Show DIRT din jacob what Is dirom lirt southey the dictionary tells us that dirt is whatever adhering to anything renders it foul or unclean air eyes tell us that it takes away the beauty of wha whatever it touches our noses tell us that it is extremely disgusting and our feelings tell us that it is repugnant nt lo 10 health and comfort and purity and social en enjoyment 1 cyment DIRT is not part of our nature it is a parasite on our hearts blood like a vampire empire they say the vampire kucki sucks away the life ilfe lit without the poor patients knowing it it is is just the same with dirt four fifths of mankina mankind live five in dirt and iose lose a large part of their health and comfort in consequence what is it that robs t tle ile tie lie working cia cla classes aes in in many any of our oun large towns of nearly balf half their natural term of life dirt Dirl dirt on the person in the honses houses yin lin in the streets street and in in the air what is it that makes th children fretful impatient and bad tempered DIRT again what is it that keeps rich people from associating with ill fil the fhe e poor poon fram sitting by them at meetings or letting them come comp to their honses houses often not so mc much pride as DIRT what is it that destroys self seif belfre respect re sp t makes men careless and degraded and weakens the natural restraints of modesty D dirt again what is it that makes the pret prettiest ti esaf face e ugly the finest clothes tawdry the cleverest man disagreeable and the most splendid house uninhabitable DIRT again AWAY THEN the 11 WITO alti DIRT welcome water and air sand and soap even besoms bosoms and scrubbing Brush brushes esl esi the child who fetches a pail of water into the he house is an angel of mercy while the man that brings in a jug jue of ale is beginning the work of af a demon Theman the man who takes the nourishing food that god sends for our support turns it int into 0 poisonous spirit and after mixing it with corrupted water offers it his brother to drink gives pleasure to fiends fiend but the poor mec mechanic hanic banic who takes the putrid tallow and the dirty ashe ashes and changes them into dirt destroying soap is is doing a noble work it is like what the divine bein being does in nature HE taker takes the filthy particles that nauseate us and the bad bid air that robs us of our health and with this he nourishes the plants and forms a new store of support and of oi herbage and flowers that delight us i LOATH you cannot help it at work but when work is over taste no food till you have cleaned yourself wash your whole body over every morning and put on clean clothes as often as ever you can you could soon adford afford plenty of clean shirts and j sheets if the publican publican gave eave you back your money and you gave mm m back his bis ale dont don t take th those ose ote dirty drink cool yourself with the fresh clear water hav that hat nature filters so beautifully for you in thet them he bowel bowels of the earth whitewash your oun our cottage and open your windows dont grudge either kinle money that is spent in n cleanliness and try li ve where your neighbors are clean also lest iest you tou buffe suffer from their dirt for DIRT IS it gets into the body through the pores of the skin anti and the dirty gases gaies enter enten with the air into the biting lungs gs it mixes inn eg with the blood and makes it corrupt and often fevers cholera chole ray rag consumption and other fatal diseases are the result all ali slops biddens mid dens and places help to poison the air and we should wash them away as fast as we can there ou ought to be a drain and water closet in in every house a sewer in every street and above all everl everi n 1 p plentiful supply of water to bluh fluh the dirt away the places where many of the poor are only drunkard drunkards they are too bad for beasts if working men icen spent part of their drinking money in house rent such places would be deserted de Arted and soon pulled down A clean inan gnan ie pacts himself and edu educates cales his ryea eye and noye noe to the observance of decency he is is not afraid of goin anywhere or ashamed of being in the company of aly any anyone one the dirty man care cares for nobody and yet slinks stinks away from respectable spec table people TO GODLINESS an habitually dirty airty man can I 1 hardly be religious ile he is breaking one of the first of natures law cleanliness in person prepare prepares for purity of heart and for a reception of the life giving principles of the gospel AIR pure WATER AND GOOD SOAP FOR EVERI everl DOWN dows WI in DIRTH dirt readell if you ou have llave not doue done so already go and wash wasll yourself now throw the tobacco box into the fire leave intoxicating drink drinks 9 at the he pub ile lie ic house and never go there and become a clean a sober a religious man |