264 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR, 
HOW TO PROMOTE HEALTH, HAPPINESS, 
AND LONG LIFE. 
There are but few to whom the way to these great blessings 
is not open; still through a violation of nature’s laws on the 
part of some of their progenitors or the individuals themselves, 
diseases and deformities may exist that no human skill can 
ever remedy. In such cases there remains to be obtained in 
God’s appointed way the glorious and certain hope of an 
immortal body, which cannot be invaded by sickness, 
deformities, or death. A careful study of the New Testament 
will make this plain. The ancient proverb, “Man know 
thyself,’ comes to us with the force of a most reasonable 
command, if we desire to live long and be happy. Our bodies, 
thouxh wonderfully adapted to resist disease and renew their 
energies, are at the same time but frail tenements and require 
reasonablecare to ward off the many dangers that threatenthem. 
A minute knowledge of the delicate and wonderful mechanism 
of the human body is not, as we have before stated, requisite, 
still it will enhance the admonition to watchfulness if we know 
just so much of it as to impress us with the fact that in a 
moment by a simple mistake it may be either thrown out of 
harmony or destroyed. In the promotion of health the first 
responsibilty rests with the parents or guardians of ycuth. 
Since it has pleased our Creator to bring usinto the world the 
most helpless of his creatures, with them it may ke said 
that the moulding of our life depends. The first thing that 
parents (or those that are likely to be), and in fact all should 
do, is to cultivate a happy and contented disposition. A little 
reflection will convince everyone that discontent with our 
condition, unless we are not using reascnable diligence to 
better it, is a folly that can scarcely be exaggerated. Sensible 
and observing parents are cognisant cf the fact that lke 
begets like. As arule, a merry heart (says the wise man) is a 
continual feast, and if we could see the effects of it in ourselves 
