Our Bodies, Temples of the Holy Ghost
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7. The wonderful mechanism of the human body does not receive
half the care that is often given to a mere lifeless machine.—
Gospel
Workers, 175
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Personal Rights
8. Have I not the right to do as I please with my own body?—No,
you have no moral right, because you are violating the laws of life and
health which God has given you. You are the Lord’s property,—his by
creation and his by redemption. Every human being is under obligation
to preserve the living machinery that is so fearfully and wonderfully
made.—
Unpublished Testimonies, May 19, 1897
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9. The physical organism should have special care, that the powers
of the body may not be dwarfed, but developed to their full extent.—
The Youth’s Instructor, July 27, 1893
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10. The health should be as sacredly guarded as the character.—
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 83
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11. Jesus did not ignore the claims of the body, He had respect
for the physical condition of man, and went about healing the sick,
and restoring their faculties to those suffering from their loss. How
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incumbent, then, is it upon us to preserve the natural health with
which God has endowed us, and to avoid dwarfing or weakening our
powers.—
The Health Reformer, November 1, 1877
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Mind Supreme
12. As they more fully understand the human body, the wonderful
work of God’s hand, formed in the image of the divine, they will
seek to bring their bodies into subjection to the noble powers of the
mind. The body will be regarded by them as a wonderful structure,
formed by the Infinite Designer, and given into their charge to be kept
in harmonious action.—
The Health Reformer, September 1, 1871, par.
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13. The obligation we owe to God in presenting to him clean, pure,
healthy bodies is not comprehended.—
Unpublished Testimonies, May
19, 1897
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