ymptoms which we have enumerated is evidence of abnormal weakness,
which demands treatment.

Montaigne says: "We must see and get acquainted with our sins if we
expect to correct them." Virtue presupposes trials just as much as
victory implies warfare. The triumph of virtue is to defeat morbid or
excessive passion, for virtue is only realized when it is a conquering
force. Innocence is passive but virtue is an active quality, purified in
the fiery furnace of temptation. As men have in all ages been influenced
by passions, so temptation has ever found its victims. It is an
obligation that one owes to himself to overcome every evil passion or
weakness to which he is subject, and the discharge of this personal duty
requires moral courage.

THE REWARD OF VIRTUE. Our Saviour invited all erring mortals to enter
upon a higher life when He said, "Come unto Me, all ye that labor and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." The invitation is
accompanied with a promise. To all who are weary of excess and bowed
down by passion, rest and restoration are promised, if they will but
reform and employ proper means to that end.

THE SUFFERERS MUST REFORM. Just as there is no spiritual restoration
without obeying the Saviour, so there can be no physical restoration
unless we fulfill nature's imposed conditions. There can be no salvation
unless sin be discarded, and so there can be no redemption from the bad
effects of a practice, so long as it is continued. It is no easy task to
master a despotic passion. Appetite is often stronger than the will. The
treatment must begin with moral reformation. Every manly impulse, and
all the higher qualities of the patient's nature, must be enlisted in
the struggle for virtue and health.

If the passions are restrained, then the capital of health increases,
for the saving of the vital secretions is equal to compound interest.
This illustrates the truth of the Latin proverb: "_No gain is so certain
as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you have"!_ The
patient actually acquires confidence and manly courage by the retention
of the seminal fluid, which directly increases his virile powers.

HYGIENIC ADVICE TO PATIENTS. Daily physical exercise and regular habits
must be established. It is important that the mind, as well as the
physical powers, be directed into active and wholesome channels. There
must be restraint and discipline. It is useless to begin medical
treatment while the pa