4 IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 



and that cannot be too often repeated, or too 

 urgently insisted upon. What is imperatively 

 needed, the sole and simple secret of rest, is 

 this : To go to our blessed mother Nature, and 

 to go with the whole being, mind and heart as 

 well as body. To deposit one 's physical frame 

 in the most secret and sacred "garden of de- 

 lights," and at the same time allow the mind 

 to be filled, and the thoughts to be occupied, 

 with the concerns of the world we live in year 

 after year, is utterly useless ; for it is not the 

 external, but the internal man that needs re- 

 creation ; it is not the body, but the spirit that 

 demands refreshment and relief from the wear- 

 ing cares of our high-pressure lives. " It is of 

 no use," says a thoughtful writer, " to carry my 

 body to the woods, unless I get there myself." 



Let us consult the poets, our inspired teachers, 

 on this subject. Says Lowell, 



" In June 't is good to lie beneath a tree 

 While the blithe season comforts every sense, 

 Steeps all the brain in rest, and heals the heart, 

 Brimming it o'er with sweetness nnawares, 

 Fragrant and silent as that rosy snow 

 Wherewith the pitying apple-tree fills up 

 And tenderly lines some last-year's robin's nest." 



And our wise Emerson, in his strong and 

 wholesome, if sometimes rugged way, 



" Quit thy friends as the dead in doom, 

 And build to them a final tomb. 



