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itself health and strength.—
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene,
13, 1890
. (
Counsels on Health, 28
.)
The Tranquilizing Effects of Suitable Working Conditions
(counsel to an overwrought executive)—It is not for me to lay out
for you a definite line of work. But you should work, if possible, in
some place where your mind will be kept in even balance, where you
can be peaceful and quiet, where you will not be consulted on many
questions. It is not best for you to have supervision over many things.
Your mind should not be overtaxed. This would be a great injury to
you. When too many perplexities are placed upon you, the blood
rushes to your head and you give way to an intensity of feeling that
endangers your health.
Place yourself, if possible, where you will have little cause to worry
over the work of others.... If you should take upon your perplexities in
which large interests are involved, the confusion that would come as
the result of planning for the management of many things would not
be for your own good or for the best interests of the cause of God.
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Those who would place upon you a variety of duties requiring the
most careful management are making a mistake. Your mind needs to
be tranquil. You are to do a work that will not produce friction in your
mind. You are to keep your conscience in the fear of God, according
to the Bible standard, and you are to make steady improvement, that
you may not be in any way unfitted for the work God has given you to
do.—Lt 92, 1903.
A Quiet Mind Is Pathway to Health—The consciousness of
rightdoing is the best medicine for diseased bodies and minds. The
special blessing of God resting upon the receiver is health and strength.
A person whose mind is quiet and satisfied in God is in the pathway to
health. To have a consciousness that the eyes of the Lord are upon us
and His ears open to our prayers is a satisfaction indeed. To know that
we have a never-failing friend in whom we can confide all the secrets
of the soul is a privilege which words can never express.—
Testimonies
for the Church 1:502
(1867).
Love, Hope, and Joy Essential for Health—In order to have
perfect health our hearts must be filled with hope and love and joy.—
SpT Series A, No. 15, p 18, Apr 3, 1900. (
Counsels on Health,
587
.)