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427. Jesus, speaking of the cloudy pillar, gave special direction
to the children of Israel, saying: “It shall be a perpetual statute for
your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat
nor blood.” “And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, of sheep,
or of goat.” “For whosoever eateth the fat of the beasts, of which men
offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, even the soul that eateth
it shall be cut off from among his people.”—
Unpublished Testimonies,
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428. You should keep grease out of your food. It defiles any
preparation of food you may make.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:63
.
429. Grease cooked in the food renders it difficult of digestion.—
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 47
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430. Some fall into the error that because they discard meat, they
have no need to supply its place with the best fruits and vegetables,
prepared in their most natural state, free from grease and spices.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:486
.
431. Butter and meat stimulate. They have injured the stomach
and perverted the taste.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:486
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432. You place upon your tables butter, eggs, and meat, and your
children partake of them. They are fed with the very things that will
excite their animal passions, and then you come to meeting and ask
God to bless and save your children.—
Testimonies for the Church
2:362
.
Saleratus and Soda
433. Saleratus in any form should not be introduced into the stom-
ach; for the effect is fearful. It eats the coatings of the stomach, causes
inflammation, and frequently poisons the entire system.—
Testimonies
for the Church 2:537
.
434. Hot soda biscuit are often spread with butter, and eaten as a
choice diet; but the feeble digestive organs cannot but feel the abuse
placed upon them.—
Unpublished Testimonies, November 5, 1896
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