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Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene
mother was greatly at fault. She should have patiently instructed them,
that they might, by practice, acquire skill and efficiency.
We can have a variety of good, wholesome food, cooked in a
healthful manner, so that it will be palatable to all. It is of vital
importance to know how to cook. Poor cooking produces disease
and bad tempers; the system becomes deranged, and heavenly things
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cannot be discerned. There is more religion in good cooking than you
have any idea of. When I have been away from home sometimes, I
have known that the bread upon the table, as well as most of the other
food, would hurt me; but I would be obliged to eat a little in order to
sustain life. It is a sin in the sight of Heaven to have such food.
Milk and Sugar—Large quantities of milk and sugar eaten to-
gether are injurious. They impart impurities to the system. Animals
from which milk is obtained are not always healthy. Could we know
that animals were in perfect health, I would recommend that people
eat flesh-meats sooner than large quantities of milk and sugar. It would
not do the injury that milk and sugar do.
There was a case in Michigan to which I will refer. It was that of
a man of fine physical appearance. I had previously conversed with
him in regard to his manner of living, and was called to visit him in
his sickness. “I do not like the looks of your eyes.” I said. He was
eating large quantities of sugar, and in answer to my question why he
did this, he said that he had left off meat, and did not know anything
that would supply its place as well as sugar. His food did not satisfy
him. This man was suffering simply because his wife did not know
how to cook. She was deficient in this important branch of education;
and as the result, the poorly cooked food not being sufficient to sustain
the demands of the system, sugar was eaten immoderately, and this
brought on a diseased condition of the entire system. I tried to tell
them as well as I could how to manage, and soon the sick man began
to improve. But he imprudently exercised his strength when not able,
ate a small amount not of the right quality, and was taken down again.
This time there was no help for him. His system seemed to be a living
mass of corruption. He died a victim to poor cooking.
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Domestic Duties for Students.—However good the advantages of
the student may be for gaining a knowledge of books, his character
is still unformed if he has not an experience in the practical duties of
everyday life.