Inhalt - Counsels on Health (1923)

Counsels on Health (1923)

• Information about this Book
• Preface
• Preface to the second edition
• Section 1—The World’s Need
  • Multitudes in Distress
    • In the Path of Destruction
    • Poverty and Sin Abound
    • Needs of the Rich
    • Durable Riches for Earthly Treasure
  • A Degenerate Race
  • The Violation of Physical Law
    • God’s People to Stand in Purity
    • The Folly of Ignorance
    • As in the Days of Noah
  • A Work of Reformation Needed
  • The Outlook
    • God the Source of Wisdom and Power
  • Religion and Health
  • Christ’s Love a Healing Power
  • Christ’s Manner of Healing
  • The Christian Physician as a Missionary
    • Who Will Say, “Send Me”?
    • The Care of the Sick
    • Christ’s Method of Evangelism
    • Work With Enthusiasm and Ardor
  • Effects of Wrong Habits
  • A World Unwarned
• Section 2—Essentials to Health
  • A Knowledge of First Principles
    • Self-Denial Essential
    • Responsibility of Parents
  • The Wisdom of God’s Works
  • Govern the Body
  • Adherence to a Simple Diet
  • Purchased of God
    • The Reward of Holiness
    • The Work of Sanctification
    • The Christian Race
  • Develop Ability
  • Temperance in All Things
  • The World No Criterion
  • Physical Exercise
    • Colds and Fresh Air
    • Inaction and Weakness
  • Pure Air and Sunlight
    • The Health of the Nurse to Be Considered
  • Deep Breathing
  • Superstitions Concerning Night Air
  • The Influence of Fresh Air
  • Scrupulous Sanitation
  • Use Simple Food
  • Physical Habits and Spiritual Health
    • Daniel’s Experience
    • Sanctification a Living Principle
  • Nonuse of Flesh Meats
  • Avoid Gluttony
  • Lessons From the Experience of John the Baptist
  • Benevolence and Rectitude in Married Life
    • Passion Is Not Love
    • Care of the Wife
    • Control of Appetite Important
    • Pleasant Surroundings Essential
  • Counsels Regarding Motherhood
    • The Feeding of Infants
  • Refuse Tobacco Defilement
    • Tobacco Defilement an Offense to God
    • Strict Cleanliness Required
  • Tobacco Using Contrary to Godliness
    • Man the Property of Christ
    • A Sad Misuse of Means
    • Natural Sensibilities Are Deadened
  • A Deceitful Poison
  • Abstinence From Narcotics
  • Self-Denial and Prayer
  • Evil Effects of Tea and Coffee
    • Tea and Coffee Do Not Nourish
    • Self-Indulgence Displeasing to God
  • Avoid the Use of Poisonous Drugs
    • Drugs Do Not Cure Disease
    • Restorative Power in Nature
    • Natural Remedies
  • Healthful Dress
  • The Power of the Will
  • Suitable Employment
  • Control the Imagination
  • Moderation in Work
  • Temperance in Labor
  • Order and Cleanliness
    • An Outward Sign of Purity Within
    • The Mother’s Example
    • Teaching Spiritual Truths
  • Frequent Bathing
  • How to Preserve Our Sensibilities
  • To a Brother
• Section 3—Diet and Health
  • Relation of Diet to Health and Morals
    • Self-Development a Duty
    • Temptation Through Appetite
    • Appetite Ruled Antediluvians
    • Intemperance After the Flood
    • Esau’s Experience
    • Israel Desired the Fleshpots of Egypt
    • Intemperance and Crime
    • Our Youth Lack Self-Control
    • Responsibility of Parents
    • Evils of Meat Eating
    • Proper Preparation of Food a Duty
    • Wrong Eating Destroys Health
    • Too Frequent Eating a Cause of Dyspepsia
    • Evils to be Avoided
    • Eat Slowly
  • The Power of Appetite
    • A Solemn Responsibility
    • The Effect of Stimulating Food
    • Results of Indulgence
  • Faithfulness in Health Reform
    • Personal Responsibility
    • Strength Through Obedience
    • Flesh Foods
    • “To the Glory of God”
    • Teaching Health Principles
    • Extremes In Diet
    • Diet in Different Countries
    • A Word to the Wavering
  • Partakers of the Divine Nature
  • Result of Disregarding Light
  • Faithfulness to the Laws of Health
  • Healthful Cooking
  • Learn to Cook
  • A Most Essential Accomplishment
  • Unwholesome Bread
  • Changing the Diet
  • A Harmful Combination
  • Unpalatable Food
  • An Impoverished Diet
  • Extremes in Diet
  • Overeating
    • The Stomach Needs Periods of Rest
  • Overworked Mothers
  • Gluttony a Sin
  • Avoid False Standards
• Section 4—Outdoor Life and Physical Activity
  • The Example of Christ
  • Nature a Lesson Book
  • In the Country
  • The Source of Healing
  • The Value of Outdoor Life
    • Nature, God’s Physician
    • Healthful Exercise Will Work Miracles
    • A Small Country Sanitarium
    • Living Object Lessons
  • Exercise, Air, and Sunlight
  • The Original Plan
  • Close Confinement at School
    • Ignorance of Nature’s Requirements
    • Children Injured by Too Much Study
  • Simpler Methods
  • A Proper Balance of Physical and Mental Labor
  • The Results of Physical Inaction
    • Inordinate Study
    • Indolence Accursed
  • Physical Culture
    • Parties of Pleasure
    • Outdoor Occupations
    • A Safeguard Against Evil
  • Health and Efficiency
  • Periods of Relaxation
  • Sunlight in the Home
  • Prohibited Amusements
  • Exercise as a Restorer
  • Walking for Exercise
  • The Evils of Inactivity
  • Open the Windows of the Soul
• Section 5—Sanitariums—Their Objects and Aims
  • God’s Design in Our Sanitariums
    • A Beacon Light
    • To Promulgate Health Principles
    • Memorials for God
    • Fountains of Life
  • The Church Qualified for Service
  • Living Waters for Thirsty Souls
  • Sanitariums and Gospel Work
  • Plants Needed in Many Places
  • In All The World
    • In European Countries
    • In All Lands
    • Angels Waiting to Co-operate
    • Co-operation of Sanitariums
  • The Sydney Sanitarium to Be Educational
    • The Glory of the Gospel
    • All Should Have a Part
  • Agricultural Advantages
  • A Warning Against Centralization
    • Economy and Benevolence
    • Lowliness and Unselfishness
    • Providential Opportunities
  • Duty to the Poor
    • Responsibilities of the Church
  • Our Southern California Sanitariums
    • Value of Outdoor Life
    • Finding Suitable Places
  • The Sabbath in Our Sanitariums
    • The Sign of Our Order
    • The Suffering Never to Be Neglected
    • Free From Worldly Entanglements
    • Called to Be a Holy People
  • Mammoth Sanitariums Not a Necessity
  • Amusements in Our Sanitariums
  • Encourage One Another
    • Schools Near Sanitariums
    • Speak Words of Encouragement
    • Christlike Deportment
  • Denominational Views Not to Be Urged Upon Patients
  • For All Sects and Classes
  • Medical Treatment, Right Living, and Prayer
  • Centers of Influence and Training
  • The High Calling of Our Sanitarium Workers
    • The Atmosphere of Peace
    • A Treasure House of Experience
    • Self-Sufficiency a Peril
  • Wholesome Substitutes
• Section 6—Successful Institutional Work
  • The Secret of Success
  • Moral and Intellectual Culture
    • The Power of Truth
    • Inefficiency Displeasing to God
    • Influence of God-Fearing Workers
    • Both Learners and Teachers
  • Health Reform at the Sanitarium
  • Results of Faithful Effort
  • Maintain a High Standard
  • The Location of Sanitariums
    • Out of the Cities
    • Amid the Scenes of Nature
    • City Surroundings Unfavorable
    • Effects of Outdoor Life
    • The Perils of City Life
  • Not Among the Wealthy
  • Not for Pleasure Seekers
  • City Conditions
  • Economy in Establishing Sanitariums
    • Outward Display Undesirable
    • Examples of Unselfishness
    • Our Buildings to Represent Our Faith
    • Comfort More Important Than Elegance
    • Laborers Together With God
  • Advantages of Wooden Structures
  • Economy in Operating
    • Principle Must Control
  • Loyalty to Our Institutions
  • The Sanitarium as a Missionary Field
  • Adherence to Principle
  • To the Glory of God
  • The Chaplain and His Work
  • Hold the Truth in Its Purity
  • For the Welfare of Others
  • The Workers Needed
    • Experienced Helpers
  • Tact Essential
  • Dealing With Sentimentalism
  • The Ennobling Power of Pure Thoughts
  • Criticizing and Faultfinding
  • Results of Fostered Sin
  • Looking Unto Jesus
    • Economy and Self-Denial
  • Co-operation Between Schools and Sanitariums
  • Equity in the Matter of Wages
  • Economical From Principle
  • Compensation
  • No Exorbitant Salaries
  • Helping Those Who Need Help
    • What One Institution Can Do for Another
    • A Reformation Needed
    • The Question of Wages
    • Channels of Blessing
  • Sanitarium Workers
  • Recognition of Honest Labor
  • The Example of Christ
    • A Broadening Work
  • Simplicity and Economy
• Section 7—The Christian Physician
  • A Responsible Calling
    • An Example in Temperance
    • A Healer of Spiritual Maladies
    • Familiarity With Suffering
    • The Physician’s Need of Sympathy
    • Unfaithfulness and Infidelity
  • The Physician’s Work for Souls
    • Christ’s Methods to Be Copied
    • Christ Has Brightened the Tomb
    • The Physician Can Point to Jesus
    • Let Praise Be Given to God
    • A Word in Season
  • The Sphere of Leading Physicians
    • Their Light to Shine Abroad
  • Ready for Every Good Work
  • Bearing Witness to the Truth
  • Mind Cure
    • Control of Mind Over Mind
  • Christlike Compassion
    • Healing the Lepers
  • Patience and Sympathy
  • A Messenger of Mercy
    • Direct the Mind to Jesus
    • Sin and Disease
  • Physicians to Conserve Their Strength
  • A Work That Will Endure
    • Present Truth Leads Upward
    • All to Act a Part
    • The Message for This Time
    • The Sign of Our Relationship to God
    • The Foundation of Enduring Reformation
  • Each One in His Place
  • Dangers and Opportunities
    • Value of Rest, Study, and Prayer
    • Thoroughness and Promptness Essential
    • Refinement and Delicacy
    • Skillful Midwives Needed
    • The Causes of Disease to Be Understood
  • Dangers in Success
  • The Bible Your Counselor
    • The Great Physician’s Prescription for Rest
  • Qualifications Needed
  • Praying for the Sick
    • A Most Solemn Experience
    • According to His Will
  • Submission and Faith
    • Faith and Calmness
    • Faith and Obedience
  • Faith and Works
  • Gratitude for Health
  • The Physician’s Influence
    • Draw Water From the Hidden Spring
    • Daily Communion With God
    • Be Active and Vigilant
  • Obedience and Happiness
• Section 8—Nurses and Helpers
  • Christ’s Methods to be Followed
    • Gospel Workers to Minister to the Sick
    • Teach the Health Reform Principles
  • House-to-House Work
  • A Plea for Medical Missionaries
    • Sanitariums As Missionary Agencies
    • The Work in Large Cities
    • Training for a Quick Work
    • Nurses As Evangelists
    • Organization of Companies
    • An Urgent Work
  • Duties and Privileges of Sanitarium Workers
    • Value of Social Relations
    • The Beauty of Holiness
    • A Light to the World
    • A Molding Power
    • Advance in Knowledge
  • Cheerfulness
    • A Ready Mind
  • Efficiency Depends Upon Vigor
  • Integrity Among Workers
  • Steadfastness
  • A Sad Picture
    • Disagreeable Criticism
  • Waves of Influence
  • The Power of Association
    • Choose Noble Associates
    • Study the Scriptures
    • Avoid Flirtation
    • Be Not Ashamed of Work
  • In Our Schools
  • A Lack of Economy
  • Our Influence
  • Need of Opportunity for Christian Culture
• Section 9—Teaching Health Principles
  • The Church Should Awake
    • All Can Act a Part
    • Home Study
    • The Youth, God’s Helping Hand
    • The Study of Physiology
    • Instruct the Children
  • Gospel Workers to Teach Health Reform
  • The Temperance Reform
  • At the Camp Meetings
  • A Good Work Made Difficult
  • Disseminating Temperance Principles
    • Co-operating With Christian Temperance Workers
  • Teach With Wisdom
  • The Right Exercise of the Will
  • Sign the Pledge
  • Premature Tests
  • Keep Health Reform to the Front
    • Instruction Connected With City Missions
    • Go Forward
  • Continual Reform Must Be Advocated
    • God’s People to Be Light Bearers
  • Sanitariums Needed in Washington and Other Places
  • Educate, Educate, Educate
    • A Knowledge of Healthful Cooking
    • Teach Wisely and by Example
    • The Physician a Teacher
    • The Work of the Church
  • Indifference and Unbelief
  • A Warning Against Spiritualist Physicians
    • The Experience of Ahaziah
    • Unwise Confidence
    • God the Helper of His People
  • The Ruin Wrought by Satan
  • The Canvasser a Teacher
    • Value of Our Publications
    • Teaching by Example
    • Ministering to the Sick
    • A Sacred and Important Work
  • Hand Out the Literature
    • Tracts on Health Reform
    • Tracts in Many Languages
  • The Invitation
  • Objects Lessons in Health Reform
  • Why Conduct Sanitariums?
• Section 10—Health Food Work
  • The Preparation of Healthful Foods
    • Knowledge to Be Imparted to Others
    • The Value of Fresh Fruits
  • Practical Piety
  • Educate the People
    • The Selection of Foods
    • The Use of Nut Foods
    • Let Reform Be Progressive
    • Teach With Wisdom
    • Be Light Bearers
  • The Restaurant Work
    • Use of Reading Matter
    • Care of the Helpers
    • Advantages in Small Restaurants
  • Teach Children to Cook
  • Restaurants in Large Cities
  • Restaurants and Treatment Rooms
  • Closing on the Sabbath
  • Sabbath Sacredness
  • Health Foods in All Lands
  • In the Southern States
  • As a School Industry
• Section 11—Medical Missionary Work
  • The Pioneer Work
    • The Beloved Physician
    • The Example of Christ
    • Sympathy and Support Needed
    • Small Plants in Many Places
    • Compassion and Sympathy to Be Cultivated
  • Medical Evangelism
    • Virtue of Character
    • Willing Ignorance a Sin
    • Promising Youth to Be Selected
  • An Illustration
  • The Breadth of the Work
  • Clear New Ground
  • Christ Our Example
    • Obedience and Understanding
    • Follow Your Leader
  • A United Work
    • Strength in United Effort
    • Weakness in Separation
    • Consider the Cause as a Whole
    • “Press Together”
    • Be Guarded
  • Words of Caution to a Leading Physician
    • Educate Medical Missionaries
    • Our Work for Today
    • No Change in God’s Cause
  • Rebellion Against Health Reform
  • Not a Separate Work
  • The Medical Missionary’s Example
    • Anxiety of His Family
    • Enmity of the Pharisees
    • Point to Jesus
  • The Gospel in Practice
    • Reforms Called For
    • A Sanitarium Needed
    • All Classes to Be Benefited
    • Ministers to Work on the Gospel Plan
  • In Faith and Humility
  • To Gain an Entrance
    • The Great Physician With Every Worker
  • Medical Missionary Evangelists
    • Encouragement to Young Workers
  • Methods and Plans
    • Conferences to Employ Medical Missionaries
  • Physicians and Evangelists
    • In Touch With the People
    • Practical Hints to Physicians
  • Work in the Cities
    • Physicians in the Large Cities
    • Men of Wealth Will Help
    • Cooking Schools in Many Places
    • The Lord Working With Them
  • A Means of Overcoming Prejudice
  • Sanitariums as City Outposts
    • Aggressive Work in Boston
    • Redeeming the Time
  • The Ministry and Medical Work
• Section 12—Ensamples to the Flock
  • The Importance of a Right Example
    • Value of a Consistent Life
    • Living Epistles
    • Grieving the Holy Spirit
    • Indifference and Opposition
    • The Duty of the Christian
  • The Duty to Preserve Health
    • Outdoor Labor a Blessing
    • Irregular Eating and Indigestion
  • Clear Minds
  • Social Purity
    • The Experience of Israel a Warning
    • Patterns of Piety
  • Exercise and Diet
    • The Nervous System Deranged
    • Self-Denial and Efficiency
    • Which Shall Control?
  • A Reform Needed
    • Evils of Flesh Eating
    • Common Errors in Diet
    • Eating on the Sabbath
    • Health Reform and Spirituality
    • A Reformation Called For
  • A Reformatory Movement
• Section 13—Holiness of Life
  • Lights Amid Darkness
  • A Lesson From Solomon’s Fall
  • Counsel to Physicians and Nurses
    • Experienced Guides and Counselors
    • Physicians to Be Circumspect
    • Trusting in Jesus
    • Conditions That Bring Disease
    • The Example of Joseph
    • Preservation of Health
    • Avoid Outward Display
    • Live Holy Lives
    • Exert a Saving Influence
    • Be Strong in the Lord
  • The Price of Health
  • Simplicity in Dress
    • Fashionable Dress a Stumbling Block
    • Dress Reform
    • Our Dress a Testimony
    • Children Subjected to Fashion
    • The Imperishable Ornament
    • Effect of Dress on Morals
  • Extremes in Dress
  • Immodest Dresses
  • Parents as Reformers
    • Where Intemperance Begins
    • The Mother’s Responsibility
    • Temperance in the Home
  • Beware of Moral Corruption
    • Resent Undue Familiarity
    • Modesty and Reserve
  • The Only Safety
  • Servants of Sin
    • Youth Ensnared
    • Fruits of Indolence
    • An Example of Degradation
    • Moral Principle the Only Safeguard
  • Blinded by Sin
    • Hypocritical Reformers
  • Godliness and Health
    • Rightdoing the Best Medicine
    • Idleness and Despondency
    • True Religion Ennobles the Mind
  • An Advance Step
  • Religion and Contentment
    • Borrowing Trouble Detrimental
  • The Need of Consecration
  • Total Abstinence