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Eating for Life, July 16
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.... For
they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Proverbs 4:20-22
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Erroneous opinions, arrived at because of faulty education in the home,
have been handed down by children to children’s children, and habits of indul-
gence have been fostered which have resulted in ruined health to thousands.
Our sanitariums are to be places where correct education can be given to
many on matters that pertain to life and health. The habits of eating should
be carefully guarded, that none shall make themselves sick by indulgence of
appetite. The Lord is not pleased when His people, bought by the sacrifice of
His beloved Son, thoughtlessly injure themselves by wrong habits of living.
As we pass through this world, we should seek to instruct all who will be
taught how to avoid and how to overcome self-indulgent practices.
If we are believers in Jesus Christ, we shall seek to become intelligent as
to how to keep the brain clear and active, that not a tittle of our influence shall
be lost. We should seek to become laborers together with God by keeping
the system in such a condition that it can render perfect service. It is poor
policy indeed, to ill-treat the digestive organs, upon which the happiness of
the whole being so largely depends. When the stomach is disturbed, the mind
is disturbed, and the brain nerve power is weakened. It therefore becomes a
religious duty with every soul to learn the science of healthful living, to keep
the question of diet in mind, and to treat the matter conscientiously.
The apostle Paul declares to us that we are not our own, that we are bought
with a price. If we truly love the One who gave His life for us, we shall feel
under solemn obligation to avoid disease....
The strength of the temptation to indulge perverted appetite can be mea-
sured only by the longsuffering of Christ in His long fast in the wilderness.
Christ knew that in order to carry out the plan of salvation, He must begin
the work of redemption just where the ruin began. Adam fell on the point of
appetite. Christ took up the work of redemption just where the ruin began.
The same is true of our experience. We are to begin the work of reform just
where the work of degeneracy is so keenly felt.—
Letter 218, July 16, 1908
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to a conference president.
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