Water/ Hydrotherapy

THE FORGOTTEN MIRACULOUS HEALING VIRTUES OF PURE SOFT WATER

 “There is a work to be done in treating the sick with water and teaching them to make the most of sunshine and physical exercise. Thus in simple language we may teach the people how to preserve health, how to avoid sickness. This is the work our sanitariums are called upon to do. This is true science.” {SpM 137.2}

“Teach nurses and patients the value of those health-restoring agencies that are freely provided by God, and the usefulness of simple things that are easily obtained”.
Letter 100, 1903.

“Thousands need to be educated patiently, kindly, tenderly, but decidedly, that nine tenths of their complaints are created by their own course of action. The more they introduce drugs into the system, the more certainly do they interfere with the laws of nature and bring about the very difficulties they drug themselves to avoid. Let everyone who contemplates erecting an institution carefully consider whether they are to make it an institution conducted upon the principles of health reform, or whether they design to copy the popular institutions all through our land.”
 {Ms22-1887.23}

“Water is the best liquid possible to cleanse the tissues.” 
{RH July 29, 1884, par. 7}

“In health and in sickness, pure water is one of Heaven’s choicest blessings. Its proper use promotes health. It is the beverage which God provided to quench the thirst of animals and man. Drunk freely, it helps to supply the necessities of the system, and assists nature to resist disease.“
The Ministry of Healing, 237, 1905 {CD 419.1}

“Naaman’s servants entreated him to carry out Elisha’s directions: “If the prophet had bid thee do some great thing,” they urged, “wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?” The faith of Naaman was being tested, while pride struggled for the mastery. But faith conquered, and the haughty Syrian yielded his pride of heart and bowed in submission to the revealed will of Jehovah. Seven times he dipped himself in Jordan, “according to the saying of the man of God.” And his faith was honored; “his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.” 
{PK 249.2}

“But many have never learned by experience the beneficial effects of the proper use of water, and they are afraid of it. Water treatments are not appreciated as they should be, and to apply them skillfully requires work that many are unwilling to perform. But none should feel excused for ignorance or indifference on this subject. There are many ways in which water can be applied to relieve pain and check disease. All should become intelligent in its use in simple home treatments. Mothers, especially, should know how to care for their families in both health and sickness.”
{MH 237.2}

“…the most effective remedies for disease are pure soft water…” {MM 225.1} 

“The external application of water is one of the easiest and most satisfactory ways of regulating the circulation of the blood…”
{MH 237.1}    

“…if those who are afflicted would assist nature in her efforts by the USE OF PURE, SOFT WATER, much suffering would be prevented…”
{CH 61.2} 

LIVING WATER “Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:13, 14. By the living water is meant the Holy Spirit. As a thirsty traveler needs water to drink, so do we need God’s Spirit in our hearts. He who drinks of this water shall never thirst.” {SJ 55.1}

“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” Hebrews 10:22

“A pure fountain cannot [send] forth sweet water and bitter. Cleanse the fountain and the streams will be pure.” 
{2SG 288.1}

“I was taken to the spring, which is a little farther up the mountainside. This spring gives an abundance of soft, pure water, and is a treasure of inestimable worth.”
{RH August 25, 1904, par. 13}

“Christ ‘loved the church, and gave Himself for it; that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word; that He might present it unto Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.’” [Ephesians 5:25-27.] 
{Ms67-1909.13}

“If they will not hear his dear voice and drink of the water of life, what will any other voice avail?”  
{PH002 28.1}

The voice of God…

 “Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.” Acts 14: 17

“Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.” Hosea 10:12

“Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first [month].” Joel 2:23

“My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:” Deut 32:2

Pure Water.—”Absolutely pure water is not found in nature. Rain water is the nearest approach to it; but even this gathers impurities of various sorts as it falls through the air, and often becomes very unwholesome by the absorption of foul gases and the collection of dust in this way. For any use connected with the human body, the purest water is always preferable to any other. Filtered rain water and distilled water are the purest forms of water attainable. ”
{Practical treatise on the bath, its history and uses by J. H. Kellogg, M. D. 1876, p 9-14}

“Spring water is occasionally comparatively free from germs, also the water from driven wells which penetrate rocky strata. Malaria, as well as typhoid fever and cholera, is, I believe, usually contracted through the use of impure water. The value of boiling the water is well known even in Africa, India, and China. DISTILLED WATER is best of all. At the Sanitarium we use distilled water altogether for drinking purposes.”
{February 15, 1895 N/A, GCB 170.8 JH Kellogg}

“Persons in health should on no account neglect bathing. They should by all means bathe as often as twice a week. Those who are not in health have impurities of the blood, and the skin is not in a healthy condition. The multitude of pores, or little mouths, through which the body breathes, become clogged and filled with waste matter. The skin needs to be carefully and thoroughly cleansed, that the pores may do their work in freeing the body from impurities; therefore, feeble persons who are diseased, surely need the advantages and blessings of bathing as often as twice a week, and frequently even more than this is positively necessary. Respiration is more free and easy if bathing is practiced, whether sick, or well. By bathing, the muscles become more flexible, the mind and body are alike invigorated, the intellect is brighter, and every faculty is livelier. The bath is a soother of nerves. It promotes general perspiration, quickens the circulation, overcomes obstructions in the system and acts beneficially on the kidneys and urinary organs. Bathing helps the bowels, stomach, and liver, giving energy and new life to each. Digestion is promoted by bathing, and instead of the system being weakened, it is strengthened. Instead of increasing the liabilities to cold, a bath properly taken fortifies against cold, because the circulation is improved, and the uterine organs, which are more or less congested, are relieved, for the blood is brought to the surface, and a more easy and regular flow of the blood through all the blood-vessels is obtained.” 
{T21 103.1}

“Physicians often advise their patients to take an ocean voyage, to go to some mineral spring, or to visit different places for change of climate in order to regain health, when in nine cases out of ten, if they would eat temperately, and take cheerful, healthful exercise, they would become well, and would save time and money.” 
{Ms2-1870.7}

“The Best Water —The purest water is universally the best.  Whatever beneficial effects are obtained from water drinking must be attributed to the water itself, and not to any ingredients which it contains.  Mineral water are simply diluted drugs.  The ingredients may be obtained at any drugstore, and if diluted to the same extent as that in which they are found in the so-called natural waters, the effects obtained from their use would be the same.  Medical experience has shown that the best of the so-called mineral water are those which contain the least mineral ingredients.   The very best water is distilled water which has been well aerated.  Water obtained from  natural sources is generally more or less contaminated, that from lakes, streams, and rivers being necessarily defiled by the fish and other creatures which live in natural bodies of water, and by surface drainage, which, after every rain, washes out quantities of filth. Water obtained from public supplies should always be boiled; indeed, this precaution is a wise one under nearly all circumstances. Hard water should always be boiled for a long time to eliminate, so far as possible, the lime which it contains; but even when boiled it is by no means free from this injurious ingredient.  The larger the amount of saline ingredients, the more slowly the water is absorbed.  The presence of acids encourages absorption.  Carbonated distilled water and diluted fruit juices without sugar are the best drinks.”
{Rational Hydrotherapy, John Harvey Kellogg, pg 929-30}

Pioneer Dr. Jackson from book of James and Sister White:
“THE QUALITY OF WATER TO BE USED. – Water, to be of the highest benefit when used either by the healthy or the sick, should be pure and soft. By PURITY I mean freedom from impregnation by mineral substances, or earthly salts, or the infusion of vegetable matter, either or all of which render it more or less unfit for external or internal application. There never was a greater mistake
in the use of an agent whose natural and ordinary effect is to promote human health, than is made by those who are led to believe that water impregnated with earthy and medicinal substances is more beneficial than water which is entirely free from them. Hence the popular belief that to wash the body in medicated water, or to use it as a drink, is superior to the use of pure water,
leads to most doleful results. Water, therefore, which is to be used for bathing, or for drinking purposes, should be as free from all substances which do not enter essentially into its composition, as it is possible to obtain it. Hence in addition to its purity it
should be soft.”
{1865 JW, HHTL 121.2}

“…if those who are afflicted would assist nature in her efforts by the USE OF PURE, SOFT WATER, much suffering would be prevented…”
{CH 61.2}

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“The horse called Parson was very sick. We feared he would die. We doctored him as well as we could, putting hot flannel blankets around him. He was relieved after several applications. We learned that hydrotherapy is for animals as well as for human beings.” 
{Ms12-1873.4} Saturday, October 4, 1873

“DISTILLED WATER is best of all. At the Sanitarium we use distilled water altogether for drinking purposes.“
{February 15, 1895 N/A, GCB 170.8 JH Kellogg}

“In nine cases out of ten there is more danger of eating too much than too little. Some invalids who go to the Health Institute for treatment seem to think that they have no work to do in controlling their appetites. Frequently they eat double the amount their stomach can dispose of. This draws upon the vitality of the system, in order to get rid of the extra burden.”
{Ms1-1876.18}

OUR PIONEERS HAD A 90% SUCCESS RATE IN CURING DISEASE AT BATTLECREEK USING HYDROTHERAPY TREATMENTS

” If the sick and suffering will do only as well as they know in regard to living out the principles of health reform perseveringly, then they will in nine cases out of ten recover from their ailments. ” {Ms22-1887.16}

“Experimenting in drugs is a very expensive business. Paralysis of the brain and tongue is often the result, and the victims die an unnatural death, when, if they had been treated perseveringly, with unwearied, unrelaxed diligence with hot and cold water, hot compresses, packs, and dripping sheet, they would be alive today.”  {MM 228.2}

“My message is: Out of the cities. There are places out from the cities that have buildings that we would be able to secure where there was grass and flowers with plenty of grounds, where we could take the sick like a family, and let them drink in the atmosphere of heaven. In the cities there is nothing but walls and enough to keep them sick. We want to get them out where there are singing birds, with flowers, with trees and shade, where they can be in God’s line. Then the sick would have a remedy by using natural methods in securing health. Water, pure air, and to be near nature will restore health. When we began in Battle Creek the Lord blest wonderfully as we used these means.  How drugs come in is a mystery to me with all the light God has given. The Lord does not want us to go into the cities to establish sanitariums unless there is some feeder in the cities to lead them out where they can get correct treatment.”  {Ms186-1905.7}

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“Unless the original cause of any given disease be removed, there is no successful way of obtaining a permanent cure; and by the removal of the original cause, perhaps in more than nine cases out of ten, Nature will remove the difficulty without the aid of any kind of medicine.”
HHTL 146-47

“More than nineteen-twentieths, probably, of all the diseases of which complaint is made, are created, directly or indirectly, by the people who suffer from them; and, as a general rule, if they will cease creating the disturbance, Nature will recover herself better without medicines than with them.”
HHTL 149