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lovesick sentimentalism, which does not elevate, but only lowers. It is
not you alone who is affected; others are injured by your example and
influence.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:248, 249
(1869).
Health Sacrificed to Feelings (counsel to a woman of strong
will)—Dear _____, you have a diseased imagination; and you dishonor
God by allowing your feelings to have complete control of your reason
and judgment. You have a determined will, which causes the mind
to react upon the body, unbalancing the circulation and producing
congestion in certain organs; and you are sacrificing health to your
feelings.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:310
(1873).
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Mental Illness Produced by Unsanctified Tongues (comments
on the death of the wife of an executive)—Sister _____ was so
weighted down with sorrow that she lost her reason. I ask, Who, in the
day of judgment, will be held responsible for putting out the light of
that mind that should be shining today? Who will be accountable in the
day of God for the work that caused the distress which brought on this
sickness? She suffered for months, and the husband suffered with her.
And now the poor woman has gone, leaving two motherless children.
All this because of the work done by unsanctified tongues.—MS 54,
1904.
Overtaxed Mind Impairs Health—Brethren have invested
means in patent rights and other enterprises and have induced oth-
ers to interest themselves, who could not bear the perplexity and care
of such business. Their anxious, overtaxed minds seriously affect their
already diseased bodies, and they then yield to despondency, which
increases to despair. They lose all confidence in themselves and think
that God has forsaken them, and they dare not believe that He will be
merciful to them.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:304, 305
(1862).
Mental Activity Produces Health—God wants His delegated ser-
vants to be good preachers, and in order to do this they must be diligent
students.... Studious habits, a firm hold from above, will qualify them
for their position as ministers of the gospel of Christ. Mental activity
will produce health, and this is better than a sluggish, disorderly, un-
trained mind. Many become worthless as ministers after advancing in
age.... Had they worked the brain, they would have been fruitful in old
age.—Lt 33, 1886.
Electrical Force of Brain Resists Disease—The minds of think-
ing men labor too hard. They frequently use their mental powers