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give a particle of natural strength. The second effect of tea drinking is
headache, wakefulness, palpitation of the heart, indigestion, trembling
of the nerves, with many other evils.
Self-Indulgence Displeasing to God
“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.”
Romans 12:1
. God calls for a living
sacrifice, not a dead or dying one. When we realize the requirements
of God, we shall see that He requires us to be temperate in all things.
The end of our creation is to glorify God in our bodies and spirits
which are His. How can we do this when we indulge the appetite to
the injury of the physical and moral powers? God requires that we
present our bodies a living sacrifice. Then the duty is enjoined on us
to preserve that body in the very best condition of health, that we may
comply with His requirements. “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or
whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
1 Corinthians 10:31
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