The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-11-11

organs"
(a) Failure of the bodily organs,
improper assimilation of food, or ne
glect of the laws of health, affect the
soul. improper food, or intemperance
III eating and drinking, causes con
fusion OF thought, defective memory,
loss OF the power Of abstraction, weak
ness OF mental grip, discomfort, peev-
lshness, moroseness, dependency and
impaticnce. Even IL change in the
weather acts harshly on such nature.
The November landscape with bare
trees and fields and moaning wind,
brings on the " "blues," till there's no
living with one so affected. When
ever northeast wind blew in Buenos
Ayres, mental and moral arrangement
OF the people increased. When the
northeast winds prevailed DIR. Francia,
dictator of Paraguay, during an attack
OF the blues" would have extravagant
outbreaks Of passion aud cruel exer-
tons OF despotlc power. y prominent
medical writer has said that dyspepsia
Is primarily a disease OF the brain and
nervous system, perpetuated by men
tai excitement. Although this may
be true, it does not at all discredit the
facts of. the influence Of indigestion
upon the nerve centres. Many indi-
vlduals have been made miserable by
this affection Of bodily organs, disposi-
tions have become grabbed and sour,
homes wretched, and even the ruling
powers Of the world changed. You may
remember the unfortunate dish which
Sarah Duchess of Marlboro ate; its
effects on the body caused irascIbility;
she was insolcnt to Queen Anne, who
boxed her ears, which made England
resign her advantages to France,
placed the Bourbon dynasty on the
throne Of Spain, and changed the
face of Europe to the present day
(b) The arrangement of the ner-
vous system affects the moral life.
The Rev. Dr. Alexander writes, ''to
no sVall proportion of religious
teachers it seems TO be profound
secret how much the exercises of a
changed heart may be affected by the
health of The body" The author of
"Materialism and its Lessons" states
that the moral character is usually
first impaired and often completely
perverted without a corresponding
deterioration Of the understanding.
The highest acquisition of mental evo-
| luton Is the first to witness TO moral
degcneracy.
lie instances the case Of miner
whose skull had been crushed. Before
the accident he lad been cheerful, but
now became gloomy, peevish and de-
jected. After the skull had been
trcphincd, his CHEEKY manner return
ed. Pressure on the brain may cause
thought and will to entirely cease
their manifestation. Conscience is
often entirely effaced by fever and
epilepsy The writer Of "a Problem
for Socialists" gives an example Of
youth who, when recovering from
fever, saw two men pass wearing watch
chains which he coveted. The craving
for them increased to a determination
to get them. At last his chance came,
and he stole watch and chain. But
now that the craving was satisfied he
cared for neither, and in time restored
them to the owner. The exhaustion
of nerve centres has often caused Wis
ions that have been worked into popu-
lar religion and have entered into the
beginnings Of religious growth as
states of feeling to 90 through. Many
of the experiences Of cold time revi-
walls" are to be found, not as the out
growth of religion, but the fancies Of
excited and worn nervous centres. \
great deal of the gush Of religious
enthusiasm is caused by abnormal
conditions Of the body or derange-
ment Of the nervous system.
To those affected in this way, spir-
ituality is not to be found in the vic
tory Of the Will over the flesh or in
common sense ideas of Gods revealed
Will, in fighting for principle, main
tanning truth, or struggling for re-
forms, but is sensation which gnaws
upon itself and resents disturbance
a state bordering also upon the elysi-
um of the hasheesh eater.
People often pray and talk in meet
ing in moods so melting that their
voices break and tears rush down their
cheeks; but these have been caused
by the approach of fever, Benevo-
lence is frequently a result of good
health, or a good dinner, or good news.
\ well-balanced life, in a sound
body keeping up the normal state Of
health, should be CHEEKY in its relig-
ious expression. While afflictions,
disappointments and cares may de-
press the body and react on the mind,
the Christian should strive to preserve
a balance, which, would by life hid
with Christ in God, would bring the soul
up to a good working state. He should
do away with every physical evil and
intrmperance and so acquire stamina Of
body to bear every burden that may
fall on him.
As we are living in the era of sal
walton, there should be associated eff
fort to remove every form of evil and
every cause which produces it. The
consequences of sin must be escaped
by the eradicating Of sin itself
Man as sovereign of this world must
establish mastery over all unfavoring
conditions. Reforms started bY the