The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-08-12

Dtreetioa.
The Rev. Horace Porter, assistant
10 DR.. Dwight Hills, of Plymouth
Church. Brooklyn. gave the following
interview 70 q New York paper the
other day:
Religion and gymnastics should
travel band In hand. II has taken
countless ages 10 develop and bring to
Its present perfection this wonderful
body Of ours. Man has just about at
tanned physical perfection. Any fur
Their development win be in the mem
tai and spiritual welfare. Having such
Q splendid mechanism and the will and
power to control It. we should do
everything In our power to advance
and perfect It. It Is our duty TO our
selves. our neighbors and our de-
scendants.
"A dyspeptic Is pessimistic on all
subjects, bug-bear to the community,
and leaves his descendants a bad in
heritanee. He has no right to be
dyspeptic-no man has. Let him eat
judieiously, keep reasonable hours and
exercise. Let the body be in good
healthy condition. and pure thoughts
and q high moral standard Is inevita-
bic. Once, ages ago. we were all body;
animal. growing, roaring. chasing ami
mails. But the backs began to straight
en-, the wrinkles on the brow disap-
peared, the angle Of the forehead grew
less and less. and thought eventually
took the place of instinct. With
thought eventually came spiritual de-
velopment. and some day we hope to
be all spirit. There are many who
wish scriptural support for such a
stand as take. A man asked for
scrIptural evidence and gave a quota
ton against II at a recent prayer
meeting where used this subject.
Take the life OF Christ. He lived al
most exclusively out OF doors. walk
ing over the hills and through the val
legs Of Palestine. going frequently TO
the mountains for rest, and living on
none but the plainest OF food. The
sanitary code OF the Jews was high.
They were q rural people naturally.
which assured their physical health.
On that was based their splendid ply
steal zeal The dependency OF the
spirit on the bodily health is great,
though there are wonderful exceptions.
Henry Ward Beecher was a man OF
enormous physical development, with
great power for good. a verltable lead
er OF men; the Rev. Dr. Abbott, weak
physically. as he says he is. but with
wonderful mental and spiritual. deyel-
opment, a striking illustration Of the
power of mind over matter.
''In the city we have opportunities
to walk Of which very few OF US take
II business man. instead
Of climbing Immediately into a crowd
ed Z train, should start from home a
little earlier and should walk part Of
the way. would 1t not benefit him?
Il consider the bicycle one OF the
greatest blessings. one Of the greatest
Of the age. Used with mod
GRAFTON and propriety. there can be no
better exercise. IL takes people out
into the parks and country who other
wise would never get out There are
those that say It is immoral. vulgar and
for women to ride wheels.
Every woman in the land should have
= wheel, and, ridden with moderation.
venture to say that the very near
future would find the women Of our
land healthier. stronger and better in
every way than they ever were before. |
81 believe in Sunday sports to this |
the laboring classes
those who have to work from to z
every day, when night comes are so
bred that bed is their only thought. |
Under these circumstances I think that |
nan does wrong II he does not so out |
on Sunday and breathe the good air