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are simple herbs that can be used for the recovery of the sick, whose
effect upon the system is very different from that of those drugs that
poison the blood and endanger life.—
Manuscript 73, 1908
(Manuscript
entitled “Counsels Repeated”).
Remedies That Cleanse the System—Christ never planted the
seeds of death in the system. Satan planted these seeds when he
tempted Adam to eat of the tree of knowledge which meant disobe-
dience to God. Not one noxious plant was placed in the Lord’s great
garden, but after Adam and Eve sinned, poisonous herbs sprang up. In
the parable of the sower the question was asked the master, “Didst not
thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?” The
master answered, “An enemy hath done this” (
Matthew 13:27, 28
). All
tares are sown by the evil one. Every noxious herb is of his sowing,
and by his ingenious methods of amalgamation he has corrupted the
earth with tares.
Then shall physicians continue to resort to drugs, which leave a
deadly evil in the system, destroying that life which Christ came to
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restore? Christ’s remedies cleanse the system. But Satan has tempted
man to introduce into the system that which weakens the human
machinery, clogging and destroying the fine, beautiful arrangements
of God. The drugs administered to the sick do not restore, but destroy.
Drugs never cure. Instead, they place in the system seeds which bear a
very bitter harvest....
Our Saviour is the restorer of the moral image of God in man. He
has supplied in the natural world remedies for the ills of man, that His
followers may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.
We can with safety discard the concoctions which man has used in the
past.
The Lord has provided antidotes for diseases in simple plants, and
these can be used by faith, with no denial of faith; for by using the
blessings provided by God for our benefit we are cooperating with
Him. He can use water and sunshine and the herbs which He has
caused to grow, in healing maladies brought on by indiscretion or
accident. We do not manifest a lack of faith when we ask God to bless
His remedies. True faith will thank God for the knowledge of how to
use these precious blessings in a way which will restore mental and
physical vigor.