Alcohol Is Not Food by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 23, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 34.

Alcohol Is Not Food

By Editor

Professor Atwater, of Wesleyan University, claims to have demonstrated that two ounces of alcohol can be taken a day by the human system and be used as a food. When some "scientific expert" claims to demonstrate something that is contrary to our everyday personal experiences and definite knowledge and observation, and, more than all else, is contrary to the Word of God, we should pass that "scientist" by as one who is dabbling in "science" falsely so called. The drink traffic is very persistent, and we need not be surprised if it should be found still trying to make us believe that old fable that alcohol is good for us. Professor Atwater would have the idea of being used as a tool of the saloon, but when his theory is announced far and through the papers, that is what he in reality becomes. Alcohol is one of the greatest foes of mankind, and he who would give any encouragement to its use is doing a dastardly awful work.