago we heard a preacher say, " I pay no
attention to my digestion. ; I eat what I
want. This is the best cure for indiges
tion." Th Pfl
to W- a living exemplification of his doc
trine. He is now in his grave. He died
catarrh of the stomach. Some seem
to have no idea of the value of sleep.
1 ney sit up over half the ' night at our
annual gatherings, for instance, snatch a
few hours of sleep, and then wonder why
tney feel debilitated. There are others
try to do too much. There are
Preachers who travel twenty miles and
!nore and preach three or four times, and
Slt up till i2 o'clock at night all in the
saine day. We do not believe that God
his position, and would never meet an
opponent in public debate. A man
who truly believes the doctrine which he
teaches will never be afraid to measure
lances with any one who may oppose
him. So we repeat, we are surprised
that so much has been said about the
death of a man whose life has added
nothing to the great life of humanity.
W7e recorded the event in our news col
umns last week.. We did not think it of suffi
cient' importance to merit space on our
editorial page. We speak of it now only
to re-emphasize our view.
'HE WAS FOND OF YOU."
A few days ago a Christian young
man died. Before he died he expressed
a desire that a certain preacher living in
the same city should conduct the fun
eral. The father, in making known to
the preacher the request, said, "He was
fond of you." It seems that the preacher
had no intimate acquaintance with the
young man. He simply had a good
word and a pleasant look for his young
friend, in meeting him now and then.
This illustrates the value of the little
things of life. A bright word and look
are very cheap. But such kindness finds
a lodgment as a rich treasure in some
soul. Life is brightened and lightened
with these little things. We should al
ways carry a full stock. They are our
richest possessions. They make us and
others wealthy.
"THE JIM CROW LAW."
We believe that what is called the
" Jim Crow" law is a good one. It works
no disadvantage to either race, but is
fraught with advantages which must be
apparent to any one. The railroads, es
pecially one, have been severely criticised
for the way in which they are carrying
out the provisions of the law. It is said
that the Southern is giving too much
space to the blacks and too little to the
whites. If this, be true, we see no rea
son for the severe criticism. Before the
law went into effect it seemed to us on
A sound, strong and symmetrical body
is of primary importance in the growth
of the individual and the progress of civ
ilization. Due emphasis was placed on
this fact among the ancient civilizations,
as may be seen in the strict laws that
controlled the diet and sanitation of the
Jews,
the Greeks and Romans
To prevent disease is wier than to
fight it after it appears. The body should
not be left an easy prey to disease when
it can be fortified againt it. To expect
spontaneous physical perfection is as ab
surd as to expect spontaneous moral per
fection. The body is hnder laws, as well
as the mind and conscience, and ignor
ance of, and disobedience to, these laws
will prove as hurtful in the physical
sphere as disobedience to law will in the
moral sphere. To take physical exercise,
as careless men advise, is no wiser than
an exhortation to keep the mind excited
for purposes of culture. Education must
be a wise training in obedience to es
tablished laws. A mind overtrained at
one point produces a crank; and the body
overdeveloped at a few points produces
deformitv. i
Such general considerations as these
have led to. a growing interest among
College and Universities in physical cul
ture. The end sought is not athletic
sports, but physical perfection. This
new movement in education must yet
win its way to a proper public considera
tion. The end sought is serious, and the
work must be removed from the idea of
play. Men who have had no special and
laborious training m this field of educa
tion have no more right to undertake it
than an unprepared man has a right to a
professorship in Latin or English Litera
ture. A quack is as desirable in a sick
room as one should be in a gymnasium.
It is not enough to be able to use dumb
bells, swing Indian clubs, and perform
on horizontal bars, and to do all of these
in a wanning way, but the instructor
should have as much and as accurate
knowledge of anatomy and therapeutics
as a learned phsyician, and his prescrip
tions should be as scientific as those of a
practitioner. More harm than good must
result from misdirected physical training,
just as greater injury than benefit must
come from a false diagnosis and treat
ment by a medical doctor.
In adding this department to the work
of Trinity College, the only aim in plan
ing and equipping the gymnasium was
the highest scientific results. . No limit
was put upon the expenditures, and ap
paratus,not only the best of the most recent
models was purchased, but everything
necessary to reach and develop every
muscle in the human body. All possible
baths vere supplied, and everything done
to make the work pleasing and attractive.
There was a large number of appli
cants for the appointment of instructor,
but this wTas recognized as the most im
portant connected with this department
of work. Through Dr. Sargeant, Phys
ical Instructor in Harvard University,
the College, was put in correspondence
with Mr. Albert Whitehouse, who had
been first assistant of Dr. Sargeant in
America's greatest university. Efficiency,
not economy, secured him the appoint
ment. He graduated from the famous
Manchester Gymnasium, Manchester,
England, and spent four years in Boston
as first assistant in the Harvard Gymna
sium, and director of private gymnasium.
He took his medical course in Tuft's
Medical School in Boston. The system
used by Mr. Whitehouse is the Ameri
can system, and is regarded as the most
scientific system that has been so far de
veloped. It was originated and per-
Harvard, Messers Anderson and Sevier
of Yale, Mr. Hitchcock of Cornell, and
Mr. Savage of Columbia University. The
underlying principles of this system
are, first, to apply exercise for the pur
pose of obtaining and maintaining good
health, second, to build up the weak
parts, remedy faculty tendencies, and
make a symmetrical body, third, to ac
quire skill in the use of the body.
The following inquiries and measure
ments show with what minute and scien
tific care the individual case is studied
and treated: i. Age? 2. Occupation?
3. Father died of? 4. Mother died of?
5. Any inherited physical weaknesses?
6. What diseases? 7. What accidents?
8. Measurements. , (a) Age. (b) Height,
standing, sitting,- knee, (c) Girth of head,
neck, upper chest, upper chest inflated,
lower chest inflated, (d) Girth of waist,
hips, right thigh, left thigh, right knee,
left knee, right calf, left calf, right ankle,
left ankle, right instep, left instep, right
shoulder, left shoulder, (e) Girth of right
and left upper arms, elbows, forearms,
wrists. () Depth of chest and abdomen.
(g) Breadth of head, neck, shoulders,
waist, hips, (h) Shoulders, elbow, to
finger tips of each arm. (i) Length of
foot, right, left. () Horizontal length,
stretch of arms, capacity of lungs,
strength of lungs, of back, of legs, of
chest, of upper arms, of forearms, and total
strength.
These examinations and measurements
are made at the beginning of the course
in the gymnasium; and such work is pre
scribed as the individual conditions
demand.
There are very many common defects
and weaknesses of the human body which
are regarded as innocent freaks of nature,
but which are the foundation of most
serious results. Some of these are:
"Stooped shoulders," producing con
stricted chests, destroying lung power
and rendering the person susceptible to
consumption. "Weakness of muscles that
should support the spine. From this
weakness arise very many functional de
rangements. Uneven circulation of the
conditions. It includes massage, Swedish
movements, hot air and vapor baths. All
the leading hospitals of this country use
the massage treatment. So much has
been accomplished by it that all the lead
ing physicians recommend it in very many
cases.
This outline . of physical culture in
Trinity College will give the public some
conception of the aims and methods em
ployed. In the organization of this new
department the authorities of the college
had as their only motive the good of
Trinity students, and they thus offer to
the public an opportunity to secure the
best work in physical development.
blood, causing congestions, and such
ected by such men as Dr.
Sargeant
of
functional derangements as constipation.
indigestion and dyspepsia. General awk
wardness caused by an unequal develop
ment of muscles.
These are only a few of the many de
fects which are noticeable in our men and
women, and which can be remedied by
proper treatment. If they are not cor
rected, untold harm will result from them
as their years increase.
The Angier Gymnasium was opened
the first of March, and while it was im
possible to perfect its working before the
close of the college year, yet very great
results were achieved. A few cases that
have been treated are given in order to
show some of the practical results even
in such a short period.
Miss E. C. K. Awkward carriage, head
carried forward and chest constricted ;
lung power has been increased ; neck
nearly straightened, and carriage im
proved 75 per cent.
Miss F. C. Anaemic, general weak
ness, could not take light drill without
exhaustion and dizziness. Has improved
physical condition 75 per cent.
J. L. M. Poorly developed physique,
stiff right knee from injury. Has in
creased lung capacity forty cubic inches,
and chest measurement one and three
fourths inches, and is now able to ride a
bicycle.
S. K. Had Pott's disease of the spine,
and was supported by plaster of paris
jacket. Now has full use of his body
without the jacket, and can compete with
the average boy of his age in jump
ing, etc.
A. D. Growth and development stunt
ed, chronic constipation. Has grown one
inch in height, with marked increase of
strength, and his chronic trouble entirely
remedied.
A large number of students have been
cured of indigestion, while all have in
creased their strength and activity.
These results have created great en
thusiasm in physical culture at Trinity
College, not only among the college au
thorities, but in the city of Durham. It
It has attracted the attention of all the
leading physicians of Durham, and they
have spoken in the highest terms of its
value and efficiency.
The department of medical gymnastics
is entirely a new feature in physical cul
ture in the South. Treatment and train
ing in this department is not included in
the regular course, but can be arranged
for by application to the Instructor.
This department provides for the spe
cial treatment of various deformities and
CHRIST AND HIS CROSS THE CENTER OF
THE UNIVERSE.
By Alexander McLaren, D. D. Manches
ter, England.
Of which salvation the prophets have in
quired and searched diligently, .
the things which are now reported unto
you, . . . zvhich things the angels de
sire to look into. 1 Peter i. 10-12.
I have detatched those three clauses;
from their surroundings, not because I
desire to treat them fragmentally, but be
cause we thereby throw into stronger re
lief the writer's purpose to bring out the
identity of the Old - man and the New
Revelation, the fact that Christ and His
sufferings are the center of the world's
history, to which all that went before
points, from which all that follows after
flows.
My purpose this morning is just to try
to bring before us the magnificent unity
into which these texts bind all ages and:
all worlds, planting Jesus Christ and His
cross in the center of them all. There
are four aspects here in which the writer
teaches us to regard this unity.
I. First, Christ and His cross, the sub
stance of prophecy.
There must be these two things con
served which Peter here emphasizes
the real inspiration of the prophet order,,
and its function to point onward to Jesus.
But if, in the eagerness of the chase after
the literary facts of the origin of the Old
jVstampntj vp fnrcrpt tVm t ..it IS a Unity,
that it is a divine unity, that it is pro
gressive revelation, and that "the testi
mony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy,"
then I venture to say that the most un
critical, old-fashioned reader of the Old
Testament that found Jesus Christ in the
Song of Solomon, and the details of the
tabernacle, and in all the minutiae of
worship and sacrifice was nearer to the
living hearts of the thing than the most
learned scholar that has been so absorbed
in the enquiries as to how and when this,,
that, and the other bit of the book was
written that he fails to see the one august
figure that shines out, now more and now
less dimly, and gives unity to the whole.
"To him gave all the prophets witness."
The Old and the New are unity, and
Christ and His cross are the substance
and the center of both.
II. Note here Christ and His crossy
the theme of Gospel preaching.
The apostle speaks of the things which
the prophets foretold as being the same
as "those which are now reported unto
you by them that have preached the gos
pel unto you, with the Holy Ghost sent
down from heaven." I should like to
point out, as the basis of one or two
things that I wish to say, the re
markable variety of phrase employed
in the text to describe the one thing.
First, Peter speaks of it as "salva
tion" ; then he speaks of it in the next:
clause as "the grace that should come
untoyou"; then in the next phrase he
designates it more particularly as " the -sufferings
of Christ and the glory that :
should follow." Now if we put these
designations together salvation, grace,,
Christ's sufferings, the subsequent glory,
we come to this, that the facts of Christ's
life, death, resurrection, and ascension are
the great vehicle which brings to men
God's grace, that that grace has for its
purpose and its effect man's salvation,,
and that these facts are the gospel which.
Christian preachers have to. proclaim.
III. Once more, here we have Christ
and His cross as the study of angels.
WThich things the angels desire to
"look into." Now the word that Peter
employs is an unusual one in Scrip
ture. It is used to describe the at
titude of Peter and John when they
stooped down and looked into the sepul
cher. The idea conveyed is that of eager
desire added to fixed attention.
The elder brethren in the Father
house do not grudge the ring and the
robe given to the prodigals; rather they-
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