Doctor: How are you doing there?
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Man: Good.
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Since the 1950s, Seventh-day
Adventists have become
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some of the most highly studied
populations in the world.
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More than 140 scientific
papers have been published,
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using tens of thousands
of Seventh-day Adventists
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as subjects.
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How is it?
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120 over 80. Right on the mark!
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Thank you.
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And the singular
cause of all this attention?
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It's the discovery that the
Seventh-day Adventist lifestyle
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leads to increases in life
expectancy of six-to-eight years
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and a dramatic reduction
in premature death rates
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from all causes
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including the
two leading killers
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in Western society today -
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heart disease and cancer.
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Monitor beeping.
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Splash.
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Splash.
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So what is the "Magic Formula?"
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Modern science has
clearly established
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that there is a
lifestyle that promotes health
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and dramatically
reduces the risk of disease.
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It includes a varied
diet of fruits, whole grains,
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nuts and vegetables,
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and the avoidance of meats
and high animal fat products.
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But equally
important are adequate sleep,
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exercising in the open
air, drinking plenty of water,
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and abstaining from the use
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of tobacco, alcohol,
coffee, tea and other drugs.
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But how did such a
comparatively small
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and relatively
unknown group come to adopt
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such advanced
principles over 120 years ago?
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After all, midway
through the 19th century,
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no one even
understood the cause of disease.
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Proof for the germ
theory was yet in the future.
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There were no X-rays, aspirin,
antibiotics or antihistamines.
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Diphtheria, yellow
fever, typhoid, cholera
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and small pox flourished.
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Tuberculosis, known
as the white plague,
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was the leading cause of death
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in the urban
northeast of America
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and was accepted as a
form of divine affliction.
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Malarial fever, called
the ague, was considered
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a normal condition
of westbound settlers.
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But even more bizarre
than the diseases themselves
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were their supposed cures.
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To relieve their
patient's sufferings,
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physicians prescribed
calomel, or chloride of mercury,
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strychnine, arsenic, mercury,
saltpeter, opium, alcohol
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and tobacco.
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Many physicians denied their
patients' water both internally
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and externally while
others performed amputation
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with anything but
rust-free implements
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and without the
benefits of anesthetics.
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Child coughing.
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Night air was
considered dangerous.
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Windows and
doors were kept closed
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for fear of catching cold.
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Blinds were drawn to
avoid fading the furniture,
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while urban dwellers
rarely exercised or bathed.
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Sizzling.
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Okay.
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The typically
heavy diet of the day
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was made up predominantly
of meat filled with grease,
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hot with condiments, and
washed down with tea and coffee.
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Most people ate
large quantities of food
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at any hour of day or night.
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The use of
tobacco was widespread,
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even being
defended by many physicians
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as a stimulant to the lungs
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and its smoke, a
cure for bronchitis.
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Man puffing.
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Almost no one saw
any relation between diet
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and prevailing sickness.
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Pioneer Adventist missionary,
J.N. Andrews expressed
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the near universal belief that
the diseases people suffered
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were, and I quote,
"For the most part wholly
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beyond our control, and
ordered by God's hand. "
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I say almost no one,
for in the midst of this
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medical confusion, a few
voices were calling for reform.
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Men like Sylvester
Graham, who became the leader
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of the American
Health Movement of the 1830s.
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He called for a return to nature
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and natural methods of healing
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and recommended a simple
diet including vegetarianism
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and especially
whole wheat products.
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Food was to be
prepared as free from spices
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and stimulants as possible.
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He also condemn
tobacco, tea and coffee,
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alcoholic
beverages and the drugs
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commonly used in the
medicines of the day.
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Though his reform crusade
floundered within ten years,
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others soon took it up
with renewed enthusiasm.
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Hydrotherapy, that is healing
with water, ice and steam,
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became popular in
America, under the leadership
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of doctors such as James
Jackson and Russell Trall.
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Both headed
water-cure institutions
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and promoted health reform.
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And both had close
relationships with the pioneers
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of the fledgling
Adventist church.
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Birds singing.
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Here in the state
of New York in 1858,
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Dr. James C. Jackson established
his "Home on the Hillside,"
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above the town of Dansville.
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It was the most successful
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of all the
water-cure institutions.
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Jackson published
a monthly periodical,
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Laws of Life,
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outlining his views.
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Strongly opposed to
the drugs prescribed
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by his fellow physicians,
he treated his patients
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with natural
methods and remedies.
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He especially emphasized
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the idea of
obedience to natural law
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and taught that to
obey nature is to live.
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He believed that
mistreatment of the body
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also affected
man's moral capacities,
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and therefore,
weakened the character.
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During the 1840s and 50s
then, there were movements
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for reforms in health.
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Yet, at the same time,
there was also appalling
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general ignorance and
carelessness regarding health
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and hygiene among most of
the population in America.
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It was a such of time
that God chose to alert
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the Sabbath keeping Adventists
of His concerns for everyone's
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health and happiness.
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As in Bible times, He
used the prophetic gift.
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During the years 1844 to 1848,
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Ellen White
received many visions,
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yet none dealt with
principles of health.
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But in the autumn of
1848, she was shown not only
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that tobacco was
injurious to the health,
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but the tea and
coffee were also harmful.
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Long before science established
the link between tobacco
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and fatal
disease, and pointed out
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the dangers of
excessive coffee consumption,
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many members of the church
began to alter their lifestyles
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in response to her appeals.
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Conversations and
music heard in background.
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During the years following 1848,
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the pages of the church's
paper enthusiastically reported
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about battles to give
up tobacco, tea and coffee.
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In the late winter of
1854, Ellen White reported
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another vision that
spoke against the rich and
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greasy foods, so
common at that time.
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She also urged
people to take special care
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of their "God-given" health,
by observing strict cleanliness
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of person and surroundings.
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The town of Otsego is situated
about half an hour's drive
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by car, west of Battle Creek.
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Early in June 1863,
James and Ellen White
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and a numbers of
friends traveled to Otsego
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and came to this home
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which belonged
then to Aaron Hilliard.
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During the Friday
evening family worship,
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Ellen White began to
pray for her husband,
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who was then in
poor health and depressed
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about conditions in
the church of Battle Creek.
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While praying, she was
given a vision which was
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to make a most significant
impact upon the Seventh-day
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Adventist Church and
its message to the world.
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In her vision, Ellen White
witnessed the role flesh foods
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have played in the
decline of the human race
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from the time of Adam.
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Pig's flesh was denounced
in particular but all other
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kinds of meat were also blamed.
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Conversations
heard in background.
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The vision also spoke against
the use of alcoholic drinks,
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spices and rich desserts.
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Tobacco was
described and, I quote,
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"A poison of the most
deceitful and malignant kind. "
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Remember, this was 100
years before the famous
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United States
Surgeon General's report,
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Smoking and Health.
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Woman talking.
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Girl talking.
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Tea and coffee, she said,
had affects similar to those
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of tobacco, but
to a lesser degree.
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Eating too much,
even of good food,
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and snacking between
meals or just before bed,
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was shown to be
distinctly unhealthful.
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In the treatment of disease,
she saw the terrible effects
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of the drugs of the day -
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arsenic,
strychnine, calomel and others.
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She said that poisonous drugs
could also cause birth defects,
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a fact tragically confirmed
by later scientific studies.
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The elimination of these
unwise foods and practices
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would have helped
anyone to live better.
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However, the vision
not only corrected errors,
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but gave counsel on
the positive side as well.
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She stressed the importance
of drinking lots of water,
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exercising regularly out
of doors, bringing sunshine
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and fresh air into the
home, and bathing daily.
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Today, this is all
pretty much common sense,
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but it was a strange
message to many in the 1860s.
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A review of
denominational literature shows
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that in the six
years prior to the vision,
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half of those whose deaths
were recorded in church papers
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were under the age of 30.
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Clearly, lifestyle changes were
needed, even within the church.
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As far as Ellen
White, herself was concerned,
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she later wrote,
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Ellen White: "I was
astonished at the things
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shown me in vision.
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Many things came
directly across my own ideas. "
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Nevertheless, she was
clear about the implications
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of the health message.
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Ellen White: Health
reform is one branch
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of the great work
which is to fit a people
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for the coming of the Lord.
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There are, of course, Biblical
statements which support
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such an
understanding of the importance
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of physical and mental health.
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Jesus, Himself, devoted
more time to healing the sick
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than He did to preaching
during His time on earth.
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The apostle Paul
explained to the church members
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in Corinth about the
body being the temple
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of the Holy Spirit.
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He also taught the church
in Thessalonica that a belief
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in the soon coming of
Jesus called for the body,
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as well as the spirit and
soul, to be preserved blameless
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unto the coming of Christ.
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Brook babbling.
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It's not difficult to see
that Ellen White's concepts
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merely served to
magnify the Biblical view
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that each person
is accountable to God
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for the preservation of health.
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But how much did she
rely on her contemporaries
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for her information?
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Typewriter operating.
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Ellen White declared that
she did not read any literature
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on health or know of
Dr. Jackson's magazine,
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The Laws of Life,
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before the vision.
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Because of her busy
schedule, she did not publish
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the first account of
the vision until 1864.
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It was not until
after this, that she turned
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to some of the current
books and journals on health
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and as she said, "I
was surprised to find them
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so nearly in
harmony with what the Lord
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had revealed to me.
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She carefully selected
extracts from these journals
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that were consistent
with what she had been shown
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in vision, and included
them in her publications
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on health in 1865.
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Conversations
heard in background.
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During the years following 1863,
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more visions were
given to Ellen White
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on the subject of health.
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It is obvious that they
prevented her from promoting
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the ideas zealously
advocated by some writers,
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since proved to be false.
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Dr. Trall, for example,
totally banned salt and sugar
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on the grounds that
salt was a mineral poison
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and sugar was no food at all.
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Ellen White
used a little of both
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but warned of their bad
affects if used too freely.
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Concerning salt,
she wrote in 1901,
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Ellen White: From the
light given me by God,
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salt is actually
essential for the blood.
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The whys and wherefores
of this, I do not know,
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but I give you the
instruction as it is given me.
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Long before the effects
of cholesterol were known,
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she wrote that olive
oil was far preferable
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to animal oil or fat,
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She promoted a vegetarian diet,
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supplemented by a
limited use of milk and eggs,
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long before science
confirmed their health benefits.
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In fact, a vegetarian diet
has been found to significantly
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improve the
endurance of athletes.
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Her concern over refined foods
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and the use of too much sugar
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has been amply confirmed
by scientific research.
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And what of the
benefits of walking
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and other
exercise in the open air,
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of water, sunshine,
adequate recreation and rest
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that she so strongly advocated?
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Who would deny them today?
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Woman and man talking.
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But in Ellen White's day,
00:17:26.58\00:17:27.90
her messages were
not without opposition.
00:17:27.93\00:17:30.06
Contrary to the
medical opinion of her time,
00:17:30.87\00:17:32.79
she advanced the importance
of the function of the mind
00:17:32.82\00:17:36.17
in the healing process.
00:17:36.20\00:17:38.01
Today, the science of
psychosomatics recognizes
00:17:38.04\00:17:41.80
the vital role the mind
plays in conquering disease.
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...say you really don't
want to have stress work or
00:17:45.51\00:17:48.65
where it happens today?
00:17:48.68\00:17:50.67
In June 1982, a
joint report was issued
00:17:53.23\00:17:56.00
by the American
Academy of Sciences
00:17:56.03\00:17:57.65
and the
National Research Council
00:17:57.68\00:17:59.64
entitled,
00:17:59.67\00:18:01.00
Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer.
00:18:01.03\00:18:04.61
It concluded that, by
making certain changes of diet,
00:18:05.28\00:18:08.13
a person may
substantially reduce
00:18:08.16\00:18:10.30
the risk of contracting cancer.
00:18:10.33\00:18:12.60
Reforms suggested include
eating largely of fruits,
00:18:14.22\00:18:17.66
grains and vegetables,
and reducing the consumption
00:18:17.69\00:18:21.62
of fats, salt,
sugar and alcohol.
00:18:21.63\00:18:24.85
Apart from Ellen White's
call for total abstinence
00:18:25.60\00:18:27.98
from alcoholic beverages,
this report does not depart
00:18:28.01\00:18:31.02
in any significant detail
from what she, herself wrote
00:18:31.05\00:18:34.09
more than a century before.
00:18:34.12\00:18:35.83
But what of her own health?
00:18:36.67\00:18:38.15
The vision of June 1863
came to Ellen when she was weak,
00:18:50.64\00:18:54.48
feeble and subject to frequent
fainting spells and dizziness.
00:18:54.51\00:18:58.77
She suffered throughout
her life from heart disease,
00:18:58.80\00:19:01.79
and had been paralyzed
five times before 1870.
00:19:01.82\00:19:06.07
She described
herself as a great meat eater
00:19:08.18\00:19:10.79
and that bread was
especially distasteful to her.
00:19:10.82\00:19:13.97
But she accepted the
instruction given her
00:19:13.98\00:19:16.63
and, after 1863, radically
changed her lifestyle and diet.
00:19:16.66\00:19:21.06
As a result, her
former faintness and dizziness
00:19:22.02\00:19:24.82
left her permanently
00:19:24.85\00:19:25.85
and her health began to improve.
00:19:25.88\00:19:29.15
Organ music playing.
00:19:31.06\00:19:33.02
Birds singing.
00:19:33.05\00:19:36.81
A year or two
before Ellen White died
00:19:46.05\00:19:47.75
at the age of 87, Arthur
Spalding, the storyteller
00:19:47.78\00:19:51.30
and historian
visited her at Elmshaven.
00:19:51.33\00:19:55.33
After family
worship here in the parlor,
00:20:05.18\00:20:07.29
she moved outside to the hall
00:20:07.32\00:20:09.53
and with her brisk light
step approached the stairway.
00:20:09.56\00:20:12.90
Arthur Spalding offered
to assist her up the stairs,
00:20:12.93\00:20:15.64
but she replied...
00:20:15.67\00:20:17.08
Ellen White: Oh, no. Thank you.
00:20:17.11\00:20:19.14
I am very able to
climb the stairs by myself.
00:20:19.15\00:20:22.55
Why, I'm as spry
as when I was a girl!
00:20:22.58\00:20:26.51
As when I was a
girl? I should say not!
00:20:26.54\00:20:30.32
When I was a
girl, I was ill and weak
00:20:30.35\00:20:32.94
and in wretched health.
00:20:32.97\00:20:34.23
But now, the
Lord has made me well
00:20:34.26\00:20:36.69
and strong, and I
am better, much better
00:20:36.72\00:20:40.00
than when I was a girl!
00:20:40.03\00:20:42.71
Toward the end of his
career, Dr. Clive McCay,
00:20:46.17\00:20:49.04
professor of
nutrition at Cornell University
00:20:49.07\00:20:51.67
in New York, was introduced
00:20:51.70\00:20:53.56
to Ellen White's
writings on food and nutrition.
00:20:53.59\00:20:56.66
He was deeply impressed
and was particularly intrigued
00:20:56.67\00:21:00.29
by the question of the
sources of her information.
00:21:00.32\00:21:03.25
He asked how a woman,
with virtually no education,
00:21:04.03\00:21:07.13
could set out health teachings
so far in advance of her time?
00:21:07.16\00:21:11.45
He rejected the idea that she
copied from her contemporaries.
00:21:11.48\00:21:15.62
After all, how did she
know which ideas to borrow
00:21:16.12\00:21:19.09
and which to reject
00:21:19.12\00:21:20.73
among the bewildering
array of 19th century theories
00:21:20.76\00:21:23.89
and health teachings?
00:21:23.92\00:21:25.12
Most of which
were quite irrational
00:21:25.15\00:21:27.40
and have since been discarded.
00:21:27.43\00:21:29.52
He believed that she
would have had to been
00:21:30.87\00:21:32.27
a most amazing woman with
knowledge beyond her times
00:21:32.30\00:21:35.43
to do this successfully.
00:21:35.46\00:21:38.79
After extensively
reading her writings on health,
00:21:40.80\00:21:43.10
Dr. McCay began to lecture
various professional societies
00:21:43.13\00:21:46.72
on Ellen White's concepts.
00:21:46.75\00:21:48.41
Dr. McCay: I am
impressed with the
00:21:49.97\00:21:51.30
correctness of her
teachings in the light of modern
00:21:51.33\00:21:53.66
nutritional science, in spite
of the fact, that her works
00:21:53.69\00:21:57.18
were written long before
the advent of modern scientific
00:21:57.21\00:22:00.60
nutrition, no better overall
guide is available today.
00:22:00.63\00:22:04.66
By 1865, the Adventist
church had reached a membership
00:22:07.29\00:22:10.37
of some 4,000.
00:22:10.40\00:22:12.03
Though it
possessed little wealth,
00:22:12.06\00:22:13.89
it had been reminded
in the vision of 1863
00:22:13.92\00:22:16.95
that it had a
sacred duty to alert others
00:22:16.98\00:22:19.89
with regard to their health.
00:22:19.92\00:22:22.32
But how was the church
to accomplish this goal?
00:22:22.61\00:22:25.43
Birds singing.
00:22:37.56\00:22:39.90
In August 1865, James White
00:22:41.33\00:22:44.03
succumbed to the
burdens and pressures
00:22:44.06\00:22:46.10
of church leadership
00:22:46.13\00:22:47.25
and suffered a
breakdown in health.
00:22:47.28\00:22:49.22
His wife brought him
here to Dr. Jackson's
00:22:49.77\00:22:52.39
"Home on the
Hillside" in Dansville
00:22:52.42\00:22:55.26
where he was treated
for about three months.
00:22:55.29\00:22:57.95
The Whites had an
opportunity to observe
00:22:59.83\00:23:01.65
the principles of
health reform in practice
00:23:01.68\00:23:03.56
and found much to commend.
00:23:03.59\00:23:06.42
Yet, they regarded
some of the principles
00:23:06.45\00:23:08.46
of healing, contrary
to the teachings of Jesus.
00:23:08.49\00:23:11.58
In fact, they
received some medical advice
00:23:11.61\00:23:14.57
that may well have proved
fatal in James White's case.
00:23:14.60\00:23:18.97
In December, Ellen
decided to remove her husband
00:23:24.05\00:23:26.88
from the Dansville institution
00:23:26.91\00:23:28.36
and they journeyed to Rochester
in western New York state.
00:23:28.39\00:23:32.32
Much prayer was offered
there on James White's behalf.
00:23:34.55\00:23:37.66
And on Christmas Day 1865,
God responded by giving them
00:23:37.69\00:23:42.16
a remarkable Christmas present.
00:23:42.19\00:23:44.10
Ellen White was given a vision
in which she saw that the church
00:23:44.13\00:23:47.89
should begin its own
health care institution
00:23:47.92\00:23:50.65
for those who wish to learn
how to take care of themselves,
00:23:50.66\00:23:54.24
and thus prevent sickness.
00:23:54.27\00:23:56.75
In the following
year, a remodeled old house
00:24:04.24\00:24:06.87
was purchased in the west end of
00:24:06.90\00:24:08.67
Battle Creek, Michigan.
00:24:08.70\00:24:09.98
Then, a
flourishing manufacturing town
00:24:10.01\00:24:12.45
with a population of 5,000.
00:24:12.48\00:24:14.65
Known as the
00:24:14.68\00:24:16.34
Western Health Reform Institute,
00:24:16.37\00:24:17.86
it opened its
doors in September 1866,
00:24:17.91\00:24:21.11
as the first
Seventh-day Adventist
00:24:21.14\00:24:23.42
medical facility in the world.
00:24:23.45\00:24:25.58
Circulars advertising
the institution declared
00:24:26.48\00:24:29.43
that no drugs
whatever would be administered.
00:24:29.46\00:24:31.91
Natural methods of healing
such as water, air, light,
00:24:32.60\00:24:36.44
heat, food, sleep,
rest, recreation, etcetera
00:24:36.47\00:24:40.95
would be employed.
00:24:40.98\00:24:42.43
By food, they meant a
strictly healthful diet
00:24:42.46\00:24:45.99
consisting of fruits,
grains and vegetables.
00:24:46.02\00:24:49.27
In 1875, Dr.
John Harvey Kellogg,
00:24:50.37\00:24:53.54
a recent graduate
from America's prestigious
00:24:53.57\00:24:56.94
Bellevue Hospital
Medical College in New York,
00:24:56.97\00:24:59.56
joined the staff
of the institute.
00:24:59.59\00:25:02.39
He had been encouraged
and financially supported
00:25:02.42\00:25:05.31
in his medical
training by the Whites.
00:25:05.34\00:25:07.57
In the following
year at the age of 24,
00:25:07.60\00:25:10.95
he was appointed
medical superintendent
00:25:10.98\00:25:13.14
of the institute.
00:25:13.17\00:25:14.50
A position he
retained for the next 67 years.
00:25:14.53\00:25:18.00
In 1877, the institute became
00:25:18.83\00:25:21.36
the Battle Creek
Medical and Surgical Sanitarium.
00:25:21.39\00:25:24.70
It was the same year
that Louis Pasteur presented
00:25:26.59\00:25:29.02
his germ theory to the
French Academy of Sciences.
00:25:29.05\00:25:32.14
The face of medicine was
about to experience change
00:25:33.06\00:25:36.06
and Dr. Kellogg
would play a major role.
00:25:36.09\00:25:39.82
As the reputation of
the sanitarium spread,
00:25:41.39\00:25:43.48
its buildings were
considerably enlarged
00:25:43.51\00:25:46.01
and, by 1885,
00:25:46.04\00:25:48.12
it was the largest institution
of its kind in the world.
00:25:48.15\00:25:52.14
During the late 1890s,
00:25:52.17\00:25:53.63
its staff numbered nearly 1,000.
00:25:53.66\00:25:56.62
Kellogg became widely known
as administrator, physician,
00:25:57.55\00:26:01.05
surgeon, author, lecturer,
inventor and food manufacturer.
00:26:01.08\00:26:06.34
He kept abreast of all
the latest developments
00:26:07.42\00:26:09.59
in medical knowledge
by extensive reading,
00:26:09.62\00:26:12.45
and traveling to Europe
00:26:12.48\00:26:13.79
to study under the
leading physicians there.
00:26:13.82\00:26:16.61
He was the author
of nearly 50 books
00:26:17.32\00:26:19.05
with a circulation of
over a million copies.
00:26:19.08\00:26:21.79
Some were the first
authoritative scientific works
00:26:22.45\00:26:25.60
ever published in America
in their respective fields.
00:26:25.61\00:26:29.25
He founded a medical
college and during his lifetime
00:26:30.42\00:26:33.22
performed more
than 22,000 operations-
00:26:33.25\00:26:36.29
the last when he
was 88 years old.
00:26:36.32\00:26:39.29
His surgical
operations were so neat,
00:26:40.11\00:26:42.00
that the "Kellogg
Scar" became a trademark.
00:26:42.03\00:26:45.18
He conducted over
5,000 public lectures
00:26:48.40\00:26:50.82
to hundreds of
thousands of Americans.
00:26:50.85\00:26:53.14
Dressed in white, he spoke
regularly in the sanitarium
00:26:53.17\00:26:56.99
on the latest medical progress
00:26:57.02\00:26:58.46
and the system
of healthful living
00:26:58.49\00:27:00.57
he spent his life promoting.
00:27:00.60\00:27:03.18
He invented many types of
apparatus for the treatment
00:27:03.22\00:27:05.64
of the sick including
this mechanical horse.
00:27:05.67\00:27:08.50
President Coolidge
used one for daily exercise
00:27:08.98\00:27:11.74
at the White House.
00:27:11.77\00:27:13.38
Some of his
inventions are still in use
00:27:25.35\00:27:27.56
around the world today.
00:27:27.59\00:27:28.94
Get up, boy!
00:27:29.95\00:27:30.92
"The Lone Ranger"
theme song playing.
00:27:30.93\00:27:33.82
Kellogg also
developed scores of health foods
00:27:38.38\00:27:41.14
including Corn Flakes
00:27:41.17\00:27:42.72
which changed the
breakfast habits of millions.
00:27:42.75\00:27:45.98
After the disastrous fire
which destroyed the sanitarium
00:27:48.74\00:27:51.45
in 1902, Kellogg determined
to rebuild bigger and better
00:27:51.46\00:27:56.74
although this was contrary
to the advice of Ellen White
00:27:56.77\00:27:59.29
and other church leaders.
00:27:59.32\00:28:00.89
His new sanitarium still
stands in Battle Creek today
00:28:01.79\00:28:05.14
but is now owned by the
United States Government.
00:28:05.17\00:28:08.18
It's impressive portico
and entrance welcomed many
00:28:14.36\00:28:17.53
who came to Kellogg
for treatment and to learn
00:28:17.56\00:28:20.13
of his ways to health.
00:28:20.16\00:28:21.92
Though he later left the church,
00:28:22.44\00:28:24.09
he continued to
uphold its health principles.
00:28:24.12\00:28:27.33
Famous visitors
during the more than 60 years
00:28:27.97\00:28:30.48
of his superintendency included:
00:28:30.52\00:28:32.80
industrialist and financier
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
00:28:32.83\00:28:36.31
author George Bernard Shaw,
00:28:36.34\00:28:38.81
inventor Thomas Edison,
00:28:38.84\00:28:41.21
Soviet writer Leo Tolstoy,
00:28:41.24\00:28:43.54
explorer to the polar
region Roald Amundsen,
00:28:43.58\00:28:47.29
the first woman to fly
solo across the Atlantic
00:28:47.33\00:28:51.01
Amelia Earhart,
00:28:51.05\00:28:52.90
and President
William Howard Taft
00:28:52.94\00:28:55.17
who registered as patient
number one hundred thousand.
00:28:55.20\00:28:58.69
In 1891, Kellogg was asked
how the Battle Creek Sanitarium
00:29:00.09\00:29:03.56
was able to
keep five years ahead
00:29:03.59\00:29:05.29
of the rest of the
medical profession?
00:29:05.32\00:29:07.59
Kellogg replied that,
00:29:07.62\00:29:09.24
if something new was advocated,
00:29:09.27\00:29:10.65
he instantly adopted it
00:29:10.68\00:29:12.11
if it agreed with the
philosophy and principles
00:29:12.14\00:29:14.83
of health
promoted by Ellen White.
00:29:14.86\00:29:17.08
By 1901, it was reported
that 27 Adventist sanitariums
00:29:21.92\00:29:26.49
and 31 treatment
rooms were then functioning
00:29:26.52\00:29:29.71
not only in the United
States, but also in Switzerland,
00:29:29.74\00:29:33.34
Denmark, England, Germany,
South Africa, India, Mexico,
00:29:33.37\00:29:38.53
Australia, New Zealand
and the Pacific Islands.
00:29:38.56\00:29:41.91
Ellen White lived in
Australia from 1891 to 1900.
00:29:42.99\00:29:46.76
During her stay, she
encouraged the establishment
00:29:46.79\00:29:49.56
of treatment rooms
that were operated initially
00:29:49.59\00:29:52.42
in the city suburb of
Ashfield by two nurses
00:29:52.45\00:29:55.25
who had trained at Battle Creek.
00:29:55.28\00:29:57.21
Later, the location
changed to Summer Hill,
00:29:57.24\00:30:00.28
where it became a
medical and surgical sanitarium.
00:30:00.29\00:30:04.12
In July 1899, Ellen
White called for the building
00:30:06.80\00:30:10.10
of a sanitarium, away
from the center of Sydney,
00:30:10.13\00:30:13.16
that would uphold spiritual
values and sound principles
00:30:13.19\00:30:16.35
of physical and mental healing.
00:30:16.38\00:30:18.14
Later that year, she was
among the group who traveled
00:30:19.01\00:30:22.15
from Thornleigh
Station, a northern suburb,
00:30:22.18\00:30:24.14
by way of the bush
track around Dog's Head Rock
00:30:24.17\00:30:27.69
to inspect the 75 acre property
that was the highest land
00:30:27.72\00:30:31.55
in the Sydney area.
00:30:31.58\00:30:32.74
Birds singing.
00:30:32.77\00:30:34.74
During the next few years,
00:30:35.63\00:30:36.65
a 100 bed sanitarium was built.
00:30:36.68\00:30:39.24
It was officially
opened on January 1, 1903.
00:30:39.27\00:30:43.79
Replaced in 1973 by
this modern 304 bed facility,
00:30:45.95\00:30:50.00
The Sydney Adventist Hospital
is committed to the principles
00:30:50.03\00:30:52.97
of clinical excellence,
united with the Christian
00:30:53.00\00:30:55.67
healing ministry.
00:30:55.70\00:30:57.03
Nurse and patient talking.
00:30:57.06\00:30:59.27
Writing from her home
in California in 1905,
00:31:04.04\00:31:07.22
Ellen White urged establishing
more sanitariums in Australia,
00:31:07.25\00:31:10.65
particularly near Melbourne.
00:31:10.68\00:31:12.51
In Warburton, about an
hour's drive east of Melbourne,
00:31:12.54\00:31:16.28
a small sanitarium
was opened in 1910.
00:31:16.31\00:31:19.89
It too has developed
into a well-operated Christian
00:31:19.92\00:31:22.94
institution that provides
acute care, as well as a strong
00:31:22.97\00:31:27.05
health care program emphasizing
prevention and rehabilitation.
00:31:27.08\00:31:32.20
Crows cawing.
00:31:37.84\00:31:40.97
It was in Southern California,
however that Ellen White
00:31:42.60\00:31:44.86
was to most noticeably
influence the church's
00:31:44.89\00:31:46.99
developing
Christian healing ministry.
00:31:47.00\00:31:49.02
She lived here in her home,
00:31:49.68\00:31:50.71
Elmshaven, in
northern California,
00:31:50.74\00:31:52.62
for the last 15
years of her life.
00:31:52.65\00:31:55.19
During that time, she
was given many night visions
00:31:55.22\00:31:58.38
concerning the
work of the church.
00:31:58.41\00:32:00.54
In one such vision in
1902, God revealed to her
00:32:01.50\00:32:05.27
that in Southern California,
there were unoccupied properties
00:32:05.30\00:32:08.49
in the country,
suitable for sanitarium purposes
00:32:08.52\00:32:11.72
and for sale at a price,
far below the original cost.
00:32:11.75\00:32:16.04
Not long after this, a three
story building on beautifully
00:32:18.21\00:32:21.05
landscaped grounds in
Paradise Valley, near San Diego
00:32:21.08\00:32:24.47
became available for sale.
00:32:24.50\00:32:26.79
It had been used as a
sanitarium and originally
00:32:27.99\00:32:30.21
cost $25,000, but it was
now been offered for $12,000,
00:32:30.24\00:32:35.24
because of lack of water.
00:32:35.27\00:32:37.68
Negotiations followed for
some 18 months until, in 1904,
00:32:39.43\00:32:43.14
the price was lowered to $4,000-
00:32:43.17\00:32:45.95
far below the original cost,
00:32:45.98\00:32:47.73
just as Ellen
White had predicted.
00:32:47.76\00:32:49.96
After the property
had been purchased,
00:32:51.11\00:32:52.58
she secured the services
of an Adventist well driller,
00:32:52.61\00:32:55.96
Salem Hamilton.
00:32:55.99\00:32:57.46
Knocking on door.
00:32:58.42\00:32:59.39
Mr. Hamilton?
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Ma'am, we've reached 98 feet.
00:33:02.19\00:33:05.53
Do you realize
that's ten stories down?
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mm-hmm.
00:33:09.09\00:33:10.16
Salem Hamilton:
We have found nothing
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but dry dirt and sand.
00:33:11.18\00:33:12.35
Are you sure the Lord
wants you to buy this place?
00:33:13.07\00:33:15.53
I certainly am, Mr. Hamilton.
00:33:15.56\00:33:17.86
Three times I
was shown in vision
00:33:17.89\00:33:20.20
that we should
secure this property.
00:33:20.23\00:33:22.55
Well, that's good
enough for me, I guess.
00:33:24.46\00:33:26.59
The Lord wouldn't give us
an elephant without providing
00:33:26.62\00:33:30.00
water for it to
drink, would He, Ma'am?
00:33:30.03\00:33:32.35
Ellen chuckles.
00:33:32.38\00:33:34.22
Salem Hamilton
returned to his drilling,
00:33:40.29\00:33:42.26
and within an hour
00:33:42.29\00:33:43.57
heard the sound of
an underground river.
00:33:43.60\00:33:45.40
Soon water began to
seep through and that night,
00:33:45.43\00:33:48.52
rose 18 feet or nearly
six meters in the well.
00:33:48.55\00:33:52.12
Siren wailing.
00:33:52.15\00:33:55.93
The sanitarium's
water supply was assured.
00:33:55.96\00:33:59.43
Still owned and operated by the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:34:03.67\00:34:06.71
Paradise Valley
Hospital continues to offer its
00:34:06.74\00:34:09.43
ministry of healing to
the surrounding community.
00:34:09.46\00:34:12.38
In April 1904, Ellen
White urged that a sanitarium
00:34:17.97\00:34:21.56
should be secured and
operated near Los Angeles,
00:34:21.59\00:34:24.52
in some rural district.
00:34:24.53\00:34:26.33
In Glendale, a
suburb of Los Angeles,
00:34:27.32\00:34:29.48
a three story
building on five acres of land
00:34:29.51\00:34:32.51
representing an
initial investment of $50,000
00:34:32.52\00:34:36.25
was offered to the
church for $26,000.
00:34:36.26\00:34:39.88
In 1904, it was
purchased for $12,000,
00:34:39.89\00:34:44.34
far below the original cost.
00:34:44.37\00:34:46.85
After its purchase, Ellen
White challenged its managers
00:34:48.78\00:34:51.86
with the words...
Siren wailing in background.
00:34:51.89\00:34:53.25
Ellen White:
Spiritual as well as physical
00:34:53.26\00:34:55.27
healing is to be brought
to those who come for healing.
00:34:55.30\00:34:58.23
Words that still motivate the
operation of the hospital today.
00:34:58.26\00:35:02.80
Siren wailing in background.
00:35:02.83\00:35:05.08
Fountain flowing water.
00:35:05.41\00:35:07.78
But there was to
be a third sanitarium
00:35:08.56\00:35:10.55
in southern California.
00:35:10.58\00:35:12.19
As early as October 1901,
Ellen White had seen in vision
00:35:12.22\00:35:16.67
that near Los Angeles,
there was an occupied building
00:35:16.70\00:35:19.37
and fruit trees on
the sanitarium grounds.
00:35:19.38\00:35:22.40
This vision was so real to her
that she seemed to be walking
00:35:23.12\00:35:26.45
about the grounds,
talking with the patients
00:35:26.48\00:35:28.94
and living there herself.
00:35:28.97\00:35:30.55
Neither Paradise
Valley nor Glendale
00:35:31.54\00:35:33.55
wholly met this description.
00:35:33.58\00:35:35.27
In 1904, 76 acres
of property for sale
00:35:39.33\00:35:43.02
were discovered near Redlands.
00:35:43.06\00:35:45.16
It was called Loma
Linda- the Hill Beautiful-
00:35:45.19\00:35:48.40
and included large
gardens and orchards,
00:35:48.43\00:35:51.11
beautifully landscaped
lawns, scores of shade trees,
00:35:51.15\00:35:54.73
carriage drives
and cement walks.
00:35:54.76\00:35:57.85
Among the buildings on
the summit of Hill Beautiful
00:35:58.48\00:36:00.75
was a four story, 64 room
hotel lighted with electricity,
00:36:00.78\00:36:05.35
heated with steam and with
an abundance of fresh water.
00:36:05.38\00:36:09.00
It originally cost $150,000.
00:36:09.03\00:36:12.88
The final
purchase price was $38,900,
00:36:12.91\00:36:17.84
far below the original cost.
00:36:17.87\00:36:20.82
On June 12, 1905, Ellen
White came to Loma Linda
00:36:22.87\00:36:26.62
for the first time.
00:36:26.65\00:36:27.99
As she was shown through the
buildings and over the grounds,
00:36:28.37\00:36:31.12
she repeatedly said
that she recognized this
00:36:31.15\00:36:33.93
as the very place she had seen
in vision, four years before.
00:36:33.96\00:36:37.91
Ellen White: The
securing of this sanitarium,
00:36:39.78\00:36:41.65
thoroughly equipped and
furnished, is one of the most
00:36:41.68\00:36:44.43
wonderful providences that
the Lord has opened before us.
00:36:44.46\00:36:47.70
Loma Linda will become an
important educational center.
00:36:47.73\00:36:51.38
A school is to be established
here for the training
00:36:51.41\00:36:54.57
of gospel medical evangelists.
00:36:54.60\00:36:56.95
It is to be of
the highest order.
00:36:56.98\00:36:59.87
Those who founded
it had little money
00:37:07.57\00:37:10.20
but they possessed
a fortune in faith-
00:37:10.23\00:37:12.63
faith in God and in His
power to bring health and hope
00:37:12.66\00:37:15.78
to the suffering.
00:37:15.81\00:37:16.87
Today as Loma Linda University,
it operates as one of the
00:37:17.61\00:37:20.65
largest schools of medicine
in the western United States,
00:37:20.68\00:37:23.74
and is at the forefront of
medical knowledge and research.
00:37:23.77\00:37:26.94
This proton
accelerator developed for the
00:37:27.93\00:37:30.28
treatment of cancer is the
first of its kind in the world.
00:37:30.29\00:37:34.05
Along with the hundreds of
other Seventh-day Adventist
00:37:38.31\00:37:40.77
health care
institutions around the world,
00:37:40.80\00:37:43.01
the goal of Loma Linda Medical
Center is not just to make
00:37:43.04\00:37:46.01
men and women well physically,
but through a ministry
00:37:46.04\00:37:48.89
of Christ-like
compassion and selfless service
00:37:48.92\00:37:51.51
to bring them into
spiritual healing and into
00:37:51.54\00:37:54.13
union with God and prepared
for the soon coming of Christ.
00:37:54.16\00:37:57.87
Such a goal reflects
the overruling purpose
00:38:00.63\00:38:03.16
of the Seventh-day
Adventist health care program,
00:38:03.19\00:38:05.65
as revealed to the church
through the prophetic gift
00:38:05.66\00:38:08.18
bestowed upon Ellen White.
00:38:08.21\00:38:10.15
That purpose involves
much more than adopting
00:38:10.18\00:38:12.61
a vegetarian diet or choosing
not to smoke or drink alcohol.
00:38:12.65\00:38:17.14
It is concerned not only
with the cure of disease,
00:38:17.15\00:38:20.40
but also its prevention.
00:38:20.43\00:38:22.77
Its example and motivation,
come from the infinite
00:38:24.97\00:38:28.17
love of Jesus, the
Divine Good Samaritan,
00:38:28.20\00:38:31.54
who came to a world of
sickness, pain and death
00:38:31.57\00:38:35.01
to bring healing-physical,
mental and spiritual.
00:38:35.04\00:38:39.94
Today, He bids us
to follow in His steps.
00:38:39.97\00:38:45.15
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