The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1875-12-22
vice and VicuuaIs.

The great law - Like produces ike - Is universal.
Every seed after his kind is the Law Of creation
Monkeys exception This principle
not only obtains in the production Of life, but ir all
the processes Of it's development. Under the
laws Of life man's blood is made ont Of the food he
cats The blood by the mysterious eyolyemont Of its
life, forms nerves and tissues, bones and brains,
that mans body and brains are made Out Of the
food be eats.
Now the body aud soul are SO near that they
simiate, or take on each others Impressions Il,
therefore. mans body Is made up chiefly Of ae'h
taken ffom ugly pushing bulls, or Of diseased and
sta-fed cows. and his whole physical frame is sat-
urated with the irritating and exciting condiments Of
what is popularity called good food the whole bias Of
his bodily powers will be tOwsrds animais. All the
impressions and impulses that the soul receives from
such body are bsAs.y and debasing. Like pro-
duees like in the formation Of physical tissue out Of
food. well the generation Of stock iH the stall
Hence ] hold that very much Of the Wckedness Of
mankind Is the natural expression Of physical beast
liness rather than the outflow Of innate vieousness
body made up largely Of all manner Of -goad-
ing, passiOn-prOdueing, anger-generating elements
such found in the gross animal dishes with
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a tempest drives a feather bcforc it.
The kind OF food man eats and the time and man
ner Of bis eating it, pot merely a question Of
morals. The effects OF food the passions aud feel
ings thus described by Prior:
'.nbserye the various operations
OF fod and drink IN several nations.
Was ever Tartar fierce aud cruel
Upsn the strength q water erueli e
But who shall stand bic rage and force
When hrst he rides then eas bis horsel
Salads and egg are lighter fare,
Tune the Italian sparks guitar:
And " take Don Confrere right,
Padding and beef make Britons hsht"
If, therefore, our meats has something to do with
morals, if our food in some way aIe cts GU
faith. it seems to me that many of our efforts at
moral reform ought to be preceded by instruction in
hygiene. In other words efforts to make man genu.
nely devotional ought be prefacsd by efforts to
correct bad dicetic habits father, by prayer and
preeept and oggng has done his best to reform his
boy, whose staple diet was meat and sausage pie /
and cake at his meals with lunch between. The
family physician in streak Of honesty saia to the
father, If you will put eech back Of each Of your
boys once a week for a month you will do more
to reform him than your preaching aud pounding will
do in year. The father asked for the philosophy
Of this description. why" said the doctor, your
boy has bad blood and too much Of it, he must be-
have badly or be would burst" -" Then" said the
father, III change his diet from beef and pie to
hominy and milk" In three months thereafter
better boy for bis age could not be found 10 the
neighborhood.
The great problem Of health reform as solved by
well regulated diet, has, therefore, vital connec-
tiOn with all the moral reforms that pressing up
on the church and the State everywhere Let US re-
cOguize this fact and address ourselves the goOd
work in our families. schools and churches. that
whatever we do, whether eat drink we shall do
ali to the glory of GOd.--Ho6's Journal Of RealiA