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Testimony Studies on Diet and Foods
When the restaurant work was started, it was expected that it would
be the means of reaching many with the message of present truth. Has
it done this?
To the workers in our restaurants the question was asked by One in
authority: “To how many have you spoken regarding their salvation?
How many have heard from your lips earnest appeals to accept Christ
as a personal Saviour? How many have been led by your words to turn
from sin to the service of the living God?”
As in our restaurants people are supplied with temporal food, let
not the workers forget that they themselves and those whom they serve
need to be constantly supplied with the bread of heaven. Let them
watch constantly for opportunities to speak of the truth to those who
know it not.
Care of the Helpers
The managers of our restaurants are to work for the salvation of
the employees. They must not overwork, because by so doing they
will place themselves where they have neither strength nor inclination
to help the workers spiritually. They are to devote their best powers to
instructing their employees in spiritual lines, explaining the Scriptures
to them, and praying with them and for them. They are to guard the
religious interests of the helpers as carefully as parents are to guard
the religious interests of their children. Patiently and tenderly they
are to watch over them, doing all in their power to help them in the
perfection of Christian characters. Their words are to be like apples of
gold in pictures of silver; their actions are to be free from every trace of
selfishness and harshness. They are to stand as minute-men, watching
for souls as they that must give an account. They are to strive to keep
their helpers standing on vantage-ground, where their courage will
constantly grow stronger, and their faith in God constantly increase.
Unless our restaurants are conducted in this way, it will be nec-
essary to warn our people against sending their children to them as
workers. Many of those who patronize our restaurants do not bring
with them the angels of God; they do not desire the companionship
of these holy beings. They bring with them a worldly influence, and
to withstand this influence, the workers need to be closely connected
with God. The managers of our restaurants must do more to save the