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Counsels on Diet and Foods
frames, that they may be able with the psalmist to exclaim, “I will
praise Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” They should
ever have the appetite in subjection to the moral and intellectual organs.
The body should be servant to the mind, and not the mind to the body.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:486, 487, 1867
Preparation for the Refreshing
36. God requires His people to cleanse themselves from all filthi-
ness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of the Lord.
All those who are indifferent and excuse themselves from this work,
waiting for the Lord to do for them that which He requires them to do
for themselves, will be found wanting when the meek of the earth, who
have wrought His judgments, are hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.
I was shown that if God’s people make no efforts on their part, but
wait for the refreshing to come upon them and remove their wrongs
and correct their errors; if they depend upon that to cleanse them from
filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and fit them to engage in the loud cry
of the third angel, they will be found wanting. The refreshing or power
of God comes only on those who have prepared themselves for it by
doing the work which God bids them, namely, cleansing themselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear
of God.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:619, 1867
Appeals to the Hesitant
37. The failure to follow sound principles has marred the history
of God’s people. There has been a continual backsliding in health
reform, and as a result God is dishonored by a great lack of spirituality.
Barriers have been erected which would never have been seen had
God’s people walked in the light.
Shall we who have had such great opportunities allow the people
of the world to go in advance of us in health reform? Shall we cheapen
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our minds and abuse our talents by wrong eating? Shall we transgress
God’s holy law by following selfish practices? Shall our inconsistency
become a byword? Shall we live such unchristianlike lives that the
Saviour will be ashamed to call us brethren?
Shall we not rather do that medical missionary work which is the
gospel in practice, living in such a way that the peace of God can rule