Gospel in Practice
547
Reforms Called For
In the light given me so long ago, I was shown that intemperance
would prevail in the world to an alarming extent and that every one of
the people of God must take an elevated stand in regard to reformation
in habits and practices. At that time I was eating meat two or three
times a day, and I was fainting away two or three times a day. The Lord
presented a general plan before me. I was shown that God would give
to His commandment-keeping people a reform diet, and that as they
received this, their disease and suffering would be greatly lessened. I
was shown that this work would progress.
A Sanitarium Needed
Then, in after years, the light was given that we should have a
sanitarium, a health institution, which was to be established right
among us. This was the means God was to use in bringing His people
to a right understanding in regard to health reform. It was also to be
the means by which we were to gain access to those not of our faith.
We were to have an institution where the sick could be relieved of
suffering, and that without drug medication. God declared that He
Himself would go before His people in this work.
Well, the work has been steadily increasing. The way was opened
for our churches to take hold of it. I proclaimed health reform every-
where I went. At our camp meetings I spoke on Sunday afternoons,
and I proclaimed the message of temperance in eating, drinking, and
dressing. This was the message I bore for years before I left for
Australia.
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But there were those who did not come up to the light God had
given. There were those in attendance at our camp meetings who ate
and drank improperly. Their diet was not in harmony with the light
God had given, and it was impossible for them to appreciate the truth
in its sacred, holy bearing.
All Classes to Be Benefited
So the light has been gradually coming in. Over and over again
instruction was given that our health institutions were to reach all
classes of people. The gospel of Jesus Christ includes the work of