Appendix 6 – Laws of Life

James Caleb Jackson

1863 Vol. 6 page 23.1 – “taking abundant exercise in the open air.”

Score – Significant

1863 Vol. 6 page 84.3 – “gentle exercise in the open air. .... careful not to overdo,” Page 90.1 – “One of the most unhygienic things a person can do is to over work.” Comment – Many times Jackson advises against vigorous exercise.

Score – Unverified

Why 37 – Gentle Exercise (What 48) Exercise wears out the living matter.

1863 Vol. Page 178.1 – “Living machines, as well as inanimate ones, wear by use. With the birth of power there is death of living mater. Every contraction of a muscle, every transit of nervous influence, is accompanied by the passage of living atoms of muscle and nerve into a condition of death. Every action of the mind upon the nervous system disintegrates or breaks down a portion of the nervous matter, just as every train sent over the railroad wears away some portion of the iron track.”

Score - Unverified

Why 38 – Over exercise (What 48) Over exercise cause head aches.

1862 Vol. 5 page 113.3 – “Physical activities .... are exerted in too great degree., thus the person work too hard, and sick headache is the reactionary result.”

Comment – Headaches are more likely from mental work.

Score – Unverified

1862 Vol. 5 page 117.3 – “exercise by walking, or on horseback, or in a carriage.”

Page 150.1 – “Is walking worthy to constitute the most important part of the students exercise? - Yes.”

1863 Vol. 6 page107.1 – “riding for five to ten miles in a carriage daily.”

Comment - This is in contrast with Ellen White who points out that riding is not adequate.

Score – Minor

Why 39 – Walking (What 49) Walking helps the bowels.

1862 Vol. 5 page 151.2 – “Walking aids the peristaltic motion of the bowels.”

Score - Verified

1863 Vol. 6 page 90.3 – “Instead of respecting, cherishing and indulging her inclination to think and study; she should regard this ... as being morbid exhibition .... then she will have a healthy brain;- then she can study judiciously,”

Score - Unverified

Why 40 – Mental exercise (What 50)