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Show Mormons To Celebrate Hundredth Anniversary The one hundredth anniversary st the Word of Wisdom revelation, Ven to Joseph Smith, February 27, J33, will be observed by all the ards, branches, stakes and miss-,ns miss-,ns in the L. D. S. Church (Morion). (Mor-ion). Special programs by the auxiliary -ganizations, by the priesthood iorums and at the ward meetings ill emphasize the importance of iLs code of health and the bene-ts bene-ts that follow its observance. The ormon people quote statistics and mparisons with other groups to ove they have a lower death rate, far lower "disease" rate, these ftal statistics being taken from the International Year Book of the wague of Nations. The Word of Wisdom is really "bill of health" and teaches ac-irding ac-irding to the leaders of the Church .at we should eat meat sparingly, ,t fresh fruit liberally, eat fresh id cooked vegetables regularly, it grains (ground whole) in bread id porridge daily; drink water, uit juices, grain extracts or milk abundance; sleep regularly from ,rly evening to early morning; bor regularly and steadily with dy and mind. Drink no alcoholic Overages, use no tobacco; drink no a or coffee, avoid refined foods, stain from hot drinks. In 1883, before many of the prin- ")les taught in the Word of Wis-m Wis-m were advocated by the medical rld, Joseph Smith, the "Mormon" ophet received this Word of Wis-m Wis-m as an actual revelation from e Deity, and taught it to his folders fol-ders as the Word of God for the mporal salvation of the people, id is has been observed by the ijority of the Church membership er since that time. Statistics quoted above, and many her available, indicate the truth- "Incss of the principles involved, id since the Latter-day Saints are llectively, and as a group, more lalthy than the average of nations ) announced by the League of tions, they consider this condit-i condit-i a vindication of their doctrine. The celebration of this revealed ...n will stimulate a better observ-co observ-co ol the Word of Wisdom, ac-"rrding ac-"rrding to Church officials who are tanning this hundredth anniver-ry. anniver-ry. n |