Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-08-27
w. G. T. u. COLUMN.
HEALTH.

)cCI ANY, 10 ROE why, Ho. w
ieve no blessing is more universally
,raved, and yet we are constantly do
ng just the things which prevent it.
Talk heath. The dreary, neyeI-changing tale
D. fatal maladies is worn and stale
Yeu cannot charm. or interest, or please,
By harpinE .on that minor chord. disease.
Say you are well. or all is well with you,
And God shall hear your words and make
them true"
And those who will follow the instruc-
tons given through our q. and 81. de-
partment will find that God is hear
ing and making it possible for each
one to acquire and preserve health.
The old time doctrine that the spirit
ual life had better chance of growth
when illness came to the physical, is
long since exploded. And how it ever
held 80 large company I cannot un-
derstand. Over and over the Book
tells US the Importance of health. I'll
quote only two or three passages and
you will do we'll to search out the rest.
Beloved, wish above all things that thou |
mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy |
soul prospereth. III John 2.
Know We not that your body Is the Temple |
of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye |
have of God. and ye are not your own? For
We are bought with price; therefore glorify
God in your body, and in your spirit, which |
are Gods.
Behold will bring health and cure, and /
will cure them, and will reveal unto Them the
abundance of peace and truth.
What right have we to wilfully vio-
late the laws 80 plainly written in our
members and then blame Providence
| for sickness, pain yes, and often
| death? Shall the criminal say that
the lawmakers are to blame for bis
incarceration? Had he not the choice,
obedience or penalty? How much
] easier to see the mote in another than
the beam in our own eyes! 1 doubt
not that many of you have suffered
from headaches, as a direct result of
ill fitting shoes Or high heels. You've
had "that tired feeling" in the morn
ing as result of indigestibles taken
for supper, or as a result of moisten-
ing food with drinks of water, tea or
coffee instead of the complete mastl-
cation which the whole construction
of the mouth indicates as correct;
often you've had "biEous attacks, !"
simply peture's attempt to right
things. And for all these you ques-
ton Gods wisdom or with sigh re-
peat "Whom the Lord 1oveth He
chasteneth." Yet you were wholly to
blame and the Christening wass~for
your wilful violation of the laws of
health. Would you blame the manu-
facturer if in using your sewing ma
chine you set the needle wrong side
outward or turn the wheel he wrong
way and break some part? Be as just to
Him who made you and do not pre-
tend to see Gods hand leading you
through deep waters of suffering in
} the sense so often repeated. He does
lead and grants Us wonderfully long
llVes 1T seems when we do so much tic
shorten them. But loosen those
, clothes; use bones only where Goo
= has taught that bones are needed
let the shoulders support the weigh
i, OF the clothes, wear nothing that vii
II Interfere with the free action of every
muscle. both internal and external
Il study the BEST physiology obtainabl
till you comprehend to some exten
II that though we ''are fearfully an,
wonderfully made'' yet we are mad
!. right and do not need any of Dam
+, Fashions dictates.
i Study the principles Of sanitation
+ ventilation, cleanliness and all phase
of household science. I doubt nc
= most of you are thinking, 81 know a
: about cleanliness. - Now, do you
' No doubt you strive too much for
g in your houses. Mop less and bath
T. oftener. A tepid bath at night and
cold bath (sponge BATH in the morn
Il ing will do more to right that nery
y BUSINESS, that lameness, athat indiget
ton and all the rest than bushel {
- drugs. Then don't.undo the good {
h. those by wrong eating eat what 70
r. actually need, not what tastes GOO
"a and az often and as much as taste
d good. Study the food values. VIII.
eel would gladly use double my allotte
~ time just in discussion of this brano
: of the subject. But, do you say,it wi
. take time to study so much? II
dali yman takes his paper, the dress
). maker has her periodicals, the pou
rs tryman takes papers; why, how mue
III more important that we study to PR
serve, beautify and make more endu
ca ing our bodies! The perfect physic
at being is far less likely to seek alc'
- holic drinks. And only think no
To-. many of both men and women ha'
%. become drunkards through appetit
w formed by taking slcoholic medicine