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be  destroyed  or  its  usefulness  impaired  by  driving  it  beyond  the 
natural  endurance  of  the  individual  organism. 
He  further  pointed  out  that  athletes  frequently  die  young  because 
of  overaction  of  certain  of  the  muscles  of  the  body,  particularly  of 
the  heart.  This  overaction  may  lead  to  the  degeneration  of  the 
muscular  tissue  and  thus  predispose  these  tissues  to  the  attack  of 
certain  disease-producing  factors.  Rest,  of  the  proper  amount  and 
kind,  is  essential  to  maintain  the  muscular  tissues  in  their  proper 
tone  so  as  to  facilitate  the  resistance  to  the  invasion  of  micro-organ- 
isms  of  disease  and  to  carry  us  on  to  healthful  old  age. 
Rest  is  also  of  importance  to  our  physical  well-being,  and  we 
should  always  remember  that  with  advancing  years  the  body  requires 
an  ever-increasing  amount  of  rest. 
Dr.  Flick  also  asserted  that  recreation,  properly  used,  was  in  a 
sense  synonymous  with  rest.  .The  constant  use  of  energy  along  nar- 
rowly defined  lines  is  a  great  disadvantage,  and  recreation  by  con- 
suming energy  along  lines  quite  different  from  those  usually  followed 
produces  a  sense  of  rest  and  well-being  that  cannot  always  be  attained 
even  by  absolute  rest.  The  human  organism,  therefore,  not  alone 
requires  daily  physical  rest  but  also  demands  recreation  or  rest  of 
another  kind.  It  has  well  been  said  that  a  hobby  is  necessary  to 
man  as  a  source  of  pleasure,  it  is  necessary  as  a  means  for  recreation 
and  is  absolutely  necessary  as  a  source  of  pleasure  and  diversion  in 
old  age. 
The  Chairman  then  introduced  the  Reverend  David  M.  Steele, 
Rector  of  the  Church  of  St.  Luke  and  the  Epiphany,  of  Philadelphia, 
who  spoke  of  "Sunday  Rest  as  a  Religious  Institution"  (see  page  508). 
He  pointed  out  that  while  man  has  been  variously  classed  as  an 
animal  he  could  not  properly  be  classed  as  a  Sabbath-keeping  animal. 
The  Sabbath  was  made  for  man,  not  man  for  the  Sabbath.  The 
Sabbath  is  of  use  to  man,  providing  he  uses  it  rightly.  The  proper 
observance  of  the  Sabbath  is  largely  dependent  on  the  point  of 
view  of  the  individual,  but  should  never  be  confounded  with  any 
of  the  many  co-related  subjects  that  are  not  themselves  directly 
involved. 
Thus  he  pointed  out  that  church-going  is  a  subject  by  itself  and 
has  nothing  to  do  with  the  proper  observance  of  the  Sabbath. 
Breaking  the  Sabbath  by  working  on  it,  has  nothing  to  do  with 
and  has  absolutely  no  bearing  on,  the  institution  of  the  Sabbath 
