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Counsels on Health
Through the right exercise of the will an entire change may be made
in the life. By yielding up the will to Christ, we ally ourselves with
divine power. We receive strength from above to hold us steadfast. A
pure and noble life, a life of victory over appetite and lust, is possible
to everyone who will unite his weak, wavering human will to the
omnipotent, unwavering will of God.
Those who are struggling against the power of appetite should be
instructed in the principles of healthful living. They should be shown
that violation of the laws of health, by creating diseased conditions and
unnatural cravings, lays the foundation of the liquor habit. Only by
living in obedience to the principles of health can they hope to be freed
from the craving for unnatural stimulants. While they depend upon
divine strength to break the bonds of appetite, they are to co-operate
with God by obedience to His laws, both moral and physical....
For every soul struggling to rise from a life of sin to a life of purity,
the great element of power abides in the only “name under heaven,
given among men, whereby we must be saved.” “If any man thirst,”
for restful hope, for deliverance from sinful propensities, Christ says,
“let him come unto Me, and drink.” The only remedy for vice is the
grace and power of Christ.
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