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Counsels on Health
You will meet with much prejudice, a great deal of false zeal and
miscalled piety; but in both the home and the foreign field you will
find more hearts that God has been preparing for the seed of truth than
you imagine, and they will hail with joy the divine message when it is
presented to them.
Many are suffering from maladies of the soul far more than from
diseases of the body, and they will find no relief until they come
to Christ, the wellspring of life. The burden of sin, with its unrest
and unsatisfied desires, lies at the foundation of a large share of the
maladies the sinner suffers. Christ is the Mighty Healer of the sin-sick
soul. These poor, afflicted ones need to have a clearer knowledge of
Him whom to know aright is life eternal. They need to be patiently and
kindly yet earnestly taught how to throw open the windows of the soul
and let the sunlight of God’s love come in. Complaints of weariness,
loneliness, and dissatisfaction will then cease. Satisfying joys will
give vigor to the mind and health and vital energy to the body.
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