370
(6)
fore
man
was
made.
Speaking
of
the
rainbow,
he
said
that
it
is
a
bow
of
promise,
not
only
that
God
will
not
drown
the
world
again
with
a
flood,
but
that
he
will
remember
his
cove-
nant
of
mercy.
The
first
rainbow
was
seen
in
the
cloud
of
sin
which
surrounded
the
throne
of
God
when
Satan
sinned.
God's
mercy
is
so
great
that
the
greater
the
sin,
the
more
perfectly
the
bow
is
seen.
Brother
Prescott
spoke
the
evening
after
the
Sabbath
on
the
subject
of
man’s
state
before
and
after
the
fall,
his
redemption
and
condition
at
last.
The
Holy
Spirit
was
present
with
us
in
rich
measure,
and
we
feel
re-
freshed,
praising
God
for
his
wonder-
ful
goodness
and
mercy
to
the
chil-
dren
of
men.
Your
sister
in
the
blessed
hope,
Mrs.
M.
D.
WHITFORD.
MEDICAL
==
MISSIONARY
THE
GOSPEL
HEALTH.
(
Continued.
)
Ir
Christian
people
thought
more
of
pleasing
God
and
less
of
pleasing
their
palate,
there
would
be
far
less
drunkenness
both
from
eating
and
drinking.
If
we
should
consider
for
a
moment
the
direct
effect
of
diet
and
digestion
upon
the
mind
and
morals,
we
would
appreciate
why
we
are
ex-
horted
to
consider
it
so
diligently.
A
man
is
made
of
what
he
eats;
and
no
building
can
be
better
than
the
mate-
rial
from
which
it
is
builded.
Not
only
is
the
body
made
of
food,
but
our
very
thoughts
are
made
from
what
we
eat.
Let
a
man
eat
a
late
supper
of
mince
pie,
pickles,
dough-
nuts
and
other
indigestibles,
and
no-
tice
the
thoughts
which
they
produce
while
he
sleeps—an
indescribable
mixture
of
horrors,
fears,
troubles
and
transgressions.
These
are
the
pro-
ducts
of
his
indigestible
meal.
Dur-
ing
waking
hours
one
may
be
able
to
suppress
these
feelings
and
fears,
and
ATLANTIC
UNION
GLEANER
to
lose
sight
of
them
in
the
distrac-
tion
of
work;
but
still
they
are
lurk-
ing
in
the
deep
recesses
of
the
mind
leaving
an
influence
upon
every
thought
and
action.
When
such
thoughts
as
these
predominate,
a
man
may
be
no
longer
able
to
control
him-
self
during
his
waking
hours,
A
gentleman
recently
came
into
my
office
for
consultation.
He
was
a
Christian
gentleman.
He
read
his
Bible
and
I
have
no
doubt
tried
to
pray
earnestly
;
but
he
said,
“Doctor,
I
can
not
coutrol
myself.
These
awful
feelings
come
over
ne,
and
I
want
to
do
something
desperate.
I
feel
as
though
I
must
smash
the
dishes,
or
break
the
{urniture,
or
scold
my
good
wife,
and
sometimes
I
swear.”
The
poor
man
was
thor-
oughly
heart-broken
at
the
awful
state
of
depravity
into
which
he
had
fallen,
and
declared
life
had
become
only
a
After
investigation
1
was
glad
to
be
able
to
comfort
the
gentle-
burden.
man
with
the
assurance
that
his
con-
dition
was
not
one
of
total
depravity
so
much
as
total
indigestion.
He
had
been
building
his
thoughts
and
his
feelings
from
the
wrong
material.
How
many
Christians
are
struggling
with
evil
thoughts
and
bad
tempers,
without
knowing
these
evils
are
born
from
a
bad
bill
of
fare?
Many
a
Christian
mother
scolds
her
husband,
boxes
the
children’s
ears,
and
makes
home
anything
but
happy
by
a
bad
temper
from
which
she
prays
earnestly
for
deliverance;
and
yet
day
after
day
she
applies
to
her
over-sensitive
nerves
mustard,
pepper,
allspice,
vin-
egar,
pickles
and
other
irritating
and
indigestible
things.
She
is
eating
for
drunkenness
and
a
bad
temper,
and
not
for
strength.
Sidney
Smith,
speaking
of
the
effect
of
diet
on
the
disposition,
says,
“
Old
friendships
are
often
destroyed
by
toasted
cheese,
and
hard
salted
meat
has
often
led
to
suicide.”
Another
writer
has
said,
“It
may
be
doubted
whether
half
the
suicides,
murders,
heresies,
false
philosophies
and
apos-
tasies
that
have
stained
the
annals
of
our
race
have
not
had
their
origin
remotely
in
a
disordered
stomach.”
Voltaire
affirms
that
the
massacre
of
St.
Bartholomew
was
primarily
due
to
the
utter
incapacity
of
the
king
tos
digest
his
food.
The
great
actor,
Kean,
declares
that
his
success
on
the
stage
was
due
to
properly
adapt-
ing
his
diet
to
the
thoughts
and
feel-«
ings
which
he
was
to
express.
When
he
was
to
play
the
tyrant,
he
ate
pork.
When
he
was
a
murderer,
he
ate
beef.
When
he
was
to
play
the
lover,
he
ate
boiled
mutton.
When
we
see
all
the
influences
that
diet
plays
in
health
and
morals
and
religion,
is
it
not
surprising
with
what
indifference
this
subject
is
treated
by
Christian
people?
When
we
consider
the
unquestioned
influences
that
the
cook
is
capable
of
wielding
for
weal
or
for
woe,
is
it
not
astonishing
that
this
important
function
should
be
so
frequently
abandoned
to
the
most
ignorant
and
irresponsible
persons?
To
my
nind
there
is
the
grossest
in-
consistency
in
the
laws
of
this
com-
monwealth
in
requiring
a
thorough
education
and
a
license
from
the
=
doctor
who
attempts
to
cure
the
dis-
eases
produced
by
vile
cookery;
and
yet
at
the
same
time
allows
the
most
ignorant
negro
or
Chinaman
to
go
on;
producing
these
same
diseases.
Con-
sistency
would
require
that
the
man
or
woman
who
engages
in
cookery
should
be
thoroughly
educated
and
licensed
by
the
state,
then
there
would
be
far
less
need
of
either
the
doctor
or
his
license.
What
subject
can
be
of
more
im-
portance
to
the
Christian
than
the
subject
of
good,
wholesome
cookery
?
Which
do
you
think
isthe
more
desir-
able
accomplishment
for
your
daugh-
ter,
to
be
able
to
play
a
number
of
waltzes
beautifully
on
the
piano,
or
to
be
able
to
bake
good
bread
and
‘prepare
a
meal
of
victuals
which
iss
calculated
to
give
beautiful
thoughts
and
harmony
of
body
and
mind
to
the
eater’
And
yet
thousands
of