The Health Reform by James White

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 13, 1864

The Health Reform.

By James White

OUR people are generally waking up to the subject of health, and they should have publications on the subject to meet their present wants, at prices within the reach of the poorest.

Eighteen months since, we resolved to read up on the subject, as we could find time, and sent to the Dansville, N. Y., publishing-house for an assortment of their works, that might cost from ten to twenty-five dollars. Then we knew not the name of a single publication offered for sale at that house. We heard from reliable sources that there was something valuable there, and resolved to put in for a share.

We now design to publish a series of Pamphlets on the subject of How to Live. Mrs. White will furnish a liberal chapter in each number on health, happiness and miseries of domestic life, and the bearing which these have upon the prospects of obtaining the life to come.

We shall claim no skill as physicians to cure the sick; but shall draw from personal experience, from the word of God, and from the writings of able and experienced health reformers, facts for the common people, which we ardently hope may teach them how to preserve vital force, live healthily, save doctors' bills, and be better qualified to bear with cheerfulness the ills of this mortal life.

Grains and fruits are the proper food for man. These are best, and generally far the cheapest, which is a worthy consideration for the poor. Cheerful toil, or exercise, proper rest in sleep, air, water, and light, are Heaven's great remedies. To use these properly should be the study of the people. This leaving our souls with the ministers, and our bodies with the doctors, and we pass along ignorant of our real hold of either earth or Heaven, is bad business. We invite the people to come to the Bible and to Christ, and learn the way to everlasting life for themselves. We would also invite their attention to the great fact that it is their privilege to learn how to live more healthfully and more happily, and save being fleeced by the doctors.

We propose to furnish six Pamphlets, each to contain not less than forty-eight pages, put up in paper covers. In the first number will be found the report of our visit to "Our Home," at Dansville, N. Y. On the cover of the first we will give a Calendar for 1865, which will also give the time of the setting of the sun

at the commencement of each Sabbath during the year. This will be found very valuable to all Sabbath-keeping families. Price of the six Pamphlets, $1. Those who choose to advance this sum will have the Pamphlets sent to their address, post-paid, as fast as they shall be published. Single copies, post-paid, 20 cents. Address Eld. James White, Battle Creek, Mich.

J. W.