The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-05-24
BOWELS Considered A. uou.
AZ. AGENTS.
From the Springiicl,, RepIiflj,an

into IIampden Hail. paid dime At the door
and sat down. A spiritual meetinc was in
progress, md a bright looking mul,tto s,ood
upon the platform. waiting for trance. The
faithful were singing a hvmn in the GOOD old
style, and the gentleman stood am; took ".b,
power At the proper moment. the spirit.
got hold of him. and set him talkin. The
individual who used him for month niece
on this occa>ion was Jean Paul. to which fac,
are undoubtedly TO be attributed certain Sins
IN his English. But he talked. and that rioh,
glIhly. too We have not been refreshed
with snch specimen Of solemn butlnonerv
anh gross InfIdehfv since the spiritual con
ven'ion at the same place. Bat he advanced
one doctrine which. with certain Limitations
and rather essential qualifications, we feel
disposed to adopt. A. nearly as we could
get at the idea. it was that nothing stands in
the way OF man being good but Indigestion
that the hope OF mankind lies in the stom-
ach and howelS-that salvation exists only il,
assimilation man. highest relations are
those which hr sn>tains towarl, his dinner
table. and that the road TO Heaven passes
through the aiimentarv canal.
w" We VIII 20 80 idr Win thP gentleman
(provded he will drop Jean Paul. who Is
rathr- tedious. in the spirit or out as to adj
NIT that bowels really deserve place amono
the great moral agents. We have no doubt
that many OF the gloomie>t passages of reie-
iOuS experience originate in the liver, that
conscience is haras>cd hy the passage Of cal
culi through the hillary duct. that coolne>s
between friends is frequently no: only conci
dent with. but dependent upon. constipation.
that love wanes with a relaxed habit of the
mucous membrane. that anger and irrita@ili
ty are the direct results of mince- pie and lo5-
ster->alad. and that coniuual infidcli,v NAV
he produced by over-ie-dins. perhaps more
readily than by sp,ritualsm. We bcli.v.
that the careworn and hag.ard condition of
the American people results from dyspepsia.
rather than from any other cause, and that
the national bowels need only to be kept well
and regularly open TO tighten the general
load of care >" per cent
We have seen many cases in this poor
world that would sufficiently illustrate the
basis of our belief We could Law our hand
upon the arm of many TREND who would
not only be startled but offended, bv the in
situation which it would convey. We know
a calm and patient woman whose religious ex-
erriscs ar. one continued trial. Her heart j,
hard. her sensitive conscience is her PERSIST.
ent accuser, the heavens are brass above her
\ cloud rests upon all her worldly circum
stances. she looks ont upon the future with
fearful forrbodn.S friends are tickle or cold
death stands always knocking AT the door
and everything GOES against her. She look
upon all this As discipline and 'rcs in vain tC
improve herself bv il. She thinks that all l.
meant TO wean her from a world of sorrow
and vet she cannot perceive that she is be-
coming better fitted for that land
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