The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-10-23
F0f THE FobT.
On the Healing Ar.

HOW iuoocu ~ ~ pDSSiOio W ucuuc
what W. d. not IN nisrstaa1 7 Life
inapprehensible is for a, oaly the
manifestation Of organic Action
Ewing IN liter to oar PERCEPTION is
'oaly IN ittor orSa1iz ii. subieet to
certain conditions of structure,
form and composition. Aside from
y uhsterisl .SibstrTa pat into ac-
4oA, IL is imp ossible for ID to con.
ceive OF any vital act. Organization
always CO exists with lifo, tissues
with properties, org aus With fuuc.
xions. As we arc unable to con.
prehen1 the essence Of this graul
phoh omenon, let ~ at least sock for
Its resalts AMI genarsl Ga ,raoteris.
tics. How does tho living and All.
mate human body appear to US 4? At
first vic v, it is raech snisin, which
has beginning, angtnents in voluin5.
endures for period, decays au,l
passes away an assenblage Of or
gans enjoying each it's own special
life, bat all at tho same time parts Of
the whole. and united in their ton.
disney to pro luce cJnn)u results
systems Of different functions for
nutritious. fJr adaptation to an ey.
ternal world, for reproduction of tho
species. Next. wo perceive Il fdid
containing all the organic elements,
o trns pablluln of iifs--whica in It's
rapid curse offers those clements to
every organ, rich feast to satisfy
the taste Of every guest series Of
distinctions aud festoritions, Of per
petuM eliininations and assimila-
tions , attended with tho perlnpnent
coannaince of tho same vitality u
multitude Of ac.iJns aud reactions,
in the midst Of which health or dis
ease. and death are revealed in
short, an activity peryaIins tue
whole boly, which through vast
series of organic harm )aies, culni
mates in q conscious unity-Lhe me
the centre Of thought aul the intel
lectual sphere-myster;ors entity,
incomprehensible aud self-actiye,
which feels, kuows anil desires, whc..
can alono say ~ am what AN |!
Such is life or ut least such are some
of its chief characteristics. rho,e
arc oaly exterior phenonsnl, it will
be perceived, which are evident to
the senses, and aud by no means
declare tho nature Of life in itself.
The incomprshensi1le caunot DO ex
plained by definitions, The causes OF
vital phenomena which acts in the
inmost reccsses of the system, in
che substance Of tho tissues. by
mesus Of the attractl1n or repaision
of atoms, elude our senses, our in
etrumeuts, and our comprehension.
Life is within aud without us we
feel it, judge Of it, calculate its for
ces, estimate its effects, its manifesto
lions, and varying intensities it is
manifest in one fact, aud in thous.
ands Of facts, but preserves the ob
security OF Al abstraction. It's cause
seems forever vei.ei in shadows, iln-
penetrable, Of every finite spirit.
We may cay Of life what SAINT AL-
gustiue said of time :-"There is
nothing more iutellig.ble, if you do
not ask me what it is bat nothing
darker, il you desire me TO explain
It." To this day, our systems are
but essays, our solutions pure con-
lectures, and We think we kaoS
what wo only imagine.
Still amid the multitude of pho
noinena which characterize Tue priu-
ciple OF lifo single one is supreIae,
che intinte variety Of organic acts
are all conferred in ons-the vital
and tho psychological unity Of the
entire man. Thus each organ is
made for itself. having within it, that
which renders it u complete whole |,
e has it's laws, its conditions, it's
separate existence aud ye. tho pur-
pose Of each part il found only in
the whole The life OF each organ
becomes that of all that OF all, be-
comes tho life Of each There is tho
life Of atom, tho organ, aud Of the
animal, or rather thoso aro multi
tudss Of special lives, aud yot but
ono. Wonderfully compaotod struc.
turo, which tho close union OF tho
parts with ono another forms from
tho very momont Of tho iecund
of the germ. Penetrated with
idea, tho ancient philosopher
gardod tho human body IA tho
striking image of tho uaivers
which everything is bound to
thing throughout space and
Who docs not peroolso hero th
nam {, oDIlid Of tho Pythagor
God is ono aud all" II 40 o.
or tho spring Of action in tho
ture, wo at oneo poreely@
The principle uuity Ia not vio
lifo is manifested under two 10
phases. which are quite diatine
the SeaSi6ii.lV and COairdcssbis.,..
Tho drat property dopends entirely
upon tho nervous syatom the sao,
ond appears in tho muscular system
At large they pre- ALSO styled iaoal-
Ties vi ianerpatioa aud locoHsptSV,l,
or Ssasitipe aud 0,p,,ps tor0as. With
Tow EXCEPTIONS. Wa hnl thuso iva
propertios in all vital pheap@ena,
though in Varying aesrees, Faeir
devslopment ID often IA iasersa ia
ao ~ each other bat soaptimas II
IL simultaneoaa,as I shall anaeavog ~
show hereafter, Fram tho irritable