The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-09

is unrighteous In q very little IL un-
righteous also in much. II therefore
ye have not been faithful In the I'M
righteous mammon. who VIII comm y
to your trust tho true riches! Ano II
We have not been faithful! In that
which is another's. who viii give you
that which il your own? No servant
can serve two masters: Tor either ne
will hate tho. one. and love the other
or else he will hold to one. ana de-
spise the other. Ye cannot serve GOD
and mamnon."
The Sacredness of Good Health.
Terse Comments for May 10
s.Health Hints for Better Living
Cor. 6:19. 20.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Our own health and happiness,
right here and now, arc ono Of the
ends of creation. One OF the goA1sI
of the ages Is that we who now live
should be worthily alive. Every one
Of us is more than a link IN the lons1
chain of humanity: more than u
means to an end in the far-Of future:
he is q triumph OF the past and OF the
present Not merely our work and
our influence are the objects OF our
existence. but our actual life itsen
existence-for that We were born.
The old Puritans and ascetics were
not wise when they despised the body.
That conception Of religion was dis
torted: a swing of the pendulum too
far to one side. Without bodies. souls
mortal temples Of our eternal spirits
are strong and symmetrical and beau
tiful they honor tho Builder who pro-
vided them, as the supreme express
sion OF His handicraft, for His own
tenancy. r.
To be needless of health IL one form
Of irreverence.
Health is a goal Of life. but not the
chief goal. and. like pleasure. It IL
oftenest attained by indirection.
stomach. can stand anything, except
being thought about That is true.
in a sense, Of the whole body. The
persons who are forever solicitous
about their health grow to be insuf
ferable hypochondriacs. Here is one
man who boasts of his perfect diges-
ton but who Is a perfect bore and
crank He has made q religion OF his
digestion, and he is harder to get
along with than q dozen dyspeptics.
circumstances il AZ fatal to health
as it is to beauty: indeed the physi-
clans would call 1t a symptom Of dis
ease. Persons in good health do not
think about their bodies. The sim
plest, most natural ana most effective
way of promoting good health il by
observing the fundamental laws Of
health.
A great and ensrossing interest in
life does more for health than all the
doctors.
In living, as in art. simplicity is
strength. The quiet lives. which sub
NJ vn1a9~ M Sv4 S..A
its. thrive best. Tho more compli-
Gated ones scale Of living. the more
endangered his physical well-being.
A good conscience is the best physi-
clan.
Joy, temperance and repose, Il
Slam the door on the doctors nose.
@1ongfellow.
Four factors control health-food,
air: sleep. exercise. Given these. in
health is assured. As in the physical,
50 also in the spiritual. The robust
inner life must have food-Bible
study: fresh air-the atmosphere Of
Christian fellowship: rest - that
peace which passeth Understandings"
exerc1se-which IL activity in Chris
When I see about me. in the fields
OF intellectual attainment and culture.
in the walks Of business and in fam :
dies long drawn out. Of failing health
and collapse Of nerve, brain, and
muscle. feel that health is the only
bulwark upon which everything we
prize In intellectual culture and reli-
gious perfection can ever be reared
q. Stanley Hall.
There was a man in our town
Invested all his health.
With madly avaricious aim,
To win the goal Of wealth:
And when the same he had attained.
With all his might and main,
He vainly lavished all his wealth
: To get his health again.
Amos r.. Wells.
Some Of the current discussion con-
corning eugenics IL silly, some is
coarse. and most Of it Il futile. This
basic proposition Of the principle OF
eugenics. however. is sound. Every
heritage Of health, ought to be as
sured every new life that enters tho
world This r. to be secured by the
arousal OF individual consciences rath-
81. than BY legal enactment. When
health a. . sacred Christian obliga-
ton. then. ana not until then, shafl
We have . workable system OF
eugsnics.
In all our thought about health. We
must beware lest We fall into the old
pagan Greek idea Of the dedication OF
mere physical beauty ana weI1-being.
Man u moro than q body. ssWe are
souls: We have bodies" The real life
may DO great ana glorious despite its
bodily infirmities. More fraxrant
thAn the flowers Of springtime 10 tho
heroee who. despite bodily infIrmff1oA
nave left to the race q precious heri-
tage OF life and work. Deapata moi
Of the body's limitations, life may be
grandly and effectively ltved. The