laws of nature upon the miserable victims, and quenches the glare of this brilliant day in the darkness of the tomb.  How utterly different is such training and such modes of life consequent upon it, from those which are dictated by a thorough understanding of our nature and the great purposes of our existence.  For in all these things we shall find there exists a connection sufficiently obvious between the right education of the spirit and the body; and that so strong is their mutual influence as to render it of great importance to care for them both in harmony with each other.  Then shall we regard the perfection of the form and the vigor of our bodily powers.  Casting away whatever did not consist with the health and finer developments of the physical system, we should pursue that course of education which best prepared the body for its grand work as the living agent of the spirit.

In considering physical training it is allowable for us to look both at beauty and intellectual power.  A noble form in man; a fine, beautiful, healthful form in woman, are desirable for their outward influence.  Created susceptible of deep impressions from external appearances, it is neither religion nor good sense to undervalue them.  That men generally have over-estimated their worth, is a reason why we should reduce them to their true position, and not sink them below it.  The palace of the soul should befit its possessor.  And as God has taken pleasure in scattering images of beauty all over the earth, and made us susceptible of pleasure therefrom, it is right that in the education of our children we should seek for the unfolding of the noblest and most beautiful forms.  Shall we beautify our dwellings; adorn our grounds with plants, flowers, and trees of various excellence; improve the breed of our cattle, and yet care not for the constitutions and forms of those who are on earth the master-pieces of divine wisdom and the possessors of all this goodly heritage?  Most of all, however, as the agent of the spirit, should we seek to rear our children in all healthful customs and invigorating pursuits.  It is possible, indeed, that a mind of gigantic powers may sometimes dwell in a feeble frame, swayed to and fro by every breath of air.  But we are sure that such a physical state is the source of manifold vexations, pains and loss of power.  It is a state which the possessor never covets; which oppresses him with the consciousness of an energy he is forbidden to put forth, and a force for moving the world crippled by the impediment of a frail body.  For the full discharge of all the duties of life; for the affording to our mental powers a fair field for their action; and especially for the education and advancement of succeeding generations, it is indispensable the vigor of the body should correspond to the vigor of the intellect, so far as to constitute the one the most efficient agent of the other.  It has rarely been taken into view, that, aside from