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they take the life of God’s creatures that they may consume the flesh
as a luxury? Let them, rather, return to the wholesome and delicious
food given to man in the beginning, and themselves practice, and teach
their children to practice, mercy toward the dumb creatures that God
has made and has placed under our dominion.
Testimonies for the Church 3:563
The tables of many professed Christian women are daily set with
a variety of dishes which irritate the stomach and produce a feverish
condition of the system. Flesh-meats constitute the principal article
of food upon the tables of some families, until their blood is filled
with cancerous and scrofulous humors. Their bodies are composed of
what they eat. But when suffering and disease come upon them, it is
considered an affliction of Providence.
Unpublished Testimonies, March 1, 1896 (Healthful Living, 67.5)
The meat is served reeking with fat, because it suits the perverted
taste. Both the blood and the fat of animals is consumed as a luxury.
But the Lord has given special directions that these should not be eaten.
Why? Because their use would make a diseased current of blood in the
human system. Disregard of the Lord’s special directions has brought
a variety of difficulties and diseases upon human beings.... If they
introduce into their systems that which can not make good flesh and
blood, they must endure the results of the disregard of God’s word.
The Facts of Faith 2:129
There is a class who profess to believe the truth, who do not use
tobacco, snuff, tea, or coffee, yet they are guilty of gratifying the
appetite in a different manner. They crave highly-seasoned meats,
with rich gravies, and their appetite has become so perverted that they
can not be satisfied with even meat, unless prepared in a manner most
injurious. The stomach is fevered, the digestive organs are taxed, and
yet the stomach labors hard to dispose of the load forced upon it. After
the stomach has performed its task it becomes exhausted, which causes
faintness. Here many are deceived, and think that it is the want of food
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which produces such feelings, and without giving the stomach time to
rest, they take more food, which for the time removes the faintness.