CO N T E N T'.The 'un an E lectric Ligh tHow the E arth isWarmed by the'un’s

R ays

The Cond i tions of Matter and the Originof Human L ife and M ind

How Truth M ay be Found

Comb ined Forces of NatureCare for the HouseWe L ive in'trength Obtained by LaborThe L im i tations to Human 'nowledge .

How to R emain'igorous in O ld A ge

Natural and'pir i tual LawsHow the Memory M ay be Improved .

Appendix

PREFACE .

When sixty years of my life had

passed away I felt that the infirmities

of old age were gradually approaching.

An inclination to stoop and benddown

,with a pressure on my shoul

ders,were indications that a great

change was coming. I then resolvedto throw off

,if possible

,this relentless

oppressor of our mental and physical powers . I commenced some newscientific studies

,and resorted to new

physical exercises . Here I had toexercise my MIND and to deal withMATTER and keep in MOTION, andthis suggested the title for my book :MIND

,MATTER AND MOTION .

I do not contemplate mind in itsmetaphysical relation to all existingthings

,but view it as the intellectual or

intelligent power in man,by which he

arrives at conclusions which control hisactions . I do not present matter inits strictly scientific relation to naturallaws'but view it as it exists in its vari

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THE'UN AN ELECTRIC LI'HT.

In my first study of this subj ect I’

was fully satisfied that the light of thesun was caused by electrical action ,but by a more careful examination ofthe statements of the different authorswho have written on this subj ect, andof the facts connected with solar ac

tion, I am prepared to advance one

step . farther and assert that the sunis, in itself, an 1mmense electric light.It is not merely to be viewe d as a lighthouse on the distant shores of a rockbound coast

,shedding its borrowed

light to guide the mariner in his course,

but as a central power house of untold energy, to hold and guide revolving worlds in their motion around thiscommon center

,and that

'

this willfinally be a recognized fact in science .

I am the more confident in this fromthe fact that

,up to this time

,no theory

has been offered on which astronomerscould generally agree .In reference to this

,Dr. Neweomb,

in his 'Popular Astronomy”

says : It is, remarkable that modern

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science has shown us more mysteriesin the sun than it has explained, sothat we find ourselves farther than be

fore from a satisfactory explanation of

solar phenomena .

”

On page 287 Dr . Newcomb saysNo theory of the solar constitutionwhich is free from some obj ections hasyet appeared .

”

Professor Langly, the astronomer,says : 'The most important statementwith reference to the sun

,perhaps,

which we can make with certainty,‘ is

even a negative one . It is that wehave no other than empirical groundsin the present state of knowledge forbelieving in the uniformity of solarradiation in prehistoric periods or inthe future .”

From such statements from two ofthe most popular astronomers of ourcountry it must be admitted that thereis a demand for something more certain on this subj ect.A number of different theories havebeen offered, and in their turn rej ectedas untenable . The theory now generally received by astronomers is thatthe solar orb is now in a process of

shrinking, and in this way it is sup

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posed that the light and heat of thesun are produced

,but this is not re

garded as a fact in science and is received only from a want of somethingmore in harmony with scientific facts .N ow

, since electricity has come tothe front as a great working force innature, we may look at this as the mostprobable cause of solar energy and aotivity . This giant power is gove rnedby certain laws

,which we can study,

and from which we can make certaincalculations

,and thus arrive at scien

tific conclusions . The matter thrownout from the sun

,as revealed by the

telescope,

”i s the result of magnetic repulsion . Now

,we appeal to facts re

vealed through the telescope,and here

we learn that an immense amount ofmatter is constantly thrown out fromthe sun

, and this is regularly returnedby the sun’s attraction . This cannotbe accounted for by the shrinking of

the sun,but it can be accounted for

most clearly by the different electricalconditions of these particles of matter.By the immense magnetism of the sun

,

they become positive,and

, conse

qfiently, are repelled, as a positive repels a positive . When they are pushed

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out from to miles theirpositive electric condition is changedto a negative condition

,and then they

are attracted by the sun, and returnwith an immense force

,and by this re

peated contact with the surface of thesun

,develop immense currents of elec

tricity .

Here there is no waste of energies ,for the boundless store of electricitycannot be wasted . Here we will findthe master key that will unlock themysteries that have surrounded thissubj ect in the past .A distinguished astronomer saysT he true explanation i s reserved forthe science which shall reveal the nature of the connection which unitesheat to electricity

,to magnetism and

to the cause of gravity .

” This we havein the theory here presented

,and the

truth that forces itself upon us is thatthe sun itself is an electric light on anenormous scale

,and this is kept up

through all the ages by magnetic re

pulsion and attraction of cosmical matter

,according to electric conditions .This bombardment constantly going on on the surface of the sun is ascientific fact

,demonstrated by obser

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vations through the telescope and nota theory guessed at to be set aside byanother guessing in another direction .

New theories should not be rej ectedon the ground that we find nothing inthe books in harmony with them . Ifthey will stand the test of logic withoutsophistry and of fairly conducted ex

periments without jugglery or decep

tion,we should accept them

,even if

we are compelled to abandon oldtheories and number them with err0 ~

neo-us theories of our ancestors .The bright

,shining surface of the

sun which we see with the naked eyeis the photosphere which

,

appears perfectly smooth and uniform,

but thetelescope reveals a constant state of .

disturbance on the surface of the sun,

and these down rushing of and up

heavals of e lectric storms,exceeding

by a thousand fold all the cyclones andtornadoe s ever witness ed on this earth ,can only be accounted for on the theory of electrical action .

The spots seen on the surface of thesun through the telescope can be nothing less than immense chasms throughthe photosphere

,caused by these

storms .

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We need only advance along thisline

,step by step

,and with facts that

cannot be denied,and we will finally

arrive at conclusions to which themost advanced scien ce of our timescan offer no obj ections .Dr. Newcomb says : The greatquestion in the present state of scienceis how the supply of heat ismaintainedagainst such an immense loss by radiation .

”

Well,we may now proclaim that we

have found the ever—flowing fountain,streaming out from every star andevery world throughout the universalempire— enough to supply all demandsfor millions on millions of years .

All other theories point to a waste

of energies that foretell the final doomof nature'but electricity can never fail .It has in it the elements of perpetualmotion . It manifests a power that issui generis . It works for humanity inthousands of forms

,from the sewing

machine up to the locomotive drawinga train of passengers .It carries a message of friendly

greeting to the different nations of the

earth and passes around the world in

a few minutes .

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It submits to the restraints of thehuman mind and will

,yet outside of

these restraints its power is boundlessand yet under the control of a higherlaw, working out the designs of an infinite mind and will .The late Professor Tyndall saysWhen the history of the dynamicaltheory of heat is written

,the man who

,

in O pposition to the screntific belief ofhis times

,cou ld experiment, and rea

son upon experiment,cannot be

lightly passed over.” If I am mistaken it is prope r for some of theWisemen of our time to correct the error.If I am correct they shou ld give em

couraging testimony to the truth ofthis theory .

How THE EARTH 1sWARMED''T HE 'UN’'RA''.

The fact has been strangely overlooked that sunshine possesses properties different from the light producedby the ordinary combustion of terrestrial material substances . By a dueconsideration of this the mistakes already referred to could have beenavoided . Then, as has already been

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stated,heat is not an independent ex

isting thing. Its existence dependson mechanical or chemical action

,and

it cannot pass through cold space andretain its existence without a repro~

ducing cause . The fuel stored in ourvaults or places of deposits , to warmour dwelling places or run our machinery

,contains the elements from

which heat is produced,but this can

only be accomplished when the fuel issubj ected to the chemical action calledcombustion . Then the heat is produced.

We cannot say that the heat is latent in the fuel, neither can we saythat light is latent in the candle beforeit i s lighted . We might as well claimthat there is latent ice in hot water

,as

to say that there is latent heat in coldwater or a latent mountain in a molehill .The process by which cold thingsare made hot in the ordinary courseof nature is generally understood

,but

the process by which our earth iswarmed by the sun’s rays is not generally understood

,and hence the many

conflicting theories on this subject.T he latest, and now most generally re

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ceived theory, by astronomers, is thatthe immense solar orb is shrinking

,

and that by this process of contractionit is producing an enormous quantityof heat, which is radiated into spacefrom this common center

,and of this

only a small fractional part reaches theplanets

,and by far the greater part is

a prodigal waste in boundles s space .

N ow, if heat is regarded as an eu

ergy in nature, and if, according to thematerialistic theory

,all energies are

conserved and indestructible whereand how is this radiated heat con

served ? We might as well claim thatsunshine must be conserved or storedin some dark place to be utilized forother work in the future . This wouldbe about as unphilosophical as Professor Balfour Steward’s theory ofa

great waste heap somewhere in theuniverse where heat is stored away toburn up everything in the distant future. This theory of an eternal inde

structible energy as the ruling power ofthe universe has caused endless con

fusion and led‘

to conclusions that cannot be made to harmon ize with true

science .But again

,we will look at facts that

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cannot be denied in reference to solarheat

,as it manifests itself on our earth .

Rays of light from the sun, passingfrom a rare to a denser medium arerefracted

,and diverted from their nat

ural course . A double convex lensbrings the rays together at a focuswhere the friction of these crowdedrays will produce a burning fire . A

concavo convex lens will produce amilder form of light and a less degreeof heat Th is is the condition of ouratmosphere . It is denser than interstellar ether and concave inside andconvex outside

,and the density in

creases as we pass from the outer tothe inner side . Hence, the sun givesus more heat in lower than in higherregions of the atmosphere At theouter rim of our atmosphere the coldis so intense that no life

,such as is

known on our earth,could possibly ex

i st . Even on the highest mountainsin tropical climates no vegetable nor

animal life can exist They are cov

ered with perpetual frost and snow .

When the rays of light first strike ouratmosphere they are diffused andthereis a glow of light in all directions . As

these rays descend they are refracted

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by the lens’action of the atmosphere,and this increases till the earth isreached'then the amount of heat ‘ is

governed by the angle at which thesun’s rays strike the atmosphere . Inthe winter the rays strike more ob

liquely, and the refraction is diminished ,while in the summer they come nearerthe perpendicular and we have moreheat

,although we are threemillions of

miles farther from the sun in'uly thanwe are in'anuary.

Some recent writers have told usthat the heat is in the sun’s rays, butthat it cannot manifest itself until itcomes in contact with some hard substance

,such as the earth, and then it

is produced by a con cussion . Thisuntenable theory meets its own refutation in the fact that these rays of lightfall on the vast mountain ranges withequal

'

force as on the low lands , andthere is no heat knockedout of them inthose high altitudes . Again, if theheat from the sun was produced bythis concussion we would have a moreuniform temperature in the differentseasons of the year, for it must be presumed that the sun’s rays strike withequal force always .

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at things on which to build atheory .

A lecturer in Chicago on astronomy, some years ago, while endeav

oring to explain the nature of heatfrom the sun said : 'I would fear totell you the terrible condition ourearth would be in if the atmospheredid not keep off from us a great part ofthe sun’s heat .” This man shouldhave known that if we had no atmos

phere to change these electric raysinto heat rays

,no life could exist on

our earth .

From this theory we learn thatchanges of temperature so common innorthern climates must depend on at

mospheric changes . We certainlycannot think that the sun’s rays arewarmer on one day than on another,but we are compelled toadmit by undeniable facts and by the sternest logicof events, that the changes

'

of temperature are caused by atmospheric conditions . These are not to be regardedas chance happenings or accidents innature

,but the results of an operation

of natural laws established by an infinite power.

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THE COND ITION'OF MATTERA N D THE ORI'IN OF HUM A N LIFE AND MIND .

Matter exists under an endless variety of forms and conditions

,such as

solid,

fluids and gase s,ponderable and

imponderable,visible and invi sible

,in

simple elements and compounds'yetin all these combinations and changesits primal elements remain unchanged.

The identity of a particle ofmatter cannot be destroyed by transformations or transmutation s . Whatever may be said of the inherent ehergy, or molecular motion, the onegreat truth remains

,that inorganic

matter is inert,and cannot transfer

itself from one position or place to another. It can only move when it isacted upon by a force outside of or

above itself,or by a life within it .

Now,as we see inorganic matter in

motion in every direction,we must

conclude that it is under the controlling influence of some power from out

s ide'

of itself,or some chemical or me

chamical force within,not natural to it

,

to which it must submit without achoice or will of its own .

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We also see matter controlled by alife within it

,growing from small to

large forms in the different departments of animal and vegetable life .

Here the question comes up with peculiar emphasis : Whence came thisfirst impulse to move matter from theoutside or this life that moves and controls it from

'

within ? Back of thesethere is another important question :Whence came these helpless and inertforms of matter in their endless variety ? Again

,did matter produce it

self,and then impart to itself the en

ergy by which it was put into motion ?

And,

finally,did this unconscious eu

ergy produce life and raise it from itslowest to its highest condition? These

perplexing question s will continuallycome up before the mind of the speculative inquirers after the origin

‘

ofthings

,Without recognizing an infinite

mind and an all - controllingpowerabovenature . To the believer in the supernatural these question s are welcomemessengers

,coming up from the past

eternity and the answer is at hand .

Matter could not produce itself,and

that life could not become connectedwith matter without a previous life and

AND MOTION . 23

life - giving power . This is now gen

erally received as a truth in biology ,all life must come from a pre - existinglife . Matter was first dowered withmotion and then with the power andconditions to produce life .

We need not seek to reconcile theBible history of creation with the conceptions of modern materiali sticscience

,or to make it harmonize with

them,but will call attention to the his

tory of creation as recorded in the firstchapter of Genesis

,verse 20 :

'AndGod said

,let the water bring forth

abundantly the moving creature thathath life

,and the fowl that may fly

about the open firmament of heaven .

Again,verse 24 :

'And'od said, letthe earth bring forth the living creature after his kind

,and cattle and

creeping things,and beast of the earth

after his kind,and it was so .

” It is alsostated in this connection that 'odCREATED these things . The wordcreation does not necessarily imply the

making of something out of hand without the employment o-f secondarycauses . It is often used to express atransformation or change from one

condition to another.

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In the account given in Genesis wehave

,first

,a preparation of the water

and the earth,for the support of life ,

and then the 'italizing principle 1m

parted to these elements,and by this

they were dowered with the power to'RIN'FORTH the different formsof life .We cannot account for this onany other principle than the designsof an infinite intelligence, executed bvan Almighty Power.This gives to us a more exaltedview of creation than the theoryguessed at by evolution ists

,that there

were a few prime - ordeal germs from ‘

.

which the different conditions of lifecame

,by a process of evolution

,in

cluding the human race . Where,in

all literature,will we find a more

rational account of the beginning of

life than here .This relieves us from the childishfancy that God, by some mechanicalproces s

,made all the different animals

separately . He made the conditionsfor their existence and arranged thematerial for theirnourishment

,and by

the power of his word and will theywere ''ROU'HT FORTH

,

”so that

in the highest sense he is the creator

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of all things . In this connection wenotice that the creation of man wasby a different process

,and any effort

to place man’s origin on the same levelwith the lower animals indicates a disbelief in one of the fundamental doctr ines of theology. It is the denial of

a power above nature and a rej ectionof the supernatural .The recognition of the infinite andcontrolling power is the only postulate on which we can build a rationaltheory of the origin of life and the

constancy and course of the universe .

The aim of modern science now isto admit some theological ideas

,such

as they can bring in harmony with

their atheistic conception of cosmogony, and to form a new system of religion that will rej ect all ideas of thesupernatural .A careful study of the relation of

different parts to one immense andharmonious whole

,will naturally lead

the thoughtful mind in the directionof the supernatural

,a power that is

not inherent in matter,nor produced

by natural laws .A materialistic philosophy obj ectsto the word supernatural and claims

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that all the O perations are carried on

by a natural process .A moment’s reflection and thoughtof our surroundings will show the error of such conclusions . Our housesdo not build themselves . Machines donot put themselves in operation . Our

garments do not make themselves, andthe thousands of comfortable thingsthat come to our needy would all comethrough instrumentalities that areabove the operation of mere naturallaws . When rough materials areformed into a beautiful dwelling- placewe know some ~

mind has ordered it so .

HOWTRUTH MAY'E FOUND .

The safest way to find truth,when it

is surrounded with numerous errors ,is to test . theories by experiments insuch a manner as to make mistakesimpossible . This is the only way inwhich we can pass from mere theoriesand conj ectures to well - establishedfacts in all branches of knowledge .

Many of the great and well -restab

lished truths in physical science werefirst advanced as theories, and when

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tricity which, according to the bes t ofmy knowledge, have not been madebefore

,and the conclusion arrived at

from them are of the most startlingand important kind . If I am not mistaken

,and I think I am not

,our theory

of cosmogony,in some respects

,will

be replaced by another . My theoryis that gravitation is on ly one part ofthe controlling power in planetary motion

,and that worlds are moved

,held

together and governed by the laws ofmagnetic attraction and repulsion, inconnection with the general law ofgravitation .

‘

If my theory is true,it is

evident that it is one of far - reachingimportance . I mention that the sunis an immense electric light, as statedin a previous chapter. T he generalstorehouse of the solar system for elec

tricity and that all celestial bodiesmove

,n ot by the law of gravitation

alone,but by the law of

”

magnetic at

traction and repulsion .

Newton saw one apple fal l and re

ceived an impression in reference tothe law of gravitation . N ow, underfavorable atmospheric condition s

,

when the atmosphere is dry and coldand the wind blows from the north I

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can suspend an apple in the air in thefollowing manner : I tie a string to

the stem of the apple and fasten theother end of the string to a large sheet

of pape r, and then lay the paper on mydesk or press it against the wall , andby passing my hand over it, in a half aminute I will produce electro magnetism enough to hold an apple suspended in the air.I can then

,by electro magnetism,

make the apple, or any other substancesuspended in the air

,move around on

its axes from east to west or from westto east

,without any visible force com

ing in contact with it, and reverse thesemotions at my pleasure by causing amagnetic current to pass around it .Again

,I can take two large sheets

of paper, of equal weight, say ten tofifteen grains weight

,the one elec

trifiedand the other in its natural state .The one with the electricity will fly upand adhere to something above it

,

while the other will fall to the floor.Now

,if the motion of a surface four

inches square will cause fifteen grainsin weight to fly in opposition t0 'thelaws of gravitation here on earth

,

where electric currents are interfered

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with by the aqueou s vapor of the at

mosphere,what may we expect from

the motion of the sun and the planetsthrough ether space

,where there is no

such interference and where the surface producing friction is almost be :

yond the reach of mathematical calculation ? I have, under favorable at

mospher ic conditions, produced m ag

netic attraction in a half a minute,

strong enough to hold a pound weightsuspended in the air .I assume : that electricity is an entityin nature

,and not merely the result of

chemical or mechanical action . T he

manifestations of this giant power aretoo strong and multifarious to admitthat they are only the result of otherand inferior agents . These only serveto br ing this pre - existing entity intoactive ope ration .

Here we have undeniable facts,ar

rived at by carefully conducted experi

ments,and not me rely by guessing that

these things might be so .We should look at nature as a greatschool

,where the obj ect lessons are

atoms,and worlds

,and suns and stars .

We shou ld give heed to their instructions with profound attention and

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gather up every fragment of truth scat

tered over these boundless fields , andfrom them learn all that is allowed for

us to know of that infinite power thatrules and controls the whole . In one

sense'All matter is God’s tongue'Out from its motions God’s thoughtsare sung'

And the realms of space are the octavebars

,

And the music notes are the sun’s andstars .”

T hese tones are not heard by mortalears, yet we see them

'leap into spacefrom a thousand choirs” to sing theepic of the starry heavens .Facts in science that can be demon

strated as such point in the directionof a supreme ruler of the universe

,

while the speculations of modernscience point in the direction of athe

ism and the final failure of nature’senergies .

COM'INED FOR CE'OF NATURE .

In every part of this vast universe,

in the great or in the small, we seeevidences of an all - controlling mind .

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T he'lines of force

,originating in

the Infinit e Power, move out as in

struments in the hands of this Power ,which acts on nature through theoperation of changeless laws , and notby an un-created energy that is hastening to its final doom .

This,however, brings to the border

line of mysteries beyond which wecannot pass'but the mystery is moreprofound by the assumption of an

eternal unconscious energy than inthe recognition of an eternal intelligentPower. If we are forced to admit thatby the operation of natural laws many

things occur that cause human suffering

,we must also admit that -by the

operation of these'same laws multi

plied thousands of things come to us

that satisfy our wants and especiallycontribute to our happiness of bodyand mind . When it is said,

'TheLord sendeth his rain upon the justand upon the unjust

,

” we are not tobelieve that 'by some supernaturalpower he formed the clouds and putthe water into them and then causedthem to pour out their contents uponthe earth . There are numerous intermediate forces, each performing a

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separate part in this process of bringing rain . There must be the liftingpower of the sun’s rays to take up thewater'the formation of the clouds'and the power of the atmosphere tosustain the clouds

,and the wind as

motive power to propel them onwardin their course'and finally the powerof gravitation to bring the rain fromthe clouds to the earth .

Among the great working forces innature we find electro - magnetism andrepulsion .

There is a pull and a push throughout the vast empire of matter. Electro - magnetism plays an important partin these strange phenomena . Whilemaking some experiments along thisline I was myself surprised at the results, so that I concluded to makea record of them to illustrate my views .But fearing that I might be chargedwith an exaggeration from an excitedimagination I called at the office of

my friend, Dr. Cady, a prominent dentist. I told him I wi shed to explainthe flight of birds through the air.I hadWith me a bunch of duck feathers

,and laid them on the table . I then

told the Doctor I would make a few

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passes with my hand over a sheet ofpaper, not stronger than the motionof a duck’s wing striking the air.WhenI held this paper from four to sixinches distant over the bunch of feathers they immediately flew up and fastened themselves to this pape r at oneend

,while the other endstood at right

angles from the paper,quivering and

shaking as if some power was pullingthem to get them away from the paper'and so it did

,for a number of. them

were pulled off and immediately fastened themselves to something else inanother direction . I then turned thepaper around while these feathers werestan ding on one end and the otherend trembling in the ai r. I then .

passed my left hand under the papersome distance from the paper, and

with every motion of my hand theywould jump and crawl over the paperlike living things in rapid

'

motion .

Dr. Cady was so deeply interes tedand so highly delighted with the ex

periment that he said, It is too 1m

portant for me to witness it alone ,”

and called in ‘hi s friend Dr. Newman ,

before whom I repeated the experi

ments .

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tro- magnetic repulsion,suns and their

satellites would be drawn into a solidmass andwreck andruin would be thefinal doom of all revolving bodies .This is no idle dream of the imag

ination . It is a truth that comes

within the range of human knowledgeand scientific demonstration'and becomes more clear as we advance inour investigation of the nature of electricity, and its 1nfluence in the government of the physical universe .Electricity performs an important

part in producing the light of the sunand conduct ing thes e rays of lightthrough inter - stellar ether space to thedifferent planets and theif satellites .Electricity pervades all ether space

,

penetrates all substance s,and

,like a

slumbering giant , only waits to becalled into act ivity by some dynamicpower

,when it will show its strength

in the work it is directed to perform .

Scientific investigation gives dailynew evidences of the extent of thispower in Nature . It runs out alonga slender wire, by which it is conductedto the. car wheels, and they move likeliving things with the crowds of passengers, through the city .

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How few of us realize the fact thatwhile we are passing to or from our

daily toil or seeking amusement orpleasure in riding on these electriccars that we are all on board of a moremagnificent train— this earth . Thiswonderful chariot of the sky, in itsjourney around the sun

,moves over

sixty - five thousand miles in an hourwithout a danger of coming in conflictwith the other numerous bodies moving around the same central sun .

According to the knowledge we gainby experiments on a small scale, weare led to the conclusion that theserevolving planets in their rapid movement through space must be centersof power to evolve electro magnet ism

to an almost unlimited extent .If the planets are an offspring fromthe sun

,as the Nebular hypothesis

claims,we may naturally conclude

that these circling orbs may contribute their part in supplying the grandold luminary with materials out of

which sunshine is made . This wouldbe an illustrat ion of the corelation of

force'but by no means a proof of theeternal equivalents of forces

,accord

ing to the materialistic conceptions .

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This corelation between the sun andthe planets gives us a more rationalview than the old theories of the sunconsuming cosmical matter, and thento meet an inglorious ending when allthe meteoric showers are consumedby a process of combustion . It is alsoopposed to the later theory that thelight and heat of the sun are kept upby the shrinking of the sun .

This shrinking theory must finally

yi eld to the demands of advancing science .

All theories hitherto offered on thecause of solar heat

,and radiation

,im

ply a waste of energies and the finaldestruction of the solar orb

,and con

sequently an eternal night on all ofthe planets where the existence of lifeis possible . The same destiny wouldawait all the sun systems in the universe . A '

gloomy picture, painted inthe 1magination of the atheist

, who

says in his heart,there is no'od.

”

If the theor1es referred to were truethese gloomy conclusions necessarilyfollow . But there is no proof to sustain them . The sentiments of someof the greatest and bes t men that everlived are against such a disastrous end

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ing of a system of worlds, where everyparticle and form of matter give em

dence that they are the product of aninfinite intelligence .

With such views we need not bedisturbed in reference to the futureprogress of this great universal empire of matter. The changes thathave taken place in the past, so clearlyindicated by geological research'inmate -rial nature

,and the condition of

things may be regarded as prophesiesof changes to come in the future

,and

these will more likely be changes from

a lower to a higher condition,than a

falling back to decay and final destruction . Nature

,in her progress

,has a

voice of encouragement to those wholook into the future

,and contemplate

her extended fields with confidenceand hope .Should any of the oldpass away thepromise i s

,

'behold I make all thingsnew.

” 'There shall be a new heavenand a new earth .

” If we take an ima

ginary j ourney through space, andview the motion of planets aroundtheir cent ral suns and reason from ourknowledge of terrestrial electricity andmagnetism

,we learn important les

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sons . We know something of thepower of attraction and repulsion thatmay be produced by electrical actionon a small scale

,and by calculating

results from increasing magnitudeswe may form some idea of the dynamic power produced by the revolution of celestial bodies . If we 'iewthe sun as in a highly charged electric condition

,and this condition main

tained by the action of surroundingglobes as dynamos of immense powerand exhaustless resources, we needhave no fears of the final ending of thissolar system from a want of light andheat. The planets that are movingaround the sun in thelr orbits andwhi rling around on their axes are notthere asmere dumbbells for the amusement of astronomers, who calculate

'

their distance,magnitudes and pe

riods of revolution .

They are there for a purpose, andare held in the mighty grasp of thesun’s attraction to keep them fromwandering into unknown space, andthey are kept from falling into the sunby electric repulsion , and these twobalancing forces hold them to theirwork and guide them in their orbits .

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Whatever different stages the sunand the solar system may have passedthrough in the process of rising froma chaot ic mass of formless matter toits present condition, by the operationof natural laws, the devout astronomer

,the Christ ian philosopher, as

well as the most humble dweller onthis earth,Who recognize the supremePower

,will attribute all these opera

tions to this ultimate Power.The conclusion we arrive at is thatthe sun itself was formed by a unionof different parts and qualities of matter.It was then dowered with powers

and energies to act on other parts inthe great drama of creation .

The unity of matter,in its different

elements,as revealed

f

by the spectroscope, presents a strong argument in

favor of the unity of or1g1n-

s .

From every star and from everyworld where light has come to us wehave proof that the same elements contained in our earth are also found inthose distant worlds . All existingthings must have their origin in aneternal intelligent exi stence .We are led to the conclusion that

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wh ile matter has been tending to

changes it has also been blending withhigher forms and more beautiful com

binations corresponding with the progress of human minds and humanskill . Every globe or revolving bodymust necessarily have a magnetic center around which the materials areattracted to build it up to its destinedsize .

O uts ide of, and apart from,an in

telligent cause,we can find no answer

to. the question how these magneticcenters found their proper location inspace, to move

'

in harmony with otherlarge globes revolving around one

common center at different distancesand well - defined per iods of time . Thatthese magnet ic centers do exist

, to

which materials are attracted for worldbuilding, is a fact that can be demonstrated by a scientific process of reasorting .

The theory,based upon the Nebu

lar hypothesis, that parts were thrownoff from the central mass

,out of which

worlds were formed,cannot be recon

ciled with the laws of gravitationalone. Ne ither can the axel or orbitalmotion of the planets be brought into

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challenges our admiration in her variety, as well as in her harmony . Theseworking forces have their home inthe sun as the great central power ofour solar system.

The nature and the e ffect of thesun’s rays of light give unmistakableproof that they are not the product ofthe ordinary combustion of cosmicalmatter. Neither can they be the re

sult of the sun’s shrinking upon itself:They are dowered with a vivifyingpower found nowhere else in nature .

Shut them off from any part of theearth and there is darkness anddeath .

Let them have an unobstructed influence

,and life and activity spring up

under the magic touch of the sunbeam .

In this vast storehouse of'italizingforces we see a coming and a going,a pulling and a pushing

,an expansion

and contraction,a rising and a fall

ing'not in dire confusion, producinghorrid and unsightly forms anddeadlypoisons

,but fragrant flowers

,with

beautiful colors,and birds with beau

tiful plumage .

All these things come from the operation of laws established by an omnipotent Power.

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Theism claims that this all - controlling power existed before matter ap

peared, and before life was in any wayconnected with matter. Atheism iscompelled to acknowledge these phe~

nomena of existence, and with scalpeland microscope in hand

,and by chem

ical tests seeks for the origin of life

in matter'and the origin of matter inan unconscious

,unintelligent eternal

energy'but this effort finds its utmostlimits in mysteries incomprehensible .

CARE FOR THE HOUSE WELI'E IN .

The marvelous structure of the human body is composed oi the same material that is found in nature everywhere Among these are Oxygen

,

Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen , Cal

cium, Phosphorus, Potassium,

Sulphur, Chlorine, Sodium,

Magnesium,

Iron,Fluorine .

These elements are arranged intheir proper order to build up thisdwelling place for our higher andmoral nature.

The dweller in this temple of so manycompartments is endowed with voli

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tion,and to a certain extent of exer

cising a watchful care over the different parts of this dwelling place .

No organic system is so wonderfullyarranged as the human body . If welook with care at the different partsand their different function s we willbe led to the same con clusion we arrive at when contemplating nature inher adaptation to the wants of the human race'There’s an infinite presence everywhere,

And it beats like a pulse on e ach globeof air

,

There’s infinite will ‘ from an infinitecause

,

Which twines throughout nature’sharmonic laws .”

In looking at some of the prominentparts of this wonderful system we willespecially notice the nervous system .

These lines of intercommunicationhave been laid with a master hand, andto a certain extent they are in our care,and we become responsible for theirnormal action . Nothing in the wholeanimal economy is so complex and sowonderful in its Operation as this . Allanimals, except, perhaps, some of thelowest forms

,are supplied with nerves

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ofmotion and sensation, but the com

plexity increases as we ascend from thelower forms of organic life

,and with

this increase the susceptibility to impressions from external surroundings

,

as well as from internal disturbance,

also increases . It is only in the higherclasses of animals the nerve power canget such a control of the muscles as toforce them from their natural positionand functions and produce the condition called spasms . A pig with itscoarse nervous system

,and a goose

with its small brain,are not subj ect to

spasms . The dog and the cat, withsome other animals of a higher gradeof nerve development

,are more or less

subj ect to spasms .The more highly cultivated of thehuman race are more susceptible to aderangement of the nervous systemthan the uneducated and laboringclasses . This comes from the fact thatthe brain and other nerve centers areoften overtaxed by severe mental exertion

, or disturbed in their healthyaction by physical derangements anddiseases, brought upon ourselves byour ignorance of the laws of our phy

sical nature .

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The nervous system is a telegraphicor electric apparatus of the finest strueture and of the highest type and willact as a telephone or telegraph to anypart of the system

,and it requires con

stant care to keep it in a good condition .

The want of proper attention wouldsoon render the be st constructed telegraphic system useless . But howroughly do many treat these finelyattenuated nerves . These proceedingfrom the brain and spinal columnmeetat way station

’

s called ganglion . Theseare situated in different parts of thebody

,like towns and villages in a

country . Into these the differentbranches enter like so many roads ina village . From these small centersthey pass out, each one to the minutestramification s

,retaining their peculiar

functions and performing the work forwhich they were intended . Amongthe marvelous things connected withthe nervous system is their peculiaraction along the different branches

, ac

cording to impress ions made upon thenerve centers by mental emotions .A fit of anger may sometimes excitethe whole system to such an extent

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that reason is dethroned,and a man

may, for a moment, act like a furiousanimal

,beyond the bounds of account

abilitv for his actions . In some instances a kind word affectionatelyspoken with a magnetic hand gentlypassed over the excited bram will allavthe storm of passion'the clouds of anger will pass away and a moral sunshine will beam from the frowningeyes

,till they are kindled into a glow

of love and affection .

E xcessive grief or joy, over whichwe may have no control

,will often

send a message along the line leadingto the glands where the tears are secreted, and the little floodgates are

opened,through which tears flow out

in streams .Hunger, in the presence of good

things to eat,will send a messenger in

another direction,and Open the little

water glands in the mouth,and 'the

mouth waters,

” and mysterious naturesays to the tempting food : I amready for vou .

Al l parts of the body are under theinfluence of the nervous system

,and

by its action and reaction the bodyhas its storms andcalms . N o one can

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enjoy good health with a broken - downnervous system, and a healthy body isnecessary to keep up a healthy condition of the nerves . Both should beunder the controlling influence of awell - informed mind in reference to thelaws of life and health .

We should depend more on our owngood judgment to keep our nerves ina healthy condition than on the ad

vertised medicines recommended forthis purpose .

STRENGTH OBTAINED BY LA

BOR .

If the human race had been placedupon the earth and abundantly sup -

j

plied with all needful things in foodand raiment

,without any demand

upon our mental or’

physical exertions,the race would never have arrived atthe high intellectual and physicalstandard that has marked its careerthrough the past ages . With ourpresent conditions and surroundingswe are impelled by our needs to makeexertions for our supplies in temporalthings and our natural desire for

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ing orbs in their apparent marchthrough space .The stars were regarded with a kind

of veneration, and in some instancesas Obj ects of worship .

These studies , without books or

charts to guide them, gave strengthto the human mind

,while labor for

food and raiment developed the phys ical form'and thus by labor and toilthe race became long- lived andstrong . Thousands of lives havebeen shortened and many have goneto premature graves from a want ofa proper exercise of their mental andphysical powers .Labor and toil , in the different

fields spread out before us , are inharmony with our relations ‘to a sur

rounding/

world of mind and matter'while

,

a refusal to enter into these ex - 1

tended fields produces discontent ,wea kness , and premature decay .

Work is the D ivine order in therealms of nature and should be soin the realms of mind. The progressfrom low to higher conditions in thepast gives us a prophecy of what I'to come in the future .

When letters were invented and

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the art of writing was gradually improved, and it was found that the conceptions Of the human mind could berecorded so as to make them durable

,

and hand them down to coming generations, a system of astrology wasformed . In this the stars were namedand numbered, and formed into ima

ginary groups, representing humanforms and animals, and various kindsof images suggested by the superstitious ideas Of those early times . Thesewere supposed to have a controllinginfluence over the destinies of nationsand individuals

,while some incor

porated them in their religious worship .

This arrangement and grouping ofthe stars has come down to us fromthe dim and distant past

,and the

teachings of these ancient astrologersare, in some respects , adhered to bylearned men in our advanced stateof civilization and scientific research .

Out of this system of astrology camethe study of astronomy'but manycenturies passed before a correctknowledge of the movement of theplanets of our solar system was obfained .

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Until the days of Copernicus it wasbelieved that the earth was the centerof the universe , and that the sun andthe stars revolved around this 1m

movable center every twenty - fourhours . Copernicus exploded these erroneous views , and gave us the truesystem of revolving planets and theirsatellites around the sun as the center of our solar system .

Since his time and the inventionOf the telescope, great progress has

been made in mathematical astronomy . Many things that were involvedin mystery among the ancients havepassed into the realms Of certamknowledge under the teachings ofmodern science . The measuring lineof the astronomer has been extendedinto boundless space , and distanceand periods of revolution have beencalculated with an accuracy thatamounts to a scientific certainty .

All these efforts have given strengthto the human intellect and dignity tohuman character and widened the lineof separation between human beingsand the lower class Of animals'Theseremain the same through all historicages ,While man has been progressing

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by labor and toil , and continued newdiscoverles 1ndicate that the goal hasnot been reached , and the boundariesof human discoveries and inventionshave not been passed .

The effort for a mastery over themysteries of nature have been successful in many departments of knowledge . Yet there are large fields stillopen to inquiring minds . Somethings

, however, published as scien

t ific discoveries ten or’

fifteen yearsago

,are now Obsolete, while many

others remain in obscurity, and theonly purpose they serve is a matterof amusement to persons of progres

sive minds and advanced thought, whobuild their theories on verified facts .

Where there is a regular successionof facts

,one hinging on another, as

so many links in a great chain of truth ,we must carefully examine the fundamental truth to be established

,and in

what way others are connected withthe first link in the chain . Or

,to use

another figure, and look at it as ascending from lower to higher conditions, if we commence at the firstround of the ladder on which we expeet to ascend, and pass up step by

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step to the highest pinnacle Of humanreason and human knowledge, - andcan prove that no defects can be foundin any one of the steps on which wehave ascended, we have a right todemand that our theory shall pass fromthe realms of hypothesis to the solidfoundation of scientific truth .

THE LIMITATIONS TO HUMAN'NOWLEDGE.We donot claim to unders tand the

Power manifested in nature, nor themethods by which infinite designs areaccomplished . Science may claimto understand the operation of natural laws'but even here our knowljedge is very limited. We see naturalphenomena and ascribe them to natural causes , and imagine we have donesomething in the way of illustratingnature, but we have only been playingwith toys 1n the outer court of thegreat temple of nature , and cannot explain the process how things are done .We - know that when the rays of lightflash out from the solar orb they rushthrough cold and dark space with animmense velocity, and make their

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j ourney to our earth in about eightminutes

,a distance of ninety - two and

a half millions of miles .Science accomplished somethingwhen it measured the distance of theearth from the sun and calculated thetime for the sun’s light to reach our

earth . When it arrives here in exhaustless floods of bright rays sciencemay attempt to explain the laws of

solar radiation,but behind these ex

planations there are mysteries abovehuman comprehension . Why does ittravel so rapidly? What gives it thisimpulse ? We cannot tell . N O raging storm , in a clear sky, can turna sunbeam from its course nor retardits speed . Its different beautiful colors blend into one bright and shininglight, and these colors can only be seenwhen thrown apart by a refractingprism . Science, so far, has given usno certain information in reference toits source nor the cause of its exhaustless supply.

If we ask the most illiterate personwe meet what it is , we will be told

'ITIS SUNSHINE,

” and if we ask thephilosopher the same question , he cantell us no more . IT IS SUNSHINE .

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This is a truth known to all . But whenscience attempts to explain the originandcause of thi s mysterious thing, itsdifferent colors and qualities

,there

are so many different theories ad

vanced that no one can be receivedas a true statement of facts . Here allis uncertainty and confusion in thescientific ranks , and the deepest convictions of our moral nature force us

to the conclusion that there must bean infinite mind above these strangephenomena .

We are told that such a Power isincomprehensible to human mindsand cannot be admitted in scientificdiscussions . We might as well doubtthe existence Of the sun because wecannot comprehend sunshine . Or Ofheat because we cannot define it nortell what it is .I said to our hired girl one day whenshe was kindling the fire ,

'Mary,what

is heat?” 'Why,” said she,

'it issomething that 18 made by the fuelwhen it burns . But can’t vou tellwhat it is ?” She replied,

'It I'something that makes us warm, and thisis about all that the learned philosopher can tell us about it.

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who have handed down their discoveries in art and science in volumes of

the finest literature the world has'

ever

known, are nothing more than transmuted bread and meat and potatoes ,or some other food digested by humanstomachs .Human minds

,with all their mar

velons capacities,are not mere results

of assimilation Of crude substances bya digestive process . M ind must b etraced to a higher source . The horseand the ox and the mule and the pigmay all be fed On the same food thatman lives on ,

and yet their brains havenever arrived at the sublime concep

tions of statesmen , poets and philoso

phers . As to their progress in musicor the art of expressing themselves inwords , the re is not the least sign O f

progress . TT he horse neighs , the oxbellows

,the mule brays

,and the pig

squeals,just as ~ t

’

hey did thousands of

years ago,and yet the same particles

ofmatter enter into their systems thatbuild up

~ the human system and produce the human brain with its marvelous powers .Prof . Tyndall says : Matter containsin itself the promise and potency of

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all life . But whence came this potential energy, if it exists in matter?If materialists could prove the spon

taneous generation of some Of thelower forms of life from peculiar combinations of matter they would gainnothing in their argument against aspecial creation . The question thenwould be : D id matter produce itselfand impart to itself the power to produce life ? There is a philosophicaldemand for a creative power and thiswe call supernatural .Is it more difficult to believe thatan infinite and eternally existing lifeproduced all things , than to believethat nature produced itself'that alllife had its origin in matter, and thatall laws governing the universe, andall life

,have resulted from a mere

chance combination of molecular motion?Where do we find the deepest mys

fery ? N ot in the conception of an infinite creator'but in the idea of aneternal unconscious energy withoutvolition or a self - determining power.The believer in the supernatural doesnot call the accidents of blind chancehis parents, nor the undirected move

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ment of molecu les his brother or sister.

”

But the materialistic philosopherwill tell us that natural phenomenaare not the result O f chance f but theproduct of well - established naturallaws . But, we may ask again , whencecame these laws ? D id they formthemselves and put themselves intooperation without a controlling powerto direct them? This would be a mysfery above all mysteries . On theother hand

,if the materialist admits

a primal intelligent power he mustfinally yield to the demands of thesupernaturalist.One day Of bright sunshine should

suffice to dispel the gloom of atheismfrom every reflecting mind . Onethoughtful look at nature should impress every reasoningmind with theidea that the Power above us musthave thought of us when all thingswere made— when the sun was madeto shine upon our earth and becomea storehouse of richest treasures forthe inhabitants of the earth , althoughwe cannot comprehend the process bywhich these things were accomplished .

We may be as ignorant Of the ori

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gin of these things as the child in thecradle is of the materials of which thecradle is made . The child feels themotion of the cradle

,sees the mother

and hears the sound o f her voice .

These are simple facts to the child'but how the motion

,sight and sounds

were produced it does not know . Itrests quietly in its little home until itoutgrows it . As soon as it can reason from effect to cause every attemptto teach the child that all these thingswere matters of chance would be useless .It knows that someone made thecradle

,that some hand moved it and

that someone produced the voice inthe song.

We see and hear, sights and soundsand motions surround us in every direction , and is it not reasonable to believe that an intelligent Power movesabove those strange phenomena in nature .'The heavens declare the glory of

'od and the firmament showeth hishandiwork .

So marvelous are the operations ofnature and so uniform are the resultsproduced that among all nations there

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has been a deep impression that abovethese great working forces there mustbe supernatural Power.Modern science, with its material

ist ic tendency, has made strong effortsto rej ect the term supernatural , evenon subj ects connected with theology .

Some of our theological teachershave already yielded an assent to thesedemands , and assert that all naturalphenomena must be regardeda s theresult of natural causes'but it mustbe remembered that this nature whichdoes such wonderful

”

things 18 not amechanl sm that produced

’

itself, and

put itself in motion . We admit thatwhen nature was ordained to do athing in a

‘

certain way it could do it inno other way than along the line of itsown laws'but above these laws is theInfinite M ind and Will .The teachings of the materialistic

philosophy come in conflict w ith thedeepest convictions of the highest order Of intelligence when viewed in con

nection with natural phenomena . It isnot the comprehension of mysteriesthat theology demands, but a recogni

tion of the Power that controls them .

The ancient patriarch 'ob was 1m

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pressed with this when he said : LO

these are parts of his ways'but howlittle a portion is heard of him? Butthe thunder Of his power who can understand?

”

We know that the great center ofour solar system is the instrumentalcause of nearly all the physical energies that are manifested on our earth,and yet the devout heart gives thanks

to the supreme ruler for the good

things that come to us through theseinstrumentalities .The wind that blows , from the gentle breeze

,up to the desolating tor

nado,comes through the influence of

the sun,combined with electric cur

rents . The water that is held in theform of ice and snow is liberated bysunshine

,and winds its way through

small streams to rivers and from rivers to oceans

,from which it is car

ried back again by the action of thesun’s rays and formed into rain cloudsto return to water the earth . Thisprocess will continue while the suncontinues to shine . We may followthe workings of this central powerthrough other forms of motion . Thefuel in the furnace changes the water

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in the boiler into steam . The powerof the steam is transferred to the driving wheel, and the cars move withtheir freight and passengers over continents . The coal that burns in thefurnace had its origin in immensevegetable growths in prehistoric ages ,and this was produced from sunshine .

This is also'

true of all kind of fuelthat grows on the earth , so that everything that runs by steam on land andwater

,and every spindle that whirls

in every mill or factory, has the powerof the sun behind it . T he strengthand physical power to work in man

or animals may be traced to the samesource .We do not fully '

understand the'italizing force of sunshine . Theserays of light have forced themselvesupon our attentionby demonstrationsof their power on animal and vege

table life . A ll plants seek the sun ,and perish if they cannot find it . Itstands at the head of all institutions inthe material w orld for the supply of

human wants and a contribution to

the happiness of all the dwellers onthis earth .

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half, and so interested all that heardhim that the time seemed but short .T he Doctor is only eight - six, and hasa memory that is marvelous .These things are only mentioned asan illustration of the truth Of my theory,of the importance

-

oi a proper carefor the preservation of life and health .

The recuperative powers of our

physical organization are constantlv

at work to repair injuries and tocarrymaterials to the injured parts and tosupply the wastes that are constantlygoing on .

As there is an infinite mind thatcontrols r evolving bodies through infinite space, by the operation of natural laws , so this all - controlling mindhas provided materials for the supportof human life on this earth , and hasleft

'it tothe care Of an intelligent race

to make a proper use of these materials'but among all the nicely ar

ranged systems for doing importantwork

,the human body in connection

with the mind, have been the mostabused and neglected, of all activeforces in nature .Whisky and tobacco, and an exces

sive indulgence in unwholsome food

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and drink, and irregular hours of sleepand rest

,are making fearful havoc

with millions of the human race .

It does not require a knowledge ofthe technicalities of the medical profession to take a pro'per care of thebody and the mind . Careful observation and experience are the best teachers along this line . Here is where thecontrolling mind over matter can beillustrated .

Man’s physical organization is apart Of nature, and is under the Operation of natural laws

,but these laws

are Often interfered with by the decision O f the human will . The humanstomach has a limited capacity for di

gesting food necessary to supply thewants of the body . When this is overloaded by excessive indulgence in eating, and then inflamed by alcoholicliquors , the digestive process is interfered with, and the nervous systembroken down by the excessive use oftobacco , the structure finally breaksdown and the dweller in this temple isforced to leave because it is no longerfitted for habitation , and the M INDdetermined it should be so .

Nature utters her voice of warning

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to the violators of her laws . She hasalso words of encouragement to thosewho observe these laws . If we livein harmony with nature’s laws we promote the health of the body and themind .

NATURAL AND SPIRITUALLAWS .

Natural laws govern the naturalworld, and s piritual laws govern thespiritual world . There is a markedline of distinction between these twogoverning powers . In the harmonyof nature we see a law that governsunconscious and inert matter, whichis absolutely free from any responsibility to the governing powers, andnot subj ect to praise nor blame fromthe law - giver.In the spiritual kingdom there is aknowledge of the nature and demandsof the law which addresses itself to

our spiritual nature, and Implies volition, and consequently a responsibility to the law - giver. There is nosimilarity between the operation ofnatural and spiritual law. They havenothing to do with each other. Whenwe look at nature in her harmonious

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movements'atoms blending withatoms

,then separating and reuniting

in different proportions and qualitiesto form the endless varieties in qualities and forms

,such as we find in

matter'the most rational conclusionwe can arrive at is

,that there must be

a primodial intelligent cause for thesemovements O f the different ine rt partsof matter .Whatever the molecular motion Ofthe different forms of matter may be ,in their different conditions of tem

perature , no material substance , great

or small, has ever transferred itself, byits own inherent power, from one placeto another .There may be long lines of successive forces behind the final motion ,but these have their origin in an ultimate and all controling power.Materialistic science seeks this

power in an uncreated and eternalenergy, and all motion in the correlation Of forces

,without allowing mind

,

intelligence,or volition above these

forces . But the strange and contradictory part of this theory is the admission that the energies oh whichmaterialistic science depends are grad

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ually passing away, and it can find nopower in the universe by which theycan be restored to action .

Professor Henry Drummond, in hisNatural Law In the Spiritual World,

”

says : 'With the gradual aggregationofmass the energy of the uni verse hasbeen slowly disappearing

,and this loss

of energy must go on until none re

mains . There is, therefore, a pointin time when the energy of the universe must come to an end . Thetheist— the believer in the superna

tural may Inqul re : What then ?

What will come after the final endingof Nature’s energies ? On this sub

j ect Prof. Tyndall in hi s'Heat a Mode

of Motion ,” p . 1 24 , says :

'T o create

or annihilate energy is as impossibleas to cre ate orannihilate matter'andall the phenomena of the materi al universe consists in transformations of

energy alone . The principle hereenunciated is called the law of theCONSER'ATION OF ENERGY.

”

Here are twopositive statements madeby two distinguished writers

,claim~

ing to be guided by the teachings ofscience , making statements plainlycontradicting each other. How are

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we to understand these conflictingstatements ? They cannot both beright . They must be the result of

guessing. One guessed one thing inthe name of science and the otherguessed in another direction

,and both

claim progress in scientific discoveries,

and with all these different and everchanging views they demand theteachings shall be made to conform tothese ever changing views

,which can

not harmonize with themselves .

HOW THE MEMORY MAY BEIMPRO'ED .

Without memory our lives wouldbe a dreary waste . The past wouldbe a blank . The present a fretful andperplexing hour. Without a recol

lection of the past we would find verylittle encouragement in looking intothe future . With the storehouse of

our memories well filled with past

events , many pleasant scenes of our

past lives are brought in review beforeus . Even our sufferings and disap

pointments , when recollected in conn ection with the relief that may havecome to us

,and our deliverance from

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the apparent accidents and dangers towhich we found ourselves exposed, allhave a tendency to encourage us forthe future . A recollection that thesame or similar help may come to usin the future that sustained us in thepast will enable us to move forwardin the struggles of life and~

trust inthe same powers and forces for pro

tection that sustained us in the past .All persons are endowed with this faculty, but some in a much higher degree than others . While t here arenatural endowments, and some havemuch better memories than others , itis undeniably true that by neglectingto exerc15e and cultivate this facultyit becomes enfeebled, while, on theother hand, by a proper course oftraining and a systematic exercise ,the memory may be strengthened beyond the highest conceptions of thosewho have not made suitable and systematic efforts in this direction . Thereason why many persons in advancedyears complain of a feeble memoryis an ’

inattention to the common con

cerns of life, and a want of effort to

treasure up the ordinary occurrences .

The idea of many that because they

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is ofmore importance than the house,

so the mind ofman , of which memoryis a part, i s of more importance thanthe body in which it dwells .We talk of a mind well stored wi thknowledge, but we must not forgetthat memory is the s torekeeper

,and

not only holds the key to the storehouse, but arranges all the shelvesand drawers and the different compartments for storing away the treasureaccumulated by mental efforts . Themind selects and brings in the treasures , sometimes secures them byhardest toil and perilous efforts . Thememory takes the treasures and stores

them away on different and appropriate shelves

, or in different drawers,and somarks them and the place wherethey are deposited,~ that they can belooked at any time when they arewanted .

What advantage woiuldwe have inthe accumulation of wealth in silverand gold and diamonds and other pre

cious things that make men rich , if webrought them home and handed themover to our steward or servant for safekeeping

,and he put them where they

never could be found ?' Suppose a

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man had millions on millions of treasures hidden in this way that he nor noone else could ever find'what advantage would they be to him ? None .

He might say I have lost them be

cause I have not provided a properplace to store them away . I had nosystematic arrangement in my treasure house

,and now they are forever

beyond my reach . In this way, froma want of a properly arranged houseto store away the treasures of the mindthousands of precious gems have beenlost . We may deeply regret the loss ,but this will not return to us the losttreasures . The only safe and properway is to guard against these lossesin the future . Why have safes withvarious compartments been invented

,

with bars and bolts and locks,but to

protect our goods from the hands ofthe thief and the robber

,and also with

a view to have them at our commandat a moment’s notice for our use ?

The thief of time is watching usevery hour to snatch away the accumulations for our mental toil . Much hasbeen taken from us and laid in thegrave of oblivion

,but there are still

vast outlying fields where we can

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gather more,and there are means pro

vided to keep our gathered treasuressecurely .

But someone advanced in yearsmay say,

'I am too old to commencebuilding a storehouse to treasure upmy mental wares .” You need not

build a new house . The old one isgood enough if you will only go towork and make some repairs'andwhen you begin this repairing processyou will be surprised to find howeasy the task will be . The sweep ingout of a few dark corners of the oldbuilding will soon throw light overother parts .The opening of a few windows willlet in the light and make everything.chee rful about the old homesteadwhere the h igher nature has longdwelt in gloom and sadness becausethe house was so much out of repair.How sad it is to think that thousands of persons , when they arrtve at

the age of forty - five or fifty years ,think that their time of improvementis past

,and under this impression they

neglect mental culture , and with thisneglect the body soon becomes likea house uncared for.

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We build the house we live in, thatis

,our inner and higher nature to such

an extent controls organic matter soas to build up and nourish those partsmost suited for mental activity, whereno other abnormal or disturbing agencies interfere . This is especially truein reference to the growth and development of the brain , which is the seatof mental power. Proper training notonly improves the mind but enlargesthe dwelling place where the mind resides , acts and Operates .The bright, expressive and speaking eye'the elevated forehead'the ihtelligent features'all indicate an intelligent working power or force superintending the material organization .

This working force in the intellectualrealm is under the control of the human will . If we determine that themind shall lie dormant and the memory shall become feeble and inactivefrom a want of proper exercise

,the ih

evitable results will follow. On theother hand , if we determine that thememory shall be retentive, and thatthe shelves in our memory

’s storehouse shall keep our deposited treasures

,we have only to keep these

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shelves and drawers in good order,

and have our deposits so marked andlabeled as to find them at any timewe may wish to use them . If we cannot immediately find the key to un

lock our, repository and find the gems

of thought, and all the beautiful anduseful things of the past, we must tiea string to the treasure and keep thestring in view, and when we get bewildered and confused we can

'

followup the string or wind it up into a ball ,till it leads up to our repository , andto the very drawer or shelf where our

treasures may be found . If we havemany shelves In memory’s storehouse ,and a great variety of different thingsstowed away

,and these of different

qualities,and require many strings by

which to trace our way to our hiddentreasures

,we can very easily attach

a mark or place a label on the end ofeach string

,each separate mark di

recting us to the obj ect we wish to

find .

There are'

many plain and simplethings that the mind may be placed

on,and that the memory can retain ,

that may be well compared to a singlethread

,and by association ofone thing

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with another, either from a strikingsimilarity or dissimilarity, the threadmay be followed by winding it into aball or unwinding it from a ball .As an illustration of following upthe thread

,we will commence with a

white woolen thread . The wool leadsup to the sheep . The sheep is an emblem of innocence'here we come intoa large field

,innocence, playfulness,

pastures , flocks , woolen garments ,cold weather, blankets , carpets , andornamented parlors . Or

,if we wish

to run in another direction,the thread

will lead ,us to mutton, to a good dinner'to the dinner party'to the namesof those present'to their conversation'and many other things we maywish to bring in review before us .A s ilk thread wil l lead us to the silkworm , the mulberry tree, the manufacturing establishment, the silk dress ,the beautiful lady that we saw wearingit, her sparkling eye , her wit, her diamonds , her language , home , fortunesor misfortunes , all from the end of asmall silk thread .

A cotton thread will lead us to thecotton fields, the spinning and weaving, the factory girls employed in the

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mills,the great variety of cotton

goods, the sails of ships, a trip acrossthe ocean , the commerce of differentand 'distant countries , the ties that bindnations in one common brotherhood .

A linen thread will conduct us backto the field where flax grows , to thespinning and weaving of linen , to Irishlinen , to the thousands of toilers whoproduce the beautiful fabric, to theweaver of the linen , to the rags ofworn out garments , to the paper millthat manufactures the rags to paper,to the beautiful white letter paper on '

which our correspondence to lovedones may be written .

A hemp string leads to the fields,

the rope - walks where it is manufactured int0 1 cords and ropes , to therigging

e

‘

of a ship, hauling and directing the sails , carrying the commerceof the world tO l their destined ports .A red

,or scarlet thread

,will lead us

to something fiery or intense, ardent,high tempered

,wars and bloodshed,

or such things as will incite or inflamethe passions .A blue thread will lead one’s mindup to the pale blue sky, in which theclouds are floating and behind which

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mal . It is necessary for us asWell aslight. Long winter evenings bfing usmany comforts that we could not haveunder the rays of the burning sun .

It is true we might travel along theline of a dark thread into dismal andgloomy regions

,but we should always

prefer to'go along the line of the pleasant and the beautiful , to feed the mem

ory on that which will give us higherviews of our l ives and destinies .The questions may arise in the

minds of some,'What will be the ad

vantage of all this ?” 'What can I dowithout an active memory to followup these different threads ?”We caneasily see where the advantage of sucha mental exercise is found . It is aneffort to build up and strengthen thememory, or prepare the differentshelves in this storehouse for reposi

tories of our mental wares . Insteadof leaving the mind a vacant blankand tossing restless upon our beds inthe stillness of the night, we may startthe wheels of memory running backward over the past, and stop at thedifferent way stations with such delight and pleasure that we will soonbe lulled to sleep, perchance to dream

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some pleasant dreams,and awake with

better Opinion s of life than when our

minds were blank and the shelves of

our memories’storehouses in a di

lapitated condition .

N ow we would advise anyone inlonely hours to take hold of the end of

a string,one of those we have referred

to'the white for instance, and startback in a contemplative mood andstop to linger awhile

,around every

point of innocence, beauty and purity .

Then let it stretch out into the future .Follow it up and on until it reacheswithin the very gates of the celestialcity, or, if you do, not wish to go quiteso far just now

,then take another

thread and follow it along the line ofwhich it is Zemblematical. Do not

hasten too fast from one point to an

other. When you find some eventin your past life, linger around it aslong as pleasant memories continue tocome up , in groups or single, and thenpass on to other points'and in thisway the scenes of the past will comeup in succession as oldassociates thathad appeared lost to you,

and entirelyfaded from your memory . T o thosewho have nevermade an effort to recol

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lect the scenes of the past by such association s it will be surprising to findthe mind pictures like beautiful panoramas pass in review before them.

The memory is like the blacksmith’sarm

,which has grown strong from us

ing it . There is no faculty of the human mind so susceptible of improvement as the memory, and none so

much neglected.

Some persons are naturally endowedwith good memories , while others aredeficient, and ,

must depend on culturefor improvement.Before letters were invented for

the purpose of recording the events oflife and our historic narratives, thememorymust have beenmuch strongerthan it is now. The transactionsand constantly recurring events of lifehad

'

to be carried in the memory instead o-f recorded in books .Many of the historical narratives

now found in books of history, bothsacred and profane

,must have been

preserved in the storehouse of memory for ages before they were permanently recorded in books now foundin our libraries .There are many marvelous instances

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on record of extraordinary memoriesamong the ancients . It would be outof place here to enter into a detailedaccount of' the different prodigies ofmemory . Speeches were committedfrom once having been heard

,lectures ,

poems , and the most difficult problems the human mind can grapplewith, have been retained in the memory from having only once heard themrepeated . But these are rare instances ,and not a common inheritance ofmankind . The amount of memory wehave is a natural endowment

, or aworking capital on which we can im

prove to a marvelous extent . Withevery advancement we make we in

crease our stock in trade , and add to

our wealth which no thief can steal ,and no wreck of earthly fortune candestroy.

APPEND IX .

The obj ect of the preceding pages

is, to illustrate some of the great vitalforces of nature

,and their relation to

the Supreme Power,and their appli

cation to the needs of the human race .This has led me to advance some new

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views on the subj ect of solar radiationand electricity .

I will now add a. few plain directionsto those who desi re long life and goodhealth in oldage .

If person s would be more carefulin their habits of living

,especially in

eating and drinking and proper exercise

,our physical organism would

perform its functions with a more uniform regularity'and as there is sucha close relation between the mindand the body

,our mental powers

would alsofbe greatly increased .

As soon as persons come to th e

conclus ion that any disease broughton by exposure or irregular habits ofliving, can soon be cured by the ad

vertisedmedicines, we may take it forgranted that such person s are on theway of a speedy breaking down . R e

peatedattacks brought —on byfl

needless

exposure wi ll soon prostrate the system . Relief may be obtained fromremedies for a time, but by this processthe years will be shortened

,and much

suffering will be the result. Here againthe mind controls the body

,and by a

wrong direction,the body soon falls

a victim to that controlling and direct

ing thing called the human will .

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In addition to the matters abovereferred to

,there are others things ,

equally important to good health,and

long life .

This is a moving world,although it

cannot be considered a self- actingworld . Human beings are both moving and self - acting

,by a decision of the

wi ll . Action within proper boundspromotes health

,while the want of ac

tion causes disease .

There is such an intimate relationbetween the nervous , muscular andvascular systems

,and the cellular tis

sues,that a disturbance in any one of

these affects the others .If each of these could be separatedfrom the others, and stand before us,we would have a complete representation of a human being in all its partsand forms . All are dependent uponthe muscular structure for support

and sustenance . Anything that has atendency to produce a healthy condition of the muscular system will promote a normal and healthy action inthe other departments of the humanbody .

Being fully aware of these facts,I

was induced to commence expe ri

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ments upon myself. Such was my success in gaining strength and firmnessin my muscle s, that I concluded toformulate a regular system of muscular flexion in accordance with anatomical and physiological laws .The result of this has been a pe rfect

surprise to me .

D IRECTIONS FOR MUSCULARFLE XIO N .

I am the first one,sofar as I know,

to introduce this system of muscularflexion for health and strength

, without putting an undue strain uponthem, as in the ordinary gymnasticexercises .The process is so plain and easythat anyone can engage in it withoutthe loss of time Or expensive apparatus .

The best pos1tion is lying on yourback in bed or on a l ounge . This isnot a mere random jerking and slashing of the muscles

,but a regular sys

tematic movement to gain strength,

without the possibility of exhaustion .

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The muscles of the arms and shoulders are flexed by throwing them outand drawing them in .

The muscles of the chest by deeprespiration

,thus expanding and con

tracting them alternately .

When the soothing and quieting,

as well as the invigorating effects areonce realized

,it becomes a pleasurable

task as well as a means of gainingstrength to the entire system .

With person s debilitated by diseaseor oldage, we commence with gentleand careful movements at first

,and

increase in activity gradually as thestrength increases .No matter how nervou s you may bewhen you go to bed for a night

’s rest,

before you get through with the firstround of flex ion you will go to sleepand rest quietly .

AD'ANTAGES O F SY'TEMATICMUSCULAR FLEX ION .

One of the first indications ofoldage

is the weakening of muscular power.It becomes very tiresome for an aged

person to walk a long distance . Therei s a feeling of pressure on the back,

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and especially over the shoulders .

This causes a drooping of the shoulders

,anda bending down of the body,

as if laboring under a heavy burden .

T his is soon followed by an enfeebledcondition of the arms and lower limbs .

The person who walked with an elasticstep and took hold of things with asteady and strong arm,

now walks withslow andheavy step

,bowed down un

der the infirmity of advanced years .Some even feel symptoms of thesechanges soon after they have passedtheir fiftieth year. It is a sad reflec

tion to think that many will yield tothis state of things in comparativelyearly life without a proper effort torescue themselves from what they

consider their inevitable doom . Ex

periments upon myself warrant me insaying that there is hope and help forthose who imagine theml

selves p-re

maturely breaking down . The discovery of this systematic process of

muscular flexion has given me morestrength than I had some years ago.

There is a great difference between aproper exercise of the muscles forstrength and health by systematicflexion

,and the ordinary methods re

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sorted to with dumb bells” or pulling,pushing or lifting with 'EXERCISE ”

for public or 'home gymnas iums .

”

T he strain on the muscles in allthese exercises produces exhaustionof the muscular structure which has adepressing effect on the nerves

,and

there are many who have commencedthese exercises with high expectationsand finally abandon ed them from anexper ience of the fact that the strengthgained

,in many cases

,is not -a suffi

cient compensati on for the energy lostin the se gymnastic 'exercises .”

Our aim is to”

introduce the invalidto a new method of physmal culture ,and to show how those in the ordinaryenj oyment of health may increasetheir strength and retain it to a ripe old

age .

Animal electricity is increased by

proper muscular action . A writer inthe American Cyclopaedia says,

'It isestablished beyond doubt that a production of electricity is constantly going on in all tissues of th e living animal economy. The amount of electricity generated in the muscles mustbe exceedingly great .” This is evidently increased by a proper courseof muscular exercise .

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It is a singular fact that on a coldday

,in a dry atmosphere, I can evolve

electricity enough from the end of myfingers of my right hand in a fewseconds sufficiently strong to run mylittle toy wagon I O inches long and 7.

inches wide,up grade over my desk

,

or to hold the largest apple you canbring to me

,suspended in the air. Sir

Isaac Newton saw an apple fall and

got an idea about gravitation . I canshow you an apple that will not fall

,

and also give you an idea of locomotion

, and show you how this powermay be increased in extreme old age .

The knife I carry in my pocket hasbe come a strong magnet . It musthave received the magnetism from mybody . The human form and especi

ally the expression of the human faceis the most marvelous exhibition of

organic life ever seen on this earth,

and it is ou r duty to protect and keepit in a good condition as long as possible .

When the'advancing years drawtheir unwelcome lines across the faceit is our duty to drive them away just

as much as to keep the dust from our

natural houses . I will tell how this

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can be done . Go to your drug storeand get 5 grains of corrosive sublimate

, 5 grains ofmuriate of ammoniaand dissolve, these in a

‘ half ounceofpure alcohol . Put this in an 8~ ounce

bottle full of pure water and add 5grains of iodide of potassa . This mustbe used as follows : Moi'sten the endsof you r fingers with this wash andstrike with con siderable force on thepart of the face where the wrinklesappear. T his will produce a healthyaction on the skin and soon removethe wrinkles . Apply only a smallquantity

,and do not use it as a com

mon face wash .

If unsightly warts disfigure your

face and hands, get a g- ounce vial ofnitro muriatic acid

‘

with a glass stopperand apply carefully to the center of thewart twice a day until it forms into ablack scab

,then remove it and the

place will close up~

and leave no scar.In this way keep away deformitiesand keep cheerful and happy to anextreme old age .

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