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Evangelism
Fully Established in Health Reform—Those who live in the last
days of this earth’s history need to be fully established in the principles
of health reform....
Sickly men and sickly women need to become health reformers.
God will co-operate with His children in preserving their health, if they
eat with care, refusing to put unnecessary burdens on the stomach. He
has graciously made the path of nature sure and safe, wide enough for
all who will walk in it. He has given for our sustenance the wholesome
and health-giving productions of the earth....
Many have done the body much injury by a disregard of the laws
of life, and they may never recover from the effects of their neglect;
but even now they may repent and be converted. Man has tried to be
wiser than God. He has become a law unto himself. God calls upon us
to give attention to His requirements, no longer to dishonor Him by
dwarfing the physical, mental, and spiritual capabilities.—
Letter 135,
1902
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Health Reform Progressive and Practical—The Lord desires
our ministers, physicians, and church members to be careful not to
urge those who are ignorant of our faith to make sudden changes in
diet, thus bringing men to a premature test. Hold up the principles of
health reform, and let the Lord lead the honest in heart. They will hear
and believe. Nor does the Lord require His messengers to present the
beautiful truths of healthful living in a way that will prejudice minds.
Let no one put stumbling blocks before the feet that are walking in the
dark paths of ignorance. Even in praising a good thing, it is well not
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to be too enthusiastic, lest you turn out of the way those who come
to hear. Present the principles of temperance in their most attractive
form.
We must not move presumptuously. The laborers who enter new
territory to raise up churches must not create difficulties by attempting
to make prominent the question of diet. They should be careful not to
draw the lines too closely, for impediments would thus be thrown in
the pathway of others. Do not drive the people; lead them.
Wherever the truth is carried, instruction should be given in regard
to the preparation of wholesome foods. God desires that in every place
the people shall be taught by skillful teachers how to utilize wisely
the products that they can raise or readily obtain in their section of the