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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
without the use of tea, coffee, and flesh food. The work of teaching
the people how to prepare a dietary that is at once wholesome and
appetizing is of the utmost importance.
The work of health reform is the Lord’s means for lessening
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suffering in our world and for purifying His church. Teach the
people that they can act as God’s helping hand by co-operating
with the Master Worker in restoring physical and spiritual health.
This work bears the signature of heaven and will open doors for the
entrance of other precious truths. There is room for all to labor who
will take hold of this work intelligently.
Keep the work of health reform to the front is the message I
am instructed to bear. Show so plainly its value that a widespread
need for it will be felt. Abstinence from all hurtful food and drink
is the fruit of true religion. He who is thoroughly converted will
abandon every injurious habit and appetite. By total abstinence he
will overcome his desire for health-destroying indulgences.
I am instructed to say to health reform educators: Go forward.
The world needs every jot of the influence you can exert to press back
the tide of moral woe. Let those who teach the third angel’s message
stand true to their colors. “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not
conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of
your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God.”
Romans 12:1, 2
. May the Lord arm those who
labor in word and doctrine, with the clearest messages of truth. If
His workers will give these messages with simplicity, assurance, and
all authority, the Lord will work with them.
The Wealthy Classes Not to be Passed By
The servants of Christ should labor faithfully for the rich men
in our cities, as well as for the poor and lowly. There are many
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wealthy men who are susceptible to the influences and impressions
of the gospel message, and who, when the Bible, and the Bible
alone, is presented to them as the expositor of Christian faith and
practice, will be moved by the Spirit of God to open doors for the
advancement of the gospel. They will reveal a living faith in the