I am aware that I preach a religious doctrine understood and accepted by a very small part of the religious world, when I point out the relation of the religious concept to physical fitness.
Debt is a task master to be feared almost as much as the dictators themselves. It has enslaved thousands in its meshes. It has wrecked happy homes.
I have never seen happier people than those who have repented.
The Human body is sacred – the veritable tabernacle of the Divine Spirit which inhabits it. It is a solemn duty of mankind to develop, protect, and preserve it from pollution, unnecessary wastage, and weakness.
Any conscious, wilful impairment of the body is an affront to God.
Debt robs a man of much of the energy and support which he is otherwise able to give to the church and to other good causes.