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Counsels on Diet and Foods
as injurious, something less objectionable may be used, and this is
found in eggs. Do not remove milk from the table or forbid its being
used in the cooking of food. The milk should be procured from healthy
cows, and should be sterilized....
The time will come when milk cannot be used as freely as it is now
used; but the present is not the time to discard it....
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But I wish to say that when the time comes that it is no longer
safe to use milk, cream, butter, and eggs, God will reveal this. No
extremes in health reform are to be advocated. The question of using
milk and butter and eggs will work out its own problem. At present
we have no burden on this line. Let your moderation be known unto
all men.—
Letter 37, 1901
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Health Foods to Take Place of Milk and Butter—583
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God Will Provide
613. We see that cattle are becoming greatly diseased, the earth
itself is corrupted, and we know that the time will come when it will
not be best to use milk and eggs. But that time has not yet come. We
know that when it does come, the Lord will provide. The question
is asked, meaning much to all concerned, Will God set a table in the
wilderness? I think the answer may be made, Yea, God will provide
food for His people.
In all parts of the world provision will be made to supply the
place of milk and eggs. And the Lord will let us know when the time
comes to give up these articles. He desires all to feel that they have
a gracious heavenly Father who will instruct them in all things. The
Lord will give dietetic art and skill to His people in all parts of the
world, teaching them how to use for the sustenance of life the products
of the earth.—
Letter 151, 1901
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Use of Milk in Breadmaking—496
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Use of Milk in Whole-Wheat Rolls—503
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Part 4—Olives and Olive Oil
614. When properly prepared, olives, like nuts, supply the place of
butter and flesh meats. The oil, as eaten in the olive, is far preferable
to animal oil or fat. It serves as a laxative. Its use will be found