260 HEALTH. 



therefore, that we should take every means to 

 procure it, and every care to preserve it. 



We are in good health when we relish our 

 food, and feel no uneasiness; when we have the 

 free use of our limbs, when our senses are perfect, 

 when our mind is unclouded, when our sleep is 

 sound and undisturbed, and when we can bear the 

 changes in the weather; or, in other words, we 

 enjoy good health, when all the functions of our 

 body are performed in their proper order, and 

 without conveying any disagreeable sensations. 



Much of their future health depends upon the 

 treatment children receive till they are ten years 

 of age. If during that time they are allowed to 

 eat improper food, are confined in a close and 

 unwholesome atmosphere, and are suffered to be 

 filthy in their persons, the seeds of many diseases 

 are sown in the system, from which they may, 

 probably, never be able to free themselves. 



To keep our body in health many things are 

 needful. It must be nourished by proper food, 

 protected by fit clothing, refreshed by rest, exer- 

 cised by labour, kept perfectly clean, preserved 

 from outward injuries, respiration carried on in 

 pure air, and the passions properly regulated. 



Questions. 



What is observable as to our general form 1 

 At what period of our lives should we be carefully at- 



tended to ? 



Can you tell what should be taught us in childhood, and 



what kind of exercise we should be encouraged to take t 



