A SUMMARY OF ARGUMENTS ROBERT WRIGHT

\/nr^CT A DI A MICAfl Robert, SOD of Jonathan and

V £LOC I rMXl/AlN lOlVl. and Mary Wright was bom Feb.

19th, 1817, at Keiehlev. York-

BYREV.WM. PENNALCOTT. .hire, England. Jonathan Wright

[Time KaWmenU bave been pnjMred u ■ tract and tbererore Came to the United States jn 1820

llleran' completenCH bis been aacrlficed lobrevltr. Tbe namaof leg- bringing with bitU bis SOUS Sam-

etaTlansare la llallci but qnolillODi baTC been prtrerrad from Itaoae not , , , j ••>._. m.

wbolijr converted to our practice.] "*'■ Joseph aud Robert. Mrs.

I Mary Wright came the succeed-

AccordfaKtotbeAt'Mf. theCrealonelected Ihfi aa man's be»tdiet ; '■God . l ■ ■ .l ■ .l

•.Id.Beholdlharegi™ yo„ev«yherbbeBriag.e«l.*bichUopoi.lhe->"S y*", bnngmg their other

r»ce of alUbeeartb.andeTery [r«, In tbF which Ulliefnilt ofa tree yield- SOU Joaatban who waS their

inj xed; to yon Itaball be for meat." (GeE.i.J9.) Some expounder, (.jjjj^

explain aoythlne In other SerLptnrea neemlngly Inconaiatent with Ibia, „. ' - - .

by " accommodaHoo," —as wllh divorce (Matt. 19; 8), or by "kenosla" They WerC received into the

(Phm.i;7, «ee the Greek], On Ibeleillmony of earlyhiworlaos, Matthew Bible Christian Charch by certifi- and Peler were Tcgetarlans, alfo James "the Lord's brother", finl head . ,_,_ ,l„ o=if«-J r^U^.^i, :-

ofthecbun*. Comparemann»andqnail..«food(Nnmb.,.;.8-jst«..d <»*« f">m the Sal ford Church in

read Daniel I. 1821, blary, John B. and John

Rerelation U confirmed by Jl,V-„,(" Comparative A-aWmy: man is ne« t^*'"" children died yonng. Jon-

tlie anlbropold apes which eat fruit and nuu. Our "canines" are even athan Wright Jr., Hannah and

«n.ller thin ihelm. Man', nail., tongue. hu>d.. inlesllno and Mood, j^^^ ^ Wright also tbeirs, grew

pointtoveKet«bIefood{£,,...*Bj,Cuyler.Owen.LawTen«,Bel]).(blChemical ■" - 4.- . w-iu j

PbysloloBy: tbe Mllva. gastric jniM and eicretiOD. confirm thi. view. So "P "» thlS COUOtry. Martha and

does BmbtyoIogy(S;4ii'c;tcy]»i}. (c)"IlmAybeacoeptedas a fair deduction William Wright, both bom in

Ii^Ti,?™"°'r^"l.'''''^'°l°"/'°";"''°°"."rw''''/T^'''' this country survive Robert,

dentition, and ttom his want of natural weapon, of attack and defence, ■' '

Ibat be mnst at fint have been fruglvorous" (DawMn). (d) Devclopmenl Martha being Mrs. Himmcl-

tbeoriea confirm Ibl. (Darwin, H«ckel). (ejChemlstryahows thai all elements wright, living on Sixth St.,

essential to health, are contained In the diet of FarsdlM (Llebig.PIayralr, _.., s n.-n- i' ' r> i

Cb.„i.a.,.,«. ;o«-iiaiScM.,.ii„..,hDn,,H, T«oi.p«a"W.B.c„. Phila. and Wilham living on Pan!

penter, B. W. Richardson. "B. Smith, Keith, declares fleali-food unnecesaary. St. , Piankford.

11 ie only nutriment at ««jnd hand, generally half e«remenlitioo. water. Samuel Wright died Jan. Ilth,

Ihc remainder venons blood. lissueeihaustedandM) '-twice dead". stimu- * , ■'

latingpol»on»(plomalnes etOandasmallresidHomofYalne. (g)So testifies 1091, exactly SIX years ago, WaS

Biology. (h)Zoologyaamesa. tbesltotigesl animals, the elephant, 01, lloiw, gix years Older than Robert,

c«mel, gorilla. The camivora would starve, without fang., daw*, cunning. _j ,. < < .i^i,*,. 1 i

Tbe.eandnotstreuglharelbelrcapit.1. (iirkere I. argn-^t In the .«(.«', and WOUld have been eighty had

c/<:AiY^r». fairly tested (Tbomprcn, Richardson). Kreophagy l> therefore he lived till Feb. 24th, 189 1. Rob-

nnnece«ary,unnatural, undesirable. Crt WOuld have been eighty, had

„.,,. "' _ „ he lived till Feb. igth, 1897- This

Wllh many the eipetience 0/ jwan has greatert welgbt. Inconlertably . ., ' , ,

the m^orily of men are vegetariui.-"four-tenih.eKlBalwly,.even.lentb. coincidence calls tO mind the

practically." Tbe teeming million, of AhIb and moat Africans and Polyne- prediction made by Robert after •iana use lle.il rarely, If at all. Captives In war. fish, fowl, an old camel, a , j„ii. „f c»™„.i H,,i- u.-

fstledcalf. are occsslonalluiurle. with some, ihe masse, of Bnrope and U"* ^"^"^ »' Samuel, that he

England are too poor for a frequent indulgence. Atwater aays: "the would live tO the same age aS

Snropean wage-wotker has bat little meat, butler or sugar." Sir H. Samuel. His dying Jan. II, Thompson writes: "Between id and nearly 6a degree, of latitude (in ^ ....

Burope) we find lu^e populstlomi of fine races, trained lo be (he beat l897, Same day of the mOUth.

laborec in [he worid, on little more than cereals and legumes, wllh milk, renders the prediction the more

a. food." The Bnglisb peaasnt •'lives for the most pari ou whealen bread ren,arlta|jle.

garden greena ; it Is only ocraslonally, indeed, he obtain, flab." (lb.) On Robert WSS trained tO be a

even lessor it, the Scotch and Irish are phyaically superior, as a rule, lo the mechanic and became a machin-

Englfsh. A rlce-fcd coolie will shoulder what beef^ealera can hardly Ufl, and , . . __ . „. ..,,

carry it for hour. (Sherwood). Turkish potte- «.dilylran.port. on their '9t ^nd engineer. His still waa

backs.Soapounds(indinore,irithonlflesh-food(Rea). On the Pythsgareim diet in great demand when railroads

athletes were trained for the ancient games. Thus MUb carried the o» but ^^^^ i^j^- j^jn ^oth in thls did not eat blm I Under tbe .tlmnto. of fiesh-eatlng one may " .

enotl In a "spurt" but whip, are not abiding food, Eudles. COUUtiy and in Europe.

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,b.urd. thai hiaiih ■nd strtngth depend od In 2843 Mr. Hairison and Mr.

,. „ ,. ^, .,„,.. ^ ^ ._, Winans went to Russia and ob-

<n loDBerity (Hnfeland) Mj*: "Rich ud uourlshlnK ..,,. . .. , ■...

crate ow of aoh do ootproiDDs lire. iiDtuicea of the tamed the contract to furnish the

be fonnd anions those who from their fouth lived Railroad between St. Petcrsburgb

prlndpalW od •egelables and who perhapa nevertarted flesh." Biamplea i ,, ,1. c . . t> -o

^r »_>.^.. i»»^.^.. .— / 1 u/ I _h« rfi^ .1 <» . .™_.-.4r„. "na Moscow, the first great R. R.

01 vesetariAB longevity art jeMn iVesley, who aiea at 8S, a ttetnenoons ' *

worker till the last; Adam F/rgutoH, ased 93. Superior health and iu RUSSia. They SCtlt tO Mr.

inilMinitr from disease mar be shown. John Howard'i expeiience Is In Garret EUStwick who engaged

solBt, also the leatiiDOny of Dta. Copelaod, Rush, Reel. Man* Tacts Indicate „,..„.,. • .< <

U.M . lUKe part of .ilmenU coald be cared by a fruit diet, and the Robert Wnght and other mechan-

Rmalnder raltiKated. Quicker recovery la asserted by I>r. AlliDSoa and Ics and they went to RuSSia iu

^h«*^^ -Wound, in Turkish and Zulu bodies close a. by magic" ,3^^ \yi,g„ ^^^^ly ^jy (^

\'Ln, "It 1. probable that the health and mental and bodily .Igor "P^" '•>« Railroad. Robert Wright

of the inhobltanta uf temperate climes are more attrlDntable to thU food returned botne, and after a short

(wheat) Uiantoanyother slnglecause'|Foods,S.Smlth). Tisit Weut back tO RuSsia aCCOm-

...*"T^ ^"'* '*%''■'""• "!i''l.!!r'"!°''°'' "Li!"'"':!'''*''*' panied by Mrs. Wright, their

the soil, became a race of lar^ and good physiqui, aupetlorto Ihemoie '^ , , ■ \ ,

cuninmms Laplander*. Sstlmo and Fuegians, flesh-eaters allogetheT, are little daaghter and hlS brotliCr

low typea, amall, consumptln, short lived. The polar reindeer and musk William. The railroad waS

oxtind rtgor in lichen, and .edg«.^ ^^^^ ^^ traffic and Robert

■■The<(,j«i«o/B«<«<.I,»hichren'derU«lrfl«a. unfit forfoodare very Wright might have Continued in

numeroas", ssys Dr. A. M. Davis. He specifies Gdecn. Bngllsh butcben a lucrative pOSition in connection

•»ert that, if ^1 unhealthy meat wererejected.Englapd could ■"tbesup- ^jj^ jj ^,^4 ^eing satisfied with plied. Nor could America. Therefore no iDspectlon will save U5 irom " .

danger. Question farmers, catUe dealers etc. and you will find a sickening houors and remuneration liberally

aTKnment against such food. But "putrescent alterations are much leaa bestowed Upon him, retired, aS he

likely to take place with respect to vegetable than to animal, food." (Frof. .. ,,. .. >. _ _ii

Beaumeu) ' >~ » Said, " togivc otbers a chance '.

V The Crimean war however, c™.ter oyors««( o//Mrf Is one blessing of the simple diet which ours detained him for a While and he

should be. Dr. J. R. Fan«, as an Algerine captive, hod been worked .,,,_■ . .

twelve hours dally 00 only one loaf of black bread. Artced If he could eat aided the RuSSiaU CaUSe by put-

It. he replied: " Oh yes, it wss sweet indeed." Comsro at So aaid : "My tlUg an engine ictO One of the

Sf';!l!°°■!L'^''^!;'^*7'*",''",l^,'''^,l">u''"'"'"°^*/.^""'; Russian gunboats required in

dhdws wlien I led an irregular lifc." Of bread he says; "1 Qnd >nch ■•^"'"'•'"" 6 t

sweetneas in II that I should be afiald of sinning against temperance were' the war, for whlCh SCrVlCC he WaS

it not for my being convinced of the absolute necessity of eating II." EH- afterwards, presented with a med-

furai himself said: "Simple fare can give a relish equal to the mos , , , , , i.i _ _ 1

expensive luxuries." We invite to an epicurean, not to anl^tlc, diet. al whlch waS brought OVet by

VI his brother William the year after

Here Uie frrvtHlian, alleviation and cuti of if/emferance find potent ai Robert's return tO Philadelphia.

of Intemperance everywhere is the stoTy of heavy over-eatlDg of animal Russia. Their son Johu B. had

fcod In highly seasoned forma. • • • The man who can eat plain food \j^„ jgU gt SChool in America wllhrelUhisInnodangeroffallinga vlctlmtoalcohol." (Helen Campbell , ^ „ , , ,, ■ »■ »„

See Rom. ,4i «.) sonic vigorous nations are large consumer, of flesh and he aftcrwardS fell avlCtim tO

and Inloiicanta but to neither do they owe their power. the war, dying at Murfreesboro,

VII Tenn.

The lavinr of labor and exfifnse is not to be overlooked. " Making . ■ j „ f 1 -_ r. ^ti.f..i

meat from g4.s or grsin is costly . • Thepr^tein of beef 1. several tlm^ As «" evidence of I118 faithM

as eipensive as that of Hour." (Atwater. U. S. Agr. Rep.) " Twenty-two service aS R. R. engineer the firm

acres of land are needed to sustain one man on ftesb meat," Under wheat ^y whom he waS employed prC- tbatland will feed 45 people ; under oata88;under potatoes, maiit, or rice, . , , . ,, 1.- 1. ■

1:6 under the banana over 6000. The crowded nations of the future must Seated him a gOld CUp whlch IS

abandon Sesh-eatlng for a diet that will feed mote than ten-fold people noW preserved aS an heir-loom in

by the same soil, expense and labor. How rich men will be when they ., f.— ,;i ,.

««etotoll forfl«h.mcat,alcohol.d™g...lcknessandwar! UlC lamilj .

SUvery to the stomach is the hesvlest burden working men bear and He was an honest Straightlor-

nskea riches a cuiie. VegMxilanism may free woman In large measur ^ard Englishman combined With rmm the suicidal drudgery of Afr life. " By sowing frugslity we rea 1. r iU » „„-.,i ^^.^-^^ti^^

llherty. .golden h^™Sy What abundant niource. for ministering to W"** "f t''** l""'^'' percepUon

Ibe needy, would follow a simpler and more healthful diet I of Opportunities acquired by hlS

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' that tDidf Butliora, like Walter engsjed in "high thinktng". Onl (bealdathoM already indicated b] Ttriullian, Parfhyry, Ckt

iae Ihe physical life ofmea, sive It to thcii

•.dtnba'g. Sktlley, Byron, Muisey, Trail. BmlDenl lulllply Ihii lilt.

I progras is htre fouad.

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of Iheir t

(Fairbairn.) "The Ethics of Diet."

lh«ii«. Wat, cruelly, vice and erime are cheeked by cooli

Wholesale aDddomcBllc butcher; are alckraiog anddesraif beatt.

"No Sacks that tore the valley free. To alaughter 1 condemn ;

Taught by Ih

e Povrer th

at pUle. me,

I learn to

pity them

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The inevitable

and maiiftit

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BritUh organ

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tlona of the S. D

me Roman Catholic order*

other religious bodies. Many

anltarinma

the cause.

hate a national oreauliailoo v

In .89J be

World's Congress

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Rev. H. S

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'■the future!

B*xford, Mass., 1397. For farther Information In regard lo the Vegetarian principle and practice, the reader ia referred lo Foon, HoHB and Gabdrh, published by the Vegetarian Society of America, and edited by the president. Rev. Henry S. Clubb. It U a monthly publication and contaiaa numeraua 'itema of experience, recipes for Vegelarian Cookery, Editorial and contributed articles, List of books Ac. Subscription 50 ets, fl year. FOOD, 310 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Fa. Sample copies free.

eduL-atiun and experience in this country.

The principles instilled b? bis honored father and pastor, Dr. Metcalfe, when he was quite young were always cherished and observed by him.

He was a total abstainer from intoxicating liquors and the flesh of animals all during his long and eventful life, and his strong men- tality and faith in divine provi- dence, carried him through trials to which most men would have succumbed.

He was a warm and earnest friend and nothing seemed to reader him so happy as to pro- mote the wefare of his friends.

Although for many years retired from the ordinary activi- ties of business for himself, his active mind found delight in devotedness to the interests of others.

Hi^ later illness was brought on by exposure and extra exertion on one of bis expeditions to do a good turn.

His remains were interred in the family vault at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Jan. 15th. in the pres- ence of a large number of friends and mourners.

A STRONG TESTIMONY. The longer we live the Vegetarian life the more we see in it. The first thought was the cruelty we were abetors to in eating flesh, and by the practice of vegetarianism we have learned of the health benefits, the economy, and the best of all, the help to a higher plane spiritually. I am sure that every Christian would be a better Christian for not eating flesh, and that many of them only need a few copies of F. H. & G. or a few kindly words on the subject, when, as with Paul, the scales would fall from their eyes and they would be-

come as zealous in the work as any of n: Mrs. Lydia Irons, Marshall, Wash.