The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-29
A srrmuLArrNa DIET.

OF ire Dfcatued mo our Structure or cla
by God himself. That set the heart Il
motion. and frightened up our Who'll
system with activities and senslbiitiei
The first stimulant given to creation wa
> light And light and life have from tn
beginning been the divinely appoirte
stimulants And all that makes for tn
klndling. cherishing and enlarging Of thes'
may be called, indirectly, stimulants
They that walt on Nature and Heaven, Il
these Offices. shall mount up with wings
as eagles, shall run and not be weary,
shall walk and not faint.
Pure food TO the hungry, cool water to
the thirsty, fresh air TO the oppressed, all
the beauties and giories OF nature are
grandly stimulating And as heaviness in
the heart Of man maketh II stop, SO a
good word naketh II glad.
Music and poetry are quickeners and
stimulants. The purpose OF all art is TO
stimulate. The highest business OF beauty
and grace In humanity is ito raise the
virtue, animate the soul, and quicken all
the powers Of human life"
Outside Of the laws. ways ard high
methods ordered by Providence for our
quickening common stimulants are poor
substitutes and destructive quackeries.
They poison and waste our energies, con-
sumo and kill us.
Under this general head Of quackeries
come almost all the artificial stImulants
In use and favor with the common place |
world. The direct excitement or mere
qualification Of our senses perverts their
natural adaptation and costs us health. |
happiness and life. These are what we |
call sensual pleasures and vices; and |
when they become the business Of life.
the abused body and soul passes into
confirmed disorder. disease, corruption,
and death; no matter whether they 20 by
the name OF feshly passion, or the souls
inebriety Of avarice and ambition.
And we may treat the pleasures Of in
teiiect and heart as we do the lusts and
pleasures Of the flesh; much Of what
passes for literature is an unnatural stimu-
liant, a prostnution OF the heart and mind
% mere pleasure, just as alcohol and tobac-
70 prostitute the brain and the nerves and
he muscular system.
The land is pronounced blest whose
lobles eat in due season for strength and !
lot for gluttony. The plainest simplest,
wholesome and easily digested food slim :
lates as well as strengthens. A man Of :
ense' that values power and light, will "
ave an eye to the production Of them. =
n engineer knows he must have readily ~
no easily combustible fuel to make
cam and run his engine. Digestible food -
res up the body and sends pure blood ~
'Wsing through the veins Of that which :,
well kept, and makes life itself a de- ~
Sht' He that keepeth the fig tree shall o.
L Of the fruit thereof. The general
Cd that is set before us is of divers :"
nds And to know what to eat I'd
ID how to eat It, is knowl- -
sc Of the highest value. The breakfast ~
Die often determines the light and -
ishtness or the heaviness and dreari- -
IS Of the day. Gastronomy ought 70 he o.
e OF the very first lessons OF life. But =.
fact is that the Generalization Of
palate is the first spelling Of the IN -
Sc mother. The delight Of a strong man
run a race represents the high. natural
assure OF physical health. 1t is very De
sitiye, very delightful, all manly. But an
S kind Of JOY follows good sense and '
MY exercise unwholesome, heavy food. Ma
kes the blood slow cbius and st,,.ee.1 the
What is to be gained by a wise dis ~
as to a stimulating or un- UNI
nulating diet applies to the intellectual 49,
[. There are those who feed on DIM
wy studies that make their intellectual II
od as thick as tar, blunt their sensi- 70
ties and make their conversation kee
Wy and numbering. ~,
hough ambitious, there are others who ba,
on fiction, on fancy, on mere pleas tina
g, and are intellectual paupers and the
rVehngs-esserial idiots There are w
ers who, like the late pastor Of St NOT
les, feed on light and life and truth 20
nave natural affinity for the high cav
gifts OF Heaven, TO whom the good The
true and the beautiful is all In their mi,
y. -
lese enjoy life. commend life and diff o1o,
light and warmth and cheer to all Ref
lin their reach. O.
lie best thing that man can do is 70 tho,
an eye to stimulating. as well as snir
aiming diet. in his food, in his hooks 20 q
Is conversation, in his company. the
,,a.,-. =, ''''''ieS 'nat are no more just
uiaung than dissecung room. Woe bpn,
o the poor victim that is SET in ,bo,r IN
II TO be anatomical The atmosnbero mont
'0h eoinpanies-which are a shame 70 NOR,
-, And so is the binet
'ahionship Of any man who feeds % man
atoms and horrors. and looketb aftor Of N
ictons' who takes the hopeless ana CIV
my view Of every thing. and wal,,s ADM
arth Ike private funeral process,or, The
cultivation Of cheerfulness NV ry,.a eoro
cal methods is a duty to ourselvos civ
'eie'y and to God. In Him we are be
'Veu always TO be joyful"
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