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Section 6—True and False Systems of Mind Cure
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I frequently turn from the bedside of these self-made invalids,
saying to myself, Dying by inches, dying of indolence, a disease
which no one but themselves can cure. I sometimes see young
men and women who might be a blessing to their parents, if they
would share with them the cares and burdens of life. But they
feel no disposition to do this, because it is not agreeable but is
attended with some weariness. They devote much of their time
in vain amusement, to the neglect of duties necessary for them to
perform in order to obtain an experience which will be of great
value to them in their future battles with the difficulties of real life.
They live for the present only, and neglect the physical, mental, and
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moral qualifications which would fit them for the emergencies of
life and give them self-reliance and self-respect in times of trial and
of danger.—
The Health Reformer, January, 1871
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Patriarchs and
Prophets, 132, 133
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The Holy Spirit as a Restorative
Dr. E. has made a great mistake in regard to exercise and
amusements, and a still greater in his teaching concerning religious
experience and religious excitement. The religion of the Bible is not
detrimental to the health of body or mind. The exalting influence of
the Spirit of God is the best restorative for the sick. Heaven is all
health, and the more fully the heavenly influences are felt, the more
sure the recovery of the believing invalid....
Let invalids do something, instead of occupying their minds with
a simple play, which lowers them in their own estimation and leads
them to think their lives useless. Keep the power of the will awake,
for the will aroused and rightly directed is a potent soother of the
nerves. Invalids are far happier to be employed, and their recovery
is more easily effected.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:556, 557
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Sanctified Mind Cure
The light given me is that if the sister you mention would brace
up and cultivate her taste for wholesome food, all these sinking
spells would pass away. She has cultivated her imagination; the
enemy has taken advantage of her weakness of body, and her mind