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Evangelism
Be careful what attitude you assume, lest you be found causing
division. My brother, even while you fail to bring into your life and
into your family the blessing that comes from following the principles
of health reform, do not harm others by opposing the light God has
given on this subject.
While we do not make the use of flesh meat a test, while we do
not want to force anyone to give up its use, yet it is our duty to request
that no minister of the conference shall make light of or oppose the
message of reform on this point. If, in the face of the light God has
given concerning the effect of meat eating on the system, you will
still continue to eat meat, you must bear the consequences. But do
not take a position before the people that will permit them to think
that it is not necessary to call for a reform in regard to meat eating,
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because the Lord is calling for reform. The Lord has given us the work
of proclaiming the message of health reform, and if you cannot step
forward in the ranks of those who are giving this message, you are not
to make this prominent. In counterworking the efforts of your fellow
laborers who are teaching health reform, you are out of order, working
on the wrong side.—
Letter 48, 1902
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