Rational Remedies for Disease
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999. The less the attention is called to the stomach after a meal,
the better. If you are in constant fear that your food will hurt you, it
most assuredly will.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:530
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1000. We should encourage a cheerful, hopeful, peaceful frame of
mind; for our health depends upon our so doing.—
Testimonies for the
Church 3:13
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1001. Cheerfulness and a clear conscience are better than drugs,
and will be an effective agent in your restoration to health.—
The
Health Reformer, June 1, 1871
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Doing Good a Remedy for Disease
1002. You who are suffering with poor health, there is a remedy
for you. If thou clothe the naked, and bring the poor that are cast out to
thy house, and deal thy bread to the hungry, “then shall thy light break
forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily.”
Doing good is an excellent remedy for disease.—
Testimonies for the
Church 2:29
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1003. The consciousness of right-doing is the best medicine for
diseased bodies and minds. He who is at peace with God has secured
the most important requisite to health. The blessing of the Lord is life
to the receiver.—
The Signs of the Times, June 15, 1882
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1004. The condition of the mind has much to do with the health of
the physical system. If the mind is free and happy, under a conscious-
ness of right-doing and a sense of satisfaction in causing happiness
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to others, it will create a cheerfulness that will react upon the whole
system, causing a freer circulation of the blood and a toning up of the
entire body.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:60
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1005. Doing good is a work that benefits both giver and receiver.
If you forget self in your interest for others, you gain a victory over
your infirmities. The satisfaction you will realize in doing good will
aid you greatly in the recovery of the healthy tone of the imagination.
The pleasure of doing good animates the mind and vibrates through
the whole body.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:534
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1006. The blessing of God is a healer; and those who are abundant
in benefiting others, will realize that wondrous blessing in their hearts
and lives.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:60
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