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Testimony Studies on Diet and Foods
child is more readily impressed by the life and example of the mother
than by that of the father, because of this stronger and more tender
bond of union. Yet the mother’s responsibility is a heavy one, and
should have the constant aid of the father.
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 79-80
It will pay you, mothers, to use the precious hours which are given
you by God in forming the character of your children, and in teaching
them to adhere strictly to the principles of temperance in eating and
drinking.
A sacred trust is committed to parents, to guard the physical and
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moral constitution of their children, so that the nervous system may
be well balanced, and the soul not endangered. Fathers and mothers
should understand the laws of life, that they may not, through igno-
rance, allow wrong tendencies to develop in their children. The diet
affects both physical and moral health. How carefully, then, should
mothers study to supply the table with the most simple, healthful
food, in order that the digestive organs may not be weakened, the
nerves unbalanced, or the instruction which they give their children
counteracted.
Satan sees that he can not have so great power over minds when
the appetite is kept under control as when it is indulged, and he is
constantly working to lead men to indulgence. Under the influence
of unhealthful food, the conscience becomes stupefied, the mind is
darkened, and its susceptibility to impressions is impaired. But the
guilt of the transgressor is not lessened because the conscience has
been violated till it has become insensible.
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 134
The power of Satan over the youth of this age is fearful. Unless the
minds of our children are firmly balanced by religious principle, their
morals will become corrupted by the vicious examples with which
they come in contact. The greatest danger of the young is from a
lack of self-control. Indulgent parents do not teach their children self-
denial. The very food they place before them is such as to irritate
the stomach. The excitement thus produced is communicated to the
brain, and as a result the passions are roused. It can not be too often