Chapter 7—Diet in Different Countries
Manuscript 78, 1902
The light that God has given and will continue to give on the
food question is to be to His people today what the manna was to the
children of Israel. The manna fell from heaven, and the people were
told to gather it, and prepare it to be eaten. So in the different countries
of the world, light will be given to the Lord’s people, and health foods
suited to these countries will be prepared.
Manuscript 40, 1902
To many in different places the Lord will give intelligence in regard
to health foods. He can spread a table in the wilderness. Health foods
should be prepared by our churches who are trying to practice the
principles of health reform. But as surely as they should do this, some
would say that they were infringing on their rights. But who gave
them the wisdom to prepare these foods?—The God of heaven. That
same God will give wisdom to His people in the different countries
to use the productions of these countries in preparing health foods.
In simple, inexpensive ways, our people are to experiment with the
fruits and grains and roots in the countries in which they live. In
different countries inexpensive health foods are to be manufactured
for the benefit of the poor and for the benefit of the families of our own
people.
The message that God has given me is that His people in foreign
lands are not to depend for their supply of health foods on the importa-
tion of health foods from America. The freight and the duty make the
cost of these foods so high that the poor, who are just as precious in
the sight of God, as the wealthy, can not have the advantage of them.
Health foods are God’s productions, and He will teach His people
in missionary fields so to combine the productions of the earth that
simple, inexpensive, wholesome foods will be provided. If they will
seek wisdom from God, He will teach them how to plan and devise to
utilize these productions. I am instructed to say, Forbid them not.
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