Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-06-02

this can easily be done. Here l will
say the reader is a profound and
potent vital power and long life
producer in multiplied form though
little understood and by most per-
sons not comprehended at ALL
But it is solemnly true. If you
have the knowledge, the persever-
ance and unyielding will to master
and overcome, you can verify this in
your own life here on earth. The
writer can show you how If you
really at heart desire health of body,
strength and clearness of mind and
life beyond a century.
But the effort to control the mind!
That wonderful instrument through
which this dynamic power of thought
manifests itself. Yes, by controlling
which alone we can hope to exercise
the power for good, both on the
physical and on the mental plane of
life But not till we quiet the
minds useless activities and can at
will hold it in leash-an obedient
servant as it was by the Creator in
tended to be, can we thus hope to
attain the higher reward of con-
centration-the joy and the benedic-
ton of a true realization of soul
consciousness and the evidence of
immortal life within us.
This once achieved (accomplished)
places a power for good under the
control of a soul-directed will that
can never fail it's possessor in any
crisis so he is able to accomplish and
also to bear what may come.
Health of body and mind and a
long cheerful and joyous life on
earth are all then at our command.
The life forces in us become balanced
and maintained.
But the writer knows by actual
and personal experience that to thus
purify the body and mind is no small
job. Yon will stir up the war dogs,
for people will prosecute and hate
the one who tries to overcome. I
know by actual past experience dur
ing my long fasts and the efforts
made to overcome, tried me to such
an extent, that at times it made my
heart culver like the wing of a dy-
ing bird. Yet / remained confident,
firm and unyielding. Then came
these words to my soul-cOnsciOus-
ness: Thou wilt show me the path
of life; in thy presence is fullness
of joy; at thy right hand there is
pleasure forever more" Psalm
1911. And the sneers and perse-
cutions, even from friends, to say
nothing about enemies, added lurid
glory to the whole. / knew the
people were conscious of their I'M
just words and actions, but I also
knew that they did not know the
cause of their actions.
Hence I felt in my very soul life
at the time no desire to condemn
any one for his or her conduct and
words.
The peoples character is never so
well disclosed as when person in
the midst of them is fasting and try
is this: The evil of these baths con.
sists in the circumstance that the
bather's head is in the hotter and
his feet in the cooler place in the
room. This is just the reverse OF
what it should be in the case. Not
so with the steam vapOr hot baths
! give here. The head is outside OF
the bath and above, so the head can
be kept cool and the feet in warm
water and so be kept warm. Then
taken out of the bath to the large
long tub with water and temperate
ure suitable to the bather, then
sponged off and dried, and then mas
saged, and finally so magnetized and
prepared for the outer air that the
bather cannot contract a cold. Hon.
est patrons will verify this state