The advantages of vegetarian diet / by Bramwell Booth.

  • William Bramwell Booth
Date:
[between 1920 and 1929?]
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Credit: The advantages of vegetarian diet / by Bramwell Booth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprinted from ‘“‘ The Herald of the Golden Age.” (70th Thousand.) THE ADVANTAGES OF VEGETARIAN DIET. By General Bramwell Booth (of the Salvation Army), HAVE been frequently asked to write something on this subject, In fact, on one occasion, | received from no less than forty Local Officers a request that | would explain to them all I meant by what I had called, when speaking in one of the Councils, the Gospel of Porridge. I do not think I shall be able to do all that, but I will try and briefly reply to one question which I often hear: “‘ Why do you recommend Vegetarianism >” Here are, at any rate, some of my reasons for doing so. 1. Because I have myself tried a vegetarian diet with the greatest benefit, having been for more than ten years at one time a strict vegetarian. 2. Because, according to the Bible, God originally intended the food of man to be vegetarian. God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed : to you ii shall be for meat.’ —Gen. i, 29. 3. Because a vegetarian diet is favourable to purity, to chastity, and to perfect control of the appetites and passions, which are often a source of great temptation, especially to the young. 4, Because a vegetarian diet is favourable to robust health and strength. With very few exceptions, and those only confirmed invalids, I believe the people would be better in spirits, stronger in muscle, and more vigorous in energy if they abstained entirely from the use of animal food. The Spartans, who stand first among all the nations of history for power to endure hardship, were vegetarians, so also were the armies of Rome, when Rome was conquering the world. 5. Because tens of thousands of our poor people, who have now the greatest difficulty to make: ends meet after buying flesh food, would, by the substitution of fruit and cheese, vegetables and other economical food, be able
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