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Healthful living must be made a family matter. Parents should
awake to their God-given responsibilities. Let them study the prin-
ciples of health reform and teach their children that the path of self-
denial is the only path of safety. The mass of the inhabitants of the
world by their disregard of physical law are destroying their power
of self-control and unfitting themselves to appreciate eternal realities.
Willingly ignorant of their own structure, they lead their children in
the path of self-indulgence, thus preparing the way for them to suffer
the penalty of the transgression of nature’s laws. This is not taking a
wise interest in the welfare of their families.
The Church and Health Reform
There is a message regarding health reform to be borne in every
church. There is a work to be done in every school. Neither princi-
pal nor teachers should be entrusted with the education of the youth
until they have a practical knowledge of this subject. Some have felt
at liberty to criticize and question and find fault with health reform
principles of which they knew little by experience. They should stand
shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, with those who are working in
right lines.
The subject of health reform has been presented in the churches;
but the light has not been heartily received. The selfish, health-
destroying indulgences of men and women have counteracted the
influence of the message that is to prepare a people for the great day
of God. If the churches expect strength, they must live the truth which
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God has given them. If the members of our churches disregard the
light on this subject, they will reap the sure result in both spiritual and
physical degeneracy. And the influence of these older church members
will leaven those newly come to the faith. The Lord does not now work
to bring many souls into the truth, because of the church members
who have never been converted and those who were once converted
but who have backslidden. What influence would these unconsecrated
members have on new converts? Would they not make of no effect the
God-given message which His people are to bear?
Let all examine their own practices to see if they are not indulging
in that which is a positive injury to them. Let them dispense with
every unhealthful gratification in eating and drinking. Some go to