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Preface
The world is sick, and wherever the children of men dwell,
suffering abounds. On every hand there is a seeking for relief.
It is not the Creator’s purpose that mankind shall be weighed
down with a burden of pain, that his activities shall be curtailed by
illness, that his strength wane, and his life be cut short by disease.
But all too frequently the laws established by God to govern the life
are flagrantly transgressed; sin enters the heart, and man loses sight
of his dependence upon God, the source of life and health. Then
follow the penalties of transgression—pain, sickness, death.
To understand the physical laws governing the body and to bring
the life practices into harmony with these laws is a duty of first
importance. There is a need for an understanding of the many
factors contributing to true happiness—a cheerful home, obedience
to the laws of life, proper relationship to one’s fellow men.
When sickness comes, it is essential that we employ the varied
agencies which, in co-operation with nature’s efforts, will build up
the body and restore the health. There is, also, a larger and more
vitally important question—that of our relationship to the Creator
who originally gave man his life, who made every provision for his
continued happiness, and who today is interested in his welfare.
In this volume, the author, a woman of large experience in the
practical affairs of life, and one particularly favored with rare insight
and knowledge, has brought within the reach of every father and
mother, every man and woman, lay and professional, a vast fund of
information on life and its laws,
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on health and its requisites, on disease and its remedies, on the
sickness of the soul and the healing balm of Gilead.
The book is written in clear, simple, beautiful language, instruc-
tive to the learner, hopeful to the despondent, cheering to the sick,
and restful to the weary. Through several decades it has conveyed its
helpful message to hundreds of thousands, as it has been issued and
reissued in many lands, in a dozen of the world’s leading languages.
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