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Religion is a continual wellspring from which the Christian can drink
at will and never exhaust the fountain.—
Christian Temperance and
Bible Hygiene, 13, 1890
. (
Counsels on Health, 28
.)
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Religion the True Science of Healing—Religion is a principle of
the heart, not a magical word or a trick of the mind. Look to Jesus
only. This is your only hope and your husband’s only hope of gaining
eternal life. This is the true science of healing for body and soul. The
mind must not be centered upon any human being, but upon God.—Lt
117, 1901.
Love for Redeemer Clears Away Miasma—The mind is be-
fogged by sensual malaria. The thoughts need purifying. What might
not men and women have been had they realized that the treatment of
the body has everything to do with the vigor and purity of mind and
heart.
The true Christian obtains an experience which brings holiness. He
is without a spot of guilt upon the conscience or a taint of corruption
upon the soul. The spirituality of the law of God, with its limiting
principles, is brought into his life. The light of truth irradiates his
understanding. A glow of perfect love for the Redeemer clears away
the miasma which has interposed between his soul and God. The will
of God has become his will—pure, elevated, refined, and sanctified.
His countenance reveals the light of heaven. His body is a fit temple
for the Holy Spirit. Holiness adorns his character. God can commune
with him, for soul and body are in harmony with God.—Lt 139, 1898.
(
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 7:909
.)
Christ’s Love a Vitalizing Power—The love which Christ dif-
fuses through the whole being is a vitalizing power. Every vital part—
the brain, the heart, the nerves—it touches with healing. By it the
highest energies of the being are roused to activity. It frees the soul
from the guilt and sorrow, the anxiety and care, that crush the life
forces. With it come serenity and composure. It implants in the soul,
joy that nothing earthly can destroy—joy in the Holy Spirit—health-
giving, life-giving joy.—
The Ministry of Healing, 115
(1905).
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