The north Mississippi herald., 1920-06-04
ACTIVITY.

The four great forces at work in ma
ture to keep us living and well, all
merge into one great trunk or center;
and that is activity. Life is like the
great locomotive that goes screaming
down our valleys and across our
plains. The coal in the tender is like
food to the man. both furnish the
heat and are the source of power. The
breeze that fans the spark in the fire.
box and which kindles the flame, that
heats the water, that produces the
steam, that turns the great drive
wheel, is like flame or vitality ID
man" The drive-wheel, the pui1ng
smokestack, the ringing bell, the rat
Ting wheels; all telling us that glad
tidings or friends are being brought to
us-is cheerfulneSS. All good and use
full things are active. The cheerIul
fire that warns us, or cooks our 1000,
is roaring, cracking. dancing, leaplnS.
The sparkling water that quenches our
thirst comes tricllling down over the
pebbles, or falls in rain, Denetrates
the earth, until it strikes the bed rock,
and then comes bubbling up again,
ever moving. The light that comes to
US from the sun is generated by viDra-
tion. The wind that blows is only the
result of natures activity. The air Is
only pure when in constant motion. n
cessation of activity is succeeded by
stagnation, and stAgnation means dis
ease and death.
Rest-yes, most assuredly, you must
rest, but get tired first, and then enjoy
every moment Of your rest to the fuil
est extent possible. What IS it to be
tired? I'll tell you. There are two
sources which supply the body with
materials with which the blood is ever
busfly engaged in rebuilding or replac-
ing the countless little cells which
make up our body. The one is the
food which is operated on by the
digestive organs, and the other is the
oxygen which is assimilated by the
lungs. If our exercise is a little in
excess of that which our bodies are ac-
customed to, the tissues of the body
are broken down more rapidly than
the blood can refurnish, and with the
fiat chest and undeveloped lungs, the
blood is not furnished with enough
oxygen, And thus thef 1scles and
nerves are being starved aid cry out
for rest; or, in other words, that you
cease to draw upon them until the
blood has time and opportunity to re-
new itself. If proper food is furnished,
rest will stop the destruction of tis-
sue; the lungs will soon furnish Suf-
ficient oxygen and the normal condi-
ton will soon be established. Nature
provided many helps to digestion, such
as cleanliness, pure air, sunshine, and
cheerful surroundings but the only
possible means of distribution, devel-
opment, strength and health are by
proper exercise.
Health, long life, education, prog
ress, in short everything of worth ac-
in life depends on mental
and physical activity properly di-
rected. If physical stamina, health,
and intellectual culture are to be at
tanned, mental and physical activity
must be so regulated and systematiZed |
TO not only symmetrically develop both
brain and body, but to simultaneously
develop one with the other An un-
svmmetrically developed body will not
have stamina or remain long in health, !
nor will brain that is not all-round |
or symmetricalIy developed reason
logically; nor, on the other hand, will |
a developed brain in a dWarfed body, |
or a dwarfed brain in a developed
body, accomplish great things. All life
is movement it is its very essence.
LEARN HOW TO LIVE.