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Counsels on Health
be provided that will aid them to grow in grace and in the knowledge
of Christ. They are not to be left to the mercy of haphazard circum-
stances, with no regular time for prayer, and no time at all for Bible
study. When left thus, they become heedless and careless, indifferent
to eternal realities.
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With every restaurant there should be connected a man and his
wife who can act as guardians of the helpers, a man and woman who
love the Saviour and the souls for whom He died, and who keep the
way of the Lord.
The young women should be under the care of a wise, judicious
matron, a woman who is thoroughly converted, who will carefully
guard the workers, especially the younger ones.
The workers are to feel that they have a home. They are God’s
helping hand, and they are to be treated as carefully and tenderly as
Christ declared that the little child whom He set in the midst of His
disciples was to be treated. “Whoso shall offend one of these little
ones which believe in Me,” He said, “it were better for him that a
millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in
the depth of the sea.” “Take heed that ye despise not one of these little
ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold
the face of My Father which is in heaven.”
Matthew 18:6, 10
. The care
that should be given to these employees is one of the reasons in favor
of having in a large city several small restaurants instead of one large
one. But this is not the only reason why it will be best to establish
several small restaurants in different parts of our large cities.
Advantages in Small Restaurants
The smaller restaurants will recommend the principles of health
reform just as well as the larger establishment, and will be much more
easily managed. We are not commissioned to feed the world, but we
are instructed to educate the people. In the smaller restaurants there
will not be so much work to do, and the helpers will have more time
to devote to the study of the word, more time to learn how to do their
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work well, and more time to answer the inquiries of the patrons who
are desirous of learning about the principles of health reform.
If we fulfill the purpose of God in this work, the righteousness of
Christ will go before us, and the glory of the Lord will be our rearward.