THE TIME has come to make known to thinking people interested in the claims of vegetarianism some facts about right eating that few have taken the trouble to investigate, because of the specious arguments against the eating of meat introduced to the western world by representatives of the East or by those interested in Eastern religious beliefs.

There is no doubt that the chief objection to meat-eating comes from the followers of Theosophy, Rosicrucianism and other Occult Movements, who get their main ideas from Oriental Sources based upon certain religious beliefs. Before considering their arguments, those of us who are the true followers of Jesus Christ would do well first to learn what are His ideas on the subject and also the commandments regarding it given to us by God at the beginning.

We find the only definite commands on record in the Bible are those in Genesis 9:3-4, given to Noah, as follows: “Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you—as the green herb have I given you all. But flesh with the life thereof—which is the blood thereof—thou shalt not eat.” This can mean only one thing—all animals and herbs are intended for man as food, but not raw flesh. Elsewhere in Genesis and Leviticus instructions are given to roast or burn the flesh with fire.

Then in Leviticus, eleventh chapter: “These are the living things which you may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth: Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat; excepting only the camel, the coney (or rock-badger), the hare, and the swine, which are unclean; also all fish that have fins and scales; and all fowls with the exception of those named, which people do not now eat, such as the eagle, hawk, owl, ostrich, stork, heron, and vulture. Those interested will find much further information in this chapter of the Bible about what is unclean.

On the other hand, Jesus gave no definite word about the eating of flesh or meat; but it is known he fed the multitude with fish and He aided His disciples to catch fish for food. But He does emphasize very definitely the unimportance of food and flesh for