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

TAX on the body varies with the ann oi
life and the sphere in which it is work
ed out The end to glorify God, bal
ances the wear and tear by the con
sclousness of definite perpose and Of 4
grand mission. Animated by such az
aim mans path runs thro the home tc
foster principles for eternal growth
thro the study to chant Gods praises
thro poetry and art and forms of
beauty; thro philosophy to search
the deep things of God in ma
ture, and history, and the web of re-
lations; and through business, radiat-
ing the entire circumference of human
interests to enoble all with God-like
conduct and incarnate honesty of
manhood IN commerce, politics and re-
ligion
Feeling his responsibility as a true
man, he will work so persistently that
his zeal will gnaw away the life, un-
less the balance between waste and re-
pair be preserved.
! So deeply is his life buried in his
purpose, that breaking down of
health means the failure of his mission
as he intended it and an existence OF
impotent tretting.
He should always be in physical
trim to stand the tear of the struggle
Of life.
"Ihe body should be maintained in
a condition so that its average work
ing powers can be called into action at
any time without incurring risk or
detriment to health. Therefore there
is a .concordant action between the
heart and blood vessels so that there
may be no blockage when the rapiditv
Of the hearts action is accelerated
during exercise, blood oxygenates, the
organs of secretion act quickly and ef-
ficicntly, and the yigor and power Of
the muscular and nervous systems at
tain their maximum.
(a) The action and reaction of soul
and body rapidly waste away our ply
steal stamina, and condition our we'll
/ being.
The forces and properties of matter
which rise into the nervous force used
/ by the mind ARE destroyed by the action
Of thought. Matter that is most high
! ly organized is also most unstable.
Where there is proper assimilation of
food, and the repair is equal to the
waste, the health is normal, and the
body is adequate to such strain as soul
and spirit have a right to put upon it.
Then, man stands upright as God
made him and does not have to hobble
on the crutches Of stimulants and
narcotics.
He escapes morbid fancies and the
Sentimentalism which comes from dis
/ ease.
/ a. Soul acts on and through
body and wastes it
Will in setting III operation the me-
chanical working Of the muscles uses
up the substances Of the body The
action Of the different organs to keep
up the supply Of heat and force wastes
tissues. The process Of thinking des-
troys nerve-matter. But the exercise
Of the emotions makes the greatest
havoc on the body. You recall how
Henry the Sth gave his cardinal a
stern look and reproached him, which
caused Woolsey to sicken and die
Chagrin, shame, disappointment and
defeat bear so heavily that often they
crush sensitive natures. Mental shocks
from glad news or bad tidings often
cause serious illness. There are eases
where death is certain unless mental
IVORY be removed. None could cure
Antiochus the Syrian till Stratonice
had been promised to him i'll marriage
by the king, In amputations, when
the patient has a conviction that he
will die under the operation, the issue
is determined by his mental attitude
The wounded Of the victorious army
recover more rapidly than those who
belong to the defeated side. The emo
tions of the revivas Of the last CEN
tury acted on the sympathetic nerves
causing the spasms called Clerks"
Mental worry, the over work caused in
competition, the concentration and
drain to keep up the highest standard
of school, the demands of ambition,
pride in preemlnence, cause children
to fall with ruined health and wrecked
prospects. When the capital of health
Of the adult is drained, and excitment
and nervousness are soothed by mar
cotics, and depression Is bolstered up
by excitants, the result is felt in i'm
paired mental powers, nervous affect
ions, paralysis and failure of the vital
organs, and the life that should have
risen to the high places of honor, grov-
els and writhes in useless effort.
The imagination has wonderful
influence upon the body, causing
images to be seen and sounds to be
heard which have no objective exist
ence. When the age believed in
ghosts and accepted them as realities,
people saw them. The imagination in
this way acts upon the nerves and
quickly leads to insanity. The story
is told of a celebrated artist who had
the power of projecting the memory of
his models after one sitting so that
they seemed to be real flesh and blood
and painting from that representa-
ton, This strain however, so wore on
his nervous system that he became in
sane.
These instances show the action of
the soul upon the body and also the
necessity of health to endure the de-
mands of life, and to execute the work