ghost, [or spirit,] and was gathered to his peop .e." Was there pain or confusion? judge ye. Did he say I cannot die, I shall not die? No. But it was, “ way of all flesh.”

NOTE 10. Page 63.

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Man, in our day, as a general rule, by the time he has prepared himself to teach others, dies, and leaves his work half done; another follows, and, perhaps, before he has had time to reflect, and commence the great work of reform, he also dies, for the want of proper knowledge of himself, and the laws which govern organized beings.

Some professing Christians assert, that they would rather have their lives cut short, ten or twenty years, than to deny themselves of the good things of this life, as they call them; and I will here mention some of them: tobacco, in its various forms, which would degrade a common hog; also tea, coffee, opium, pepper, spice, mustard, and grease; and also to cram their stomachs with every thing that will gratify the palate; so that, after dinner, they feel like a bloodsucker, or leech, after it is full, and would look, if they were stripped of dress, more like a dead dog after it has lain in the river a week, and bloated to the fullest extent, than ar. intelligent being: Paul says of them, "whose end is destruction; whose God is their belly; and whose glory is in their shame."

NOTE 11. Page 64.

We ought to make the inferior organs subject to the superior, or moral sentiments. We should then ask our.

selves the question, when we sit down to eat, "Am I eating to live, or am I living to eat?" In either case, you will get your reward.

NOTE 12. Page 66.

All fevers are either received through an impure atmosphere, or are engendered in the system, by a violation of nature's law: it consequently follows, that whenever the climate is good, and the atmosphere pure, we are the authors of our own sickness; and we cught to feel that the penalty is just, for the "glutton and the drunkard shall perish together." The Author of our frame has said, that he will by no means clear the guilty; but will reward every man according to his works; whether they be good or bad.

The Psalmist said, when he wished to have justice done in the earth, Let the righteous smite me:" we should then feel when we get drunk, or get a fever, or any other disease, whieh arises in our own bodies, that the penalty is just. In either case, we are equally guilty, and ought to have the same disgrace attached to one as the other.

NOTE 13. Page 67.

In order to give a clear idea of the passage of the food into the stomach, I here show you an outline of the human form, with a view of the interior of the chest and abdomen.

It is necessary that you should understand the manner in which the food passes into the stomach. In the engraving, you see all the passages and organs leading from the mouth o the stomach. That part situated im

mediately behind the mouth, designated by the letter P, is the pharynx. It is a funnel-shaped bag, surrounded by muscles; the lower part of which terminates in the gullet or œsophagus, marked B, which leads directly to the stomach. The tongue is marked E, the wind-pipe A, and the opening of the wind-pipe, which is just at the root of the tongue, called the epiglottis, is denoted by a small e. This is formed like a little lid, which shuts down and closes the top of the wind-pipe, to prevent any food from getting in when it is passing over it to the gullet, as this would cause very serious inconvenience, and perhaps death.

The wind-pipe leads to the lungs. You see how it is divided, at the bottom, giving off a branch to each lung. The uvula, or palate, as it is commonly called, marked u, takes its name from its resemblance to a grape. Uvula means grape. It is placed between the mouth and the pharynx, and may be easily seen in your throat, with the aid of a looking-glass.

Still further back, placed in a pair of arches which rise near the point of the uvula, but which is separated from them below, are the tonsils. These are glands which form a secretion, whose use is to lubricate the food; that is, to make it smooth and slippery, so that it slips easily down. The tonsils are very often swelled when we take cold, as it is expressed, (but which is in fact a derangement of the secretions,) causing much pain, often accompanied with sore throat.

Behind these again, at the top of the pharynx, marked n, open the passages into what is called the posterior nostrils, meaning those which are behind, not visible, over which the arches or curtains, in which the tonsils

are placed, are carried by the muscles, to prevent any food getting into the nostrils during the act of deglutition. Sometimes, in swallowing, this barrier will be forced, by laughing or sudden coughing, and then the food is partly expelled through the nostrils. This is also often the case in vomiting.

The gullet is a muscular tube placed behind the wind pipe. It runs along the neck, and as it enters the chest, turns slightly to the left; but keeping near the backbone. Its course is behind the heart and lungs, penetrating the diaphragm, marked D. This is a large muscle which separates the chest from the belly, and terminates in the stomach, marked C.

The gullet has two muscular coats, by means of which the food is carried into the stomach, and is lined with a continuation of the same smooth cuticle, or skin, that we see in the inside of the mouth; but this is changed in appearance and qualities as soon as it enters the stomach; and it is from the connection this has with the lining membrane of the intestinal canal, we judge of the state of the stomach and bowels, by the appearance of the tongue.

After the food is sufficiently chewed, it is then collected by the aid of the lips, tongue, &c., and carried to the back part of the tongue. The jaws then are closed, the tongue presses against the palate, thus forcing the food backwards towards the pharynx, which is drawn up to meet it; the wind-pipe is closed by the epiglottis, over which the food must pass, when the muscles of the pharynx seize it, and drive it into the gullet. The circular muscles of the gullet are then brought into motion, and acting in succession, from