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no need of you”; but all are united to the body to do their specific
work and should be alike respected, as they conduce to the comfort
and usefulness of the perfect whole.—
Testimonies for the Church
4:128
(1876).
The Harmonious Development of Both Mental and Moral
Faculties—The improvement of the mind is a duty which we owe
to ourselves, to society, and to God. But we should never devise means
for the cultivation of the intellect at the expense of the moral and the
spiritual. And it is only by the harmonious development of both the
mental and the moral faculties that the highest perfection of either can
be attained.—
The Review and Herald, January 4, 1881
.
Lack of Harmonious Action Brings Disease—It is the lack of
harmonious action in the human organism that brings disease. The
imagination may control the other parts of the body to their injury.
All parts of the system must work harmoniously. The different parts
of the body, especially those remote from the heart, should receive a
free circulation of blood. The limbs act an important part and should
receive proper attention.—SpT Series B, No. 15, p 18, Apr 3, 1900.
(
Counsels on Health, 587
.)
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An Impaired Faculty Injures the Whole—If one faculty is suf-
fered to remain dormant, or is turned out of its proper course, the
purpose of God is not carried out. All the faculties should be well
developed. Care should be given to each, for each has a bearing upon
the others, and all must be exercised in order that the mind be properly
balanced.
If one or two organs are cultivated and kept in continual use because
it is the choice of your children to put the strength of the mind in one
direction to the neglect of other mental powers, they will come to
maturity with unbalanced minds and inharmonious characters. They
will be apt and strong in one direction but greatly deficient in other
directions just as important. They will not be competent men and
women. Their deficiencies will be marked and will mar the entire
character.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:26
(1872).
When the minds of ministers, schoolteachers, and students are
continually excited by study, and the body is allowed to be inactive,
the nerves of emotion are taxed while the nerves of motion are inactive.
The wear being all upon the mental organs, they become overworked
and enfeebled, while the muscles lose their vigor for want of employ-