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Healthful Living
be invigorated to overcome bad conditions.—
The Health Reformer,
January 1, 1871
.
181. If physical exercise were combined with mental exertion,
the blood would be quickened in its circulation, the action of the
heart would be more perfect, impure matter would be thrown off, and
new life and vigor would be experienced in every part of the body.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:490
.
182. If invalids would recover health, they should not discon-
tinue physical exercise.... There will be increased vitality, which is so
necessary to health.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:529
.
Pure Air
183. They are deprived in a great measure of air, which will
invigorate them and give them energy and vitality.—
Testimonies for
the Church 2:533
.
184. Fresh air is the free blessing of Heaven, calculated to electrify
the whole system.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:701
.
Sleep
185. Nature will restore their vigor and strength in their sleeping
hours, if her laws are not violated.—
A Solemn Appeal, 62
.
Bathing
186. Bathing helps the bowels, stomach, and liver, giving energy
and new life to each.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:70
.
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Influence of the Mind
187. The latter class do not exercise the mind; their muscles are
exercised while their brains are robbed of intellectual strength; just as
the minds of thinking men are worked while their bodies are robbed
of strength and vigor by their neglect to exercise the muscles. Those
who are content to devote their lives to physical labor, and leave others
to do the thinking for them, while they simply carry out what other
brains have planned, will have strength of muscle, but feeble intellects.
This class fall more readily if attacked by disease, because the system
is not vitalized by the electrical force of the brain to resist disease.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:157
.