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and annoyed, and finally controlled at pleasure by the enemy of all
righteousness.—
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 75, 1890
22. In order to preserve health, temperance in all things is
necessary,—temperance in labor, temperance in eating and drinking.
Our heavenly Father sent the light of health reform to guard against
the evils resulting from a debased appetite, that those who love purity
and holiness may know how to use with discretion the good things He
has provided for them, and that by exercising temperance in daily life,
they may be sanctified through the truth.—[
Christian Temperance and
Bible Hygiene, 52
]
Counsels on Health, 120, 121, 1890
23. Let it ever be kept before the mind that the great object of
hygienic reform is to secure the highest possible development of mind
and soul and body. All the laws of nature—which are the laws of
God—are designed for our good. Obedience to them will promote our
happiness in this life, and will aid us in a preparation for the life to
come.—
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 120, 1890
Importance of Health Principles
24. I have been shown that the principles that were given us in the
early days of the message are as important and should be regarded just
as conscientiously today as they were then. There are some who have
never followed the light given on the question of diet. It is now time
to take the light from under the bushel, and let it shine forth in clear,
bright rays.
The principles of healthful living mean a great deal to us individu-
ally and as a people....
All are now being tested and proved. We have been baptized into
Christ, and if we will act our part by separating from everything that
would drag us down and make us what we ought not to be, there will
be given us strength to grow up into Christ, who is our living head,
and we shall see the salvation of God.
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Only when we are intelligent in regard to the principles of healthful
living, can we be fully aroused to see the evils resulting from improper
diet. Those who, after seeing their mistakes, have courage to change
their habits will find that the reformatory process requires a struggle
and much perseverance; but when correct tastes are once formed, they
will realize that the use of the food which they formerly regarded as