p. 13 | The Way of Health

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 31, 1907

The Way of Health

INACTIVITY leads to sickness and death. Exercise is the sure way of health, and the sign of vigorous life. We all know this well enough of our own bodies, but we do not always seem to remember that it is just as true of our souls. The reason why so many Christian people are lean or starving or dyspeptic in their religious life is simply that they do not exercise. An hour's hard work, every day, at some form of Christian service, would put them into a glow of returning life and vigor. Such service does not need to interfere with one's other work, either, but often it can go hand in hand with it, and always it increases one's efficiency in everything that is worth while. The home gymnasium of prayer and Bible study, and the open-air field of Christian athletics in every-day touch with our fellows, offer no excuse to any child of God to be a spiritual weakling. — Selected.