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An Antitobacco and Temperance Message
Man has Sold His Reason—Satan is taking the world captive
through the use of liquor and tobacco, tea and coffee. The God-given
mind, which should be kept clear, is perverted by the use of narcotics.
The brain is no longer able to distinguish correctly. The enemy has
control. Man has sold his reason for that which makes him mad. He
has no sense of what is right. Yet the liquor curse is legalized, and
works untold ruin in the hands of those who love to tamper with that
which not only ruins the poor victim but his whole family.
The curse of liquor-drinking is demonstrated by the awful murders
that take place. Intemperance is widespread. How much man’s senses
are perverted by intoxicating drugs it is impossible to say.—
Manuscript
11, 1899
.
An Important Duty—Years ago we regarded the spread of the
temperance principles as one of our most important duties. It should
be so today.—
Medical Ministry, 266
(1907).
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Methods for Presenting the Temperance Message—The sub-
ject of temperance should be strongly and clearly presented. Let the
people be shown what a blessing the practice of health principles will
be to them. Let them see what God designed men and women to be-
come. Point to the great sacrifice made for the uplifting and ennobling
of the human race. With the Bible in hand, present the requirements
of God. Tell the hearers that He expects them to use the powers of
mind and body in a way that will honor Him. Show them how the
enemy is trying to drag human beings down by leading them to indulge
perverted appetite.
Clearly, plainly, earnestly, tell them how thousands of men and
women are using God’s money to corrupt themselves and to make this
world a hell. Millions of dollars are spent for that which makes men
mad. Present this matter so clearly that its force cannot but be seen.
Then tell your hearers of the Saviour, who came to this world to save
men and women from all sinful practices. “God so loved the world,
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