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Testimony Studies on Diet and Foods
of animals to gratify a perverted appetite, was presented to me by a
Catholic woman, kneeling at my feet, I felt ashamed and distressed; I
saw it in a new light, and I said, “I will no longer patronize the butcher;
I will not have the flesh of corpses on my table.”
I have felt urged by the Spirit of God to set before several the fact
that their suffering ill health was caused by a disregard of the light
given them upon health reform. I have shown them that their meat
diet, which was supposed to be essential, was not necessary, and that,
as they were composed of what they ate, brain, bone, and muscle were
in an unwholesome condition, because they lived on the flesh of dead
animals; that their blood was being corrupted by this improper diet;
that the flesh which they ate was diseased, and their entire system was
becoming gross and corrupted.
There is an alarming lethargy shown on the subject of unconscious
sensualism. It is customary to eat the flesh of dead animals. This stim-
ulates the lower passions of the human organism. In the preparation
of food, the golden rays of light are to be kept shining, teaching those
who sit at the table how to live.
Physicians are not employed to prescribe a flesh diet for patients,
for it is this kind of diet that has made them sick. Seek the Lord. When
you find Him, you will be meek and lowly of heart. Individually, you
will not subsist upon the flesh of dead animals, neither will you put
one morsel in the mouths of your children. You will not prescribe
flesh, tea, or coffee for your patients, but will give talks in the parlor
showing the necessity of a simple diet. You will cut away injurious
things from your bill of fare.
To have the physicians of our institutions educating by precept
and example, those under their care to use a meat diet, after years of
instruction from the Lord, disqualifies them to be superintendents of
our health institutes. The Lord does not give light on health reform
that it may be disregarded by those who are in positions of influence
and authority. The Lord means just what He says, and He is to be
honored in what He says. Light is to be given upon these subjects. It
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is the diet question that needs close investigation, and prescriptions
should be made in accordance with health principles.
Nov 5, 1891 [1896].—The Lord intends to bring His people back
to live upon simple fruits, vegetables, and grains. He led the children
of Israel into the wilderness, where they could not get a flesh diet,