Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-11

and imaginations will entail an inn
moral tone on the body: SO also will the
body react on the soul by its appetitess
passions and propensities, increasing the
viciousness of the soul by pushing It
to courses of vice not directly and i'm
mediately its own"
One must hold that preacher Of half
century ago in the highest respect
not only for his eloquence, but partict~
larly for his courage in breaking away
from current ruts and in doing exactly
what the great inventor of today as
sumes to be a radical suggestion:
II am fully aware" said Rev. Mr..
Clymer in his sermon on eating, "of the
difficulties I encounter in entering this
thought on your minds. Because re-
Hgion has been considered as having
little or nothing to do with the body,
shall encounter the settled opinions Of
good men to this effect. Be-
cause shall call in question many in
dulgenceS OF appetite hitherto considered
sinless, shall run the risk of being
called fanatic or fool Because shall
preach the New Testament doctrine Of
self -denial. many will say this is q hard
saying-'who can bear it?' But with
the hope that may unfold to you q
glorious realm of liberty from the bond
age OF bodily propensities. cheerfuIly
Tor God to look after
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He continued: And yet I aver.
without the fear of successful refuta.
ton, that three-fourths of all our bodily
ailments and diseases, and many of our
immoral acts, are the legitimate re-
suits of improper dietetic habits"
He quotes the poet, Matthew Prior, Of
two centuries ago..
The effect OF food on the passions
and feelings are thus described BY
Prior:
" Observe the various operations
OF FOOD and drink in several nations;
Was ever Tartar fierce and cruel
Upon the strength of water cruel?
But who shall stand his rage and force
When first he rides, then eats, his
horse?
Salads and eggs, and lighter fare,
Tune the Italian sparks guitar
And, II take Don Confrere right,
Pudding and beef make Britons fight"
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In book entitled Starving Amer
ica," by Alfred w. Mccain, membsE
Of the vigilance committee of the AS
ISOLATED Advertising Clubs Of America
and for some years associated with DR..
Wiley, the eminent chemist and food
reformer Of the Department of Agri-
culture, this paragraph appears:
This is now true: In the gradual
breaking down Of the food laws for
which DR.. Wiley devoted 20 years of
his life there are nearly 20 drugs which
can legally. be put into our pure food
supply, ana there are II necessary ele-
ments which can legally be taken out
OF our pure food supply"
The author adds: Now let US tell you
the startling fact that the white bread
OF America Is human destroyer. White
bread acts white because, from the
ground grain Of wheat, three-fourths Of
the minerals including the phosphorus,
potassium and magnesium are removed.
These elements are contained in the
brown outer skin OF the wheat berry.
called the bran, and in the shorts
'mlddlings' and 'tailings' which are
sifted and bolted out of the ground
meal, leaving principally. the white,
berry"
Literally, as well as figuratively, the
Bible foretold modern white bread,
when it recorded. Man cannot live by
bread alone" Why should not preachers
explain. the science as we'll as the
theology Of thet text?
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In the same article in the magazine,
DR.. Royal S. Copeland, United States
Senator from New York, is also reported
as confirming what Mr.. Ford had said
about the effect Of dietetics upon the
spirit as well as the body of man, ais
though the Senator thought that the
school. rather than the pulpit. was the
proper place for teaching its principles.
DIR. Copeland said: "Uninformed per-
sons will smile at Mr.. Ford's conclu-
Sions. Doctors won't"
fnd IN AHVAks
eral years ago, in one of the asylums
for insane, they began rationing foods
giving patients proper mixtures Since
the inauguration Of this plan. IS per
cent of the sick people coming to that
institution have been discharged as
cured. You can better appreciate what
that really means when l add that tho
average percentage Of discharges from
such hospitals is 81 per cent. Unless
insanity has been brought on by q
deeply rooted organic trouble, the
chance for q cure in the institution
have specified is practically 100 per
cent. Proper eating, fresh air and suns
shine have accomplished that"
In conversation, yesterday, with tho
present writer. Senator Copeland stated
that the institution aforesaid is the
New Jersey State Asylum, at Trenton.
The dietetic treatment, therefore, cans
not be elassed with commercial medS
ical fadS, to advertise Sanitarium, but
is truly scientific demonstration.
Much has been taught of the influence
OF mind over matter: here is proof
OF the power OF matter over mind.
OF the approximately 10000 patients
now under treatment for various dis
eases In the hospitals Of the Veterans
Bureau, the mental cases Of the sols
diers outnumber all other diseases CON-
oined. The Trenton secret of IS per
cent cures through proper dieting In
the Veterans Bureau! What q theme
for patriotic sermonsl
(Copyrikht, 1879. By Paul Y. ceIiinSl