The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-04
ACTIVITY.

The four great forces at work in, 4
ture to keep us living and well h
merge into one great trunk or CONT.
and that is activity. Life is Ike /,
great locomotive that goes screams,
down our valleys and across an
plains, The coal in the tender ia M. Il
food TO the man; both furnish III
heat and are the source of power. III.
breeze that fans the spark in the Ara
box and which kindles the flame, that
heats the water, that produces tbe
steam, that turns the great drive
Wheel is like flame or vitality in
man." The drive-wheel, the pufhng
smokestack, the ringing bell, the rat
Ting wheels; all telling us that glad
tidings or friends are being brought 10
us-is cheerfulness. All good and use
full things are active. The cheerful
fire that warns us, or cooks our food,
is roaring, cracking, dancing, leaping.
The sparkling water that quenches our
thirst comes trucking down over the
pebbles, or falls in rain, penetrates
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 yibra
ton. The wind that blows is only the
result of natures activity. The air Is
only pure when In constant motion. A
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 full
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 eyeI
busily engaged in rebuilding or replac
ing the countless little cells which
make up our body. The one is TIT
food which is operated on by tn
digestive organs, and the other is tn
oxygen which is assimilated by tn
lungs. If our exercise Is little II
excess of that which our bodies are &C
customed to, the tissues of the bod,
are broken down more rapidly thai
the blood can refurnish. and with tn
fiat chest and undeveloped lungs, th
blood is not furnished with enoug
oxygen, and thus the muscles an
! nerves are being starved and cry gu
for rest; or, in other words, that 70
cease to draw upon them until tn
blood has time and opportunity to n
new itself. If proper food is Furnished
rest will stop the destruction of til
sue; the lungs win soon furnish SUI
nclent oxygen and the normal cond
ton will soon be established. Natur
provided many helps to digestion, sue
as cleanliness, pure air, sunshine, an
cheerful surroundings; but the onl
possible means of distribution, deve
opment, strength and health are b
proper exercise.
Health, long life. education, pro;
ress, in short, everything of worth a
complished in life depends on menti
and physical activity properly d
rected. If physical stamina, healtl
and intellectual culture are to be a
tained, mental and physical activit
must be so regulated and systematic
to not only symmetrically develop bot
brain and body, but to simultaneous
develop one with the other. An u
symmetrically developed body will NJ
have stamina or remain long in healt
nor will a brain that Is not all-rour
or symmetrically developed reasG
logically; nor, on the other hand, wi
developed brain in a dwarfed bod
or dwarfed brain in develope
body, accomplish great things. All Ii
is movement, It is its very essenc
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