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in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”—
The
Review and Herald, November 12, 1901
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Responsibility of Those Who Have Light
There are but few as yet who are aroused sufficiently to understand
how much their habits of diet have to do with their health, their charac-
ters, their usefulness in this world, and their eternal destiny. I saw that
it is the duty of those who have received the light from Heaven, and
have realized the benefit of walking in it, to manifest a greater interest
for those who are still suffering for want of knowledge. Sabbathkeep-
ers who are looking for the soon appearing of their Saviour should be
the last to manifest a lack of interest in this great work of reform. Men
and women must be instructed, and ministers and people should feel
that the burden of the work rests upon them to agitate the subject, and
urge it home upon others.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:488, 489
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Thousands Eager to Learn
Gospel workers should be able also to give instruction in the prin-
ciples of healthful living. There is sickness everywhere, and most of it
might be prevented by attention to the laws of health. The people need
to see the bearing of health principles upon their well-being, both for
this life and for the life to come....
Thousands need and would gladly receive instruction concerning
the simple methods of treating the sick—methods that are taking the
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place of the use of poisonous drugs. There is great need of instruction
in regard to dietetic reform. Wrong habits of eating and the use of un-
healthful food are in no small degree responsible for the intemperance
and crime and wretchedness that curse the world.
In teaching health principles keep before the mind the great object
of reform, that its purpose is to secure the highest development of body
and mind and soul.—
The Ministry of Healing, 146
The Public to Be Deeply Stirred
All are bound by the most sacred obligations to God to heed the
sound philosophy and genuine experience which he is now giving
them in reference to health reform. He designs that the great subject