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should not fail to adopt it themselves, and should urge it upon all who
profess to believe the truth.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:469, 470,
1867
102. The health reform, I was shown, is a part of the third angel’s
message, and is just as closely connected with it as are the arm and
hand with the human body. I saw that we as a people must make an
advance move in this great work. Ministers and people must act in
concert. God’s people are not prepared for the loud cry of the third
angel. They have a work to do for themselves which they should not
leave for God to do for them. He has left this work for them to do. It
is an individual work; one cannot do it for another.—
Testimonies for
the Church 1:486, 1867
A Part of, but Not the Whole Message
103. The health reform is closely connected with the work of the
third message, yet it is not the message. Our preachers should teach
the health reform, yet they should not make this the leading theme in
the place of the message. Its place is among those subjects which set
forth the preparatory work to meet the events brought to view by the
message; among these it is prominent. We should take hold of every
reform with zeal, yet should avoid giving the impression that we are
vacillating, and subject to fanaticism.—
Testimonies for the Church
1:559, 1867
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104. The health reform is as closely related to the third angel’s
message as the arm to the body; but the arm cannot take the place of
the body. The proclamation of the third angel’s message, the com-
mandments of God and the testimony of Jesus, is the burden of our
work. The message is to be proclaimed with a loud cry, and is to go to
the whole world. The presentation of health principles must be united
with this message, but must not in any case be independent of it, or in
any way take the place of it.—
Letter 57, 1896
Its Relation to Medical Institutions
105. The sanitariums which are established are to be closely and
inseparably bound up with the gospel. The Lord has given instruction
that the gospel is to be carried forward; and the gospel includes health
reform in all its phases. Our work is to enlighten the world; for it is