Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-05-27
Health and Disease.
W. 7, VAIL, NJ. D.

Mr.. EDIToR.-There are certain great facts
in relation to health and disease, which ought
to be known and understood by all men and
women everywhere. One half the human race
now perish from disease before they reach ma
ture life A fourth part die in infancy and
childhood, before they attain five years of age.
Of the half who attain manhood and woman
hood, a large proportion are scourged with dis
ease, are greatly crippled in their resources,
physical, moral, and intellectual, fail to fulfill
any great or important purpose in life, and 60
down to premature grave. The human race
seem to have settled down into sort Of tacit
belief. that this is the order of nature, the AZ
rangement of Heaven, and that there is no help
for it that they have nothing to do but submit
and let nature, inevitable necessity, have her
own way.
There never was a falscr doctrine than this,
nor one that has more greatly cursed humanity
so far as all the interests and prospects of this
present life are concerned. God never created
the diseases which scourge and curse our human
ity at the present day, and there is nothing
more impious and absurd than to charge this
upon Him. God never created man for the
mere purpose of torturing him, and scourging
him with disrase and cutting him off in an
early period of his career. He created him
that he might have life, and have it album
dainty; and there is nothing in His divine az
rangements or Providence, which prevents man
from so doing. The human race might to-day
Just as well have been in the full enjoyment of
health and longevity, and in the possession and
exercise of all the happiness, and powers, and
joys, which inevitably spring out of these, as
to have been suffering the tortures of disease,
and perishing in infancy and early life, or
dragging out miserable existence in a crippled
and invalid state
There are thousands and millions of invalids
to-day, who, if they would recognize the above
facts, obey the great principles and laws which
God has impressed upon aiem, and all nature,
for the development and continuation of their
being, might exchange state of disease and
misery, for one of health and happiness and
power; but who, if they continue on in the
course they are pursuing. must inevitably re-
main invalids for life, and make failure of their
existence.
We make it our business to teach the way of
life, health, and longevity. We have restored
many invalids to perfect health who had beer
many long years in sad state of sickness and
suffering who had tried in vain 50 many Of
the resources of the apothecary and drug ply
sician that they no longer had any true hope
We do not give medicines. We do not be.
lieve in this. We introduce no poisons into the
system. There are many diseases which can b
cured, only by abandoning all such practice al
c this, and adopting better in this way vas
1 multitudes have already been restored of long
standing and most obstinate diseases and grea
! hosts are destined to tie cured in the future
God in his gracious arrangements has provided
g us with congenial life-givmg elements, in grea
abundance, Tor the treatluent anu cure Vi GU
q diseases and these are just as much more pow
s erful in the treatment of long-standing chroni
t maladies, as they are more in harmony with on
K nature and organization. Any of your read
{ ers afflicted with long-standing chronic dsor
e ders, may have information of our mode, anC
of the prospect of success in their case, by wri
u ting us. In future number of your paper W
- shall have more to say.
Granite State Health Institute Hill, N. H.