Manufacture of Health Foods
St. Helena, California, February 16, 1901.
Last night I seemed to be speaking to our people, telling them
that, as Seventh-day Adventists, we must cultivate love, patience, and
true courtesy. Jesus will strengthen the leaders of His people if they
will learn of Him. God’s people must strive to reach the very highest
standard of excellence. Especially should those who are medical mis-
sionaries manifest in spirit, word, and character that they are following
Christ Jesus, the divine Model of medical missionary effort.
I have a most earnest desire that in every place the work shall
be carried forward in accordance with His commands. I see trouble
ahead as high as mountains for our people in the way in which some
things are now being done, and especially in regard to the health food
business. As we advance we shall have to meet very difficult problems
of human invention, which will bring much perplexity. Scheming
tends to dishonesty.
With great skill, and with painstaking effort, Dr. Kellogg and his
associates have prepared a special line of health foods. Their chief
motive has been to benefit humanity, and God’s blessing has rested
upon their efforts. If they follow in the counsel of God, if they walk
after the example of Christ, they will continue to advance; for God
will give skill and understanding to those who seek Him unselfishly.
In many respects improvements can be made in the health foods sent
out from our factories. The Lord will teach His servants how to make
food preparations that are more simple and less expensive. There are
many whom He will teach in this line if they will walk in His counsel,
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and in harmony with their brethren.
To Our Brethren in All Lands
The Lord has instructed me to say that He has not confined to a
few persons all the light there is to be received in regard to the best
preparations of health foods. He will give to many minds in different
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