The Nevada County picayune., 1910-10-07
The Therapeutics
 of Joy
By RT. REV. SAMUEL FALL0WS, D. D., IL. D.
 Chicago, Illinois

new evangelism of health and happi- ness it is a new book. A flood of light Is poured from It's pages upon the sur passing problems of the spiritual re- | generation of both the physical, men, tai and social life of man. These are the fundamental notes of the present mighty movement for the complete | aeaverGnce Of the race from the l thralldom of baleful unrest and in- hibiting disease.
 The inspired word chimes in with the latest teachings of science regard ing the great influence of joy upon tho human frame Joy imparts strength. for it belongs to a happy family which numbers cheerfulness. gladness. mirth- 1 fulness, contentment, pleasure and de- 1 light among it's members. It excites the whole muscular system. It in- creases the activity of all the vital 1 functions It quickens the pulse, brightens the eye, fiushes the cheek, and nerves the arm. It makes play | of work. It removes fatigue. while stimulating all the powers of body and mind
 1 Darwin has told us in the expression of the emotions in Man and Animals" that with animals of all kinds the ac- | quirement of almost all their pleas ures, with the exception of those of warmth and rest have long been asso- | ciated with active movements, as in hunting in the search after food and other kindred things
 1 .t~. self in manifestations of strength. The nostrils are dilatted, the angles of tho mouth. the eyelids and the eyebrows ] are raised, all indicative of potential actual energy.
 | Joy acts powerfully upon all the de gestive processes and works trans formation upon the jaundiced dyspep- tic. It expands the lungs which have been contracted as If by the strong grip of giant hand through sadness or disappointment The sigh of melan- choly is changed to songs of gladness. | With the change comes the deepening I and expanding of these vital organs and the oxygenating and enriching of | the blood
 While we Americans are an active people. we are, as a rule, & joyless people. We act as though we were l driven like slaves to our tasks. We take our pleasures on boverish run. | Observant foreigners have noticed this rarity of joy upon our faces They see, as keen philosophic writer among us has seen, Hines of thought and of care and of fear-money lines. shrewd, grasping lines, but how few happy lines" It would seem as if tho rarest feeling that frightened our countenances was the genuine con- tentment of loving, joyful soul.
 It looks also as though our religion did not agree with us. We make of ft weights instead of wings. We have gloomy thoughts of ourselves, of God. | of our earthly existence, of our fellow men. of the life to come. We hang our harps upon the willows. We think this world to be prison house. We say we cannot sing the songs of Zion in this strange land.
 But this world is our home. our school our workshop, our temple. Wo | have been placed in it by almighty wisdom, power and love. We are the children of the Heavenly Father. And the joy of Jehovah Is to be our strength-the joy that He is the ever watchful. ever providing, ever loving one-God over all blessed fovever- | more.
 I Too many of us, as some one has said, think black is the color of heaven and the more we can make our faces the color of midnight. the more evidence we have of grace" What A supreme mistake we are mak. ing True religion is sunshine and Joyeliness. The New Testament in- .erprets and emphasizes the Old The historical Christ. the real, human | divine Christ, not Christ evaporated | into nothingness by the wild specnla- lions of an cratic philosopher, says: These words have I spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you and that your joy might be full" This fullness of joy in the heart makes life and death radiant with brightness. | visited the home of bereayed
 Christian who had forgotten the Chris tian teachings of that New Testament to "retoice In the Lord always. Ths room on the north side of the house had every window darkened with | heavy shades She was clothed In garments of blackest black. The lines of her face were drawn down. The room was a fearsome, chilling tomb. | Nothing could be more antithetical of a Christians attitude and environ l ment.
 Not until I had thrown the curtains I'D and let the blessed light stream m could I speak the words of comfort. of hone and of assurance. Think or such a Christians understanding or the command of the light-bringing Christ. Let your light shine" Her light was turned to Egyptian dark ness which could be felt"
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