The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-07-25
Rest.

Multitudes of earth's toiling millions have died
while striving To make enough money 10 retire
from business, and in n beautiful cottage on their
own little farm spend the remnant oftheir days in
rest, in having nothing in particular to do. Per-
haps one in 1000. 600 of the hopers does make
money enough to enable him to retire to his coun-
try seat, and Tor a year or two, while he is fixing
it up to his notion, all goes on charmingly, but
when everything is completed to his mind, and he
has nothing more to take up lis attention, he
eats aud slecpsand loungcsaround for n few months
longer, falls into disease and dies or if he has
unusual force of character and power of observa-
ton, he notices that both health and happiness
are passing from him, and tracing this to the true
cause of an inactive body and unoccupied mind,
he resolves To sell out and plunge again into the
vortex of business.
Recently an old acknowledgements, gradual
ing IN the same class 81 years ago-writes that
/. : both body and mind are worn out ; the slightest
physical labor exhausts him ;" and . any effort to
think or study, or even read, 80 wearies the brain
that life is felt rs Il BURDEN He withdrew from
his professional duties, which he had performed in
the place for % years., with honor 10 himself,
having secured the love, confidence and respect of
all who knew him. lie gave up his calling for
the purpose Of obtaining rest. as n means of health.
The number of families is increasing every day,
who give up housekeeping as n means oGrcst from
family cares. and resort To that miserable and
most unwise mode of life, boarding at Il hotel or
in some private family, to get more dissatisfied
Iiidn ever III ~ lew mDHlilHs tdi hit IililiS illD
bad health and bad habits of various kinds.
All these classes of persons fail, miserably fail
in their object, because they mistake the physiol-
ogical meaning of the word crest" Neither
body nor brain are safely, truly and happily rest
ell by doing nothing. The only healthiul rest, as
long as our physical and mental constitution re-
mains rs it Is, is to be busy. Men of force and
industry will everywhere tell you. at is the
hardest thing in the world 10 do nothing" No
mortal man was ever made TO be n l%oafer, to be n
dronc. The true idea of rest is recreation a max
ing over again, a return 10 our accustomed yigor
and this is accomplished, not by allowing the ma
chine To come to a stand-still, for inactivity is rust
and ruin 90 all mechanical ontriyances, and death
to all physiological structures. The true object
of rest IL recuperation, and that is best brought
about as TO the body, by exercising a different
set of muscles and as to the brain by calling into
requisition "A different set of organs or powers,
causing the mind to act upon new objects. y
better plan is not 10 get into unhcalthful condi-
tions named, and they are available by giving
two hours daily to the exercise of n different class
of muscles or to the investigation and study of
objects of comparatively trivial importance and of
a wholly different nature. The student should
ride on horseback, or cultivate fruits and flowers
the merchant should employ his mind in liberal
studies, in active personal and elevating charities,
while the over-taxed and worried wife should pay
a visit daily to some prudent friend, some CHEEKY
neighbor or suffering sister or child the main
idea in all cases being TO spend two or three hours
daily in open-air activities wholly different from
the ordinary business routine.-BoStO Watch
man and Refecfer.