Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-06-30
WHOLE NUMBER 81.
Health,

Take, for example, n young girl bred
dellcatle III town, shut up in a nursery
in her childhOOd-in a boarding school
through her yOuth-never accustomed
either to air or exercise, two things that
the law Of God makes essential to health
She marries; her strength is inade0Uatn
to the demand upon it. Her beauty
fades early. She languishes through fhe
hard offices of giving birth to children.
sucking and watching over them, and
dies early; and her acquaintances Ia
menGngly eXClaim, "What a strange
Providence, that a mother should be ia
ken in the midst of life from her chill
dren ~ Was it providence? No. Prov
idence has assigned her three score
years and ten; term long enough to
rear her children, and to see her chill
dren's children; but she didnOt obey the
laws on which life depends, and, OfcOurse
she IS lost a father, too, is cut off in
the midst of his days. He is a useful
and distinguished citizen, and eminent
in his profession. A general buzz rises
on every side Of ''What striking Prov
idence!' This man has been in the bab-
it Of studying half the night, of Dassing
his days in his office and in the courts,
of eating luxurious dinners, and drink
ing various wines. He has every day
violated the laws on which health de-
pends. Did Providence cut him Off?
The evil rarely ends here. The disease
of the fathers are often transmitted: and
feeble mother rarely leaves behind her
vigorous children. It has been custom
ary, in some cities, for ladies to walk in
thin shoes and delicate stockings in
mid-winter. A healthy, blooming girl,
thus dressed in violation of Heavens
laws, pays the penalty; a checked cir
culatiOn, cold, fever and DEATH frWhat
a PrOvidencer' eXclaim her friends.
Was 1t Providence or her folly? A beau
tltul young bride goes, night after night,
to parties made in honor other marriage.
She has a slightly sore throat, perhaps,
and the weather is inclement; but she
must wear neck and armr bare; for who
ever saw a bride in a close evening dress d?
She is seized with Inflammation of the
lungs, and dies before her bridal DAYS
are over. "What a PrOvidence!D ex-
claims the world, "cUt off in the midst
Ofhappiness and hOpew Alas! did she
not cut the thread of life herself? A
girl in the country, exposed to our
changeful climate, gets a new bonnet,
instead of getting flannel garment. A
rheumatism is the COnSequenc. Should
Providence has sent the rheumatism up
on her, or should she charge it on her
vanity, and avoid the folly in the fu-
ture? Look, my friends, at the mass of
diseases that are incurred by intempeT-
anee in eating or drinking, or in study
or in business; by neglect of exercise,
cleanliness, pure air; by in discreet
dressing, tight lacing, etc; all is quietly
| imputed to Providence ! is there not inn
piety as well as ignorance in all this
Were the physical laws strictly observed
from generation to generation, there
would be an end to the frightful diseases
that cut short life, and of the long NAL
aides that make life a torment or a tri
al. 1t is the opinion of those who bes
understand the physical system, that
this wonderful machine, the body, thi
''gOod temple" would gradually decay
and men would die, as q few now die a
if falling to sleep DErS. SedglUicE.