Religion and <\/p>\n
People who practice their religious faith regularly may be getting some earthly benefits: They appear to be healthier compared to people who never attend a house of worship. A study conducted by sociologists at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana found that 4 percent of those who regularly went to church or synagogue reported poor health, compared with 9 percent of those who did not attend a house of worship. And 36 percent of weekly worshippers reported they were in excellent health, compared with 26 percent of non-attenders. <\/p>\n
Why the difference? Researchers aren\u2019t sure, but they say the reason may be that people attending weekly services may be more likely to see friends who ask about their health and can recommend a doctor. <\/p>\n
Spokesman Review, October, 1992<\/p>\n
John Quincy Adams<\/b><\/p>\n
In 1846 former president John Quincy Adams suffered a stroke. Although he returned to Congress the following year, his health was clearly failing. Daniel Webster described his last meeting with Adams: \u201cSomeone, a friend of his, came in and made particular inquiry of his health. Adams answered, \u2018I inhabit a weak, frail, decayed tenement; battered by the winds and broken in upon by the storms, and from all I can learn, the landlord does not intend to repair.\u2019\u201c <\/p>\n
Today in the Word, April 11, 1992<\/p>\n
Quotes<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don\u2019t want, drink what you don\u2019t like and do what you\u2019d druther not. – Mark Twain<\/p>\n
\u2022 Be careful about reading health books. You might die of a misprint. – Mark Twain<\/p>\n
\u2022 Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. – Erma Bombeck<\/p>\n
Sources unknown<\/p>\n
Cardinal Cooke<\/b><\/p>\n
On October 7, 1983, United Press International sent out a second-day story on the funeral of New York\u2019s Cardinal Terence J. Cooke. This was the eighth paragraph: \u201cAs the coffin was lifted and carried to the altar, more than 3000 mourners sung the hymn, \u2018O God Our Health and Age Has Passed.\u2019\u201c<\/p>\n
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