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be agitated and the public mind deeply stirred to investigation.—
The
Review and Herald, February 11, 1902
.
Right physical habits promote mental superiority. Intellectual
power, physical stamina, and length of life depend upon immutable
laws. Nature’s God will not interfere to preserve men from the con-
sequences of violating nature’s requirements. He who strives for the
mastery must be temperate in all things. Daniel’s clearness of mind
and firmness of purpose, his power in acquiring knowledge and in
resisting temptation, were due in a great degree to the plainness of
his diet in connection with his life of prayer.—
The Youth’s Instructor,
July 9, 1903
(
Messages to Young People, 242
).
Reaping and Sowing—In the laws of God in nature, effect follows
cause with unerring certainty. The reaping will testify as to what the
sowing has been. The slothful worker is condemned by his work.
The harvest bears witness against him. So in spiritual things: The
faithfulness of every worker is measured by the results of his work.
The character of his work, whether diligent or slothful, is revealed by
the harvest. It is thus that his destiny for eternity is decided.—
Christ’s
Object Lessons, 84
(1900).
Some Believe Only What They Understand—There are men
who proudly boast that they believe only what they can understand.
But the folly of their vaunted wisdom is apparent to every thoughtful
mind. There are mysteries in human life and in the manifestations
of God’s power in the works of nature—mysteries which the deepest
philosophy, the most extensive research, is powerless to explain.—
The
Review and Herald, September 14, 1886
.
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(C) Other Laws
The Law of Obedient Action—Action gives power. Entire har-
mony pervades the universe of God. All the heavenly beings are in
constant activity, and the Lord Jesus in His lifework has given an ex-
ample for everyone. He went about “doing good.” God has established
the law of obedient action. Silent but ceaseless, the objects of His
creation do their appointed work. The ocean is in constant motion.
The springing grass, which today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven,
does its errand, clothing the fields with beauty. The leaves are stirred
to motion, and yet no hand is seen to touch them. The sun, moon, and