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Testimonies for the Church Volume 2
But if a minister comes to a family where he can wait on himself,
he should do so by all means; and he should by his example en-
courage industry by engaging in physical labor when he has not a
multiplicity of other duties and burdens. He will not detract from his
dignity, and will better relate himself to health and life, by engaging
in useful labor. The circulation of the blood will be better equalized.
Physical labor, a diversion from mental, will draw the blood from
the brain. It is essential for your husband to have more physical
labor in order to relieve the brain. Digestion will be promoted by
physical exercise. If he would spend a part of every day in physical
exercise, when not positively urged by a protracted effort in a course
of meetings, it would be an advantage to him, and would not detract
from ministerial dignity. The example would be in accordance with
that of our divine Master.
We love you, and want you to be successful in your efforts in
striving for the better life.
Steamer “Keokuk,” Mississippi River,
September 30, 1869.
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