The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-12-14
II L A L I H.


III o'ASA 4 AoSliCul L uICuOlOSys
IS Mankind have no more right 10 be sic
'e than to commi. suicide, and sick person
r. are to be blamed, not pitied. God mac
lie US all to be perfectly happy, from the or,
n die 10 the grave, and to live twice as lon
d as we now do; and if we lived as W
:, should live and obeyed the organic law
:, OF our creation, we never be sick, and ne,
If er die i'll ripe old age crept slowly and i'm
S percepl'bly upon US, like the gradual de
I. parIure of evening twilight, our power
e gradually weakening till, like the expir
5 ing lamp, life went out of itself, "withou
; Struggle or a groan." The same prin
clple applies to the sickness and death o
children. TO suppose that the Creator
} mas rendered this shocking and heart-ren.
derng mortality of one-haf of all oul
children necessary, is " charging God fool
IshIy,' mol parents, by not keeping
your children's temperaments duly bal,
anced. and by your wantcn violation OF
every law of physiology,
you give yourselves the wounds You feel"
Sickness is not providentiaI afflic,ion
nor a judgment, but the natural. Ieoi,i.
mate, inevitable effect of violating those
laws of physiology, including those of the
temperaments, under the government of
which man is placed. Sickness and
health are as much causes aud effects
as the rising of the sun or the fall of rair.
The causes are in our own hands, and The
eBecis (dlseases) show how we apply
Them, The one great end of mans exist
ence is enjoyment. Every organ and
junction OF his body, every faculty Of his
mlnd, imam lhroughout,is every way adapt.
ed 10 enjoyment of the richest kind, and |
70 an extent Inconceivabse by US as we
now are. What world of real pleasure
is there in childish sports, and in the flow
OF" youthful blood" and buovant, elastic
spirits; in the full, uninterrupted eniov-
ment OF life, and health, and strength; in
eating, sleeping, and muscular exercise
ct, what are all these, compared with the
nl9 her exercise of mind o! g lowing friend. s
ship, OF the domestic feelings, of pure and I
elevated connubal love- of The still high ,
II moral and religious feelings, of disin.
crested benevolence to man, and adora- ,
ION OF God, not to mention the still more
xa'ted delight springing from studying
ne works and operations of nature, from Il
he exercise OF mind as mind (which, more
nan any thing else calls into harmonious d
ct'on' and that, too,in higher degree,,he s
.reatest number OF faculLiesl The per 4
ectlon OF mans nature consists in the har. ;,
lonlous aud agreeable exercise of these :
nd all his other faculties and powers. d
'ut man, IN his eager chase after riches, a
oes not give himself time TO reap any of n
these golden fruits thus strewed bv the a
Sod OF nature in his path. He spends a
early all his time, all his energies, his a,
hole existence upon his body, in amass. :,
e, wealth, IN getting something 10 eat, =, -
I'd drink, aud wear, and live in, and i"
1ow OFT with. In doing this, he hurries, IN
I'D drives, and tolls, as though he had be
ut weekto live, thereby breaking down Ell
Is constitution, inducing disease ia all its G
rms, and hurrying himself into an early m
rave. This cannot be the natural order in
things. So noble being as man was 81
rIahly never made merely 10 eat, and -
eep, and huuer in the fashions, and bean d
money. Had God designed that he, dl
Re the other animals, should e2pend his m
Mole existence upon his body, he GER oc
lnly would never have endowed him be
TN the higher qualities of morality and all
diligence. Life and probation are hi
orlh TOO much 70 be all swallowed up 49,
gratifying our physical animal wants. "
he body is on y The servant of the mind, 'n'
q for US thus 10 use up both the mind W.
d body upon the latter, is to make our. de
Ives mere brates, and TO throw into the we
OK aground all that is noble and moral,
d Intellectual, and Godlike in man.
ct all this the mass of mankind do .'
NY here and there one spend their time u,d
the exercise and eniov,nent of Mind zle
q moral feeling as such. How small pei
proportion OF time is spent in Studying col
wonderful works of God, in admirine tiff
beauties of nature aud examining del
operations, or studying and applying fro
laws and phenomena No! man
no time TO bestow upon these trivial. '''
'Ilsh mauers He does not take time
en- to eat and sleep, but must swallow sec
wn his food hall masticaed. and yearly al.
tasted, thus deranging his stomach, aud :"
ably abrldging the pleasures of his pal. wa
. The same isstrue of all his enjoy can
nts. He ruins his health in making St.
ney, and completes that ruin in spend On,
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