Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-08-02

from physical deterioration. This is not chimerical idea, but quite within the range of possibility. It will been seen that the sin which they committed was against their own person. or the tree of life'' which sin is purely physiological one They were possessed with the power to ''return" and 'eat'' of the tree of life," although they had partaken of the for bidden fruit. This thought IS most en- couraging one, and conveys the idea to our mind that they went out on their mission of subduing the earth, and grad ually lost the power to discriminate by their minds being diverted from this sub iect: and as they gradully lost the knowl edge with which they had been blessed, we have the power to regain 1t by the means of our knowledge of instituted laws and experience which they did not enjoy. The printing press has afforded means of recording the facts developed by research; and it has done more. It has disseminated these facts among the mass es, so that to-day we can announce a new discovery without the fear that we shall lose our head, or more properly our lives by making such facts known, l feel absolutely certain that if 1t had not been for the superstitious ignorance of the peo- pie who ruled the various countries of the world, the national interpretation of this most interesting narrative would have been made long long ago. l expect ad- verse criticisms from many persons, and possibly from some who are even highly educated, but whose 'yesteT' interests will suffer if the people should learn to | take care of themselves by returning to | the allegiance of Him who established all things for their good,
 Itmay be asked why 1t Is, if God made our first parents in his own image, and established them in all the rectitude of balanced cerebral organization, and they failed to maintain that balance, that we expect mankind, who are admittedly now unbalanced iU their cerebral devel- Opment, to do what our first parents failed to do? This is pertinent ques- tion. which can be answered simply by remembering tnat the unbalancing of the organs of the brain did not constitute the sin which they committed, but eventually | led to it's habitnal commission, and finally culminated in their death.
 1 Imagine that any one could start out and for many years lead a life of purity and uprightness, as many christian per sons have done for many years, and that gradually he becomes careless, and goes on from year to year committing such crimes against his own person, as drink ing alcoholic liquors, or smoking tobac- co. At first he thinks there is no bad re- suit from it. and in his simplicity he imagines he is not injured by the habit; but in course of time, like Poe's Raven, he finds the unwelcome guest staying when he does not want it. He has estab- lished habit that is already his master, and it will not away when he bids 1t, and in short time he is ovFpowered and destroyed by what a first he supposed to be harmless enjoyment. If, instead of cultivating this habit of self enjoyment, he had been looking after the welfare of bis neighbors, which is morality, and worship;ng God, which is religion, his mind would have been led upward by a contemplation of Him who made him, and has provided the means to sustain him for prolonged usefulness.
 As we proceed in the task of subdu- ing the earth by making ourselves ac- quainted with the wonderful products of Gods creative skill, every nerve tbrills with the most rapturous enjoyment, and we see how the master has made pro- visions to guard us against all future harm. This enables us to understand how it is that reclaimed man who be-
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 remain so than one who makes no pro- fession of christianity It should also
 teach us the propriety of expecting tc
 derive any benefit from the least use oi
 what God has so dist nctly set his mark
 of disapprobation upon; as for example alcohol, which disturbs the vital forces
 by arousing them to most vigorous ac tion, for the purpose of expelling it; ol
 tobacco, which depresses them by mar
 cotism, or anything that causes the ser pent' which by these acts we establisl
 within us. to eat dust" all the days O , his life, which life" is, as long as our dis , obedience continues. Such habits, by
 debasing the functions that constitute ou manhood, cause us, by listening to tht tempter, to "go upon" our bellies. God'' constituted laws do not respect ever medical prescriptions, as instanced in tht : recent death of one of our most honore( citizens, Hon. Geo. Brown, whose ener gies were wasted by all manner of i'm positions till death relieved him, of hi sutferings.
 , Thus have all ages beheld the result
 of disobedience. Le. us learn to obey v and live: and so establish the fact that w can become sufficiently wise, to stay her |, indefinitely. Do not reject the master
 the Jews, by doing so, were destroyed. PAUL GREGORY, M. D.