The elements of social science, or, Physical, sexual, and natural religion : an exposition of the true cause and only cure of the three primary social evils: poverty, prositution, and celibacy / by a doctor of medicine.

George Drysdale

Date:: 1875

Credit: The elements of social science, or, Physical, sexual, and natural religion : an exposition of the true cause and only cure of the three primary social evils: poverty, prositution, and celibacy / by a doctor of medicine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$lungs and limbs by the unwonted exercise. Having one day's respite from the serious monotonous life of work, his Sunday should' be devoted to amusement, gaiety, and hilarity, as boisterous, as free and unrestrained as possible. With every hearty laugh the burden of his cares will be lightened, and his heart will open to the love of his fellow creatures. In- stead of this, the admirable and religious manner in which the Sunday is spent, tor the most part, on the continent, how sad and melancholy is our bunday to him who has an insight into the laws of health, physical aud moral, and an interest in the welfare of his feUow beings. Instead of the working classes being exhorted, and induced by every temptation of cheap and numerous railway trains, public gardens, and promenades, with musical bands and various social amusements, (for it requires no slight inducements to prevail on a pale and sickly frame to make any effort fonts own regeneration) to spend their whole day in the open country air; they are pressed by every means into the church ser- vice, amusements are forbidden, and even to go out to breathe the fresh thp maDy*partS' ^P^'y in Scotland, scarcely thought proper. In he, Sp/»0Un^' :SPecial]y'„a11 th™^ °f the mind, all acts of the body lie under a restraint more galling to many, than even the week-day con- SortTn; ^ th,°Ug ltS' * ilTSaid' Sh0uld then be serious> the bodUy da- oSp ?T TdHSedate- N° amusements «e permitted, even toeing P even ed rnri i P0D Even the ]ittle childrm I bodieThL rP ying, and theu toys lie idle' Many of ^ose whose now ifW♦been PIniDg ln narrow >°™ the whole week, and who would rfl^ll^*™**'^****,** airwith the esuberant delight Mr ZrfVJiL ^ ,a<lC'1Urch' StiH sedentary, still serious.5 church a, X™ J u,h.abltants of our large towns, do not go to cnurcn, as they must have excitement; and where do the unfortunates ashamed to be seen abroad, resort to? To the tavern where thev con weT^^Ser5 llt^V^ ^ Sunday. as on all The res^ of the The chief causes of 7P * hefatl0n m that our Sunday is <me of ™e cruet causes ot the drunkenness n our lartre towns for whirl, ti,» l:°e se sns-1, rd,rhich is one °f ^^7^^? effect of thisTt 7; ? be CTtry' and t0 the ^rdy rustic, the evil ciTyit is destrth-vp n0A?° f'^1' but t0 the b,iEhteJ artizau of the ; «ha^ «Alaf! bowdo«the heart which has rejoiced over tHJ c°ntl°ental Sunday, sadden at the contrast! werenra for thl nn?* ^ at ^h things, but seek to enforce the the week, \ISel fresh 2^ ^ b°dy fr°m c™fiemont during$