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THE GOSPEL OF GOOD HEALTH.


the temple of the Holy Ghost?'-I Cor. 6.
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Time was when folks seemed to
think i'll health Il mark of spirituality.
They were shocked when Emerson
said, "A sick man is Il rascal" Some
times piety was disease of the liver:
now we think differently concerning
health Then success had to come
first; now we say health first. Amos
r. Wells says: at makes 10 difference
how we'll you can write short stories
If tuberculosis is fastened on you. nor
how persuasively you can preach ii
ycu have persistent nervous head
aches. nor what skillful mechanic you
are if you have overstrained Your
heart. nor how diviuely you sing if
your liver is out of order. nor what
avenue of usefulness is open before
you if it is blocked by bodily disabili
ties If you are Il fool with your body
don't expect to be :: sage with your
mind. First make the physical basis
sound and sweet and then God will Let
you build upon it il life to his glory
and your joy" Good. Solomon's tenn
pie or the temple of Diana ut Ephcs,ls
is not TO be compared in spiritual value
to the temple of the body. God comes
down in mysterious fashion and dwells
with us in the temple of flesh. We
must keep it sweet and clean and pure
without and within.
Postponine Your Own Funeral.
Much of health depends on nerves.
Vital forces are conducted along them.
But we're sinners on 'liSSipating nerve
force The folks who can conserve
this vital fluid will postpone their own
funerals In this year nf grace 1911
we are going some President Wilson
says. "All life is not running to !; fire"
But we're in IN age of conilagrltion
and high pressure systems. Every pol
itician must rush through many bills.
They'll never be enforced. but no mat
ter. Magazine and newspaper must
reform the body politics posthaste, and
the new administration must clean UP
the tcnderloin in forty-eight hours or
there'll be recall The voters must
not be won by educational process.
but beaten to Il fraZZlc." make 'em
take the count "knock 'em over the
ropes" In social life the debutante
must make her conqueSts the first
season. and she's driven like Il ma
chine in a Vanderbilt cup race to do it.
In religion hell must break forth like
Il fire mountain. the SINNERS must be
stnmpetled" and hit the sawdust
tr:,il'' in IL four weeks campaign. in
which "God rolls up his sleeves and
bffs every mutt on his souls solar
pIeyus." Getting religion is Il Sc
queuce of moving pictures and melo-
drama. We're living in an age of
bass drum and megaphone. And it
gets results-so the figures show But
it's ut cost The night before is
simply great but I'm afraid We'll need
Il sedatire the morning after.
Fifty Per Cent More Efficiency.
Our Christian Science friends do not
harp much on religion. but they in
Sist these body temples ought to be
glorious and beautiful. and they are
getting converts because hitherto lots
of folks were willing their bodies
should have no more care than shan.
ties in mining town. We've been
selling slices of our constitution and
years of our lives for lack Of thought
We forget that life is worth more liv
ing if we take care of the liver. You
are not necessarily wrong with God
because you are depressed. The devil
may be after the body as well rs til
soul. Alexander Crudcn was insane
part of the time: so was CnWper. Da
viii cried. .'Out of the depths of hel
have | cried unto thee" Job, among
the ashes with broken pieces of pot
terry. means. sorrow is better thai
} laughter" Jeremiah'S lamentations
suggest Carlyle's duotlenal catarrh
Don't underestimate your body. When
the warning bells Of pain RUG you'd
better notice the call The first requl
site in life is to be Il good animal. 4
good body is equal to 80 per cent more
brain. If you want to get the highest
best balanced. most Ion" continued
mental and moral power for God ani
humanity get a sound physique. There
is a duty of health because health is
power, mental. social. spiritual.
A Leaking Gas Tank.
My scientific Journal assures me
locomotive uses only ) per cent OF
the power developed by the coal under
it's boilers. Ninety-five per cent vast
ed! My wandcrlust auto friend cross
ed IL state with Il leaking gas tank Hi
remarks were savage. Go over yOui
machine, adjust levers. scrapc spark
plugs. note radiator. test clutches
make sure your gas. oil friction parts.
initiate your tires, try your engine. Their
honk. honk. Don't waste your energy
i'll hate. worry. reading gossip ana
crime. amusement that doesn't recre
ate. don't so to school if you don.
want 70 learn, nor to church and Sun
day school If you are inattentive IT.
waste. But health isn't found liz,
Ponce de Icons fountain of youth
nor can it he bought ut Il bargain coua
ter. 1t may be had in IL large measur,
by observing few simple rules. Fl;
simple food. Drink lots of waite
Breathe deeply and slowly. Sleep =
much as you need Open windows eaci,
hight. Keep body and mind clean
Stay ont doors all you can. Play !; lii
lie each day. Laugh much. There is
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