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Counsels on Health
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
truth ever given to mortals, set an example in returning to the fleshpots
of Egypt? Will those who are supported by the tithe from God’s
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storehouse permit themselves by self-indulgence to poison the life-
giving current flowing through their veins? Will they disregard the
light and warnings that God has given them? The health of body is to
be regarded as essential for growth in grace and the acquirement of an
even temper. If the stomach is not properly cared for, the formation of
an upright, moral character will be hindered. The brain and nerves are
in sympathy with the stomach. Erroneous eating and drinking result
in erroneous thinking and acting.
All are now being tested and proved. We have been baptized into
Christ, and if we will act our part by separating from everything that
would drag us down and make us what we ought not to be, there will
be given us strength to grow up into Christ, who is our living head,
and we shall see the salvation of God.
Only when we are intelligent in regard to the principles of healthful
living can we be fully aroused to see the evils resulting from improper
diet. Those who, after seeing their mistakes, have courage to change
their habits, will find that the reformatory process requires a struggle
and much perseverance; but when correct tastes are once formed, they
will realize that the use of the food which they formerly regarded as
harmless was slowly but surely laying the foundation for dyspepsia
and other diseases.
Fathers and mothers, watch unto prayer. Guard strictly against
intemperance in every form. Teach your children the principles of
true health reform. Teach them what things to avoid in order to pre-
serve health. Already the wrath of God has begun to be visited upon
the children of disobedience. What crimes, what sins, what iniqui-
tous practices, are being revealed on every hand! As a people, we
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are to exercise great care in guarding our children against depraved
associates.