At the close of the conference in Rio Grande do Sul, Brethren Town and Montgomery, accompanied by Brother J. W. Westphal, went to Paraguay, where a general meeting was held, continuing over the following Sabbath and Sunday; but I spent the time in Entre Rios, where the school and sanitarium are. The other brethren joined me there after the meeting in Paraguay, and another general meeting was held for the benefit of the believers living in the vicinity of these institutions. Some came from quite a distance to enjoy the privileges of this gathering, and the blessings received seemed to be appreciated by all. We were cordially welcomed and very kindly entertained by Dr. R. H. Habenicht, the medical superintendent of the sanitarium, and his associates, and by Prof. H. U. Stevens, the principal of the school, and his associates, who made our stay among them a very pleasant one.
The following Sabbath a general meeting was held in Buenos Aires, at which there were in attendance between one and two hundred members of the churches in and about Buenos Aires; and the next morning we took the train for Chile, to attend the annual conference for that field. Only a few years ago it was necessary to take a coach over the summit of the Andes, but now the whole journey is made by train. The grades are so steep on both sides of the summit that a cog track is required for a considerable portion of the way, and the train moves very slowly. The highest elevation in crossing is more than ten thousand feet, and we had some striking views of the lofty Andes.
The school in Chile is at Pua, not very far south of Concepcion, where the conference was held; we therefore decided to visit the school before the meeting. The fall term had not begun, and nearly all the teachers were at Concepcion, but we were hospitably welcomed by Brother C. E. Krieghoff, the business manager. The farm, consisting of more than one hundred and fifty acres of good land, is about three miles from the railway station. A three-story wooden building, covered with corrugated iron, is occupied as a dormitory for both sexes, and also contains the recitation-rooms. In a separate one-story building are the kitchen, dining-room, laundry, and business office. This school ought to have better facilities, and we hope that they can be provided in the near future.
On looking up the sailings of the steamers on the west coast, we found that we should be compelled to leave the Chile meeting before its close, in order to be able to make suitable connections for our visits to Bolivia and Peru. We had four days at Concepcion, and we endeavored to make the most of the time. The attendance at this conference was smaller than at either of the others, although there are about seven hundred and fifty believers in Chile. This was probably due to a considerable extent to the fact that Concepcion is in the southern part of the republic, and a glance at the map will show that it is a long distance from the northern end. Those who were present seemed to enter heartily into the spirit of the meeting, and I believe that it was a profitable occasion.
We took the train at Concepcion on Tuesday morning, April 4, and arrived at La Paz, Bolivia, the following Monday afternoon, almost a full week being required to make this journey. This shows how much time is necessarily consumed in getting from one field to another in this country. We spent one night in a hotel, three nights on the boat, and two nights on the train, and waited one day for a train. At La Paz the elevation is between twelve and thirteen thousand feet above the level of the sea, and we were of course quite sensible of this great change, although we did not suffer any serious effects. I spoke one evening, and our chapel was well filled. The Baptist pastor was in attendance. During our stay in La Paz we were made welcome at the home of Brother W. R. Pohle, the superintendent of the Bolivian Mission.
At La Paz Brother E. L. Maxwell, the superintendent of the Inca Union Mission, met us, and accompanied us the remainder of the way to Lima. On our way from La Paz to Peru, we crossed Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable body of water in the world; and as we made the trip by day and called at various ports, we had an excellent opportunity to see the surrounding country, where there are openings for our work. At Puno, on the Peruvian side of the lake, we were met by Brother F. A. Stahl, the superintendent of our mission among the Indians, who had come the previous day with horses and mules to take us to the station, more than twenty miles away. There are no carriage roads in this part of Peru, and the only way of traveling is on horses or mules. The ride was a bit trying for some of us who had hardly been in the saddle for twenty years or more, but we made the best of it.
When we were about two miles from the mission at Plateria, we were met by a large delegation of Indians, men, women, and children, accompanied by two native bands, and were escorted to the station. It was a marked manifestation of the good feeling which the Indians entertain for the mission and its work. On our arrival at the station, formal greetings were exchanged, and a cordial welcome was extended to us in short addresses by two or three Indian brethren.
The next day being Sabbath, the usual services were held, and it was a most interesting day. First came the Sabbath school, which was conducted after the16usual plan, with the necessary translations from one language to another. At the service following, I spoke, and for the first time I had the experience of waiting for two different translations. First Brother Town put my English into Spanish, and then one of the Indian workers connected with the station who understands Spanish, translated it into the Aymara, or Indian, language. Even the prayers were made intelligible to the audience in this way. All our services were conducted with the aid of translators. It was of course necessary to speak in rather a simple way to these Indians, but the essential features of the gospel of salvation from sin appeal to all classes and are readily comprehended by all. The practical effects of such a gospel are very apparent among the Indians. They have given up chewing the coca leaf, a filthy and injurious habit, and have stopped drinking alcohol. They live at peace among themselves and are industrious. They pay tithe and make offerings, and give every evidence of a complete change of life. Such fruits of gospel work are most convincing.
At our meetings on this Sabbath there were six hundred or more in attendance. The large meeting-room was crowded, and many stood at the door and the windows. It seems that it will be necessary to enlarge the meeting-room at once.
On the following Monday we visited a station, about eighteen miles away, where a school has recently been opened under the direction of two native teachers, and where regular Sabbath services are held. This journey was of course made on horseback. We were cordially welcomed to this station, with a procession of children and older persons led by a band. First a religious service was held in the open air, at the close of which the local chief made a short address, in which he spoke of their duty to support the work and to provide suitable buildings for the school and the teachers. Following this we had dinner at the home of the chief, and it was a dinner which we could relish, too. After this Brother Stahl carried on medical work for one or two hours. This was an interesting part of the day's experience. Teeth were pulled, the patient standing in the crowd and opening his mouth to have the offending member removed, and smiling cheerfully when the extracted tooth was handed to him. Stomachs were cleansed by the use of the stomach pump, and various pains and aches were prescribed for. In return for this service some paid money, some brought eggs, and others brought other things. None were refused attention even if they had nothing to give in return. All seemed to appreciate what was done for them. When we were ready to return to the station, nearly two hundred escorted us for quite a long distance, although the road led up a very steep hill. We learned afterward that from this very village a mob of about three hundred Indians started not so very long ago with the avowed intention of destroying the buildings at the mission station. Such a change shows what true gospel work can accomplish.
One morning at eight o'clock a prayer meeting was held at the station. An hour or more before the appointed time the Indians began to gather. We could see them coming across the wide plain, singly and in groups. By actual count there were one hundred and ninety-seven present at this meeting. I was especially anxious to know whether these Indians had an intelligent idea of conversion and of deliverance from the power of sin, and I had a good opportunity to become satisfied on this point. I first gave a talk on the power of an indwelling Saviour to enable us to meet temptations and to live a clean and upright life, and then they occupied the time in prayer and testimony. It was an excellent meeting. They testified in their own way to the change which had come into their lives, and they left no doubt in our minds that they had experienced a real conversion. We greatly enjoyed this experience.
While we were at the station, various deputations of Indians came to ask for work to be opened among them. One Indian sister who for about two years has walked forty-eight miles every two weeks to attend the meetings at the station, urged most earnestly that a worker be sent to her village. Another Indian came for the third or fourth time in three years pleading for a school and a teacher of the gospel to come to his village. Others came from other places. How earnestly we wished that we could respond at once to every such request! How long must they wait for the gospel?
There are openings for new work to be established in fifteen or twenty places around Lake Titicaca, and we gave careful consideration to this situation. Calls will be made for workers to enter some of these stations, and we sincerely hope that these calls can be promptly answered. In view of the growth of the work at Plateria, it was deemed best to organize this field into a mission to be known as the Lake Titicaca Indian Mission. Brother F. A. Stahl was chosen superintendent; Brother J. M. Howell, secretary and treasurer; and these brethren, together with Brother C. V. Achenbach, constitute the mission committee.
When we left Plateria for our ride back to Puno, a large company, led by the native band, accompanied us far out on the plain, and then, after a short farewell service, we bade them good-by. We shall long remember our visit among these Indians, and we are exceedingly thankful for the good work which has been done among them. Its influence has not only extended throughout Peru, but is felt in other parts of South America.
On our way down to the coast we spent a Sabbath and Sunday at Arequipa, where Brother I. Kalbermatten is laboring. Here I spoke to the company on Sabbath morning. Brother Town spoke in the afternoon, and Brother Montgomery on Sunday evening. While we were at Arequipa, Brother Town and I were kindly entertained by Brother F. E. Hinkley, the director of the Harvard Observatory, who showed us many courtesies.
I am writing this report at Lima, where we have been for five days. Here we have held services several times with the believers, and are closing the work with an institute for the canvassers. We have also united with the Inca Union Mission Committee in studying the conditions in this field and in presenting the needs for the future. From here Brother Town will return at once to the United States, but Brother Montgomery and I sail this afternoon for Valparaiso, on our way to Buenos Aires, where a meeting of the South American Division Conference Committee will be held on our arrival. At this meeting we shall take a general survey of the work in the South American field, and shall try to plan for its future development. The budget for 1917 will be made up at that time, and in this will be included such calls for additional workers for South America as the committee may feel ought to be made. I hope it may be possible to answer all these calls.
I am now expecting to sail from Buenos Aires for New York on May 25, on the steamship “Vestris,” of the Lamport and Holt line, and I ought to arrive about the middle of June. I have greatly enjoyed my work in South America, and I hope that the visit has been profitable both for the work and for myself. W. W. PRESCOTT.
Lima, Peru, May 3.
South Carolina Camp Meeting
By F. W. Paap
The tenth annual session of the South Carolina Conference and camp meeting was held in Greenville, May 4-14. The location was ideal and the weather very pleasant. In the pitching of the camp, everything was done to make it attractive, an object lesson of neatness, order, and good taste. The attendance of our people was rather smaller than usual. There may have been reasons for this, but all who failed to attend lost a great blessing. These occasions are growing fewer, and the spiritual life they afford is becoming more and more an absolute necessity.
The following paragraph from the conference president's annual address will suffice to show that the Lord is blessing the work and the workers in this needy field:—
A Year of Progress
“When we compare the year 1915 with 1914, we see that splendid progress has been made. During 1915 we gained 102 members, or 33 1-3 per cent. The tithe increased $623.34, a gain of one sixth. The mission funds increased $618.81, or 50 per cent. The Sabbath school offerings show an increase of $522.24, a gain of 84 per cent. The Harvest Ingathering receipts show an increase of $151.22, a gain of 120 per cent. The financial statement of the conference as prepared by the union auditor showed a net loss of $78.89 for 1914, whereas for 1915 the statement showed a net gain of $835.40.”
In harmony with the plan in the Testimonies, the meeting was conducted as a school in which all were instructed how to labor in God's vineyard in winning souls to Christ. One afternoon of the camp meeting was devoted to a field campaign, and nearly all joined heartily in the work of carrying the truth, in the form of the printed page, to the homes of the people. A great blessing came as a result.
The offerings for both the home field and the regions beyond were very gratifying. A spirit of liberality was shown, more than $2,000 being given in cash and pledges. This was indeed good when we consider that there were fewer than seventy adults in attendance.
Elder C. B. Haynes had been laboring in Greenville for some months. There is a new company of Sabbath keepers there, and so it was deemed advisable17that Elder Silas Davis remain to bind off the work, and if possible provide a church home for the new flock. We know the Lord will bless in this work.
Besides the regular conference workers there were present Elder W. H. Branson, president of the union, Elder C. B. Haynes, Prof. Leo Thiel, Brethren D. W. Dillen and W. E. Abernathy, and the writer. Elder J. L. Shuler was again elected president; and with the full confidence of all his coworkers and the church members, he takes up the work anew with courage.
On the last Sunday afternoon fourteen persons went forward in the solemn ordinance of baptism. The spiritual interests of the meeting deepened from day to day. On the last Sabbath morning a consecration service was held, in which all took part. F. W. PAAP.
In 2 Kings 15: 19 mention is made of “Pul the king of Assyria.” Who was this king? No such name has been found in the ancient inscriptions of that land, though there is a record that Tiglath-Pileser III led an invasion against Palestine, and received tribute from “Rezon of Damascus, Menahem of Samaria, and Hiram of Tyre.” From this it is inferred that Pul was another name for that monarch. This idea is borne out by a tradition that Tiglath-Pileser III was not of the royal line, but a gardener named Pul, who became a soldier, and at last gained sufficient power to seize the throne. Naturally he would change his name, and he chose that of Tiglath-Pileser, “a name borne by the most illustrious of the Assyrians.”
In verse 29 of the same chapter, Tiglath-Pileser is given his royal name. He came against Palestine, and took “Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.”
“Among the inscriptions found by Layard in the palace of Tiglath-Pileser is one containing the record of the invasion of Palestine. It is somewhat mutilated, yet the lines which are preserved say that the Assyrian king captured Gilead, made it Assyrian territory, and placed it in charge of his officers; that Hanno, king of Gaza, fled to Egypt; that Samaria was captured; and then, to use Tiglath-Pileser’s own words: ‘I deported to Assyria all of the inhabitants, together with their property.’ . . . Thus do the royal records of Assyria supplement and confirm the historical portions of the Old Testament.”
Captivity of the Ten Tribes
Tiglath-Pileser III was succeeded by Shalmaneser IV, mentioned in 2 Kings 17: 3. “Of the few records from his reign,” says Mr. Banks in “The Bible and the Spade,” “one speaks of a three years’ expedition to foreign lands; it probably refers to his siege of Samaria. Until recent years it has been supposed that he was the Assyrian king who captured Samaria; but from the records of Sargon, his successor, we learn that he only began the siege; and Sargon completed it.
“Sargon, the Assyrian king from 722 to 705 B. C., was the founder of a new dynasty, and the builder of the city of Khorsabad, in which his immense palace was discovered by Botta. Numerous well-preserved inscriptions upon stone lined the palace walls; two of them tell of the siege of Samaria and of the deportation of the Israelites. In one the king says:—
“‘I besieged and captured the city of Samaria, and I carried away 27,280 of its inhabitants as captives. I took fifty of their chariots. I restored the city, and causing the inhabitants to become more in number than before, I stationed my lieutenants over them. I made the people of the lands which I had conquered to dwell there, and I collected from them the same amount of tribute as from the Assyrians.’”
Shishak of Egypt
The invasion of Shishak, king of Egypt, mentioned in 2 Chron. 12: 2, is also spoken of in the record in Kings. See 1 Kings 14: 25, 26. He came against Jerusalem, raided the temple and the king’s palace, and carried away much treasure. Shishak himself had a record made of that expedition, of which the attack on Jerusalem was a part. On one of the walls of the great temple at Karnak, he “inscribed a sculpture representing this campaign. He enumerates 156 places, towns, and fortresses that he captured. . . . In this sculpture the giant figure of Shishak is represented as holding in his left hand the ends of ropes, which bind long rows of captives neck to neck. Their hands are tied behind them, and the victor’s right hand holds over others a rod with which he threatens them. The names of the conquered cities are inscribed on ovals or shields that cover the lower part of the body of each prisoner. Some of the most familiar names in this list are: Gaza, Taanach, Abel, Adullam, Beth-anath, Beth-horon, Aijalon, Gibeon.”
These ancient inscriptions are another evidence of the historical accuracy of the Biblical record.
The New Puritanism
By CLAUDE E. HOLMES
Some time ago the Washington Post published an article written especially for that paper, entitled “The New Puritanism.” The writer was Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catts, president of the International Woman’s Suffrage Alliance. She says that the old, obsolete blue laws of Connecticut seem ridiculous to our modern notions. “We are beginning to suspect that it might be a good thing to modify Sabbath observance laws still further,” she declares, “and allow men who are penned up in offices and factories through the week to take their wives out into the pure air and sunshine on Sunday.”—Dec. 28, 1913.
We would do more than modify them, we would wipe them off the statute books altogether. They were inscribed there solely for the protection of the religious day, Sunday. “Sunday laws have come down from the earliest legislation in this country. . . . The legislation of those times bore marked evidence of the extreme religious sentiments then prevailing, and the Sunday laws were enacted not to protect men, but to protect a religious institution.”—New York Department of Labor Bulletin, September, 1910, p. 395. Were the churches true to their profession, they would repudiate such a union of church and state.
Mrs. Catts thinks the “blue law brand of Puritanism has gone forever.” We only wish it had. It is true, as she says, that the religion of the early American churches was “an extremely refined form of selfishness.” The Puritans’ “desire was freedom for themselves, never dreaming of extending an equal freedom to such as differed from them in religious opinion.”—“Religious Liberty,” Henry M. King, p. 72.
The Puritans are entitled to our admiration for their religious zeal. They not only studied the Scriptures, but they taught them to their children. They were faithful in attending church services. In all these things they are to be commended, because they did them as a result of their own convictions. But when they attempted to coerce others into the same way of living, the spirit of Christ was lost.
The undesirable spirit of Puritanism is far from being dead. There are many18professed Christians who, in the light of the twentieth century, are calling for the enforcement of intolerant religious laws that were in vogue in Puritan days. The same selfishness is manifested, the identical intolerance of those who differ from them in religious views.
In some quarters an overwhelming flood of circumstances has forced the advocates of Sunday laws to admit that the whole spirit that has been behind this propaganda is wrong. They have been obliged to admit their defeat. The New York Sabbath Committee is one of the oldest organizations in this country working for religious legislation. It has had a hand in practically all the religious legislation in this country during the last fifty years.
Now it confesses that “laws and customs which are imposed from without, which cease to be demanded by the judgment and the conscience of the masses of the people, will growingly become the cause of irritation and disturbance, like an ill-fitting shoe.”—“Report of the New York Sabbath Committee, 1912.” Not only irritation and disturbance have been caused by these unjust blue laws, but persecution and imprisonment. Men have been cast into jail, their families broken up, their property confiscated. This was not in the Dark Ages, not in colonial days, but since the founding of this Sabbath Committee.
The editor of the Continent (July 3, 1913), in commenting on this confession, says that the “present-day problem of Sabbath observance is not going to be met by pointing to restrictive acts on the statute book,—the acts so often sneered at as ‘blue laws,’—and rudely reviling the masses for not obeying their prohibitions. That is not after the manner or spirit of Christ.”
We have always believed and taught that trying to drive people into the fold of Christ is a disgrace to the driver, an injustice to those driven, and an imposition upon the Shepherd. It would fill the church with wolves in sheep’s clothing. There is no precedent for this action in any act of the Saviour.
In the summer of 1913 a Methodist camp meeting was held at Great Falls, near the city of Washington. During this meeting Vice President Marshall delivered an address. One truth he expressed is needed not alone by Methodists, but by other denominations as well:—
“I am for freedom. I want the right to sit in my narrow, upholstered Presbyterian pew and worship in my own narrow way, and I am willing to give you the whole outside world for your Methodist hallelujahs.”—Washington Herald, Sept. 1, 1913.
If all who feel inclined to worship God would do it, and refuse to coerce others into imitating them, one of the greatest problems would be solved.
No doubt the little respite in some places that has been forced upon Sunday-law champions by outraged public opinion has given ground for the belief that the Puritan spirit is declining. But a view of conditions over the whole country does not afford any ground for such a hope.
With the leaders of all the religious forces in America behind this movement, temporary setbacks will have little deterring influence. Protestant and Catholic bodies are committed to religious legislation, and they will have it at any cost to those opposing them or their purposes. An editorial in the Christian Observer of July 23, 1913, asserts that “the observance of the Sabbath lies at the foundation of society, and that the violation of this law will inevitably bring divine disfavor and penalty upon man.” The cry of the church today is, Work for society, save the masses, preserve the nation; and its first and its last thought in this regard seems to be the protection of the Christian sabbath by civil law.
CLAUDE E. HOLMES.
Field Notes
Elder E. H. Curtis reports the baptism of seven persons in western Wyoming.
The new church building at Ford, Colo., was dedicated to the service of God last month.
Elder C. G. Bellah has just closed a tent effort in Morehouse, Mo., as the result of which a goodly number have accepted present truth.
Missionary Volunteer Department
M. E. KERN . . . SecretaryMATILDA ERICKSON . . . Assistant SecretaryMRS. I. H. EVANS . . . Office SecretaryMEADE MacGUIREC. L. BENSONJ. F. SIMON . . . Field Secretaries
Thy Word
LET all the heathen writers join
To form one perfect book;
Great God, if once compared with thine,
How mean their writings look!
Not the most perfect rules they gave
Could show one sin forgiven,
Nor lead a step beyond the grave;
But thine conducts to heaven.
Yet men would fain be just with God
By works their hands have wrought;
But thy commands, exceeding broad,
Extend to every thought.
Our faith, and love, and every grace
Fall far below thy Word;
But perfect truth and righteousness
Dwell only with the Lord.
—Selected.
Religious Liberty Department
By C. S. Longacre
C. S. LONGACRE - - N. Am. Div. Secretary
Diet Reform
By M. M. Martinson
It is a well-recognized fact that we may not be properly nourished even though we have plenty to eat; for we are nourished by what we assimilate. That is the reason so many are dying of starvation in a land of plenty. They eat sufficient food, but it is of such a nature that the digestive organs cannot digest it, and the body fails to assimilate it. There results a state of malnutrition,—undernourishment,—and this starvation develops one of the so-called deficiency diseases, such as scurvy, pellagra, and beriberi, in a severe or light form.
The cause of scurvy is a lack of certain food elements. Diet is the alpha and omega in the treatment of this disease. Experiments have shown that an exclusive diet of polished rice or of white bread will produce beriberi in pigeons and chickens. Students of pellagra have ascribed it to a mold, or fungus growth, in the grain; others, to infective bacilli and the effect of light on the skin. One fact seems to be settled, and that is that the prevention and the cure of pellagra center on the diet.
What we need is a change of food. We use too much starch and cane sugar, too much hog and hominy, and not enough vegetables and fruits. The American people are drenched in starches and sweets, jams and preserves, which irritate and cause auto-intoxication, responsible for the symptoms complex, known as pellagra. These same foods also head the list in producing acid dyspepsia, rheumatism, and kidney diseases. They not only irritate and overheat, but they are deficient in food chemicals so essential to health.
From recent studies on foods, we learn that they must contain something besides the fundamental elements, such as starch, albumin, and fats. Funk calls these additional elements vitamines.
Eykmann, by feeding his pigeons and chickens on polished rice, white wheat bread, and starch and sugar, produced beriberi. He found that he could cure his dying pigeons in two or three hours by giving them the extract from the polishings taken from the rice.
Aaron fed rats on casein, butter, starch, and salt. On this diet they died. He fed other rats on the same food, and gave them an extract taken from wheat bran, and they thrived and increased in weight. This shows the importance of extractives in the diet.
In the spring we feel a longing for something green, because our food has been deficient in certain elements, or vitamines.
In grains, such as rice, wheat, barley, and oats, we find these vitamines principally in the pericarp, or husk. We put the rice through a polishing process and remove the extractives. By our modern methods of milling, we save the starch and the gluten of the wheat, as white flour, and we give the bran to the cow. Bran is especially rich in phosphates and iron, but by our milling process we lose over half of these essential salts, saying nothing of lecithin, nuclein, and vitamines.
White bread, polished rice, and other starchy foods and sugars may be taken in abundance, but they will not support life, as they are not of the right mixture, such as the Lord placed in the foods before we put them through our milling and cooking processes. If it were not for the fruits, green beans, peas, carrots, cabbage, and lettuce, which are rich in vitamines, we should doubtless see more people with acid dyspepsia, rheumatism, poor circulation, faded cheeks, flabby muscles, sunken eyes, weak backs, and toothless gums; and probably there would be more people affected with pellagra.
While it is true that fruits are mostly water, and are weak in starch, albumin, and fats, yet they are valuable to balance the heavier foods and supply the system with acids and extractives. Those who cannot use the acid fruits should use the subacid ones, and try to have one meal each day with a liberal supply of fruits; and it is well to have one cooked and another fresh, as the cooking does not destroy the acids, but the vitamines are more or less destroyed. As we cannot all have fresh fruit every day, the housewife should begin to plan to put up cooked fruits, so that the family can have some fruit all the time. Fruit is essential to health.
Eggs and milk are in a class of foods by themselves, as they have no starch elements; and a person who has clogged his system with starch foods will find relief many times in restricting himself to from four to ten glasses of milk a day.
Eggs are the richest and most stimulating of all foods. They contain remedial agents that are essential in malnutrition. The egg yolk contains a phosphorized fat, which is far superior to the “hypophosphates” and “glycerophosphates” put up in a bottle.
Milk and eggs are placed at the head of the list of foods in treating pellagra. However, it must not be forgotten that some people are sensitive to eggs. It is not such an uncommon thing to see people with colic, asthma, eczema, and hives due to eating eggs. At a recent meeting of the Pediatric Society, a children's specialist pointed out that the feeding of eggs to children must be watched very closely. In malnutrition they are essential, while in other disorders they may be too stimulating a food.
The more an egg is cooked, the harder it is to digest, and the cooking also destroys its remedial elements. Continued cooking destroys some of the delicate chemical elements of foods. While it is true that we cannot eat all our vegetables raw, yet we should use many of them in that way. Cabbage is with some easier to digest raw than cooked. Turnips and19carrots can be eaten with relish if masticated well. Palatable salads can be made from celery, cabbage, and carrots. Raw vegetables should be carefully cleaned before using.
The American people are a nation of dyspeptics; and they will be as long as they continue to live on manufactured foodstuffs. Many of our drinks are colored and flavored with chemicals. Our foods are the same. They are put up in cans or paper, flavored to please the taste. You can fill yourself up on that class of foods, but you cannot fortify your system against disease. You eat, but still you are starving.
It is time we were turning to nature. Every farmer can go into winter quarters with plenty of nice turnips, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, carrots, beets, and parsnips. A corner should be sown to mustard greens. It is not enough to cook potatoes; you must have a variety of vegetables. These should be prepared in different ways. A good cook can do more for a family than can the doctor. Cooking is the highest of all professions. A man who has a wife that is a good cook, or one that can direct the cooking, has a jewel. A servant may be able to cook a dish of oatmeal, slice some baker's bread, or make biscuits or a cup of coffee, and still not be a good cook.
M. M. MARTINSON, M. D.
Medical Missionary Department
W. A. RUBLE, M. D. - - General Secretary
L. A. HANSEN - - Assistant Secretary
H. W. MILLER, M. D. - N. Am. Div. Secretary