Show D dialogue on physiology I 1 continued I 1 F I 1 promised at our last interview to tell yot yog I 1 a something om ething more about the effect of faith in obtaining a knowledge of physiology there te is of advance made in any science any further than GW gi reveals it and if we do not believe what he be sw and reveals we shall remain in our present OW ranee rance 91 9 I 1 fully believe all that god reveals wi GA wish he would tell us more for I 1 want to kw kaw I 1 he how ancient men and women woman could five so long I 1 upon the earth and get so much inow knowledge ledge pa john who is in the sophomore class at yale says that people know more about science now than they did in the days of enoch but I 1 told him that I 1 did not believe it i F you are right my son your cousin like many others is puffed up with arrogance and bigotry human ufa life in this age is quite too short to acquire much knowledge of any kind without immediate and powerful revelation from god but anciently men had two advantages over the present race they had a long life of many hundred years to study and investigate and they also had bad the advantage of conversing with god and his bis ministering angels very frequently consequently I 1 there was no subject however profound and difficult it might be which they did not understand from their teachers tea chera by diligent enkui enquiry try I 1 I 1 S but why have we not the history of their I 1 discoveries and improvements in things of such 1 great importance as are exciting mankind in this age I 1 F the true reason is that people did not like to retain the knowledge of god in their hearts i therefore he gave them up to that ignorance and I 1 wickedness which they preferred I 1 S but I 1 should think that people would rather become wise and good than to be ignorant and wicked and then not live long hither either I 1 wish that I 1 could I 1 live ive as long as meth and keep getting knowledge alt the time F yes my son I 1 think that your desires are pure and that you would make a good use of knowledge when you got it but not so with the mass of mankind because knowledg knowledge ge bri ngeth I 1 so row when mens deeds are evil they cannot 1 J b bar ar ir knowledge they shrink from it and therefore I 1 god withholds wit holds it because they desire it I 1 hence hance ignorance and a love of evil have brought about a short and wretched life god will not give much knowledge where it is misapplied because it would prove a curse to mankind S but how ow can we best increase our knowledge cledge T F if we rigidly observe certain laws or of nature we shall without tail increase our stock of knowledge for instance our bodies are organized with tt ith the cap ability of displaying displacing every good quality and of acquiring all knowl knowledge and also of attaining to immortality l and eternal life jesus I 1 christ djs as an example practically illustrating this truth lie he obtained all thes blessings he observed every law within his knowledge and is tha fittest person to teach every science j S will ho he toach teach us as aa fast as we are willing to learn and to practise 7 F most assuredly ho he will wi i S well then I 1 will take lessons daily I 1 am suro SUM I 1 F but bat my son havo have you counted the cost of I 1 i receiving all truth that comes to you and putting the same to that uso usa which nature and na natures tares god dictates S really I 1 dont know F I 1 lam am glad to perceive that you comprehend tho subject in a measure and you yon indulge a passing fear that you will not accomplish so great an undertaking der taking takina the inspiration of god daily and hourly teaches you very many things which if you receive and treasure up as you yon would gold and silver you will soon produce a great change in the improvement of your mind and the powers and faculties of your bodies pro progress gress will hourly be inscribed upon your every power and every passing day S ilow how is that chat my father F every honest person that is ia truly seeking to be good and useful and perfect in his body and mind and has been baptized and received tho the gift of the spirit will find that spirit always ready to secure to him all that his bis heart can desire or his lips express it is an eternal principle and immutable I 1 law of our nature that every faculty of body I 1 soul and spirit is given us to bo be used in righteousness I 1 with suitable tunes times and seasons for rest I 1 until thoro there is that full maturity of power that i there is no need of rest the brain is truly an I 1 organ of the body the brain is as truly an organ organ lor I 1 the more refined portion of man viz VZ the aph it that is the spirit before it entered its bodily I 1 mould of grosser matter had a brain answering to coarser brain belonging to this gross body I 1 now we know that the brain lodged inthe in the he head ad I 1 tan be injured by a wound and the intellect ll 11 be paralyzed just as truly as the amputation of a log leg i ill cause lameness the disuse of an arm will i cause it to be become weak when the brain is not taxed to the exorcise exercise of thinking reasoning and reflecting its powers are relaxed and weakened and its is capacity for these exercises is lessened if you my son will accustom yourself to reason often with your brothers and other mates and to charge your memory to keep faithfully what you hear see and taste or smell broell your memory will become strong and the matter comp composing your brain will become more active vigorous and strong and will conf continue livie to put forth more strength and power as long as you uge use them 1 I 1 S 11 hat just like my arm F yes to be continued |