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Temperance and Longevity

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 15, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 35.

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Temperance and Longevity

Dr. Willard Parker says: "The average life of temperance people is 64 years and two months, while the average life of intemperate people is 35 years and six months. Thus the average life of a drinker is but little more than one-half that of the non-drinker; and yet we are asked to believe that brandy, whisky, gin and beer, are wonderful promoters of health, strength, and life!"