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in its true significance ! One often hears of a parent worship- 

 ing a child or a husband worshiping a wife, or vice versa; 

 but how little depth has the finite feeling compared with that 

 of Jesus Christ. Christ has given to all humanity a beautiful 

 example of worship and His followers are exalted only to 

 the extent to which they approximate unto the perfection of 

 His worship. Here and there through the centuries there 

 have been called out from the crowd men upon whom God 

 has conferred special blessings. But in every case those thus 

 honored have enjoyed the most intimate fellowship with the 

 Father. The only way one can come to a more adequate un- 

 derstanding of real worship is through a more perfect com- 

 prehension of the relationship that existed between the Son 

 and the Father. 



Health. If ever there lived a man who believed in good 

 health, that man was Jesus Christ. From a study of the New 

 Testament, one notes that Christ lived in a time when the 

 human race was fearfully afflicted. There was no such thing 

 as medical science in those days, so it was quite natural that, 

 with practically no means of relieving bodily pain, the ills of 

 mortals should fill the age with suffering. How much of 

 Christ's ministry was spent in healing the sick and ministering 

 to the distressed! But in the midst of all His manifold 

 service there is no record of His having been ill a single day 

 in His whole life. Christ knew as no other man has ever 

 known the value of a sound body. So all His life must have 

 been devoted to the task of keeping Himself fit physically, as 

 well as otherwise, for the great tasks that the Father had 

 given Him to do. This must have been true or He would not 

 have used the words recorded in John 17:4, "I have finished 

 the work which Thou gavest me to do." Charles Wagner 

 says, " Only simple and natural living can keep a body in full 

 vigor." ! Also, " What material things does a man need to 

 live under the best conditions? A healthful diet, simple 

 clothing, a sanitary dwelling place, air and exercise." 2 Charles 



1 Charles Wagner, " The Simple Life," p. 68. 



2 Charles Wagner, " The Simple Life," p. 68. 



