p. 159 | The Hygienic Platform

California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · Oakland, Cal. · Mar 25, 1875

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 1, No. 20.

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The Hygienic Platform.

1. OBEDIENCE to the laws of life and health is a moral obligation.

2. Mental, moral, and physical health can only be maintained by the observance of mental, moral, and physical laws.

3. A healthy body is essential to perfect soundness of mind.

4. Physical health promotes morality.

5. Morality, likewise, promotes physical health.

6. In the treatment of disease the simplest and safest remedies are the proper curative agents.

7. Nature is the most efficient physician.

We may further add, for the benefit of those who are entirely unacquainted with the tenets of hygienists, that in enforcing the principles enunciated above we advocate:—

1. Total abstinence from the use of all stimulating beverages, including tea, coffee, and chocolate, as well as alcoholic liquors.

2. That tobacco-using is a filthy habit, ruinous to both body and mind, and a disgrace to civilization.

3. That animal food is not the proper food for man, as indicated by his anatomical and physiological characteristics, while fruits and farinaceous foods are the best adapted to his wants, as proved by science and experience.

4. That simplicity in diet is one of the most important means of preserving health.

5. That improper dress is a prolific source of many of the diseases from which women and children suffer.—Health Reformer.