You and I; . THE EVILS OF MENTAL DISSIPATION. BY REV. A, S. ANDREWS, A. £>.£>.. ^ IND is the great element inman, the intellectual lord of thetemporary earthly temple. Forits protection, nourishment andsafety, the house of clay was con-structed; and providential repairsand occasional renovations aregraciously continued for threescore and ten years, that theexalted spiritual occupant may re-main in health, and finally attain tofull maturity. The relative excellencyand grade of the mind may be inferredfrom the elegance and finish of its fleshytenement. This wonderfully articulatedand f
You and I; . THE EVILS OF MENTAL DISSIPATION. BY REV. A, S. ANDREWS, A. £>.£>.. ^ IND is the great element inman, the intellectual lord of thetemporary earthly temple. Forits protection, nourishment andsafety, the house of clay was con-structed; and providential repairsand occasional renovations aregraciously continued for threescore and ten years, that theexalted spiritual occupant may re-main in health, and finally attain tofull maturity. The relative excellencyand grade of the mind may be inferredfrom the elegance and finish of its fleshytenement. This wonderfully articulatedand flexible casement, through the brainand nervous system, nourishes everyfaculty of the mind, until its earthly development and workare finished. For vears, mental growth consists mainly in anincreasing acquaintance with material things. The nervoussystem, rooted in the brain and spinal marrow, furnishes a 41 42 THE EVILS OF MENTAL DISSIPATION. double highway over which intercommunication and com-merce are constantly carried on between the mind and theouter world. Trains of reflection ar
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