Flesh Foods
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Letter B 135, 1902
Concerning flesh-meat we can all say, Let it alone. And all should
bear clear testimony against tea and coffee, never using them. They
are narcotics, injurious alike to the brain and to the other organs of the
body. The time has not yet come when I can say that the use of milk
and of eggs should be wholly discontinued. Milk and eggs should not
be classed with flesh-meats. In some ailments the use of eggs is very
beneficial.
Let the members of our churches deny every selfish appetite. Every
penny expended for tea, coffee, and flesh-meat is worse than wasted;
for these things hinder the best development of the physical, mental
and spiritual powers.
The General Conference Bulletin, April 14, 1901
God wants the perceptive faculties of His people to be clear and
capable of hard work. But if you are living on a flesh diet, you need not
expect that your mind will be fruitful. The thoughts must be cleansed;
then the blessing of God will rest upon His people. We want the
pervading truth of God’s word to get hold of every one of our people
before this conference is over. We want them to understand that the
flesh of animals is not the proper food for them to eat. Such a diet
cultivates the animal passions in them and in their children. God
wants us to educate our children in right habits of eating, dressing, and
working. He wants us to do what we can to repair the broken-down
machinery.
Testimonies for the Church 2:352
If ever there was a time when the diet should be of the most simple
kind, it is now. Meat should not be placed before our children. Its
influence is to excite and strengthen the lower passions, and has a
tendency to deaden the moral powers.
Testimonies for the Church 2:60-64
Your family have partaken largely of flesh-meats, and the animal
propensities have been strengthened, while the intellectual have been
weakened. We are composed of what we eat, and if we subsist largely
upon the flesh of dead animals, we shall partake of their nature. You