As a School Industry
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Australasian Union Record, July 28, 1899.
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The light given me is that it will not be very long before we shall
have to give up using any animal food. Even milk will have to be
discarded. Disease is accumulating rapidly. The curse of God is upon
the earth, because man has cursed it. The habits and practices of men
have brought the earth into such a condition that some other food than
animal food must be substituted for the human family. We do not need
flesh food at all. God can give us something else.
When we were talking about this land, it was said, “Nothing can
be raised here.” “Nevertheless,” I said, “the Lord can spread a table in
the wilderness.” Under His direction food will go a long way. When
we place ourselves in right relation to Him, He will help us and the
food we eat in obedience to Him will satisfy us. We can subsist on
very much less than we think we can, if God’s blessing is on the food;
and if it is for His glory He can multiply it.
We need to understand that God is in the health-reform movement.
When we put Christ in it, it is right for us to grasp every probability
and possibility.
The health-food business is to be connected with our school, and
we should make provision for it. We are erecting buildings for the care
of the sick, and food will be required for the patients. Wherever an
interest is awakened, the people are to be taught the principles of health
reform. If this line of work is brought in, it will be the entering wedge
for the work of presenting truth. The health-food business should be
established here. It should be one of the industries connected with
the school. God has instructed me that parents can find work in this
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industry and send their children to school. But everything that is
done should be done with the greatest simplicity. There is to be no
extravagance in anything. Solid work is to be done, because unless
the work is done solidly a slipshod experience is the result.... The
work must be solid. Just as soon as the helpers in this line of work
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