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Stand on the side of righteousness in all your transactions; then
you will not appear to disadvantage before God or man. Do not enter
into any dishonest practices. Those who take up the manufacture of
sanitarium health foods for personal profit are taking a liberty to which
they have no right. Thus great confusion is caused. Some are now
manufacturing and selling goods that profess to be health foods, but
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that contain unwholesome ingredients. Again, the foods are often of
so inferior a quality that much harm is done to the cause by their sale,
those who buy them supposing that all health foods are similar.
No one has any right to take advantage of the business arrange-
ments that have been made in regard to sanitarium health foods. Those
who handle the foods devised by Dr. Kellogg at large expense should
first come to an understanding with him, or others who are working
in harmony with him, and learn the best methods of handling these
foods. He who enters selfishly into this work, at the same time giving
his customers the impression that the profits on the goods he sells
are used to aid benevolent enterprises, while in reality they are used
for personal interests, is under the displeasure of God. By and by his
business will fail, and he will get things into such a tangle that his
brethren will have to buy him out to save the cause from disgrace.
The Lord is greatly displeased when His service is dishonored by
the selfishness of those engaged in it. He wills that every part of His
work shall be in harmony with every other part, joint connecting with
joint.
The Lord wants His people to stand far above selfish interests.
He wants them to conquer the temptations they meet. He calls for
the communion of saints. He desires His workers to stand under His
supervision. He will plane and polish the material for His temple,
preparing each piece to fit closely to the other, that the building may
be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Heaven is to begin on this earth. When the Lord’s people are filled
with meekness and tenderness, they will realize that His banner over
them is love, and His fruit will be sweet to their taste. They will make
a heaven below in which to prepare for heaven above.
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