Recreation
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There is a distinction between recreation and amusement.
Recreation, when true to its name, re-creation, tends to strengthen and build up.
Amusement, on the other hand, is sought for the sake of pleasure and is often carried to excess; it absorbs the energies that are required for useful work and thus proves a hindrance to life's true success.
Even when the child is old enough to attend school, his health should be regarded as of greater importance than a knowledge of books.
By pursuing one line of thought exclusively, the mind often becomes unbalanced.
Physical inaction lessens not only mental but moral power. The brain nerves that connect with the whole system are the medium through which heaven communicates with man and affects the inmost life. Whatever hinders the circulation of the electric current in the nervous system, thus weakening the vital powers and lessening mental susceptibility, makes it more difficult to arouse the moral nature.
The misuse or nonuse of the physical powers is largely responsible for the tide of corruption that is overspreading the world. Pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness (Ezekiel 16:49) are as deadly foes to human progress in this generation as when they led to the destruction of Sodom.