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may preserve their own powers in the best possible condition and by
example as well as by precept may exert a right influence upon their
pupils. The teacher whose physical powers are already enfeebled by
disease or overwork should pay special attention to the laws of life.
He should take time for recreation. He should not take upon himself
responsibility outside of his school work, which will so tax him physi-
cally or mentally that his nervous system will be unbalanced; for in
this case he will be unfitted to deal with minds and cannot do justice
to himself or to his pupils.—
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene,
83, 1890
. (
Fundamentals of Christian Education, 147
.)
Understanding Different Needs—I was shown that the physi-
cians at our Institute should be men and women of faith and spiritual-
ity. They should make God their trust. There are many who come to
the Institute who have by their own sinful indulgence brought upon
themselves disease of almost every type.
This class do not deserve the sympathy that they frequently require.
And it is painful to the physicians to devote time and strength to this
class, who are debased physically, mentally, and morally.
But there is a class who have, through ignorance, lived in violation
of nature’s laws. They have worked intemperately and have eaten
intemperately because it was the custom to do so. Some have suffered
many things from many physicians but have not been made better, but
decidedly worse. At length they are torn from business, from society,
and from their families; and as their last resort they come to the Health
Institute with some faint hope that they may find relief.
This class need sympathy. They should be treated with the greatest
tenderness, and care should be taken to make clear to their understand-
ing the laws of their being, that they may, be ceasing to violate them,
and by governing themselves, avoid suffering and disease—the penalty
of nature’s violated law.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:178
(1872).
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Truth Not to Be Spoken at All Times—But few who have moved
in the society of the world, and who view things from a worlding’s
standpoint are prepared to have a statement of facts in regard to them-
selves presented before them. The truth even is not to be spoken at all
times. There is a fit time and opportunity to speak when words will not
offend. The physicians should not be overworked and their nervous
systems prostrated, for this condition of body will not be favorable to