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Counsels on Health
Through them the way was to be prepared for the diffusion of His light
to the whole world....
God desired to make of His people Israel a praise and a glory.
Every spiritual advantage was given them. God withheld from them
nothing favorable to the formation of character that would make them
representatives of Himself.
Their obedience to the laws of God would make them marvels
of prosperity before the nations of the world. He who could give
them wisdom and skill in all cunning work would continue to be their
teacher, and would ennoble and elevate them through obedience to
His laws. If obedient, they would be preserved from the diseases that
afflicted other nations and would be blessed with vigor of intellect. The
glory of God, His majesty and power, were to be revealed in all their
prosperity. They were to be a kingdom of priests and princes. God
furnished them with every facility for becoming the greatest nation on
the earth....
The Lord years ago gave me special light in regard to the estab-
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lishment of a health institution where the sick could be treated on
altogether different lines from those followed in any other institution
in our world. It was to be founded and conducted upon Bible princi-
ples, as the Lord’s instrumentality, and it was to be in His hands one of
the most effective agencies for giving light to the world. It was God’s
purpose that it should stand forth with scientific ability, with moral and
spiritual power, and as a faithful sentinel of reform in all its bearings.
All who should act a part in it were to be reformers, having respect to
its principles and heeding the light of health reform shining upon us
as a people.
A Beacon Light
God designed that the institution which He should establish should
stand forth as a beacon of light, of warning and reproof. He would
prove to the world that an institution conducted on religious principles,
as an asylum for the sick, could be sustained without sacrificing its
peculiar, holy character; that it could be kept free from the objec-
tionable features found in other health institutions. It was to be an
instrumentality for bringing about great reforms.