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Those who teach the principles of health reform should be intelli-
gent in regard to disease and its causes, understanding that every action
of the human agent should be in perfect harmony with the laws of life.
The light God has given on health reform is for our salvation and the
salvation of the world. Men and women should be informed in regard
to the human habitation, fitted up by our Creator as His dwelling place,
and over which He desires us to be faithful stewards. “For ye are the
temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and
walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”
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Corinthians 6:16
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Hold up the principles of health reform, and let the Lord lead the
honest in heart. Present the principles of temperance in their most
attractive form. Circulate the books that give instruction in regard to
healthful living.
The people are in sad need of the light shining from the pages of our
health books and journals. God desires to use these books and journals
as mediums through which flashes of light shall arrest the attention
of the people and cause them to heed the warning of the message of
the third angel. Our health journals are instrumentalities in the field to
do a special work in disseminating the light that the inhabitants of the
world must have in this day of God’s preparation. They wield an untold
influence in the interests of health and temperance and social purity
reform, and will accomplish great good in presenting these subjects in
a proper manner and in their true light to the people.
The Lord has been sending us line upon line, and if we reject these
principles we are not rejecting the messenger who teaches them, but
the One who has given us the principles.
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Reform, continual reform, must be kept before the people, and by
our example we must enforce our teaching. True religion and the laws
of health go hand in hand. It is impossible to work for the salvation
of men and women without presenting to them the need of breaking
away from sinful gratifications, which destroy the health, debase the
soul, and prevent divine truth from impressing the mind. Men and
women must be taught to take a careful view of every habit and every
practice, and at once put away those things that cause an unhealthy
condition of the body and thus cast a dark shadow over the mind. God
desires His light bearers ever to keep a high standard before them.
By precept and example they must hold their perfect standard high