78 SUMMER IN A BOG. 



physical being departs from Nature the more 

 liable does it become to annihilation. Fresh 

 air, pure water, sound sleep, sufficient exer- 

 cise, proper food and shelter and companion- 

 ship make the chief requirements for the body. 



But Nature super-added to the animal, men- 

 tal and spiritual qualities. 



The human race is, spiritually, an experi- 

 ment. This wonderful Worker endowed the 

 race with a power hitherto, so far as we can 

 judge, withheld from created life. To know 

 good from evil, to choose the good and refuse 

 the bad; to imitate the creative power by in- 

 vention ; to aspire ; to have self-control, courage, 

 self-sacrifice; to be benevolent; to be philan- 

 thropic; to cultivate the mind and develop the 

 higher faculties; to study Nature and reduce 

 her phenomena to science^ — ^what a vast and 

 noble field of occupation lies before the race! 

 It seems like the most reasonable result of this 

 high attribute of humanity that they should 

 recognize their origin and in spirit commune 

 with the kindred Creator. 



This is the case to some extent. Like the 

 earth at our feet, the race has come out of a 

 dim past through many changes and trials. 



"From the strong will and the endeavor 

 That forever" 



