The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-03-11

microbes and are comparatively harm
less to men, and it has been said that
a cloth saturated with turpentine and
spread over the mouth and nose, so
that the person must breathe through
1t is sure cure for pneumonia. Strong
medicine which reduces the patient
uses up some of the reserved life force
and it can never be restored.
Intellectual law ordalns that we
must give our minds proper mental
food or they will be dwarfed and feeble,
and improper food will make them
crippled and diseased. Mind, to be
vigorous, must be exercised in various
directions. Dwelling too much ON
one subject of,en makes a person
cranky or insane. One may be too
careless to think, too indolent to read,
Or too weak to reason, but he cannot
plead ignorance of the law or evade
the penalty if he breaks it, or prevent
his children from inheriting his mental
weakness. Mental faculties will be-
come stronger by use and weaker by
disuse. Memory is improved by ex-
ercise or lost by want O. 1t. 1t will
not pay to go through the world asleep
and let others do our thinking for us.
Violation of moral laws are far
reaching in results. Selfshness, which
leads one to disregard the rights of
others, may in his children be de-
veloped into dishonesty or theft. One
who deceives will not be trusted. If
those who indulge in low, vile thoughts,
words, acts and company could see
themselves as others see them, if they
knew that their characters are so plain
ly written on their faces that observ-
ing people can easily read them, they
would hide their heads in shame, if
they possess such an attribute. We
should stand up for what we know
to be right, and never give up a
principle to any one. Thi, law is so
closely allied to those which govern
the spiritual nature that to keep it
one must love his neighbor as him.
self, which he can scarcely do without
loving God with all his heart, and one
who does this has peace, rest and JOY,
which nothing else can give.
| The persons who are filled with that
Celestial magnetism which flows from
God to those who are striving to live
in harmony with Him, who possess
faith, that substantial force, which
reaches to the eternal throne, need
have no fear, for "Ail things work to
gether for good to those who love
God" If it should be true that al
the thoughts and purposes of ou1
minds are lndelibIy stamped there SC
that in the spirit world all who viii
may read both what We are and what
we ever have been, what will oul
record be2 The past is gone, but the
future is before us. How can we bet
ter learn to know and keep the laws
God has made for our guidance ? He
has said that He is able and willing to
help those who come to Him III sin
cerity with faith and trust, and the
testimony O. millions who haye lived
and many who are still living, goes te
prove that they found eace and happi
ness in such hel p. Why should we
walk in darkness when He is willing
to give us light? Why grope in isno
rance when wisdom is within ou
grasp2 Why be weighed down with
trouble when we can cast our burdens
on the Lord Why live in unrest
when he has said, "Come unto me all
ye that re weary and heavy laden
and l will give you rest" Let us
study that wonderful book, which
brings only confusion to those who
read for purposes of criticism, but
peace, rest and joy to all who study 1t
with the earnest purpose OF finding
the truth therein contained. Let us
give more time to such study and less
to the acqiring OF things which perish
with the using, and strive to lay VI
treasures in Heaven, that we may feel
assured that there are prepared for III
mansions eternal in the heavens.