Chapter 28—Milk and Cream
Letter K 45, 1903
I eat but two meals a day, and still follow the light given me thirty-
five years ago. I use no meat. As for myself, I have settled the butter
question. I do not use it. This question should easily be settled in
every place where the purest article can not be obtained. We have two
good milch cows, a Jersey and a Holstein. We use cream, and all are
satisfied with this.
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 47
God has furnished man with abundant means for the gratification
of an unperverted appetite. He has spread before him the products of
the earth,—a bountiful variety of food that is palatable to the taste, and
nutritious to the system. Of these our benevolent heavenly Father says
we may freely eat. Fruits, grains, and vegetables, prepared in a simple
way, free from spice and grease of all kinds, make, with milk or cream,
the most healthful diet. They impart nourishment to the body, and give
a power of endurance and a vigor of intellect that are not produced by
a stimulating diet.
Testimonies for the Church 9:162
Food should be prepared in such a way that it will be appetizing as
well as nourishing. It should not be robbed of that which the system
needs. I use some salt, and always have, because salt, instead of being
deleterious, is actually essential for the blood. Vegetables should be
made palatable with a little milk or cream, or something equivalent
Some, in abstaining from milk, eggs, and butter, have failed to
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supply the system with proper nourishment, and as a consequence have
become weak and unable to work. Thus health reform is brought into
disrepute. The work that we have tried to build up solidly is confused
with strange things that God has not required, and the energies of the
church are crippled. But God will interfere to prevent the results of
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