TRUTHS RESPECTING PHYSICAL SALVATION.
By David Paulson
Shall We Impart Them to Others?
In the days of Nehemiah the walls around Jerusalem had been torn down, just as the walls of physical resistance have to-day been battered down by the adoption of wrong physical habits. The Lord raised up Nehemiah to institute a great reform, and the walls were again reared, altho it had to be done in troublous times. There is a similar opportunity to-day for divinely-inspired teachers to impart to others the necessary knowledge as to how to restore the walls of physical health and vigor. In Nehemiah’s time the people were gathered together, and Ezra the priest read to them distinctly from the long-forgotten book of the law, and gave the sense; and particular pains were taken that the people should understand the reading. The clear enunciation of these principles stirred hearts; but there were some who could not enjoy the privileges of that wonderful day, and so directions were given that portions should be sent to them for whom nothing was prepared. Neh. 8:8-10. So to-day those who have heard the principles of physical law and understand them—are they not under a similar solemn obligation to impart a knowledge of them to those who have not enjoyed the same advantages? The leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations. Rev. 22:2. But “a wholesome tongue is a tree of life.” Prov. 15:4. And again: “The tongue of the wise is health.” Prov. 12:18. In other words, such a tongue dispenses health principles on every suitable opportunity, and these have healing power in them for all who accept them. One of the signs that follow those who believe is, they shall speak with new tongues. Mark 16:17. The man who is saturated with divine truth will have a new tongue even in his own language. We may certainly be sure that the Christian worker who has not had a new tongue in his own language, will not be given another language to tell that which he has failed to tell in his own language. The man who desires to send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared must send not simply husk, but kernel. He must also furnish substantial facts for every principle that he seeks to maintain. Principles are like the planks on a bridge, but facts are like the spikes that hold them down in place. There are many who go out to teach useful principles and instinctively feel that they are right; yet because they lack the necessary facts to sustain them, they fail to secure the confidence of those who are more or less skeptical in reference to the necessity of reform. DAVID PAULSON, M. D. Chicago, Ill.