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impossible for the spirit and power of the truth to sanctify a man, soul,
body, and spirit, when he is controlled by appetite and passion
The great end for which Christ endured that long fast in the wilder-
ness was to teach us the necessity of self-denial and temperance. This
work should commence at our tables and should be strictly carried
out in all the concerns of life. The Redeemer of the world came from
heaven to help man in his weakness, that, in the power which Jesus
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came to bring him, he might become strong to overcome appetite and
passion, and might be victor on every point
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