Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-02-04

direct pledges of abstinence, &c, which
except in a very few isolated instances
have only modified the evil for time
We NAV dam the stream and stop il
flow for season. but unless we cal
drv nm lis fountains il will only gail
mower and be certain TO find an outlet
Total Abstinencc. for some natures
h no doubt lust the thing wher,
transmitted habit has become Dseconc
nature but would venture TO suggest
that il is not quito the proper watch
word for the true friends of "reform.' ;
We must bear in mind the words o.
Jonathan Myre that aAll things arc
for use and not for abuse.p and that
prineinle contains all that il eventually
worth ANYTHING in policy. The great
asecret" consists in so liying-in Sc
ordering our lives in little things that
we can command that our humanity
may gain the ascendenoy over our ami.
maiity. Here TO. is found a solution
to the question of 'Free Agency
The "soui" that is truly indiyidualized
becomes the ahiph proprietor of the
physical organism. Free humanity
declares that "Selfpreservation is not
tho first law of Nature - because il
feels itself to be deathless. But first
and below humanity are the animal
instincts and desires that call for every.
thing that can even transiently minis.
ter to the passions and appetites yet
mixed through it all. in the "human
form divinep are glimmerines of divin.
ity that sooner or later must and will
"6umanize the whole lump Man is
curious compound in his present
status. and undoubtedly the most of
his unhappiness arises out of the con.
fiict between the members of his own
organism. The battlewaxes hot between
ac6uisitiveness and benevolence. be.
tween alimenitivencss and spirituality /;
in short, between the whole moral dc.
partment and the animal propensities
And if the Royal King in the upper
chamber is restrained by iron bars, His
protests will disturb TIE peace of the
household. Human intelligence has
become one of the grand factors in the
nrogressive develonment of better con.
dititions for its own unfolding. The
earth. by the handicrait of man, has
been made capable of sustaining its
hundreds of millions, and every de.
mand is supplied almost as soon as
realized to both the physical and men.
tai vet the conflict goes on, and the
Coming man is not here to convince
the world that use Of all is to humanize
mankind TO bring the mind wholly
into the ascendency over all below its
exalted station. Then use will
take the place of mere animal
qualification, and Temperance in all
thinps will produce regular habits of
| life, from which will flow abodily ease
and mental tranquility
Then let us use our intelligence to
the very best possible advantage, and
beginning at the very basis of life,
look most fully into the prenatal con
ditions that are certain TO stamp their
impress upon the delicate organism
that is gathering its ieelcrs prior TO its
advent into the world of sensation.
This / know is q delicate subject to
discuss before public audience; but
| appeal to every even prospective
father and mother, whether it is not a
most momentous question, and one that
concerns every-s rational man and wo.
man. The peace and happiness ofevery
household turns largely upon the char.
acter OF its children and when it is
remembered that those characteristics
are a concentration into organic fc-m
of surrounding iarccs and predomina.
ting influences, it would seem that in.
sanity alone should hinder us from the
most careful consideration OF the sub.
iect. No sickly and impure sentimen.
tality should deter us. 1t is natural
for every parent to desire TO be the
proeenitor of children that are healthy
and beautiful physically, morally, intel
lectually and mentally. But let them
not expect it while they themselves
arc following every suggestion of ap-
petite and weakening every moral
sentiment by the debaucheries Of pas.
sion. Irregular habits, intemperance
4. -, J;.oo,;o,, M health IN h,n,o.
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~ ,ne oni,ua as .noy r. ;mmsos nan r ,o ,ho
,nolu,ng 'nnuenoo' . yn"s ,i, an ,s'e ", .no wy
lorn'ng visau,'. an sP'.I " oan,.;o ~ W.
may Say W tno So,,..ay ,'.',a 'uI .onno IVY.
.lon prossos ''sen s. upon "s, snas aan
% wnhe "o 70 ~ olsa"io TO-, 'o"s,su''on o,".
anu lnAe ouuoA',on M - yus 4" sJ,s. s'Jm ahu ,ia
.eu,ous prou1ss W mn..n W. Snp' ~ .s,n suo
oo''S.l'uen.s' WY WIZ Se,.a.n M ~, ~ w o.'e
1--WE IN ,inie' W nne upon 'n,s par. "
our suUlec' We snouiu ,o ,I nI'o9 .sso sIo
ha,keu elleo. VI yar,ous N,nu1 " w ioous
ana urihAs' .,,' rsPevialiy up1n sno sioW
ing cniiu' lno scloncs vi = nysio'osy
anu Analoiny' naVo uo'er",neu ai ,a. W
uelnons'rA,,on' ,i, l geno'vl 'uas my
prouuces llHo .nas sno o,saniSln
grows upon Mna. ~ ieeus 'na' Par'
.icu,ar lheu,vlnes gon."'n ..or,on.S .~ pai
ucularly auapteu W sNo 'ono anu
strength, as wen 10 gr1ws,'I ~ oe.tS,n I .:a
organs .nvrs1 saSiu HnsrR ,av snv siie pesi
ordered cupboard of food contains the
pharmacopca of medicine. we may in.
ier that correct dietary rules. in con.
;nnetion with proper education, will
greatly aid in reforming the inharmo
niously born. lam one Of those whom
a long course of observation has con.
vinoed. that tho intelligence or mind is
wholly dependent on tho principle of
organization for its manifestation that
the nervous system of man in general
is the most perfect and is the culmi-