Rational Health Reform by G. H. HEALD

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Jan 19, 1905

Rational Health Reform

By G. H. HEALD

G. H. HEALD, M. D.

1. Its great object.

“Let it be ever kept in mind that the great object of hygienic reform is to secure the highest possible development of mind and soul and body.”

2. Two classes who misrepresent health reform.

“Two classes were presented before me: First, those who were not living up to the light which God had given them. They started in the reform because somebody else did. They did not understand the system for themselves. There are many of you who profess the truth, who have received it because somebody else did, and for your life you could not give the reason. This is why you are as weak as water.”

“Another class who have taken hold of the health reform are very severe. They take a position, and stand stubbornly in that position, and carry nearly everything over the mark.”

“There are some who go to extremes. They must eat just such an amount and just such a quality, and confine themselves to two or three things.”

3. Important to remember.

“People can not all eat the same things. Some articles of food that are wholesome and palatable to one person may be hurtful to another. So it is impossible to make an unvarying rule by which to regulate one’s dietetic habits.”

4. The consistent course.

“Those who advocate unpopular truth should be most consistent in their lives, and should be extremely careful to shun everything like extremes. They should not labor to see how far they can take their position from other men, but otherwise, to see how near they can come to those whom they wish to reform, that they may help them to the position which they themselves so highly prize.”

“We must go no faster than we can take those with us whose consciences and intellects are convinced of the truths we advocate. We must meet the people where they are. Some of us have been many years in arriving at our present position in health reform.”

“Changes should be made with great care; and we should move cautiously and wisely. We want to take that course which will recommend itself to the intelligent men and women of the land.”