The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-26
Sermon to ePeopIe
 
BY THE REV. c. c. BRUCE.

perance, patience, godliness, broth. erly kindness, charity" These are his aids to bodily health Let the children have the ordinary average
 start in life, and careful use of
 these sterling graces will bring real ity to healthy body, and their
 disobedience paint the pallor of death.
 To continue, a right condition of mind is an aid to bodily health Joy is a positive aid to digestion George stuart, the eminent lecturer. tells us that no organ of the body can well perform it's functions unless it works in a state of laughter Good stories at the table are an aid to digestion and a death blow to dys- pepsia Some diseases of which we suffer worst and longest have their seat in the nervous system We all know that contentmenL. ease ot conscience. and freedom from sel- fish ambitions are conducive to restful sleep. Physicians tell us that insomnia Is often found only in the imagination. aggravated by a fear tat it will become chronic Whatever, then, operates to quiet the mind, keep it composed, and free from morbi1 thought, operate to the cure of many harmful her vOus disorders, and myriads of i'm aginary troubles.
 Anger is a deadly poison It re suits in chemical change of the blood, and cellular deterioration of the brain. A habitual spirit of charity. which ''5uffereth long and is kind,' has its benevolent physi- cal effects, Worry is the great American disease. It is hard to cure and very easy to prevent. Trust is the name of the unfailing remedy, and applied faithfully it will ward off this curse of trouble and death. Trust is born of God and gift to His children We fail only when we fret and worry, which is not trust, but utterly fatal to trust.
 To the man who believes the Lord is my shepherd" no want shall he know. To the man who believes He is our Counsellor' no shame is his. Where He is rock. floods can not damage. He is our Redeemer- we shall not wholly die. Scattered through Scripture such thoughts aro innumerable that His children may trust, simply trust-small word big With meaning
 You remember the old man who was riding a small burro. and car ried the sack of corn on his own shoulder to tighten the burden of the beast Now what can you do with a mind like that? Yet it is a true example of many life. He bore our sorrows on the tree, and yet We hang on to them, while they are driving Us to distraction. Some people have the dentist pull mol r, and then ! e presents it to them to keep, that in after years they may produce it to remind them of the pain.
 Tho physician perceives his rem edies baf1led and on cross-eXamina tion finds something on the pa tient's mind' l confess the worst thing that ever befell me- said the old lady, was something that didn't happen at all, but l suffered just as much as if it had happened
 Fear is great enemy of bodily health. As soon as some folks hear that there is smallpox in the state they are afraid they will get it at once, thereby aiding through fear their own chance of being attacked Cod is on your side if you will trust him. However wise or skillful the doctor or surgeon, the Infinite God is wiser and more skillful. and He is at work taking up the broken threads. and battling with infinitesi- nal enemies. and doing His utmost to prolong life to it's farthest poss ibe limit of years. We are there fore only workers together with Him.
 Let God into your heart and "all things will work together for good He will teach you how to observe the Sabbath to keep it holy, as well as to be pure, how to refrain from false testimony as well as not to covet Casting all your care on Him for he careth." It Is not then any man, or any woman, or any system of ethics, or any code of morals, or any brand of religion, or even the Bible itself that is the source of prosperity and health, both physical and spiritual, but it is God revealed in His Son Jesus Christ. Yes cast all YOUR care on Him for He careth for YOU.