Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
By J. H. KELLOGG. M. d.. Ill. d.

TNHBRE must be a will behind every
Il voluntary act. When you contract
your muscle 1t is your will that orders
II, and II Is the intelligence that directs
H. That same is true of the heart. Every
heartbeat has TO have an order TO make
II beat Every time your arm strikes
there has 10 he an order. Every time
the heart beats the heart has TO have
an order just the same u doesn't beat
like an automotic machine at all. A
little impulse or order comes down to
II to tell II when TO beat to set IL
on
Above the heart is great artery that
carries off the blood and great vein
that brings In the blood. There is a
little knot OF nerve cells at the top and
a nerve that carries the impulse from
that point to the heart. once every
second on an average there is an order
sent down to the heart TO beat Where
does that order come from2 What
creates IT. What starts It? There Is
only one explanation for It,
The same power that made the heart
rules the heart There is a will be-
hind the heart that keeps 1t beating.
1t is not my will. for / haven't any
control Of il, but there is an intelligence
behind that will The heart beats with
out my consciousness having anything
at all TO do with it, I can feel my
pulse beat, but otherwise ! do not know
that the heart is beating. II my hand
is in motion. 7 know It, but 7 do not
| know that my heart is beating unless
] look for IT, There is an Intelligence
in tho body that is caring for &C.
This is just as true of the stomach,
the liver, the kidneys and every other
organ as Of the heart The heart beats
while we are asleep. The lungs contract
and move while we are asleep. We 60
10 sleep and there is something that
wakes us up. There IL a power that
watches over us, that cares for us, goes
through the whole lifetime with us and
| that Is the power that made us. II is
the cause Of the creation Of eight mill
lion blood cells every second of our
lives to keep us going.
Eight million blood cells die every
second, and are removed and carried out
of the body, and eight million new cells
must be made to take their places II
we get an attack Of pneumonia or
something of that kind. millions and
millions and millions of white cells arc
created on the spot TO capture the
germs and fight off the pneumonia.
The same pwer that made US dwells
/ Nitnlu US, keeps us allNc. Wnen we are
| sick it heals us. and that is the reason
we get we'll II takes Almighty power
TO heal sick men. That is the only way
/ anybody can get well. That is the rea-
| son why you cannot get we'll without
| reforming your life.
The old prophet said Cease to do
evil and learn to do we'll"
Just as long as you are fighting
| against nature you cannot believe you
are going to be cured of your troubles
| As long as you are cultivatinF death
! you cannot expect TO have new life de-
| velop In you. 1t Is impossible. But
| If we are cutivating health, If we put
ourselves In harmony with this great
| power and cooperate with It, I'm other
words, If we live I'm tune with the in
! finite, then this wonderful power can
do wonderful things for us.
That is tho philosophy of getting
we'll 1t is simply obedience and co.
| operation with nature.