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Terry keep insisting that correct living will 

 cure you, no matter what the trouble is; 

 but the longer I live, the naore I am con- 

 vinced he is right. Of course, we are all 

 liable to aeeiSents; and in such a ease or at 

 such a time we need the advice and skill of 

 our expert physicians and surgeons. May 

 God be praised for what has been accom- 

 plished, and is now being accomplished 

 more and more every day in the line of in- 

 telligent surgery. 



I suppose it will not be out of place to 

 suggest in this talk that, aside from uncook- 

 ed food and pure water to drink, we need to 

 keep our bodies clean. Every inch of my 

 body is washed with pure soft water, and 

 well rubbed till dry, every day of my life, 

 and I enjoy it, and would not think of 

 taking up my tasks without it. 



One thing more : Almost every day of my 

 life I work at something until the perspira- 

 tion starts thi'ough almost every pore of my 

 skin, and until I feel tired enough to sit 

 down at my desk. Last, but not least, I 

 take a short nap before my noonday meals 

 so that I rarely ever sit down at any mea) 

 exhausted or tired out. Of course, when I 

 get up in the morning, and have my break- 

 fast between five and six, I am in good 

 trim because of my restful sleep; and this 

 reminds me that when one gets his digestion 

 in proper trim, as God intended it should 

 be by the use of wholesome food, and not 

 too much of it, there is almost no trouble 

 about sleeping. When I have a large lot of 

 books and papers that I feel as if I m-usi 

 glance over, at least hastily, I take another 

 nap in the evening before going to my task, 

 and then go to bed about ten o'clock ; then I 

 go to sleep instantly, and do not remember 

 any thing or know any thing until toward 

 five o'clock next morning. 



Now for my concluding text. The dear 

 Savior reminds us that God cares for the 

 fowls of the air. Although they do not reap 

 nor gather into barns, yet our heavenly 

 Father feeds them. He tells them by in- 

 stinct where and how to get proper and 

 wholesome food. Then he asks the question, 

 " Are not we, the crowning act of his crea- 

 tion, of more consequence than the birds of 

 the air? " If he makes provision for them, 

 has he not, in his infinite wisdom and loving 

 kindness, also made provision for us? Did 

 he intend we should be sick and ailing as so 

 many are? Should we be ailing if we used 

 the common sense he has implanted in us 

 all, in studying out what his plans are? 



As warm weather comes on, and I begin 

 to protest against the fashionable way of 

 clothing, I meet with remonstrance; and I 

 am told that we must, at least to a reason- 

 able extent, look like other people. Peter 



said, you will remember, in olden time, that 

 we should obey God rather than man; and 

 when fashion conflicts with health, I for one 

 propose, at least to a certain extent, being 

 out of fashion. The fowls of the air live 

 out of doors; and I am sure God intended 

 we should be out of doors at least a great 

 part of our time. When any thing takes 

 us indoors and keeps us at least a good 

 many hours of the day under the influence 

 of arlificial heat, and without a great abun- 

 dance of outdooor air, we have no right to 

 expect to gain the blessings of health. Peo- 

 ple are committing suicide; in fact, the 

 suicide mania is increasing if any thing; 

 and I feel sure a lot commit suicide because 

 they are disregarding God's laws. 



There is not so much complaint, just now, 

 about people being out of work. Every- 

 body — good, bad, and indifferent, has a 

 chance to work if he wants to; and I am 

 sure it was God's plan that we should be 

 busy, using our muscles and brains during 

 all our working hours. I picked up a health 

 journal a few hours ago, and read of a man 

 who rushed into a doctor's office, and told 

 the doctor he would give him fifty dollars, a 

 Imndred dollars, or even one thousand dol- 

 lars, if he would make him well. At the 

 same time this man's breath was reeking 

 with the fumes of whisky and tobacco, and 

 his face gave abundant evidence of excesses 

 of every sort. When the doctor assured 

 him there was no permanent help or hope 

 unless he would leave off all of his bad 

 habits, he got into a rage, and declared that 

 if this particular doctor could not give him 

 something he would hunt up a doctor who 

 would. There is no help for such people 

 along the line of God's plans. " Whatso- 

 ever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." 



THE JAPANESE PROBLEM. 



Quite likely I am too poorly posted to 

 pass an opinion on the matter in question ; 

 but notwithstanding I wish to have a little 

 say in regard to the matter. We are send- 

 ing missionaries at great expense all over 

 the world wherever there is sinful and suf- 

 fering humanity; and although the gxeat 

 business world for a considerable time did 

 not seem to recognize the importance of 

 missionary enterprises, I am glad to say 

 that within a few years or so things have 

 changed. The skeptics and agnostics, and 

 the. business part of humanity (that has 

 been so greedy for gold) just now are rec- 

 ognizing what the missionaries are doing 

 to develop and civilize the uttermost parts 

 of the earth. For a long time heathen na- 

 tions held aloof, and could not be induced 

 even to take notice of what the missionary 



