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as conscientiously today as they were then. There are some who have
never followed the light given on the question of diet. It is now time
to take the light from under the bushel and let it shine forth in clear,
bright rays.
The principles of healthful living mean a great deal to us individu-
ally and as a people. When the message of health reform first came
to me, I was weak and feeble, subject to frequent fainting spells. I
was pleading with God for help, and He opened before me the great
subject of health reform. He instructed me that those who are keeping
His commandments must be brought into sacred relation to Himself,
and that by temperance in eating and drinking they must keep mind
and body in the most favorable condition for service. This light has
been a great blessing to me. I took my stand as a health reformer,
knowing that the Lord would strengthen me. I have better health today,
notwithstanding my age, than I had in my younger days.
It is reported by some that I have not followed the principles of
health reform as I have advocated them with my pen; but I can say that
I have been a faithful health reformer. Those who have been members
of my family know that this is true.
“Do All To the Glory of God”
We do not mark out any precise line to be followed in diet; but
we do say that in countries where there are fruits, grains, and nuts in
abundance, flesh food is not the right food for God’s people. I have
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been instructed that flesh food has a tendency to animalize the nature,
to rob men and women of that love and sympathy which they should
feel for everyone, and to give the lower passions control over the higher
powers of the being. If meat eating was ever healthful, it is not safe
now. Cancers, tumors, and pulmonary diseases are largely caused by
meat eating.
We are not to make the use of flesh food a test of fellowship, but
we should consider the influence that professed believers who use flesh
foods have over others. As God’s messengers, shall we not say to the
people: “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do
all to the glory of God”?
1 Corinthians 10:31
. Shall we not bear a
decided testimony against the indulgence of perverted appetite? Will
any who are ministers of the gospel, proclaiming the most solemn