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regain health and save time and money. Exercise, and a free, abundant
use of the air and sunlight—blessings which heaven has bestowed
upon all—would in many cases give life and strength to the emaciated
invalid.—
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 160, 1890
Some Things We Can Do for Ourselves
454. In regard to that which we can do for ourselves, there is a
point that requires careful, thoughtful consideration.
I must become acquainted with myself, I must be a learner always
as to how to take care of this building, the body God has given me, that
I may preserve it in the very best condition of health. I must eat those
things which will be for my very best good physically, and I must take
special care to have my clothing such as will conduce to a healthful
circulation of the blood. I must not deprive myself of exercise and air.
I must get all the sunlight that it is possible for me to obtain. I must
have wisdom to be a faithful guardian of my body.
I should do a very unwise thing to enter a cool room when in a
perspiration; I should show myself an unwise steward to allow myself
to sit in a draft, and thus expose myself so as to take cold. I should be
unwise to sit with cold feet and limbs, and thus drive back the blood
from the extremities to the brain or internal organs. I should always
protect my feet in damp weather. I should eat regularly of the most
healthful food which will make the best quality of blood, and I should
not work intemperately if it is in my power to avoid doing so. And
when I violate the laws God has established in my being, I am to repent
and reform, and place myself in the most favorable condition under
the doctors God has provided,—pure air, pure water, and the healing,
precious sunlight.
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Water can be used in many ways to relieve suffering. Drafts of
clear, hot water taken before eating (half a quart, more or less), will
never do any harm, but will rather be productive of good.—
Letter 35,
1890
Faith and Correct Eating and Drinking
455. Let those who are sick do all in their power, by correct practice
in eating, drinking, and dressing, and by taking judicious exercise,
to secure the recovery of health. Let the patients who come to our