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truth. Whatever a man becomes accustomed to, be its influence good
or evil, he finds it difficult to abandon.
The managers of the sanitarium may as well conclude at once
that they will never be able to satisfy that class of minds that can find
happiness only in something new and exciting. To many persons this
has been the intellectual diet during their lifetime; there are mental
as well as physical dyspeptics. Many are suffering from maladies of
the soul far more than from diseases of the body, and they will find no
relief until they shall come to Christ, the wellspring of life. Complaints
of weariness, loneliness, and dissatisfaction will then cease. Satisfying
joys will give vigor to the mind and health and vital energy to the body.
If physicians and workers flatter themselves that they are to find
a panacea for the varied ills of their patients by supplying them with
a round of amusements similar to those which have been the curse
of their lives, they will be disappointed. Let not these entertainments
be placed in the position which the living Fountain should occupy.
The hungry, thirsty soul will continue to hunger and thirst as long as
it partakes of these unsatisfying pleasures. But those who drink of
the living water will thirst no more for frivolous, sensual, exciting
amusements. The ennobling principles of religion will strengthen the
mental powers and will destroy a taste for these gratifications.
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