1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1453 



I deny that I inherited from my ancestors lustful 

 passions and sensual appetites. 



I deny the belief tlat the race can reflect upon me 

 lustful passions and sensual appetites. I deny the 

 belief that those with whom I associate can reflect 

 upon me lustful passions or sensual appetites. I de- 

 ny my own ignorant belief in such erroneous ideas. 



[AFFiKM]-God is spirit, and I— the divine image- 

 am spirit. I am born of God. God is too pure to be- 

 hold iniquity, and I am, therefore, pure being, with- 

 out a tinge of lust or passion. 



Now, even if the above does smatter a lit- 

 tle of Christian Science I believe it is, in 

 some respects, true. That is, even though 

 we may be handicapped to some extent by 

 the sins of our ancestors, we may, through 

 Christ Jesus, rise above these hindrances 

 and finally triumph over sin and Satan. 



May the Lord be praised that it is our priv- 

 ilege in the pathway of life to lead others out 

 of darkness and unbelief into the light of the 

 gospel of Christ; for in so doing we shall 

 "save a soul from death, and hide a multi- 

 tude of sins." Therefore let us not be 

 weary, but let us continue casting our bread 

 upon the waters, having faith that the great 

 Father of all will be able to find it after 

 many days. 



Permit me to close this Home paper with 

 a kind letter that came while I was prepar- 

 ing to dictate these words: 



OUT OF THE DARKNESS AND INTO THE LIGHT. 



I never wish to be without Gleanings In my home 

 as long as it holds to its present attitude for right- 

 eousness. It is eagerly sought for by all members of 

 my family every time it comes and the Home arti- 

 cles written by A. I. Root are one of the principal 

 agencies in making me forsake a life of sin, and led 

 me to the feet of my blessed Redeemer. May the 

 Lord be praised for his life and the good he is doing. 



Mattoon, Wis., Oct. 19. Mybon H. Hill. 



GRANULATED SUGAR; ITS EXCESSIVE USE BY 

 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 



For years I have avoided sweets as much 

 as possible— especially things sweetened with 

 cane sugar; for I have found that for me such 

 things are unwholesome. At home Mrs. Root 

 cooks all sorts of fruit, especially for myself, 

 without the addition of sugar; but when I am 

 away from home, of course I take what is set 

 before me. A great many times I just taste 

 my sauce and fruit because I dislike so much 

 sugar. The principal reason is, however, 

 that it is sure to impair my digestion. When 

 I feel hungry for something sweet I take it 

 in the form of sweet fruits. I am sure the 

 fashion of giving our children so much can- 

 dy, and, worse still, sweetened drinks at our 

 soda-fountains, is responsible for the fact that 

 even our children have to be drugged and 

 doctored. Maple sugar seems to agree with 

 me much better than granulated sugar. Just 

 recently, however, 1 was laid up nearly all 

 one day as a result of eating, say, a table- 



spoonful of maple sprup and hot cakes for 

 breakfast. If I let sugar and sweets alone I 

 get along very well, and pride myself on be- 

 ing in excellent health for a man of my age. 

 Honey I find rather better than sugar; but 

 unless I am going to have some vigorous ex- 

 ercise outdoors I am compelled to give even 

 honey a pretty wide berth. This matter was 

 brought to mind by the following letter: 



Mr. Root.— A leaflet came to us a few days ago 

 entitled "The Dietetics of Sugar" It is sent out 

 by the Sanitas Food Co., of Battle Creek, Mich. For 

 all who are interested in a better mode of living it 

 would be of inestimable value; and if you have not 

 seen one I should be glad to send you this one. I 

 think the entire article should be published in all bee- 

 journals, and let all bee and honey people see that 

 their local papers have a copy of it, and induce them 

 to print as much as possible of it. It would certainly 

 be a great advertisement of honey. 



San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 28. J. H. Calkins. 



Perhaps our good friend is putting it rath- 

 er strongly; but after reading the booklet 

 mentioned I should not wonder if he were 

 pretty nearly right. Just try cutting off 

 some of the sugar, friends, and see if you do 

 not feel better; and especially avoid putting 

 sugar in your coffee — that is, if you must 

 drink coffee. If you are subject to headache, 

 sour stomach, etc , try cutting off the sugar. 



LIVING TO BE 120 YEARS OLD. 



There is a department in the Sunday 

 School Times that I think is headed "A Bus- 

 iness Man's Talk to his Class " Whether I 

 have got it right or not, there is more com- 

 mon sense packed into a few sentences in it 

 than almost any thing else I ever got hold of. 

 In studying my Sunday-school lesson a few 

 weeks ago I clipped out the following. See 

 what you think of it: 



His eye was not dim. nor his natural force abated. 



That is what he got for living m the country-side 

 out among the hills. Moses kept his own laws — 

 "took his own medicine," as you fellows say. The 

 way to keep young is to keep from getting sick; the 

 way to keep from getting sick is to take Moses' pre- 

 ventive. Here's the formula which God gave him, and 

 there's no patent or secret about it (Exod. 15:26). 

 The next thing to do is to fall in love— with God's out- 

 of-doors. Then let somebody else do all your worry- 

 ing for you (I. Pet. 5:7). No reason why all of us 

 should not be young at 120 also. Moses did not smoke 

 cigarettes, nor breathe coal-smoke, street dust, and 

 sewer-gas, nor break all the laws of hygiene, nor 

 abuse his stomach with late suppers and swell cook- 

 ery. Country skies, plain living, high thinking, and 

 all aboard for Hundred and Twentyl 



I thought at first, friends, that I would 

 hunt up and quote the references from Exo- 

 dus and First Peter; but if omitting some of 

 the reference will induce some of you to get 

 your Bibles and hunt up these texts I think 

 more good will be done. I want you to see 

 how much biblical authority T. B. Terry 

 and myself have for our vehement plea for 

 pure air, pure water, and such food as God 

 intended for us. 



A HOME-MADE SWKAT-BATH " CABINET, ETC. 



As I read Gleanings every month I have become 

 much interested in your health notes, etc., and could 

 not resist the temptation of giving you some of my 

 experiences along the same line. About fifteen years 

 ago my wife was visiting a doctor friend in Cincin- 

 nati, and ran across a medical work that advocated 

 sweat baths. She was so taken up with it the doctor 



