Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-10-25
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GY- Energy is ,oihe mind what health Is
10 the body, and if the one fails, lis clTec. will
be quite as percepiible as failure OF the o,h.
sr. A disease. mind is vastly more Danger
Gus than diseased body, because medicine
and a sklful physician Will generally restore
the latter, while the former is entirely beyond
their reach. Diseases Of the body VIC expect,
because Nc know that they are inevitable !;
they are hum,ni,y's emblem, because they
accomplish dissolution. They are the every
day occurrences Of life, and we shrink not
frum them because familiarity has in great
measure dssipated fear, al least while there is
no alarming danger. But who is there that
does not aaudtfrr AT The idea of diseased
mind ! Who can calmly anticipate It's ap-
proach, as he would the comIg ofbodily dis
ease All, no one. Oycr-exeTtion, severe
fatigue, great exposure, and all those kind OF
things produce bodily sickness so a'so deep
thought, constant application, and those deep
sr trials, those mental stiliciOns, Cf which tho
world knows nothing, produce diseases Of the
mind. We can witness the approach OF the
ordinary bodily malad es, because they are
plain To the eye, they demonstrate theinselve
upon the surface but il is moi so in the other
case. Their approach may be as gradual, but
our power TO conceal is greater. The face
may even wear smile Of Joy, the laugh may
nc az lou and merry, and the tongue may roll
AZ rapidly as ever, for a long time, but who
knowelh the secrets OF the hearl Who can
dive into it, inmonsity, and gaze at It's ha'-
lowed treasures Who can read the mlnd's
buried thoughts Who can extract the pols'
on that il slowly but surely corrodlng al that
~ bright and beautiful in the tabernacle Oi
Reason, Who can storm her throne and
eradicate the obn' xiOus materials that Sayc
gathered there, and are preparing to wreck
The fabric 7 No one, no one. You may DO
hold the droo, ing form, and prescribe for de-
cning health you may recommend abs;i-
nenco from business, and recreation amid
pleasures ard gaye,y. But these are idle
things. They reach not the c, and they
produce not The dcsir d effect. When you
behold su, case, deal gently With II, for it
is the spirit and no, the flesh that is sick ;
GROW d lot your unwclcone and useless rene
die upon it, for they ony irrIiato the malaGy,
aud hasten the issue. Deal gcily with q
poisoned spirit, be considcra,e Of a wounded
uiud. 1t may rave in the proud realm Of i,e
own creation, and becum, monarch Of its fan
rird gorgcousness: and you cannot grasp the
scepirc from rs spirit hand, OF aunihlla,e the
monsters that 'torm il. POWER Creatures
though they be Of fancy, they arc yet terri
bic in their omuipolence, aud they sway a.
power over tic duminlon OF mind more fear
tai than that Of lcagued armies in charge Of
an aim - Ubiquitous conqucrUr
We can all gaze With comparative calmncsS
upon diseases Of The body, and we can vii
ness the flight Of the spirit, uEdeT such cir
cums,ances, with only the ordinary emotions
of grief but when the diseased mind raves
nd storms agaiLst the walls Of lis clay-moul-
dcd tonemeut, until tho throne yields 10 the
msidious disease that devasiates tive
shrink within ourselves, and pray for liver
ancc from such affection. 1t is then and only
then ,ha! we fully appreciate the blessings OF
mental healh, aud preservation from causes
that rojuco such melancholy and disastrous
results.