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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



cure advocates physically, and gives 



you in addition the mental stimulus. 

 Nowadays, we are hearing more and 

 more of the influence of mind over 

 matter and, while many of us will not 

 go so far as some of these extremists, 

 we surely believe that the mind (Iks 

 have a decided influence upon our 

 physical well being. Would you be 

 not only cured of consumption but 

 prevented from having it? Become a 

 member of the AA, and live up to its 

 principles. It says continually, "Think 

 as well as live with trees, clouds, pure 

 air. birds, flowers, picturesque country 

 roads, the delight of the camera, the 

 field glass and the microscope." 



Now to go back again to Mr. An- 

 drews and his book. It evidently took 

 him a long time and much expense in 

 doctor's bills to learn the simple lesson 

 that we have been preaching for 

 thirty-five years, but finally he learned 

 it, and he learned it well, and in this 

 interesting book he tells how he made 

 the fight and finally decided to free his 

 mind from worry, to take plenty of 

 food and sleep, to live in the outdoors, 

 and, more than all, to take an interest 

 in the outdoors. 



Here is a summary of what he be- 

 lieves to be the best method of fight- 

 ing consumption : 



"Let these examples lead you to 

 think of all your circumstances: 

 Change from a dark, damp, close room 

 to a sunny, dry, airy one ; from city to 

 country ; from damp to dry climate ; 

 from a changeable climate to an 

 equable one ; from 'long hours' to long 

 sleep ; from active to quiet life ; from 

 anxious thought to easy diversions; 

 from irregular ways to regular; from 

 wrong to right clothing; from lazy 

 breathing to deep respiration ; from 

 sedentary occupation to wisely-chosen, 

 more active work ; from indoor to out- 

 door." 



Following that he has a number of 

 interesting chapters on one's mental 

 condition, and finally arrives at the 

 conclusion that is exactly coincident 

 with the principles of The Agassiz 

 Association, as follows: 



'To gain knowledge, study Study 



nature in all her innumerable phases 

 and aspects; through the conscience; 

 through the reason; through the mi- 

 croscope ; the telescope ; chemistry ; the 

 arts and sciences; the rocks, minerals 

 and stones; the trees and flowers; the 

 birds, beasts and fishes; the seasons; 

 and, above all, through the synthetic 

 spectacles of our fellow man. 



"Teach your mind the value of 

 analysis ; synthesis ; comparison ; per- 

 spective; theory and logic — and prac- 

 tice them all. 



"Take up some one subject that 

 your nature shows some special pre- 

 dilection for, and make it your hobby. 

 Every man should have a hobby." 



Mr. Andrews is right. While he 

 was at Saranac Lake, while he was 

 following the advice of the doctors, 

 while he was all the time introspec- 

 tive, he grew worse and worse and, 

 by and by, he came to this conclusion : 

 "Study nature in all her innumerable 

 phases and aspects." Such study will 

 cure consumption and many other 

 diseases; yes, even mental and moral 

 as well as physical. 



Would you, reader, give your dol- 

 lars and work and give efficiently not 

 only as a cure but as a preventive? 

 Then help forward our work of taking 

 young and old into the greatest and 

 most common sense sanitarium of the 

 world — God's Great Out of Doors. 



Nature-Study for Christians. 

 Under a department headed, "Chris- 

 tians at Play," in "The Christian En- 

 deavor World" for September 29, 1910, 

 is the following paragraph : 



NATURE-STUDY AS A PLEASURE. 



Nature-study can hardly be called an 

 amusement; it is a pleasure that tends to 

 build up. Most societies could take this up 

 as a part of their regular work, and do it 

 with profit. What does the ordinary En- 

 deavorer know about flowers, trees or the 

 creatures of the woods? A study-class sup- 

 plemented by walks into the country, would 

 open the door leading to a lifelong joy. One 

 or two Endeavorers can begin it. Of books 

 that are worth while there are legion, and 

 one will lead to another. 



This confession of ignorance of 

 nature, and of the total neglect to fol- 

 low the teachings of Christ by the 

 "ordinary" Christian Endeavorer, is to 



