Educate the People
[
Testimonies for the Church 7:132-137
(1902).]
Saint Helena, California,
August 20, 1902.
Wherever the truth is proclaimed, instruction should be given in
the preparation of healthful foods. God desires that in every place the
people shall be taught to use wisely the products that can be easily
obtained. Skillful teachers should show the people how to utilize to
the very best advantage the products that they can raise or secure in
their section of the country. Thus the poor, as well as those in better
circumstances, can learn to live healthfully.
From the beginning of the health-reform work, we have found it
necessary to educate, educate, educate. God desires us to continue
this work of educating the people. We are not to neglect it because
of the effect we may fear it will have on the sales of the health foods
prepared in our factories. That is not the most important matter. Our
work is to show the people how they can obtain and prepare the most
wholesome food, how they can co-operate with God in restoring His
moral image in themselves.
Our workers should exercise their ingenuity in the preparation
of healthful foods. None are to pry into Dr. Kellogg’s secrets, but
all should understand that the Lord is teaching many minds in many
places to make healthful foods. There are many products which, if
properly prepared and combined, can be made into foods that will be
a blessing to those who cannot afford to purchase the more expensive,
specially prepared health foods. He who in the building of tabernacle
gave skill and understanding in all manner of cunning work, will give
skill and understanding to His people in the combining of natural food
products, thus showing them how to secure a healthful diet.
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Knowledge in regard to the preparation of healthful foods is God’s
property, and has been communicated to man, in order that he may
communicate it to his fellow men. In saying this, I do not refer to
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