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tyrannizing habits and appetites which have ruled them so long. There
are many who would receive the truths of God’s word, their judgment
having been convinced by the clearest evidence; but the carnal desires,
clamoring for gratification, control the intellect, and they reject truth
as falsehood, because it comes in collision with their lustful affections.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” When men of
wrong habits and sinful practices yield to the power of divine truth, the
entrance of God’s word gives light and understanding to the simple.
There is an application of truth to the heart; and moral power, which
seemed to have been paralyzed, revives. The receiver is possessed of
stronger, clearer understanding than before. He has riveted his soul to
the eternal Rock. Health improves in the very sense of his security in
Christ. Thus religion and the laws of health go hand in hand.
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