The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-03
PROMISES OF A HEALTHY sroMAcH

IN crluclslnB a very absurd book, pub
lished here before the war, John NJ. Daniel
said, that II a man were TO eat a very
heavy supper of pork and beans and cat
fish. with supplement OF saur kraut.
Yankee cheese and heavy bread: wash 1t
all down with half gallon Of Book beer
and mean whisky: and then smoke
dozen very bad cigars. and roll over like
dog to rest. he would be very apt to
dream the production referred to. Posi-
bly, he had IN mind The witches cauidron
and their menu:
In the poisoned entrais throw.
Toad that under coolest stone
Days and nights has twenty-one
SWeltered venom sleeping got
Boil thou first in the charmed pot.
Fiilet OF fenny snake
In the cauidron boil and bake
Eye of newt and toe OF frog,
Wool Of bat. and tongue Of dog,
Adders fork and blind worms sting
Lizards leg and howiets wing,
For a charm Of powerful trouble,
Like a hell broth boil and bubble,
Cool 1t with a babboon's blood
Then the charm Is firm and good.
With a chorus:
Black spirits and white:
Blue spirits and gray.
Mngle, mingle, ininge: you that mingle
may.
Shakspsars compound was after high
styl, ~ genius; Mr. Daniels more homely,
pr 3. and familiar. The outcome of
Sh, ar's was a grand prophetic vision;
Mr.. .,anicl's a horrible nightmare. Both
Of them illustrate pretty strongly the
stomach's possibilities.
The highest dignity Of the body is as
the tabernacle of the heart and mind,
that make up the soul: the temple OF the
Divine Spirit. The brain, as the seat OF
the intellect the heart as the spring OF
the affections, and the stomach as
very substratum and basis OF manhood,
as well as the furnace Of life, are all
physical and are to be wisely and faith
fully and diligently kept: or the whole
thing will be failure. You may as we'll
think only Of the flame and fire in the
furnace and neglect the fuel and the fire.
place, as think only of mind and senu-
ment and let the physical stomach, heart
and brain take care Of themselves. A
debauched palate and stomach Will de-
stroy physical courage. forutude, pa
thence, and every manly virtue. faulty
and sensualized heart may be deprived
| irnbruted: and the brain may be so thick,
| cloudy and clogged as to be incapable
| Of any clear thought or free operation. A
| more practical truth was never uttered
| than that-the flesh warreth against the
| spirit And the war is waged In every
organ and Office of the body. And II was
| the language OF high philosophy that the
| flesh being subdued TO the spirit we might
| be free TO obey, high and honorable mo-
| tons In the way of perfect manhood;
| and that pure, true and pleasing thoughts
be generated from a healthy and right
| working brain.
An immense amount Of folly is talked
and written in antagonizing mind and
matter. They are married; they are one;
they are identified; they are all wrapped
up in one another In this stage OF our
existence, and they are whole-heartedly
| TO seek each others welfare, or the mis-
| chief will be to pay.
| There is no telling how near the an
clients were TO being right in making the
stomach the seat Of our being and the
dwelling place of the soul. Piety and
charity have a poor chance against
bad digestion.
| If we value our peace Of mind, our am
liable dispositions. hopefulness. cheerful
| ness, brightness, endurance and faith,
| the enjoyment Of the changing seasons,
| days Of agreeable and intelligent and
| efficient labor, and nights Of sweet and re-
| fr.shing sleep, with joyous dreams and
mental progress on our beds, We have
got 10 dare TO be wise and be as con-
scentious and faithful in the cultivation
of physical righteousness as Of piety.
Normal nature is the Will of God. And
the order of Scripture IS: See that thou
glorify Him in thy body and in thy spirit
which are His. a pretty picture Bunyans,
that OF Mercy smiling In her sleep.