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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
of the world. Those who desire to be co-workers with God must
consider carefully before they specify just what foods should and
should not be eaten. We are to be brought into connection with the
masses. Should health reform in its most extreme form be taught to
those whose circumstances forbid its adoption, more harm than good
would be done. As I preach the gospel to the poor, I am instructed to
tell them to eat that food which is most nourishing. I cannot say to
them: “You must not eat eggs, or milk, or cream. You must use no
butter in the preparation of food.” The gospel must be preached to
the poor, but the time has not yet come to prescribe the strictest diet.
A Word to the Wavering
Those ministers who feel at liberty to indulge the appetite are
falling far short of the mark. God wants them to be health reformers.
He wants them to live up to the light that has been given on this
subject. I feel sad when I see those who ought to be zealous for our
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health principles, not yet converted to the right way of living. I pray
that the Lord may impress their minds that they are meeting with
great loss. If things were as they should be in the households that
make up our churches, we might do double work for the Lord.
Conditions of Answered Prayer
In order to be purified and to remain pure, Seventh-day Adven-
tists must have the Holy Spirit in their hearts and in their homes.
The Lord has given me light that when the Israel of today humble
themselves before Him, and cleanse the soul-temple from all defile-
ment, He will hear their prayers in behalf of the sick and will bless
in the use of His remedies for disease. When in faith the human
agent does all he can to combat disease, using the simple methods of
treatment that God has provided, his efforts will be blessed of God.
If, after so much light has been given, God’s people will cherish
wrong habits, indulging self and refusing to reform, they will suffer
the sure consequences of transgression. If they are determined to
gratify perverted appetite at any cost, God will not miraculously
save them from the consequences of their indulgence. They “shall
lie down in sorrow.”
Isaiah 50:11
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