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with nutrition. While grief and anxiety cannot remedy a single evil,
they can do great harm; but cheerfulness and hope, while they brighten
the pathway of others, “are life unto those that find them, and health
to all their flesh” (
Proverbs 4:22
).—ST, Feb 12, 1885.
In Treating Sick, Study Minds [
See Chapter 42, Mind and
Health.
]—In the treatment of the sick the effect of mental influence
should not be overlooked. Rightly used, this influence affords one of
the most effective agencies for combating disease.—
The Ministry of
Healing, 241
(1905).
Sickness Originates in the Mind—A great deal of the sickness
which afflicts humanity has its origin in the mind and can only be
cured by restoring the mind to health. There are very many more
than we imagine who are sick mentally. Heart sickness makes many
dyspeptics, for mental trouble has a paralyzing influence upon the
digestive organs.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:184
(1872).
Christ Heals—There is a soul sickness no balm can reach, no
medicine heal. Pray for these, and bring them to Jesus Christ.—
Manuscript 105, 1898.
(
Welfare Ministry, 71
.)
Atmosphere Provides Health and Vigor—Above all things, par-
ents should surround their children with an atmosphere of cheerfulness,
courtesy, and love. A home where love dwells and where it finds ex-
pression in looks, in words, in acts, is a place where angels delight
to dwell. Parents, let the sunshine of love, cheer, and happy content
enter your own hearts, and let its sweet influence pervade the home.
Manifest a kindly, forbearing spirit, and encourage the same in your
children, cultivating all those graces that will brighten the home life.
The atmosphere thus created will be to the children what air and sun-
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shine are to the vegetable world, promoting health and vigor of mind
and body.—
Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 115
(1913).
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