On the Threshold

and not chafe under the cords; to endure pain and keep the cheer of health; to see hopes die out and not sink into brutish despair; ? here is courage before which we may pause with reverence and admiration. It is so high that we link it with divine things, carrying it quite beyond the sphere of any earthly success. VI. HEALTH. " Health is the perfect balance between our organism, rith all its component parts, and the outer world." ? Am j El's Journal. " Though the mills of God grind slowly, Yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, With exactness grinds He all." Longfellow. "A sound heart is the life of the flesh." ? Solomon. " Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellions liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty but kindly." As You Like It, ii. 3. " Now, good digestion wait on appetite, And health on both I" Macbeth, iii. 4. HEALTH. The questions now coming into prominence pertain chiefly to social science. While there are political and religious questions that still vex and interest society, it is plainly to be seen that the eye of the world is fixed on this matter of living; an art it is getting to be called. It has never yet seriously engaged the attention of the people; it is a new subject, and not fairly before us. The Greeks gave great heed t...