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give him much concern, lead to doubts, for 

 they are too abstract and too far -reaching for 

 his youtliful comprehension. The physical laws 

 have been found by experience to be ever true 

 and stable, and the youth cannot but believe 

 that moral and spiritual laws are equally so. 

 This is the sheet anchor which holds him to 

 belief in them, however imperfectly he may 

 understand them. He is anxious to investigate, 

 even to experiment along these lines, but is 

 disappointed because the results cannot be set 

 down in pounds or feet or units of energy. If 

 here on the farm the mental and physical have 

 been kept healthy and active, the moral and 

 spiritual will develop as naturally as the fruit 

 from the blossom. The development of spiritual 

 fruit to high perfection is slow, because the 

 power to think and reason correctly and ab- 

 stractly comes only with age, experience and 

 mental development. 



But the greatest advantage of country life 

 lies in the opportunity for the promotion of 

 healthy family relations. Parents naturally find 

 their chief happiness in the education and develop- 

 ment of their children; and in time the children 

 stimulate the parents. The sharing of common 

 labors from babyhood up, the working together 

 for common interests and ambition, which farm 

 life especially entails, produce the most whole- 



