The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1880-06-05

tails process Ct WeiutefRratlQns which =
the reverse Of the process Of nutrition
that IS 10 say. when tissue or organ IS
doing its work, i IS expending energy
which il has previously derived BY virtuo
Of the process Of nutrition.
Work. therefore. 50 to speak. Is tho
using up Of nutrition; so that ifthe income
Of energy due to work. the tissue o. or
gan viii remain stationary as regards its
capacity for further work. while. # the
work done IS in excess Of the nutrition
supplied. the tissue Or organ VIII soon be \
unable to continue its work; il win Be.
come. as we say. exhausted. cease to
work. and remain passive until it's again
slowly and gradually refreshed Or built
up BY the process Of nutrition. There
fore. all the tissues and organs ofthe body
require periods Of rest 10 alternate with
periods Of activity; and what 3 true Of
each part the body is likewise true Of
the body as whole sleep being moth
ing other than time Of general rest dur
ing which the process Of nutrition Is al
lowed to gain upon that Of exhaustion.
Thus we may have local exhaustion
when the muscles Of our arm are no long
er able to hold out heavy weight
we may have general exhaustion. As in
sleep. and we may have local restora-
tons due to nutrition--as when our cx-
haustcd arm. after some interval Of rest.
is again able to sustain the weight or we
may have general restoration due to
nutrition. as in the effects Of sleep. In
the case Of some organs-such as most Of
the sccreting organs activity IS almost
constant owing 10 the constant expenr
diture Of energy being just about balanced
by the constant income; in the case Of
nerves and muscles this IS not so; during
the times when these organs are IN 40.
tivity their expenditure Of energy Is -
vastly greater than their income during
the satnrNtines. that they can only DO
their work by drawing upon the stores Of
energy which have been laid up by them
during the comparatively long periods Of
their previous rest
Now recreation applies only to nerve
and muscle. and what It amounts to Is
simply this--a change Of organic activity.
having for its object the affording of time
for the nutrition ofexhausted portions Of
the body.
A part ofthe body having become ex-
hausted BY work done and yet the whole
Of the body not being exhausted 80 far as
TO require sleep, recreation Is the afford
ling Of local sleep to the exhausted part
BY transferring the scene Of activity from
ii to some other part.
Be ii observed that certain amount Of
activity is necessary for the life and health
Of all the organs ofthe body 30 h would
not do for the community Of organs IS
whole that. when any one set became cx-
hausted BY their own activity. ali the
others should share in their time Of rest
as in general sleep. But, BY transferring
the state Of activity from organs already
exhausted BY work to organs which are
ready nourished to perform work, recrea
ton may be termed. as has been said, local
sietp.
The conflicts Of science and religion"
IS phrase in which learned conceit has
often embodied its seifcompiacent super
fciainess. and the harmony Of science
and religion Is the style Of the superer-
viceable Offices Of certain wslI-disposcd
persons who seem to think that the whole
system Of Christianity exists BY the favor
Of rational science. II Is better, however.
to turn away from both Of these. and to
accept the truth that science clearly dc.
monstrates. and in its light examine the
data Of revelation. This Is the course
taken in the recently published work
with we have read with much satisfac,
ton. The animus Of the book IS pretty
accurately set forth IN ! single sentence OF
the authors preface. II would read the
old faiths u1Lick r sfig 6rhipr. In the light
Of modern thought, foantieh Leaa not b
5iiad" Il IS no doIbt true that many 81
the fancies 81 the traditional beliefs mere
excfcscence upon the system d biblical
truths-must Be cast Of 10 the growth Of
biblical learning. and Of more spiritual
faith. but the truth itself win remain To-