Cecil. If there is any person you dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak. Solomon. He that hateth, dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him: when he speaketh fair, believe him not; for there are seven abominations in his heart. Ed. Those persons who are conscious of having enemies without cause, will do well to ponder this Divine proverb. Ed. It is more delightful and companionable to love and be loved, than to be habitually "hateful and hating one another;" and if parents desire to have their children avoid the latter, they must cultivate cheerfulness, and discountenance murmurs and evil speaking during their forming age. Ib. The most hopeful men in the world, who practise hating others without cause, are the least willing to be hated, or to abhor themselves. But their unholy hatred is liable to receive the just indignation, abhorrence, and righteous displeasure of all good beings, while immortality endures. [See 560.] 419. HEALTH. A man too busy to take care of his health, is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. He that wants health, wants everything. South. Seldom shall we see in cities, courts, and rich families, where men live plentifully, and eat and drink freely, that perfect health, that athletic soundness and vigor of constitution, which is commonly seen in the country, and cottages, where nature is their cook and necessity their caterer, and where they have no other doctor but the sun and fresh air. He who eats of but one dish, never wants a physician. Gluttony, intemperance, and tight-lacing kill more than the sword. Few take proper care to live long; none to live well. Who has good health is a rich man, but may not know it. Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health. Ed. Cleanliness is vital to good health, for stench and physical vigor abhor companionship. Health, spiritual and temporal, the first, second, and sub 420. HEALTH, RULES FOR. Ed. 1. Heartily and permanently renounce the service of the adversary, and rejoice in the Lord alway, which is the believer's strength. 2. Avoid fatigue immediately after meals, and let the organs of digestion labor for a time, especially after heavy meals, before the mind or body labors. 3. Stop eating while the appetite is keen, i. e., be temperate -let bare sufficiency be the rule. 4. Let the covering of your neck be light and loose; the covering of your feet tight and close, and avoid streams of wind, streams of alcohol, and torrents of passion, if you would escape colds, storms, and tempests within. 5. Be temperate and regular in your habits, and do no violence to nature, if you wish to avoid physicians. Ed. After all the rules and directions for health, the best natural law, or rule of health, is habitually to obey the moral law. Godliness is profitable unto all things. Cheerfulness, hope, and joy in God, Christian enterprise, liberality, and the consequent peace of conscience and fellowship with God are, instead of almost everything beside, to secure patriarchal health and longevity. Bowen. To become a thoroughly good man, is the best prescription for obtaining a sound mind in a sound body. Sh. Unquiet meals make ill digestions. Sidney. The common ingredients of health and long life, are Great temp'rance, open air, Easy labor, little care. Ed. Sidney reminds me of one of Dr. Emmons's flashes, when one asked him, "Doctor, how came you to outlive all your contemporaries?" "Because I've been so lazy." Though the Doctor performed an immense amount of mental labor, he allowed no other labors or cares to prey upon him. He was remarkably temperate and plain in his living, and he once. said, “I have always made it my rule to rise from my meals with as keen an appetite as when I began them." These, with his remarkable cheerfulness, may account for his ninety-five years' pilgrimage. It is said by many able physicians, that fasting is a means of removing incipient disease, and of giving to the body its usually healthy sensations. Howard, the well-known philanthropist, it is said, used to fast one day in each week. Dr. Franklin did the same for a time. Napoleon, when he felt his system unstrung, suspended his wonted meal, and took his exercise on horseback. The weak and studious should make it their first study to establish a strong habit of cleanliness, temperance and exercise. Sh. A surfeit of the sweetest things The deepest loathing to the stomach brings. Ib. Things sweet to taste, prove in digestion sour. Solomon. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite. ties for they are deceitful meat. Be not desirous of his dain A very celebrated medical writer and physician at his death left a large volume, purporting to be manuscripts, and supposed to contain the result of the author's investigations in the medical science, with instructions to have it sold unopened, at the sale of his library, to the highest bidder. A high price was bid upon it, the purchaser found it all blank paper, except one page with the following sentence: "Keep your head cool, your feet warm, and your bowels in order, and you may bid defiance to the physicians." 421. HEART. Whatever purifies, fortifies also the heart. A happy heart makes a blooming visage. Pectus facit theologum the heart makes the theologian. When the heart is won, the understanding is easily convinced. Cowper. ль. HEART. A man convinced against his will, Is of the same opinion still. 237 Give e'en a dunce the employment he desires, A willing mind never lacks an opportunity. Em. The heart is the governing faculty. Ib. Whatever comes warm from a pious heart, will most certainly and deeply affect the heart. Williams, T. Seducers always address the heart rather than the understanding; because they know that mankind are easily blinded, flattered, and seduced through the selfishness and weakness of the heart. Edwards, (Tryon). 66 'As, in water, face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man"-i. e. so the heart of man, to the man himself. God will not judge us merely by our outward acts; these may give too favorable a view of our real character, but by our motives, wishes, purposes, which as truly show what the character is, what we are, as in the water or the glass, the image shows what the face is. Ib. "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God." None but a fool would say it. He says it in his heart; unwilling to show his folly by saying it aloud: in his heart, not in his head, for he knows better; it is not the conviction of his intellect, but only the wish of his feelings that there were none. The heart is better than the head. Ed. A better reservoir to hold flattery, and a great deal better self-deceiver. Spring, S. The heart of man is the sum or aggregate of his moral exercises. Matt. 12: 35. "A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth forth good things; and an evil man, out of the evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things." Em. The good treasure of the good heart consists in the various modifications of benevolence. It contains good affections, good desires, good intentions, good volitions, and good passions. But the evil treasure of the evil heart consists in the various modifications of selfishness. So far from being a moral faculty, principle, or taste, and the foundation of moral exercises, it wholly consists of moral affections, desires, intentions, volitions, and passions. Take away all these, and there will be no heart left. [See 794.] Saunderson. 422. HEAVEN. Beyond the flight of time, Beyond the reign of death, There is a world above, Where parting is unknown; Formed for the good alone; "The redeemed shall walk there." There is a bright region beyond the dark tomb, That hope's brightest visions are lost in the sight : peace. No light of the sun in that region is known, And its flowers are not like the blossoms of earth, And there the dark cares of a cold world like this, |